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Products and services supplied during the financial year 2004

Resources made available to the Foundation in 2004

Council Regulation (EEC) No 1360/90 of 7 May 1990

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 shall be complementary to those carried out by the Member States and consistent with the development policy of the Community’. (Article 181 A)

Objectives — To contribute to the provision of training assistance to the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and Mongolia, to some countries of the Balkans area and to the countries and territories eligible for the Meda programmes; — To promote the coordination of the assistance given to eligible countries.

Tasks — Assistance in defining training needs and priorities; — Provision of information on initiatives and future needs; — Financing pilot projects; — Implementation of Commission programmes in eligible countries.

Governing Board — one representative of each Member State — two representatives of the Commission Director — appointed by the Governing Board on a proposal from the Commission Advisory Forum — appointed by the Governing Board — two experts from each Member State — two experts from each eligible country — two experts from the social partners at European level External audit European Court of Auditors Discharge European Parliament on a recommendation from the Council

Budget 18,4 million euro (17,2 million euro) fully financed by the Commission Staff numbers as at 31 December 2004 — 104 (104) posts in the establishment plan, of which 99 (99) posts occupied — 31 (31) other posts (auxiliaries, national experts, employment agency staff). Total staff: 130 (130) assigned to the following duties: — operational tasks: 82 (80) — administrative tasks: 35 (35) — mixed tasks: 13 (15)
Resources available to the Agency in 2005

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

The Community shall carry out, within its spheres of competence, economic, financial and technical cooperation measures with third countries. Such measures shall 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, federated 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 Member State, 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: 307,5 million euro (374,6 million euro) Staff at 31 December 2005: 114 (114) TA posts listed in the establishment plan TA posts occupied: 88 (88) Other posts: Local staff: 170 (195) posts of which 162 (173) were occupied. Contract staff: 28 (0) posts of which 26 (0) were occupied. Total staff: 276 (261) Responsible for Operational tasks: 169 (184) Administrative tasks: 107* (77) * includes all staff in Administration, Finance, and IT.
EN Official Journal of the European Union C 309/147

Corrigendum to the Annual Report of the Court of Auditors on the implementation of the budget concerning the financial year 2006, together with the institutions' replies

( Official Journal of the European Union C 273 of 15 November 2007 )

(2007/C 309/25)

On page 127, Table 6.2 is replaced by the following table:

Table 6.2 — Cross-tabulation of reimbursement correctness by fund (1)

Correctness of reimbursement Fund Total ERDF ESF EAGGF Cohesion Fund Eligibility error 15 cases 9 cases 3 cases 2 cases 29 cases 19 % 15 % 10 % 20 % 16 % Occurrence error 5 cases 7 cases 0 cases 1 cases 13 cases 6 % 12 % 0 % 10 % 7 % Accuracy error 2 cases 7 cases 1 cases 0 cases 10 cases 3 % 12 % 3 % 0 % 6 % Multiple error 13 cases 12 cases 0 cases 0 cases 25 cases 17 % 20 % 0 % 0 % 14 % Correct reimbursement 42 cases 25 cases 26 cases 7 cases 100 cases 55 % 42 % 87 % 70 % 56 % Total 77 cases 60 cases 30 cases 10 cases 177 cases 100 % 100 % 100 % 100 % 100 % (2)

(1) This cross-tabulation is based on the Court's sample of projects.

(2) Columns ESF and total do not sum up to 100 %. The differences are due to rounding.
Resources made available to the Agency in 2006

Competences of the Agency as defined in Commission Decision (2005/56/EC) of 14 January 2005 (1)

The Community shall contribute to the development of quality education. [Article 149(1)] The Community shall implement a vocational training policy. [Article 150(1)] The Community shall contribute to the flowering of the cultures of the Member States. [Article 151(1)] The Community and the Member States shall ensure that the conditions necessary for the competitiveness of the Community's industry exist. [Article 157(1)]

Objectives In the framework of the education, culture and industry policies, numerous measures have been taken to promote education, vocational training, audiovisual, culture, youth and active citizenship in the European Union. The main objectives of these measures are to reinforce social cohesion and to contribute to competitiveness, economic growth and a closer union amongst the people of Europe. These measures include a variety of Community programmes. The Agency is responsible for managing certain strands of these programmes (‘Socrates’, ‘e-Learning’, ‘Leonardo da Vinci’, ‘Jean Monnet, Study and research centres’, ‘Erasmus Mundus’, ‘Culture’, ‘Youth’, ‘Citizenship’, ‘Media Training’ and ‘Media Plus’).

Tasks To manage the specific projects entrusted to the Agency; To adopt the instruments of budget implementation for revenue and expenditure and to carry out, where the Commission has empowered it to do so, the operations necessary for the management of the Community programmes and, in particular, those linked to the award of grants and contracts; To gather, analyse and pass on to the Commission all the information needed to guide the implementation of the Community programmes.

