1. European Parliament decision of 24 April 2007 on the discharge for the implementation of the budget of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2005 (C6-0400/2006 - 2006/2167(DEC))
Date: 2007-04-24
Institutions: Committee on Budgetary Control, European Parliament
Subjects: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, budgetary discharge, financial year, implementation of the budget

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23.
Notes the failure to introduce activity-based management although this is laid down by the Author-
ity's financial regulation, along the lines of what was applied to the general budget with a view to improving
performance monitoring;

Regrets the fact that the Authority did not carry out a risk analysis or formally lay down the internal

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control systems and procedures it follows and invites the Authority to do so as quickly as possible;

25.
Notes with regard to recruitment that the Authority rejected candidates on the basis of criteria other
than those provided for in the vacancy notices and, in addition, did not observe the regulatory provisions
concerning the grades of selection board members in relation to the posts to be filled; insists on the strict
application of the relevant criteria and on an effective check as to whether the documents submitted by
candidates in support of their applications actually offer genuine proof;

26.

Notes that the Authority had difficulties in recruiting highly skilled scientific staff in Parma;

27.
Regrets that a considerable number of anomalies were revealed during the audits carried out on the
award and conclusion of contracts; invites the Authority to urgently tighten up its internal control system;

Notes that buildings intended to house the Authority permanently are still not available and that the
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Authority was thus obliged to rent and fit out
in 2005: approximately
EUR 3 500 000); invites the Authority, together with the Commission, to clarify this situation with the
national authorities, in particular with a view to any financial compensation.

temporary premises (cost

P6_TA(2007)0126

Discharge 2005: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

1.
European Parliament decision of 24 April 2007 on the discharge for the implementation of the
budget of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2005
(C6-0400/2006 — 2006/2167(DEC))

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

for the financial year 2005 (1),

— having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the final annual accounts of the European Centre for
Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2005, together with the Centre'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,

— having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial
the European Communities (3), and in particular

Regulation applicable to the general budget of
Article 185 thereof,

— having regard to Regulation (EC) No 851/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
21 April 2004 establishing a European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (4), and in particular
Article 23 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 (5), and in particular Article 94 thereof,

(1) OJ C 266, 31.10.2006, p. 31.
(2) OJ C 312, 19.12.2006, p. 54.
(3) 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).

(4) OJ L OJ L 142, 30.4.2004, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72.

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— 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

for Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A6-0119/2007),

Grants the executive director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control discharge for

1.
the implementation of the Centre's budget for the financial year 2005;

2.

Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.
Instructs its President to forward this decision and the resolution that forms an integral part of it to
the executive director of European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, 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).

2.
European Parliament decision of 24 April 2007 on closing the accounts of the European Centre for
Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2005 (C6-0400/2006 — 2006/2167(DEC))

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

for the financial year 2005 (1),

— having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the final annual accounts of the European Centre for
Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2005, together with the Centre'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,

— having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial
the European Communities (3), and in particular

Regulation applicable to the general budget of
Article 185 thereof,

— having regard to Regulation (EC) No 851/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
21 April 2004 establishing a European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (4), and in particular
Article 23 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 (5), 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

for Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A6-0119/2007),

(1) OJ C 266, 31.10.2006, p. 31.
(2) OJ C 312, 19.12.2006, p. 54.
(3) 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).

(4) OJ L OJ L 142, 30.4.2004, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72.