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Eurojust's powers as defined in the Council Decision of 28 February 2002 (2002/187/JHA)

Areas of responsibility stipulated in the Treaty on European Union

The Union's objective is to provide citizens with a high level of safety within an area of freedom, security and justice. The Council encourages cooperation through Eurojust by enabling it to facilitate proper coordination between the Member States' national prosecuting authorities. (Articles 29 and 31) Eurojust's main areas of responsibility are the same as Europol's, i.e. the fight against terrorism, organised crime, in particular drug-trafficking, illegal immigration, illicit vehicle trafficking, trafficking in human beings, the counterfeiting of money, trafficking in radioactive substances, computer crime, acts detrimental to the Union's financial interests and money-laundering.

Objectives — To stimulate and improve the coordination, between the competent national authorities of the Member States, of investigations and prosecutions and to improve cooperation, in particular by facilitating the exchange of information, mutual legal assistance and the implementation of extradition requests. — To support the competent authorities of the Member States in order to render their investigations and prosecutions more effective. — To provide support with procedures involving a Member State and a non-member State. — To provide support with procedures involving a Member State and the Community.

Tasks To organise cooperation between the various national legal systems, Eurojust acts: — through its national members — or as a College. If the competent authorities of the Member State concerned decide not to respond to the requests which Eurojust has issued as a College, they notify Eurojust of their reasons.

1. The College is responsible for the organisation and operation of Eurojust. 2. The College is composed of national members seconded by each Member State in accordance with its legal system, being a prosecutor, judge or police officer of equivalent competence. 3. The College elects its President from among the national members. 4. The Joint Supervisory Body checks the processing of personal data. 5. The Administrative Director is unanimously appointed by the College. 6. External control: the Court of Auditors. 7. Discharge is given by the Parliament on the Council's recommendation.

Final budget: 8 million euro (2,8 million euro) funded in full (100 %) (100 %) by the EU: Staff as at 31 December 2003: 53 (46) posts listed in the establishment plan posts occupied: 28 (5) +15(7) other posts (auxiliary contracts, seconded national experts, local staff, employment-agency staff) Total staff: 43 (12) carrying out operational tasks: 18 (3) administrative tasks: 20 (6) mixed tasks: 5 (3)
Products and services provided during the financial year 2004

Resources made available to the Centre in 2004

The representatives of the Member States’ governments adopted by mutual agreement a declaration concerning the creation, under the aegis of the Commission's translation departments in Luxembourg, of a Translation Centre for the bodies of the Union, which would provide the necessary translation services for the operation of the bodies and services whose seats were established by the Decision of 29 October 1993(Council Decision taken on the basis of Article 235 of the Treaty).

Objectives To provide the necessary translation services for the operation of the following bodies: — the European Environment Agency, — the European Training Foundation, — the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, — the European Medicines Agency, — the European Agency for Health and Safety at Work, — the Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trademarks and Designs), — the European Police Office (Europol) and the Europol Drugs Unit. The bodies set up by the Council other than the above may use the Centre's services. The institutions and bodies of the European Union which already have their own Translation Services may, if need be, call upon the Centre's services on a voluntary basis. The Centre plays a full part in the work of the Interinstitutional Translation Committee.

Tasks — To make arrangements for cooperation with the bodies and institutions; — to participate in the work of the Interinstitutional Translation Committee.

1. Management Board Composition — One representative per Member State; — two representatives from the Commission; — one representative from each body or institution calling upon the Centre's services. Task Adopts the Centre's annual work programme and annual report. 2. Director Appointed by the Management Board on a proposal from the Commission. 3. External audit European Court of Auditors. 4. Internal audit Commission's internal auditor. 5. Discharge authority Parliament on a recommendation from the Council.

Final budget 29,8 million euro (29,0 million euro). Staff as at 31 December 2004 181 posts (158) listed in the establishment plan, posts occupied: 150 (132) + 15 (15) other posts Total staff: 165 (147) Assigned to: — operational duties: 109 (95) — administrative duties: 52 (48) — mixed duties: 4 (4)
Resources made available to the Authority in 2005

(Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002)

Free movement of goods (Article 37 of the Treaty) Contribution to a high level of protection of health, safety and protection of the environment and of consumers, taking account of any new development based on scientific facts (Article 95 of the Treaty) Common trade policy (Article 133 of the Treaty) Public health (Article 152(4)(b) of the Treaty)

Objectives: — to provide scientific opinions and scientific and technical support for the Community's legislation and policies which have a direct or indirect impact on food and feed safety, — to provide independent information on risks relating to food safety, — to contribute to the achievement of a high level of protection of human life and health, — to collect and analyse data needed to allow characterisation and monitoring of risks.