1. Steering Committee Comprises five members appointed by the European Commission. 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. 3. External audit The European Court of Auditors. 4. Discharge Authority The European Parliament following a recommendation from the Council.

Final budget: (1) 310,2 million euro for the management of Community programmes and projects delegated to the Agency and implemented by the Agency on the Commission's responsibility wholly funded by the General Budget of the EU). (2) 29,2 million euro for operating the Agency as an independent body (100 % subsidy entered in the General Budget of the European Communities). Staff numbers at 31 December 2006 75 posts for temporary staff in the establishment plan Posts occupied: 64 Other posts: (contract and auxiliary staff): 221 contract staff Posts occupied: 214 Total staff numbers at 31.12.2006: 278 assigned to the following tasks: — operational: 227 — administrative: 49 — mixed: 2
Resources made available to Eurojust in 2007

Competences of Eurojust as defined in Council Decision 2002/187/JHA

Areas of competence deriving from the Treaty on European Union

Third pillar body created by Council Decision. 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. (Extracts from Articles 29 and 31) Eurojust's main areas of responsibility are the same as Europol's, that is, 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 Article 3 Eurojust Decision — To stimulate and improve the coordination, between the competent national authorities of the Member States, of investigations and prosecutions. — 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 MemberState and a non-memberState. — To provide support with procedures involving a MemberState and the Community.

Tasks Articles 5, 6 and 7 Eurojust Decision 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 MemberState concerned decide not to respond to the requests which Eurojust has issued as a College, they shall inform Eurojust of the reasons for their decision.

1. The College is responsible for the organisation and operation of Eurojust. 2. The College is composed of national members who are seconded by each MemberState in accordance with its legal system and who are prosecutors, judges or police officers 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 audit Court of Auditors. 7. Discharge authority Parliament acting on a recommendation by the Council.

Final budget: 18,9 million euro (14,7 million euro) Staff at 31 December 2007: 147 (112) posts listed in the establishment plan; posts occupied: 98 (93) +32 (21) other positions: (six contract staff, four seconded national experts, 22 employment-agency staff) Total staff: 179 (133) Assigned to the following duties: Operational tasks: 95 (71) Administrative tasks: 65 (51) Combined tasks: 19 (12)
Competences of the College as defined in Council Decision 2005/681/JHA

Approximation of laws Treaty on European Union, in particular Article 30(1) and Article 34(2) thereof.

Objectives The aim of the College shall be to help train senior police officers in the Member States by optimising cooperation between the College’s various components. It shall support and develop a European approach to the main problems facing Member States in the fight against crime, crime prevention and the maintenance of law and order and public security, in particular the cross-border dimensions of those problems.

Tasks — To increase knowledge of the national police systems and structures of other Member States and of cross-border police cooperation within the European Union. — To improve knowledge of international and Union instruments, particularly in the following sectors: (a) the institutions of the European Union, their functioning and role, as well as the decision-making mechanisms and legal instruments of the European Union, in particular as regards their implications for law-enforcement cooperation; (b) Europol’s objectives, structure and functioning, as well as ways to maximise cooperation between Europol and relevant law-enforcement services in the Member States in the fight against organised crime; (c) Eurojust’s objectives, structure and functioning. — To provide appropriate training with regard to respect for democratic safeguards, with particular reference to the rights of defence.

1 — Governing Board Composed of: — one delegation from each Member State. Each delegation shall have one vote. Representatives of the European Commission and of the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Union and Europol shall be invited to attend meetings as non-voting observers. 2 — Director Manages the College, is appointed and removed by the Governing Board. 3 — External audit Court of Auditors. 4 — Internal Auditor Internal Audit Service of the Commission. 5 — Discharge authority Parliament acting on recommendation by the Council.

Human Resources At the opening of 2008, the College had 22 members of staff and 2 seconded national experts. Budget The budget available for the College activities was as follows: Total budget 8 700 000 euro With the following allocations between budget titles TITLE 1 Expenditure relating to persons working within the College 3 237 500 euro TITLE 2 Buildings, equipment and miscellaneous expenditure 493 500 euro TITLE 3 Operational expenditure 4 969 000 euro
Resources made available to the Centre in 2008

Competence of the Centre as specified in Articles 2 and 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/75

The Community implements a vocational training policy to support and supplement the action of the Member States as regards the content and organisation of vocational training. Action aims to: — facilitate adaptation to industrial changes, in particular through vocational training and retraining, — improve initial and continuing vocational training in order to facilitate vocational integration and reintegration into the labour market, — facilitate access to vocational training and encourage mobility of instructors and trainees and particularly young people, — stimulate cooperation on training between educational or training establishments and firms, — develop exchanges of information and experience on issues common to the training systems of the Member States. (From Article 150 of the Treaty)

The Centre’s mandate In its capacity as the European Union reference centre for vocational training and education, the Centre provides political decision-makers, researchers and professionals with information aimed at developing a clearer understanding of current trends that will thus enable them to reach more soundly based decisions with a view to future action. The Centre assists the European Commission in promoting and developing vocational training and education at Community level.

