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Products and services supplied during the financial year 2003 (1)

Resources made available to the Agency in 2003

(European Parliament and Council Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 of 27 June 2002)

Areas of Community competence deriving from the Treaty

Common transport policy The Council may, acting by a qualified majority, decide whether, to what extent and by what procedure appropriate provisions may be laid down for sea and air transport. (Article 80 of the Treaty)

Objectives — To ensure a high, uniform and effective level of maritime safety and prevention of pollution by ships — To provide the Member States and the Commission with technical and scientific assistance — To monitor the implementation of the relevant Community legislation and to evaluate the effectiveness of the measures in place.

Tasks — To assist the Commission with the development and implementation of Community legislation — To monitor the functioning of the Community port State control regime, including visits to the Member States — To provide the Commission with technical assistance for the port State control of ships — To work with the Member States to develop technical solutions and provide technical assistance related to the implementation of Community legislation — To promote cooperation between riparian States in the shipping areas concerned — To develop any necessary information system — To facilitate cooperation between the Member States and the Commission in the development of a common methodology for investigating accidents — To provide the Commission and the Member States with reliable information on maritime safety and on pollution by ships — To assist the Commission and the Member States in the identification and pursuit of ships making unlawful discharges.

1. Administrative Board Composition One representative of each Member State, four representatives of the Commission and four representatives, without the right to vote, from the professional sectors concerned. Duties To adopt the budget and the work programme To examine requests from Member States for assistance 2. Executive Director Appointed by the Administrative Board at the proposal of the Commission 3. External audit European Court of Auditors 4. Discharge authority Parliament, on the Council's recommendation

Final budget: 4,5 million euro. Community contribution: 100 % Staff numbers as at 31 December 2003: Data not provided
Report by the Court of Auditors on the audit of the operational efficiency of the management of the European Central Bank for the financial year 2002 together with the replies of the European Central Bank

(2004/C 45/02)

1. The Court's audit was based on Article 27.2 of the Protocol on the Statute of the European System of Central Banks and of the European Central Bank (ECB) annexed to the Treaty establishing the European Community. By virtue of this Article, the Court is mandated to examine "the operational efficiency of the management of the ECB".

2. A rotational audit approach has been adopted for the audit of the ECB whereby different management fields are selected for examination each year.

3. The audit for 2002 dealt with the budgetary information systems in place and the contracting and management of external services.

4. In general, the audit found that the procedures in place were sufficient. However, some improvements could be made.

5. With regard to budgetary procedures in place and related information systems, the Court encourages the ECB to continue its efforts in consolidating the procedures for budget management and monitoring into a single updated document and to continue developing a fully integrated informatics system for budgeting and accounting.

6. For the management of external services, the Court identified some areas for improvement. These areas are related to the availability, in a homogenous format, of information at central level concerning contracts concluded at a decentralised level including the reporting of exceptions to the procurement rules. Improvements are also possible regarding documentation justifying recourse to external contractors and regarding the procedures for performance reviews of these contracts.

This report was adopted by the Court of Auditors in Luxembourg at its meeting of 14 and 15 January 2004.

For the Court of Auditors

Juan Manuel Fabra Vallés

President

Reply of the European Central Bank

The European Central Bank (ECB) welcomes the report of the European Court of Auditors for the financial year 2002 and expresses its appreciation of the Court's opinion that in general the procedures in place were sufficient. The ECB takes note of the helpful suggestions for improvement contained in the report and has already initiated action to address these suggestions in its budgetary and procurement procedures.
Resources made available to the Agency

Competences of the Agency as defined in Council Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90 of 7 May 1990

Areas of Community competence deriving from the Treaty

Environment policy Community policy on the environment shall aim at a high level of protection taking into account the diversity of situations in the various regions of the Community. It shall be based on the precautionary principle and on the principles that preventive action should be taken, that environmental damage should as a priority be rectified at source and that the polluter should pay. (…) In preparing its policy (…), the Community shall take account of available scientific and technical data (…). (Article 174 of the Treaty)

Objectives Setting up of a European environment information and observation network to provide the Community and the Member States with reliable information so that they are able to: (a) take the requisite action to protect the environment; (b) evaluate its implementation; (c) ensure that the public is well-informed about the state of the environment.

Tasks — To supply the Community and the Member States with the requisite information; — to record and evaluate data on the state of the environment and to report on its quality; — to ensure that environmental data are comparable at European level; — to promote the incorporation of European environmental data into international programmes; — to publish a report every five years on the state of, changes in and outlook for the environment; — to encourage the development of environmental forecasting techniques and methods of assessing the cost of damage caused to the environment, and the exchange of information on damage-prevention technology.

