European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90 on the establishment of the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation Network as regards the term of office of the Executive Director (COM(2005)0190 - C6-0141/2005 - 2005/0072(COD))
Date: 2005-12-13
Institutions: Committee on Legal Affairs, European Parliament
Subjects: European Environment Agency, administrative procedure, contractual liability, operation of the Institutions

23.11.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

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Tuesday 13 December 2005

Approves the Commission proposal;

Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substan-

1.

2.

3.
tially;

4.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

P6_TA(2005)0471

The term of office of the Executive Director of the European Environment
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the European Environment

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council amending Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90 on the establishment of the Euro-
pean Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation Network
as regards the term of office of the Executive Director (COM(2005)0190 — C6-0141/2005 — 2005/
0072(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2005)

0190) (1),

— having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 175 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission

submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0141/2005),

— having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Legal Affairs and the opinion of the Committee on

the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A6-0345/2005),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal

2.
substantially or replace it with another text;

3.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

P6_TC1-COD(2005)0072

Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 13 December 2005 with a view to
the adoption of Regulation (EC) No …/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council amend-
ing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90 on the establishment of the European Environment
Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation Network as regards the
term of office of the Executive Director

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 175 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

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Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1),

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions (1),

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty (2),

Whereas:

(1)

It is necessary to harmonise the rules on the conditions and procedures applicable to extending the
term of office of the Director, Deputy Director or President, as appropriate, of certain Community
agencies.

(2) Provision should be made for the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency to be
appointed on a proposal from the Commission, after hearing the opinion of the representative
appointed by the European Parliament.

(3) Provision should be made to extend this term of office once, after suitable evaluation and after hearing

the opinion of the representative appointed by the European Parliament.

(4) Council Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90 (3) should therefore be amended,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Article 9(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90, the first sentence is hereby replaced by the following:

‘1.
The Agency shall be headed by an Executive Director appointed by the management board on a
proposal from the Commission, after hearing the opinion of the representative appointed by the
European Parliament, for a period of five years. After an evaluation and after hearing the opinion
of the representative appointed by the European Parliament, the management board may extend the
period of office of the Executive Director once for a period of not more than five years.

In the evaluation, the management board shall assess in particular:

— the results achieved in the first term of office and the way in which they have been achieved;

— the Agency's duties and requirements in the coming years.

The evaluation shall be submitted without delay to the Commission and to the European Parliament.’

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the […] day following that of 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 …, on …

For the European Parliament
The President

For the Council
The President

(1) OJ C …
(2) Position of the European Parliament of 13 December 2005.
(3) OJ L 120, 11.5.1990, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1641/2003 of the European Parliament

and of the Council (OJ L 245, 29.9.2003, p. 1).