Commission Regulation (EC) No 1821/2005 of 8 November 2005 amending Regulation (EC) No 1653/2004 as regards the posts of accounting officers of executive agencies
Date: 2005-11-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU office or agency, EU programme, European official, accountant, appointment of staff, legal status, management, outsourcing, servant (EU)

L 293/10

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

9.11.2005

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1821/2005

of 8 November 2005

amending Regulation (EC) No 1653/2004 as regards the posts of accounting officers of executive
agencies

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

establishing the European

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 of
19 December 2002 laying down the statute for executive
agencies to be entrusted with certain tasks in the management
of Community programmes (1), and in particular Article 15
thereof,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,

Having regard to the opinion of the Council,

Having regard to the opinion of the Court of Auditors,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

the Commission Regulation (EC) No
Article 30 of
1653/2004 of 21 September 2004 on a standard
financial regulation for the executive agencies pursuant
to Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 laying down the
statute for executive agencies to be entrusted with certain
tasks in the management of Community programmes (2)
the management board of an executive
provides that
agency shall appoint an accounting officer of
the
executive agency, who is an official subject to the Staff
Regulations.

The responsibilities of
the accounting officer of an
executive agency, which are set out in that Article 30,
are limited to the administrative budget of the executive
the
agency, whereas
Commission is responsible for all tasks relating to the
operational budget implemented by executive agencies.

accounting

officer

the

of

(3)

(4)

The Commission has encountered problems in finding
appropriate
accounting
officer of an executive agency to be seconded to this
body.

the post of

candidates

for

The function of an accounting officer of an executive
agency could be entrusted to temporary staff within the
meaning of Article 2(a) of the Conditions of Employment
of Other Servants of the European Communities,
laid
down by Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC)
No 259/68 (3).

(5)

Therefore, Regulation (EC) No 1653/2004 should be
amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Article 30 of Regulation (EC) No 1653/2004, the intro-
ductory phrase of
replaced by the
the first paragraph is
following:

‘The management board shall appoint an accounting officer,
who shall be a seconded official or a member of
the
temporary staff directly recruited by the agency and who
shall be responsible for:’.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 8 November 2005.

For the Commission
Dalia GRYBAUSKAITĖ
Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 11, 16.1.2003, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 297, 22.9.2004, p. 6.

(3) OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation

(EC, Euratom) No 723/2004 (OJ L 124, 27.4.2004, p. 1).