1. European Parliament decision of 24 April 2007 on the discharge for implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2005, Section VI - European Economic and Social Committee (C6-0469/2006 - 2006/2075(DEC))
Date: 2008-03-20
Institutions: Committee on Budgetary Control, European Parliament
Subjects: European Economic and Social Committee, budgetary discharge, financial year, general budget (EU), implementation of the budget

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Tuesday 24 April 2007

13. Welcomes the information contained in the ECA's replies to the rapporteur's questionnaire that
following that self-assessment an action plan had been adopted by the ECA, and implementation has started
with actions covering broad areas such as mission and strategic objectives, programming and performance
measuring, audit methodology, human resource strategy, internal and external communication and admin-
istrative procedures;

Notes that the action plan will be subjected to a ‘peer review’ and that the President of the ECA will
14.
give more details on its contents during his presentation of the ECA's annual work programme for 2007;

15.
Notes in relation to declarations of Members' financial interests that in compliance with the ECA's
Code of Conduct, ECA Members communicate a declaration of their financial interests and other assets
(including shares, convertible bonds and investment certificates, as well as land and real property, together
with their spouses' professional activities) to the President of the ECA, who keeps them under confidential
custody, and that these declarations are not published;

16.
States that, as a matter of principle and in the interests of transparency, Members of all EU institu-
tions should be required to submit a declaration of financial interests which should be accessible on the
Internet via a public register; calls on the ECA to inform Parliament by 30 September 2007 of what appro-
priate measures it will take;

17.
Recalls that the Court of Justice has, at Parliament's suggestion, set up a working group to study the
feasibility of requiring, inter alia, a declaration of its Members' financial interests; considers that this question
could form a useful part of the ECA's current self-assessment and peer review process.

P6_TA(2007)0109

Discharge 2005: Section VI, European Economic and Social Committee

1.
European Parliament decision of 24 April 2007 on the discharge for implementation of the
European Union general budget for the financial year 2005, Section VI — European Economic and
Social Committee (C6-0469/2006 — 2006/2075(DEC))

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the European Union general budget for the financial year 2005 (1),

— having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Communities for the financial year 2005 —

Volume I (C6-0469/2006) (2),

— having regard to the Annual Report of the Court of Auditors on implementation of the budget for the
financial year 2005 and the Court of Auditors' special reports, together with the audited institutions'
replies (3),

— having regard to the statement of assurance as to the reliability of the accounts and the legality and
regularity of the underlying transactions provided by the Court of Auditors pursuant to Article 248 of
the EC Treaty (4),

— having regard to Articles 272(10), 274, 275 and 276 of the EC Treaty,

(1) OJ L 60, 8.3.2005.
(2) OJ C 264, 31.10.2006, p. 1.
(3) OJ C 263, 31.10.2006, p. 1.
(4) OJ C 263, 31.10.2006, p. 10.

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— 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
Articles 50, 86, 145, 146 and 147 thereof,

Tuesday 24 April 2007

— 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 (A6-0110/2007),

Grants the European Economic and Social Committee's Secretary-General discharge for the implemen-

1.
tation of the European Economic and Social Committee 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 Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, the European Economic and
Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions, the European Ombudsman and the European Data Pro-
tection Supervisor, 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.
European Parliament resolution of 24 April 2007 with observations forming an integral part of the
decision on the discharge for the implementation of the European Union general budget for the
financial year 2005, Section VI — European Economic and Social Committee (C6-0469/2006 —
2006/2075(DEC))

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the European Union general budget for the financial year 2005 (1),

— having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Communities for the financial year 2005 —

Volume I (C6-0469/2006) (2),

— having regard to the Annual Report of the Court of Auditors on implementation of the budget for the
financial year 2005 and the Court of Auditors' special reports, together with the audited institutions'
replies (3),

— having regard to the statement of assurance as to the reliability of the accounts and the legality and
regularity of the underlying transactions, provided by the Court of Auditors pursuant to Article 248 of
the EC Treaty (4),

— having regard to Articles 272(10), 274, 275 and 276 of the EC Treaty,

— having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial
the European Communities (5), and in particular

Regulation applicable to the general budget of
Articles 50, 86, 145, 146 and 147 thereof,

(1) OJ L 60, 8.3.2005.
(2) OJ C 264, 31.10.2006, p. 1.
(3) OJ C 263, 31.10.2006, p. 1.
(4) OJ C 263, 31.10.2006, p. 10.
(5) 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).