Tasks: — to issue scientific opinions and studies, — to promote uniform risk assessment methodologies, — to assist the Commission, — to search for, analyse and summarise the requisite scientific and technical data, — to identify and characterise emerging risks, — to establish a network of organisations operating in similar fields, — to provide scientific and technical assistance in crisis management, — to improve international cooperation, — to provide the public and interested parties with reliable, objective and easily comprehensible information, — to take part in the Commission's rapid alert system.

1. Management Board Composition 14 members appointed by the Council (in cooperation with the European Parliament and the Commission) and one representative of the Commission. Duties To adopt the work programme and the budget and ensure that they are implemented 2. Executive Director Appointed by the Management Board on the basis of a list of candidates proposed by the Commission, following a hearing before the European Parliament; 3. Advisory Forum Composition One representative per Member State, Duties To advise the Executive Director; 4. Scientific Committee and scientific panels: To draw up the Authority's scientific opinions 5. External audit Court of Auditors 6. Discharge authority Parliament, on the Council's recommendation.

Final budget: 36,9 million euro (29,1 million euro); Community contribution: 100 % (100 %) Staff numbers as at 31 December: Number of posts in establishment plan: 194 (138) Posts occupied: 124 (102) +36 (37) other posts (auxiliary contracts, seconded national experts, local staff) Total staff: 160 (139) Assigned to the following duties: — operational: 104 (83) — administrative: 56 (56)
Resources made available to the Agency

(Council Regulation (EC) No 460/2004 of 10 March 2004)

Competences of the Agency

The representatives of the Member State governments have, by common agreement, adopted a statement on the creation of a European Network and Information Security Agency. The Agency should operate as a point of reference and establish confidence by virtue of its independence, the quality of the advice it delivers and the information it disseminates, the transparency of its procedures and methods of operating, and its diligence in performing the tasks assigned to it. (Council Decision of 19 February 2004, taken on the basis of Article 251 of the Treaty)

Objectives: — enhance the capability of the Community, the Member States and businesses to prevent network and information security problems, — provide assistance and advice to the Commission and the Member States on issues related to network and information security, — develop a high level of expertise on the basis of national and Community experience, — assist the Commission in the preparatory work for updating and developing Community legislation in the field of network and information security.

Tasks: — collect appropriate information to analyse current and emerging risks, — provide the European Parliament, the Commission and European or national bodies with advice, — facilitate cooperation between the Commission and the Member States in the development of common methodologies to prevent network and information security issues, — track the development of standards for products and services on network and information security, — cooperate with third countries and international organisations to promote a common global approach to network and information security issues, — express its own conclusions independently.

1. Management Board Composition — one representative of each Member State, — three representatives from the Commission, — three representatives, appointed by the Council, without the right to vote, each representing one of the following groups: — the information and communication technologies industry, — consumer groups, — academic experts in network and information security. Task Adopt the Agency's annual work programme and its annual report. 2. Executive Director Appointed by the Management Board on a proposal from the Commission. 3. External audit Court of Auditors. 4. Internal audit The Commission's Internal Auditor. 5. Discharge authority Parliament on a recommendation from the Council.

2005 final budget: 6,3 million euro (100 % Community subsidy). Staff numbers at 31 December 2005: 38 posts in the establishment plan posts occupied: 35 +15 other staff (seconded national experts) Total staff: 50 assigned to the following duties: operational: 22 administrative: 28
Products and services supplied in the 2006 financial year

Resources made available to the Office in 2006

Competences of the Office as specified in Council Regulation (EC) No 40/94 of 20 December 1993

Area of Community competence deriving from the Treaty

Free movement of goods Prohibitions or restrictions justified on grounds of the protection of industrial and commercial property must not constitute a means of arbitrary discrimination or a disguised restriction on trade between Member States. (From Article 30 of the Treaty) Restrictions on freedom to provide services within the Community are prohibited in respect of nationals of Member States who are established in a State of the Community other than that of the person for whom the services are intended. (From Article 49 of the Treaty)

Objectives To implement the Community legislation on trade marks and designs, which gives undertakings the right to uniform protection throughout the entire area of the European Union.

