Resources made available to the Authority

Competences of the Authority as defined in Council Regulation (EC) No 1321/2004 and amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 1942/2006

Areas of Community competence deriving from the Treaty

Competitivity for growth and employment

Objectives — To manage the public interests relating to the European GNSS programmes — To be the regulatory authority for the European GNSS programmes

Tasks — To conclude the concession contract with the private concession holder responsible for implementing and managing the Galileo deployment and operating phases; — To ensure that the concession holder complies with the concession contract and the specifications annexed thereto; — To take all appropriate measures to ensure the continuity of services in case of default of the concession holder; — To manage the funds specifically allocated to it for the European GNSS programmes; — To monitor the overall financial management in order to advise on the public sector contributions; — To take over the management of the agreement with the economic operator charged with operating Egnos; — To present a framework on the future policy options concerning Egnos; — To coordinate Member States' actions in respect of the frequencies neccessary to ensure the operation of the system; — To prepare drafts in order to assist the Commission in preparing proposals for the European GNSS programmes to be presented to the European Parliament and to the Council and in adopting the corresponding implementing rules; — To modernise the system and develop new generations thereof; — To accomplish such budgetary implementation tasks as are entrusted to it by the Commission and that are linked to the European GNSS programmes; — To ensure that the components of the system are duly certified and to empower the appropriate authorised certification bodies for issuing the relevant certificates and monitoring the respect of related standards and technical specifications;

1. Administrative Board Composition — One representative per Member State — One representative from the Commission Tasks — Appoints the Executive Director; — Adopts the annual work programme; — Produces a statement of estimates of revenue and expenditure for the Authority for the following financial year and sends it to the Commission which forwards it to the Budgetary Authority; — Adopts the budget; — Delivers an opinion on the annual accounts of the Authority; — Takes decisions on all aspects relating to the system's safety and security; — Exercises disciplinary authority over the Executive Director; — Adopts the special provisions necessary for the implementation of the right of access to the documents of the Authority; — Adopts the annual report on the activities and prospects of the Authority and forwards it, by 15 June, to the Member States, the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission, the European Economic and Social Committee and the Court of Auditors; — Adopts its rules of procedure.

Final budget 7,0 million euro including a Community subsidy: 100 % Staff numbers at 31 December 2006 39 posts in the establishment plan Posts occupied: 18 +5 other posts (auxiliary contracts, seconded national experts, local and employment-agency staff) Total staff numbers: 23 assigned to the following tasks: — operational: 9 — administrative: 9 — mixed: 5