1. European Parliament decision of 24 April 2007 on the discharge for the implementation of the budget of the European Agency for Reconstruction for the financial year 2005 (C6-0388/2006 - 2006/2155(DEC))
Date: 2007-04-24
Institutions: Committee on Budgetary Control, European Parliament
Subjects: European Agency for Reconstruction, budgetary discharge, financial year, implementation of the budget

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Tuesday 24 April 2007

7.
Notes that the CoR's Secretary-General, on being informed of this matter, adopted a restrictive inter-
pretation of the relevant rules of the recently amended Staff Regulations and ordered the recovery of any
amounts considered to have been unduly paid; notes that some of the officials that have been obliged to
repay dispute the CoR Secretary-General's reading of the relevant rules and have referred the matter to the
Court of Justice;

8.
Supports the Secretary-General in his intention to set up an administrative inquiry and expects him to
start disciplinary proceedings on the basis of the OLAF report regarding staff concerned; demands a strict
prosecution of all cases where fraudulent behaviour can be proved;

9.
Notes with concern that it has not been possible to fill all vacant posts from the reserve lists drawn up
after EPSO competitions; asks the CoR to analyse the reasons for the shortage of qualified candidates and to
inform the competent committee;

10.
Notes in connection with paragraph 8 of its discharge resolution of 27 April 2006 on the renovation
of the Belliard I and II buildings (1) that, during 2006, two firms of external consultants each gave a positive
certificate of conformity to the effect that the building work had been carried out in accordance with the
specification; points out that the ECA will shortly publish a special report on the EU institutions' expendi-
ture on buildings generally;

11.
Notes that the administrative cooperation between the CoR and the European Economic and Social
Committee (EESC) should be beneficial to both and financially advantageous for EU taxpayers; insists that
any new structures put in place for administrative cooperation between the two committees should result in
financial and organisational benefits; demands that both committees find a suitable way to continue the
administrative cooperation;

Recalls that the CoR and the EESC, through their joint services, manage certain activities in common
12.
(translation, printing, buildings, security, library, procurement, catering, ushers, medical service, cars and
drivers, IT, etc.) and that their cooperation agreement has recently been renewed for 6 months (with an
option to extend it for a further 6 months) pending a decision on whether such cooperation should con-
tinue in future;

13.
Invites the CoR and the EESC, having regard to the substantial divergences between the findings of
the reports of the joint services and the CoR's two external experts, to conduct a joint analysis based on
appropriate bench marks — if necessary with the help of the ECA — of the precise costs, benefits and
savings generated by cooperation and to submit the results of their examination to the competent commit-
tee by 31 October 2007.

(1) OJ L 340, 6.12.2006, p. 44.

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Discharge 2005: European Agency for Reconstruction

1.
European Parliament decision of 24 April 2007 on the discharge for the implementation of the
budget of the European Agency for Reconstruction for the financial year 2005 (C6-0388/2006 —
2006/2155(DEC))

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Agency for Reconstruction for the financial

year 2005 (1),

— having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the final annual accounts of the European Agency for

Reconstruction for the financial year 2005, together with the Agency's replies (2),

(1) OJ C 266, 31.10.2006, p. 7.
(2) OJ C 312, 19.12.2006, p. 18.

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— having regard to the Council's recommendation of 27 February 2007 (5711/2007 — C6-0080/2007),

Tuesday 24 April 2007

— having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 276 thereof,

— having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial
the European Communities (1), and in particular

Regulation applicable to the general budget of
Article 185 thereof,

— having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000 of 5 December 2000 on the European

Agency for Reconstruction (2), and in particular Article 8 thereof,

— having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the
framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC,
Euratom) No 1605/2002 (3), and in particular Article 94 thereof,

— having regard to Rule 71 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the Report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A6-0116/2007),

Grants the director of the European Agency for Reconstruction discharge for the implementation of

1.
the Agency's budget for the financial year 2005;

2.

Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

Instructs its President to forward this decision and the resolution that forms an integral part of it to
3.
the director of the European Agency for Reconstruction, the Council, the Commission and the Court of
Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

(1) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1995/2006 (OJ L 390,

30.12.2006, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 306, 7.12.2000, p. 7. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1756/2006 (OJ L 332, 30.11.2006,

p. 18).

(3) OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72.

2.
European Parliament decision of 24 April 2007 on closing the accounts of the European Agency for
Reconstruction for the financial year 2005 (C6-0388/2006 — 2006/2155(DEC))

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Agency for Reconstruction for the financial

year 2005 (1),

— having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the final annual accounts of the European Agency for

Reconstruction for the financial year 2005, together with the Agency's replies (2),

— having regard to the Council's recommendation of 27 February 2007 (5711/2007 — C6-0080/2007),

— having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 276 thereof,

(1) OJ C 266, 31.10.2006, p. 7.
(2) OJ C 312, 19.12.2006, p. 18.