CELEX: 32005B0551
Language: mt
Date: 2005-04-12 00:00:00
Title: 2005/551/EC: Decision of the European Parliament of 12 April 2005 on the discharge to the Executive Director of the European Aviation Safety Agency in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2003

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           25.     Notes the positive response by the Agencies' Directors to the call by Parliament's committee respon-
           sible for preparing discharge for the establishment of a more precise system of communication, in particular
           as regards the transmission by the Agencies to that committee of documents relating to the Agencies'
           reporting obligations; takes the view that better organisation of such communication will strengthen its
           co-operation with the Agencies and enhance democratic control;

           26.    Invites the Directors of the Agencies from now on to accompany their annual activity report, which
           is presented together with financial and management information, with a declaration of assurance concer-
           ning the legality and regularity of operations, similar to the declarations signed by the Directors General of
           the Commission;

           27. Invites the Agencies to develop a comprehensive strategy of communication addressing the need to
           make available, in the appropriate form, the results of their work to the general public beyond the presen-
           tation of such results to the Institutions, Member States' competent services, specialists, partners or specific
           beneficiaries; calls on the Agencies, in view of the development of such a strategy, to intensify their co-
           operation and exchange information on best practice aimed at achieving this goal; expects its competent
           committees to be duly informed by the Agencies, before the next discharge exercise, on the progress made
           in devising such a strategy in order to ensure the effective and timely monitoring of their activities;

           General points addressed to the ECA and the Agencies

           28.    Welcomes the ECA's initiative to add a table to its specific reports on the Agencies presenting sum-
           mary information on the competences, governance, resources available and products/output of the particu-
           lar agency; takes the view that this enhances the clarity and transparency of the work of these Community
           bodies, while providing a useful basis for comparison, where appropriate, with a view to helping set up the
           harmonised framework for the Agencies that Parliament has called for;

           29.    Invites the ECA and the Agencies to strengthen their co-operation in order to enhance the procedu-
           res and technical tools to improve the sound management of all the budgetary and finance issues, with the
           view to establishing a methodology that prepares the ground for a positive budget discharge from the start
           of the process; expects to be informed regularly of the progress made and the implementation of best
           practices;

           30.     Calls on the ECA and the Agencies to enhance transparency in the “procédure contradictoire” prior
           to the ECA's final report, so as to avoid any contradiction or ambiguity which could jeopardise the credibi-
           lity of the whole exercise; in this respect, invites the ECA and the Commission to propose a feasible way of
           updating information on the improvements made and/or the problems found, from the time when the
           ECA's preparatory report is first discussed until the time of the decision as to whether to grant discharge,
           in order to offer the most accurate picture of the situation of the Agencies.

           P6_TA(2005)0113

           Discharge 2003: European Aviation Safety Agency

                                                          1.
           European Parliament decision on the discharge to the Executive Director of the European Aviation
           Safety Agency in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2003 (N6-0219/
                                      2004 — C6-0238/2004 — 2004/2052(DEC))

           The European Parliament,

           — having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the annual accounts of the European Aviation Safety
             Agency for the financial year 2003, together with the Agency's replies (1),

           — having regard to the Council's recommendation of 8 March 2005 (6863/2005 — C6-0064/2005),

           (1) OJ C 324, 30.12.2004, p. 9.
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              — 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
                Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (1) and in particular Ar-
                ticle 185 thereof, and to Regulation (EC) No 1643/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council
                of 22 July 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 on common rules in the field of civil
                aviation and establishing a European Aviation Safety Agency (2) and in particular Article 49 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 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European
                Communities (3) and, in particular, Article 94 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002,

              — having regard to Rules 70 and 71 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

              — having regard to the Report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A6-0074/2005),

              1. Gives discharge to the Executive Director of the European Aviation Safety Agency in respect of the
              implementation of its budget for the financial year 2003;

              2.     Records its comments in the accompanying resolution;

              3.    Instructs its President to forward this decision and the accompanying resolution to the Executive
              Director of the European Aviation Safety Agency, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors,
              and to have them published in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

              (1) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.
              (2) OJ L 245, 29.9.2003, p. 7.
              (3) OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72.

                                                            2.
              European Parliament resolution containing the comments accompanying the decision on the
              discharge to the Executive Director of the European Aviation Safety Agency in respect of the
              implementation of its budget for the financial year 2003 (N6-0219/2004 — C6-0238/2004 —
                                                     2004/2052(DEC))

              The European Parliament,

              — having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the annual accounts of the European Aviation Safety
                Agency for the financial year 2003, together with the Agency's replies (1),

              — having regard to the Council's recommendation of 8 March 2005 (6863/2005 — C6-0064/2005),

              — 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
                Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2) and in particular Ar-
                ticle 185 thereof, and to Regulation (EC) No 1643/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council
                of 22 July 2003 amending Regulation (EC) No 1592/2002 on common rules in the field of civil
                aviation and establishing a European Aviation Safety Agency (3) and in particular Article 49 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 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European
                Communities (4) and, in particular, Article 94 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002,

              — having regard to Rules 70 and 71 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

              — having regard to the Report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A6-0074/2005),

              (1)   OJ C 324, 30.12.2004, p. 9.
              (2)   OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.
              (3)   OJ L 245, 29.9.2003, p. 7.
              (4)   OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72.