1. European Parliament decision of 24 April 2007 on the discharge for the implementation of the budget of the European Maritime Safety Agency for the financial year 2005 (C6-0397/2006 - 2006/2164(DEC))
Date: 2007-04-24
Institutions: Committee on Budgetary Control, European Parliament
Subjects: European Maritime Safety Agency, budgetary discharge, financial year, implementation of the budget

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Tuesday 24 April 2007

Specific points

21.
Notes that the commitment rate for the appropriations for the financial year is high (practically
100 % for the Foundation's own activities) and draws the Foundation's attention to the high rate (over
40 %) of carry-overs of commitments for operating activities (Title III); is particularly concerned as a similar
situation prevails for the implementation of MEDA and Tempus activities; invites the Foundation to better
ensure its programming;

Considers the Foundation to be a source of important information and of exchange of experience for

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the partner countries of the European Union and for all EU institutions;

23.
Points out that training programmes and the improvement thereof form the basis for the develop-
ment and expansion of democracy; consequently encourages the Foundation to step up its activities in
partner countries where major obstacles stand in the way of the progress of democracy;

Criticises the fact that, as in previous years and in infringement of its financial regulation, the Foun-

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dation only published a summary of its budget in the Official Journal;

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Invites the Foundation to present a new budget nomenclature which corresponds better to the Foun-
dation's reality and which could avoid constant transfers; invites the Foundation to improve coordination
between the financial unit and the operational units, which should lead to a decrease in transfers which are
necessary;

26.

Invites the Foundation to improve compliance with existing rules for final accounts;

Deplores the fact that the Foundation has still not finished introducing its system of internal control
27.
and the fact that at the end of 2005 there was no analysis of operational risks and ex post checks and that at
the same time the accounting officer had not yet validated the accounts information and inventory systems;

28. Welcomes the fact that the Foundation has continued to step up its work on the development of
human resources, thus enabling partner countries to make better use of its experience when tackling the
reform of their training and further training systems;

Insists that the Foundation has to overcome shortcomings in the field of the documentation of staff

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selection procedures.

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Discharge 2005: European Maritime Safety Agency

1.
European Parliament decision of 24 April 2007 on the discharge for the implementation of the
budget of the European Maritime Safety Agency for the financial year 2005 (C6-0397/2006 —
2006/2164(DEC))

The European Parliament,

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

year 2005 (1),

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

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

(1) OJ C 266, 31.10.2006, p. 13.
(2) OJ C 312, 19.12.2006, p. 30.

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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 Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
27 June 2002 establishing a European Maritime Safety Agency (2), and in particular Article 19 thereof,

— having regard to the 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 and the opinion of the Committee

on Transport and Tourism (A6-0114/2007),

Grants to the executive director of the European Maritime Safety Agency discharge for the implemen-

1.
tation of 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
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the executive director of the European Maritime Safety Agency, 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 208, 5.8.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1891/2006 (OJ L 394, 30.12.2006,

p. 1).

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

2.
European Parliament decision of 24 April 2007 on closing the accounts of the European Maritime
Safety Agency for the financial year 2005 (C6-0397/2006 — 2006/2164(DEC))

The European Parliament,

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

year 2005 (1),

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

Safety Agency 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. 13.
(2) OJ C 312, 19.12.2006, p. 30.