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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1

1. Observes that in 2007 the European Court of Auditors (ECA) audited 273 decentralised agencies, 3 executive agencies and other E~~U decentralised bodies (2006: 24); notes that their budgets amounted to EUR 1 243 500 000 (2006:~~nergy Supply Agency, a body set up under the Euratom Treaty; notes that the subsidies from the Community budget in 2007 for decentralised agencies amounted to EUR 452 000 000; emphasises that more than EUR 1 0800 7000 000~~) and the total number of authorised posts was 3 626,5 (2006: 3 212)~~ has been allocated to agencies' budgets through other revenues such as own revenues from fees, contributions from EFTA countries and special contributions of Community programmes and others;

2009/02/25
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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Points out that for decentralised agencies the budgetary authority has authorised 3 487,5 posts in the establishment plans; notes that, according to the documents provided by the ECA, 2 823 posts have been filled in addition to 961,5 posts by contractual agents or national experts;

2009/02/25
Committee: CONT

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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 b (new)

~~1 See the arguments developed in the Study on the Agencies' discharge by the Budgetary Support Unit of the European Parliament, December 2006.~~2b. Welcomes the Report from the Commission to the European Parliament on the follow-up to 2006 Discharge Decisions (COM(2008)0629); points out again that Community law does not have a legal definition of an agency and supports the definition of agencies as "bodies set up by the Communities having legal personality"1; recalls the three categories of agencies that fit this definition: decentralised agencies, executive agencies and other bodies; reiterates in this context the term "decentralised agencies" as a general term for the traditional agencies; considers that the term "regulatory agency", which is increasingly used as a generic term, is misleading, as not all decentralised agencies have regulatory tasks; recalls that decentralised agencies are set up by the European legislator for a variety of reasons such as the provision of certain services, the employment of specialist expertise and the carrying-out of regulatory and monitoring tasks; considers the establishment of the budget of decentralised bodies and assessment of the implementation of the respective budget as core responsibilities of the competent committee of the Parliament ; Or. en

2009/02/25
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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 c (new)

2c. Urges the ECA, for the sake of transparency, to consider the three categories of agencies in the next annual report;

2009/02/25
Committee: CONT

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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4 a (new)

4a. Notes, in this context, the difficulties of decentralised agencies in recruiting highly qualified staff and experts; invites the Commission and the European Personnel Selection Office to strengthen their supporting efforts;

2009/02/25
Committee: CONT

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Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)

115a. Welcomes the decision by the Conference of Presidents taken on 18 December 2008 to nominate 5 Members to the European Parliament delegation for the inter-institutional working group on the role of regulatory agencies; considers Parliament's resolution of 21 October 2008 on a strategy for the future settlement of the institutional aspects of Regulatory Agencies1 as a mandate for the Parliament's delegation working in the inter-institutional working group; insists on the need to establish minimum common standards with regard to the setting up of future decentralised agencies; Or. en Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2008)0495.

2009/02/25
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