Tasks — To compile selected documentation and produce data analysis. — To contribute to research development and coordination. — To utilise and disseminate relevant information. — To encourage and support a concerted approach to matters relating to the development of vocational training. — To provide a forum for a broad and diverse public.

1 — Governing Board (GB) Composition For each Member State: — one member representing the Government, — one member representing the employers′ organisations, — one member representing the employees′ organisations and three members representing the European Commission. 2 — Bureau Composition The chairman and the three vice-chairmen of the GB (one from each of the groups), one coordinator per group and one representative of the Commission. 3 — Director Appointed by the Commission from a list of candidates submitted by the Governing Board; is responsible for the management of the Centre and implements the decisions of the Governing Board and the Bureau. 4 — Internal control Commission’s Internal Audit Service. 5 — External audit Court of Auditors. 6 — Discharge authority Parliament acting on recommendation from the Council.

Budget 18,38 million euro (17,40 million euro) Community contribution: 93 % (96 %) Staff at 31 December 2008 Number of posts in establishment plan: 99 (97) Posts occupied: 97 (89) Other staff: contract staff, seconded national experts. Total staff: 128 (128) operational: 87 administrative: 41 (in 2007: operational: 89 administrative: 39)
Resources made available to Eurojust in 2008

Competences of Eurojust as defined in Council Decision 2002/187/JHA

Areas of competence deriving from the Treaty on European Union

Third pillar body created by Council Decision. 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. (Extracts from Articles 29 and 31) Eurojust’s main areas of responsibility are the same as Europol’s, that is, 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 Article 3 Eurojust Decision — To stimulate and improve the coordination, between the competent national authorities of the Member States, of investigations and prosecutions. — 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 Articles 5, 6 and 7 Eurojust Decision 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 shall inform Eurojust of the reasons for their decision.

1 — The College is responsible for the organisation and operation of Eurojust. 2 — The College is composed of national members who are seconded by each Member State in accordance with its legal system and who are prosecutors, judges or police officers 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 audit Court of Auditors. 7 — Discharge authority Parliament acting on a recommendation by the Council.

Budget 24,8 Million euro (18,9). Staff at 31 December 2008 175 (147) planned in the EP From which occupied: 130 (98) + 43 (32) other positions: (12 contract agents, 12 seconded national experts, 19 interims) 49 others (National members, Liaison prosecutors, deputies and assistants) Total staff: 222 (179) Operational tasks: 117 (95) Administrative tasks: 80 (65) Combined tasks: 25 (19)
Resources available to the Foundation in 2009

(Council Regulation (EEC) No 1365/75 as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1111/2005)

Areas of Union competence deriving from the Treaty

The Union and the Member States, having in mind fundamental social rights such as those set out in the European Social Charter signed at Turin on 18 October 1961 and in the 1989 Community Charter of the Fundamental Social Rights of Workers, shall have as their objectives the promotion of employment, improved living and working conditions, so as to make possible their harmonisation while the improvement is being maintained, proper social protection, dialogue between management and labour, the development of human resources with a view to lasting high employment and the combating of exclusion. (Article 151 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union)

Objectives The aim of the Foundation shall be to contribute to the establishment of better living and working conditions by increasing and disseminating knowledge which is relevant to this subject. In particular, it is required to consider the following areas: — man at work, — organisation of work and particularly job design, — problems peculiar to certain categories of workers, — long-term aspects of the improvement of the environment, — the distribution of human activities in space and in time.

Tasks — to foster the exchange of information and experience in these fields, — to facilitate contact between universities, study and research institutes, economic and social administrations and organisations, — to carry out studies or to conclude study contracts and to provide assistance for pilot projects, — to cooperate as closely as possible with existing specialised institutes in the Member States and at international level.

1. The Governing Board (GB) — from each Member State: — one government representative, — one representative from employers’ organisations and one workers’ representative, — three representatives from the Commission. 2. The Bureau of the GB — consists of 11 members; three members from each of the social partners and the governments, two from the Commission, — it monitors the implementation of decisions of the GB and takes measures for the proper management between GB meetings. 3. The Director is appointed by the Commission from a list of candidates submitted by the GB, he implements the decisions of the GB and its Bureau and manages the Foundation. 4. The Committee of experts is composed of up to three members from the Commission, governments and the social partners, with the aim to advice on the implementation of major projects and the assessment of results. 5. External audit Court of Auditors. 6. Discharge authority Parliament acting on recommendation of the Council.

Budget 20,2 million euro (21,0 million euro) Staff at 31 December 2009 101 posts provided for in the establishment plan, of which 81 (78) were occupied Other staff: Seconded national experts: 0 (0) Contract agents: 13 (9) Total staff employed: 94 (87) Allocated to Operating activities: 62 (56) Administrative tasks: 28 (27) Mixed: 4 (4)