CELEX: 51997PC0489(04)
Language: en
Date: 1997-10-06
Title: Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90 of 7 May 1990 on the establishment of the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation Network

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51997PC0489(04)

Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90 of 7 May 1990 on the establishment of the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation Network  /* COM/97/0489 final - CNS 97/0256 */  

Official Journal C 335 , 06/11/1997 P. 0016

Proposal for a Council Regulation (EC) amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90 of 7 May 1990 on the establishment of the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation Network (97/C 335/14) (Text with EEA relevance) COM(97) 489 final - 97/0256(CNS)(Submitted by the Commission on 7 October 1997)THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community and, in particular, Article 130s thereof,Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament,Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee,Whereas, on 7 May 1990, the Council adopted Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90 (1) on the establishment of the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation Network;Whereas the financial provisions governing the decentralized agencies established by the Community should be harmonized, particularly in the matter of the controls to which the Agency is subject;Whereas the Commission's Financial Controller is the person best placed to perform the tasks of Financial Controller of the Office;Whereas is it desirable for the power to grant discharge to be assigned to the European Parliament on the recommendation of the Management Board,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:Article 1 In Article 13 of Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90:(a) paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:'2. Control of commitment and payment of all expenditure and control of the establishment and recovery of all revenue of the Agency shall be carried out by the Commission's Financial Controller.`;(b) paragraph 4 is replaced by the following:'4. The European Parliament shall, on the recommendation of the Management Board, give discharge to the Executive Director in respect of the implementation of the budget.`Article 2 This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.(1) OJ L 120, 11. 5. 1990, p. 1.