Tasks — To receive and enter applications for registration. — To examine the conditions for entry in the Register and compatibility with Community legislation. — To search at the industrial property offices of the Member States for any pre-existing national trade marks. — To publish applications. — To examine any opposition by third parties. — To register or reject applications. — To examine applications for revocation or invalidity. — To handle appeals against decisions.

1. Administrative Board Composition — One representative of each Member State — One representative of the Commission and their alternates Task — To advise the President on matters for which the Office is responsible — To prepare lists of candidates (Article 120) for President, Vice-Presidents and chairmen and members of the Boards of Appeal 2. President of the Office — Appointed by the Council from a list of at most three candidates which has been prepared by the Administrative Board 3. Budget Committee Composition One representative of each Member State and one representative of the Commission and their alternates Task — To adopt the budget and the financial regulation, grant discharge to the President and determine the cost of search reports 4. Decisions in connection with procedures Decisions are taken by: (a) the Examiners; (b) the Opposition Divisions; (c) the Administration of Trade Marks and Legal Division; (d) the Cancellation Divisions; (e) the Boards of Appeal 5. External audit The Court of Auditors 6. Discharge authority The Office's Budget Committee

Final budget 212 million euro (218 million euro) including a Community subsidy: 0 % (0%) Staff numbers as at 31 December 2006 675 (675) posts in the establishment plan, posts occupied: 603 (611) +72 (78) other staff (auxiliary contracts, seconded national experts, local and employment agency staff) Total staff: 675 (689) assigned to the following duties: — production: 480 (548) — support: 195 (141)
Activities and services provided in 2007

Resources available to the Agency in 2007

Competences of the Agency as defined in Council Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000 of 5 December 2000

Areas of Community competence deriving from the Treaty

The Community shall carry out, within its spheres of competence, economic, financial and technical cooperation measures with third countries. Such measures must be complementary to those carried out by the Member States and consistent with the development policy of the Community. (Article 181a)

Objectives To provide EU assistance: (i) for reconstruction and the return of refugees and displaced persons; (ii) to promote sound administration, stronger institutions and the rule of law; (iii) to support the development of a market economy and investment in essential physical infrastructure and environmental measures; (iv) to support social development and consolidate civil society.

Application The agency manages the principal aid programmes in Serbia and Montenegro (Republic of Serbia, Kosovo and Republic of Montenegro) and in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). Beneficiaries may include States, bodies under UN administration, ferated regional and local bodies, public and semi-public bodies, both sides of industry, business support organisations, cooperatives, mutual companies, charities, foundations and NGOs.

Tasks — To advise the Commission of priority needs; — To devise programmes for reconstruction and the return of refugees and displaced persons; — To take every possible step to implement EU assistance.

1. Governing Board Comprises one representative from each MemberState, two representatives from the Commission and an observer from the European Investment Bank. 2. Director Appointed by the Governing Board on a proposal from the Commission. Operational Centres in Belgrade, Pristina, Podgorica and Skopje with a high level of management autonomy. 3. External control Court of Auditors. 4. Discharge Authority The Parliament following a recommendation from the Council.

Final Budget: 250,2 million euro (268,8 million euro) Staff at 31 December 2007: 108 (108) TA posts listed in the establishment plan TA posts occupied: 83 (90) Other posts: Local staff: 165 (164) posts of which 154 (157) were occupied. Contract staff: 29(29) posts of which 27 (26) were occupied. Total staff: 264 (273) Responsible for Operational tasks: 163 (171) Administrative tasks: 101 (102)
Resources made available to the Agency in 2007

Competences of the Agency as defined in Commission decision (2004/858/EC) of 15 December 2004

A high level of human health protection shall be ensured in the definition and implementation of all Community policies and activities. Community action, which shall complement national policies, shall be directed towards improving public health, preventing human illness and diseases, and obviating sources of danger to human health. Such action shall cover the fight against the major health scourges, by promoting research into their causes, their transmission and their prevention, as well as health information and education. The Community shall complement the Member States' action in reducing drugs-related health damage, including information and prevention. (Article 152 of the Treaty)

Objectives Under the Community programme in the field of public health established by Decision No 1786/2002/EC (framework Decision), the Agency is entrusted with implementing the tasks concerning Community aid under the programme, except for programme evaluation, monitoring of legislation, or any other action which could come under the exclusive competence of the Commission.