1. Management Board Consisting of: — one representative per Member State, — two representatives of the Commission, — two scientists appointed by the European Parliament. Tasks To adopt the work programme and ensure it is implemented. 2. Executive Director Appointed by the Management Board on a proposal from the Commission. 3. Advisory Forum Consisting of one representative per Member State, it advises the Executive Director. 4. Scientific Committee Consisting of qualified figures in the field of the environment appointed by the Management Board. 5. External audit European Court of Auditors. 6. Discharge Authority Parliament on a recommendation by the Council.

Final budget 33,6 million euro (27,5 million euro) Community subsidy: 81 % (77 %). Staff numbers at 31 December 2004 Number of posts in the establishment plan: 115 (111) posts Posts occupied: 102 (95) + 15 (16) other posts (auxiliary contracts, seconded national experts, local and employment-agency staff). Total staff numbers: 115 (111) assigned to the following tasks: — operational: 72 (69); — administrative: 42 (41); — mixed: 1 (1).
Products and services supplied in 2005 (2004)

Resources made available to the Centre in 2005 (2004)

Competence of the Centre as specified in Articles 2 and 3 of Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/75 of 10 February 1975

Areas of Community competence deriving from the Treaty

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 vocational 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 a European Union reference centre for vocational training and education, Cedefop 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. Cedefop assists the European Commission in promoting and developing vocational training and education at Community level.

Tasks: — to compile selected documentation and produce a 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. Management Board Per Member State: — one Government representative, — one representative of employers' organisations, — one representative of employees' organisations. Three members representing the Commission, and observers from the associated countries (Norway and Iceland). 2. Director Appointed by the Commission from a list of candidates submitted by the Management Board; carries out the decisions of the Management Board and is responsible for the day-to-day administration of the Centre. 3. Internal control Commission's Internal Audit Service. 4. External audit European Court of Auditors. 5. Discharge Parliament, on the Council's recommendation.

Final budget: 17,1 million euro (16,6 million euro) Community subsidy: 96 % (99 %) Staff numbers at 31 December: Number of posts in establishment plan: 91 (88) Posts occupied: 85 (81) Other staff: contract staff, seconded national experts. Total staff: 123 assigned to the following duties: operational: 85 administrative: 33 mixed: 5.
Products and services provided during the financial year 2005

Resources made available to the Centre in 2005

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 Court of Auditors. 4. Internal audit Commission's internal auditor. 5. Discharge authority Parliament on a recommendation from the Council.

Final budget 27,9 million euro (29,8 million euro) Staff as at 31 December 181 (181) posts listed in the establishment plan posts occupied: 163 (150) +12 (15) other posts Total staff: 175 (165) Assigned to: — operational duties: 114 (119) — administrative duties: 57 (52) — mixed duties: 4(4)
Resources made available to the College in 2006

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 CEPOL shall be to help train the senior police officers of the Member States by optimising cooperation between CEPOL'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 (1) To increase knowledge of the national police systems and structures of other Member States and of cross-border police cooperation within the European Union; (2) 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; (3) 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 Agency, is appointed and removed by the Governing Board. 3. External Audit European Court of Auditors. 4. Internal Auditors Internal Audit services of the Commission. 5. Discharge European Parliament following a recommendation from the Council.

Final budget 5 million euro (100 % Community subsidy) Staff at 31 December 2006 Number of posts in the establishment plan: 22,5 Posts occupied: 7 Other posts: (contract staff, seconded national experts, etc.): 8 Total staff: 15.
Competences of the Agency as defined in Commission Decision 2004/20/EC of 23 December 2003

The Community policy on the environment shall contribute to preserving, protecting and improving the quality of the environment; protecting human health; prudent and rational utilisation of natural resources; and promoting measures at international level to deal with regional or worldwide environmental problems. (Article 174(1))

Objectives In the framework of the sustainable development strategy, the European Union has taken measures to promote and develop renewable energy and energy efficiency. The objective is to contribute in a balanced way to security of energy supply, competitiveness and environmental protection. The areas of action are the development of renewable energy and energy efficiency, including in the transport sector, and their promotion in developing countries. These measures include a multi-annual programme for action in the field of energy: ‘Intelligent Energy — Europe’ 2003-2006 — IEE 1 (decision no 1230/2003/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2003). Under this Community programme, the Agency is responsible for implementing the tasks concerning Community aid, except for programme evaluation, monitoring of legislation and strategic studies, or any other action which comes under the exclusive competence of the European Commission.

Tasks In the context of implementing the Community programme IEE 1: — To manage all phases in the lifetime of specific projects; — To adopt the instruments of budget implementation and to carry out, where the Commission has empowered it to do so, all the operations necessary to manage the Community programme and, in particular, those linked to the award of contracts and grants; — To gather, analyse and pass on to the Commission all the information needed to guide the implementation of the programme.