Tasks (a) managing all the phases in the lifetime of specific projects, in the context of implementing the programme on public health, on the basis of Decision No 1786/2002/EC and of the work plan provided for in that Decision and adopted by the Commission, and the necessary checks to that end, taking the relevant decisions where the Commission has empowered it to do so; (b) adopting the instruments of budget execution for revenue and expenditure and carrying out, where the Commission has empowered it to do so, all the operations necessary for the management of the Community programme and, in particular, those linked to the award of contracts and grants; (c) providing logistical, scientific and technical support, in particular by organising technical meetings (management of expert working groups), preparatory studies, seminars or conferences.

1. Steering Committee Comprises five members appointed by the European Commission. The members of the Steering Committee are appointed for two years. It adopts the Agency's annual work programme after approval by the European Commission. In addition, it adopts the administrative budget of the Agency and its annual activity report. 2. Director Appointed by the European Commission for four years. 3. External audit The European Court of Auditors. 4. Discharge Authority The European Parliament following a recommendation from the Council.

The Agency's administrative budget for 2007 amounted to 4,1 million euro. On 31 December 2007, the Agency counted 28 statutory staff members, of which 8 temporary agents and 20 contract agents.
Resources made available to the Office in 2009

Free movement of goods Such prohibitions or restrictions (the protection of industrial and commercial property) shall not, however, constitute a means of arbitrary discrimination or a disguised restriction on trade between Member States. (Extract of Article 36 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union)

Objectives — To apply the system of Union plant variety rights as the sole and exclusive form of Union industrial property rights for plant varieties.

Tasks — To decide whether to refuse or grant applications for Union plant variety rights. — To decide on objections. — To decide on appeals. — To decide on the revocation or cancellation of a Union plant variety right.

1 — The President Directs the Office. He is appointed by the Council from a list of candidates proposed by the Commission after obtaining the opinion of the Administrative Council. 2 — The Administrative Council Oversees the Office's work programme and draws up rules governing the Office's working methods. It is composed of one representative of each Member State and one representative of the Commission, plus their alternates. 3 — Decisions regarding the grant of Community plant variety rights are adopted by Committees composed of three members of staff of the Office and by the Board of Appeal in appeal proceedings. 4 — Control of the legality of the Office's acts Review by the Commission of the legality of the acts of the Office's President in respect of which Union law does not provide for any control on legality by another body and of the acts of the Administrative Council relating to the Office's budget. 5 — External audit Court of Auditors. 6 — Discharge authority Administrative Council.

Budget 13,2 (12,5) million euro Staff at 31 December 2009 Number of posts in establishment plan: 46 (43) Posts occupied: 46 (43) Total staff: 46 (44) Allocated to Operational: 17,5 (17) Administrative: 22,5 (21) Mixed: 6 (6)
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 345/63

Corrigendum to the Annual Report of the Court of Auditors on the implementation of the budget concerning the financial year 2011, together with the institutions’ replies

( Official Journal of the European Union C 344 of 12 November 2012 )

2012/C 345/10

Chapter 1 — Table 1.3 (page 22):

In the second column (‘Most likely error, 2011’), footnote 1 does not apply for ‘Regional policy, energy and transport’ and ‘Employment and social affairs’.

Chapter 1 — Graph 1.2 (page 35):

In the legend on the right of the graph the words ‘… of the Cohesion Fund’ should be deleted.

It should read:

‘Accumulated outstanding budgetary commitments 2000-2006’

‘Accumulated outstanding budgetary commitments 2007-2013’.

Chapter 9 — Recommendation 3 (page 218):

In the right column, ‘Reply of the EEAS’, the beginning should read:

‘Recommendation 3 is being implemented …’.