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 control The European Court of Auditors. 4. Discharge Authority The European Parliament following a recommendation from the Council.

Final Budget A) 53,2 million euro (100 % general budget of the European Union) for the budget of the programme IEE 1 that the Agency implements under the responsibility of the Commission; B) 5,2 million euro (100 % Community subsidy) for the administrative budget for which the Agency is autonomous. Staff at 31 December 2006 16 TA posts listed in the establishment plan. TA posts occupied: 16 Other posts: Contract staff: 30 posts planned, of which 25 were occupied. Total staff at 31.12.2006: 41 Responsible for — Operational tasks: 31 — Administrative tasks: 10
Resources made available to the Agency in 2007

The Agency's powers as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 of the Parliament and of the Council

Areas of Community competence deriving from the Treaty

Common transport policy: The Council may, acting by a qualified majority, decide whether, to what extent and by what procedure appropriate provisions may be laid down for sea and air transport. (Article 80 of the Treaty)

Objectives To maintain a high uniform level of civil aviation safety in Europe and to ensure the proper functioning and development of civil aviation safety.

Measures to be adopted by the Agency — To issue opinions to the Commission. — To issue certification specifications, including airworthiness codes and acceptable means of compliance, and any guidance material for the application of Community policy. — To take decisions regarding airworthiness and environmental certification. — To conduct standardisation inspections of the competent authorities in the Member States. — To conduct the necessary investigations on company premises.

1. The Management Board consisting of one representative of each MemberState and one representative of the Commission, sets up an advisory body of interested parties. 2. The Executive Director manages the Agency and is appointed by the Management Board on a proposal from the Commission. 3. The Board of Appeal rules on the Agency's decisions concerning certification, fees, charges and checks at undertakings. 4. External control Court of Auditors. 5. Discharge authority Parliament acting on a recommendation of the Council.

Final budget Total budget: 72 (66,8) million euro, including: Revenue from fees and charges: 55,8 (33,2) million euro (65 %) Community subsidy: 26,5 (31,4) million euro (31 %) Contribution from the Federal Republic of Germany (Ministry of Transport) and City of Cologne: 0,3 (1,2) million euro. Staff at 31 December 2007 467 (328) temporary staff in the establishment plan posts occupied: 333 (276) other staff: 29 (33) seconded national experts, contract and auxiliary staff Total staff 362 (309) assigned to the following tasks: — operational: 277 (227) — administrative: 57 (57) — mixed: 28 (25)
Products and services provided in 2007

Resources available to the Agency in 2007

Competences of the Agency as defined in Regulation (EC) No 881/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council

Areas of Community competence deriving from the Treaty

Common Transport Policy For the purpose of implementing Article 70, and taking into account the distinctive features of transport, the Council shall, acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 251 and after consulting the Economic and Social Committee and the the Committee of the Regions, lay down: (a) common rules applicable to international transport to or from the territory of a MemberState or passing across the territory of one or more Member States; (b) the conditions under which non-resident carriers may operate transport services within a MemberState; (c) measures to improve transport safety; (d) any other appropriate provisions. (Article 71 of the Treaty)

Objectives To contribute, on technical matters, to the implementation of the Community legislation aimed at: — improving the competitive position of the railway sector; — developing a common approach to safety on the European railway system, in order to contribute to creating a European railway area without frontiers and guaranteeing a high level of safety.

Tasks 1. Address recommendations to the Commission on — the common safety methods (CSMs) and common safety targets (CSTs) provided for in the Railway Safety Directive (2004/49/EC); — safety certificates and measures in the field of safety; — the development, implementation and monitoring of rail interoperability; — monitoring interoperability; — the certification of maintenance workshops; — vocational competences; — the registration of rolling stock. 2. Issue opinions on — national safety rules; — monitoring the quality of the work of notified bodies; — the interoperability of the trans-European network. 3. Coordination of national bodies coordination of national safety authorities and national investigation bodies (as described in Directive 2004/49/EC, Articles 17 and 21). 4. Publications and databases — report on safety performance (every two years); — report on progress with interoperability (every two years); — public database of safety documents; — public register of documents on interoperability.

1. Administrative Board Comprises one representative from each MemberState, four representatives from the Commission and six representatives, without the right to vote, from the professional sectors concerned. 2. Executive Director Appointed by the Administrative Board on a proposal from the Commission. 3. External audit Court of Auditors. 4. Discharge authority Parliament acting on recommendation of the Council.

Final Budget: 16,6 million euro Staff at 31 December 2007: posts listed in the establishment plan: 116 post occupied: 95 other staff: 4 Total staff: 99 Responsible for: operational tasks: 66 administrative tasks: 33