Activites

• 2003/01/16 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Regulation 2003/58
  • OJ L 011 16.01.2003, p. 0001-0008
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• 2002/12/19 Council Meeting
• 2002/12/19 End of procedure in Parliament
• 2002/12/19 Act adopted by Council after consultation of Parliament
• 2001/12/28 Modified legislative proposal published
  • COM(2001)0808 summary

    The Commission welcomed the changes proposed by the European Parliament and Court of Auditors noting that, by and large, they were in line with the Commission's own thinking. Nevertheless, a number of differences remain outstanding and in certain critical areas the Commission has been unable or unwilling to accept some Parliamentary amendments. Firstly, the Commission rejects Parliamentary attempts to place more restrictions, in terms of specialisation and duration, on the tasks likely to be entrusted to the agencies. Similarly, it rejects attempts to change the wording for the setting-up and winding-up of agencies. On the other hand, amendments to the conditions for setting up of an agency as regards the preparation of decisions to externalise tasks to an executive agency, have been accepted and incorporated into the revised text. Also accepted are changes to the recruitment and liability of staff as well as the location of these agencies. In terms of budgetary and financial arrangements the Commission has agreed to accept and incorporate requests that a specific statement be included in the work programme of the executive committee and that this then complies with budgetary decisions. Similarly, the establishment of a clearer definition as regards responsibility for the establishment of the budget have been found to be acceptable. On the matter of "administrative appropriations", the Commission has opted not to follow the Court of Auditors line where by an agency managing the operational appropriations that continue be entered in the general budget of the Commission, be appointed. Following a similar vein the Commission has decided to reject Parliament's request that discharge be given in respect of the administrative budgets of agencies when giving discharge in respect of the general budget. Also rejected are Parliamentary attempts to make the adoption of the agencies' financial regulation subject to consultation of both the Parliament and Council. Concerning the thorny issue of liability, the Commission states that it cannot accept the suggestion that it be declared liable in law for the acts of agencies. These agencies, the Commission argues, have their own legal personality for which the Commission expresses no desire to be liable for. The Commission does accept however that the procedures for monitoring the regularity of acts provide that the Commission may, of its own volition, review the acts of an agency and where necessary annul them. Decisions may subsequently be appealed to the Court of Justice. Finally, in terms of evaluation, the Commission has agreed with Parliamentary and Court requests that the agencies be evaluated every three years.�

  • DG [{'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/index_en.htm', 'title': 'Taxation and Customs Union'}],
• 2001/07/05 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T5-0392/2001 summary

    The European Parliament adopted the report by Mr Jean-Louis BOURLANGES (EPP-ED, F). Parliament made it clear that the Commission remains ultimately responsible for the activities of those executive agencies that are entrusted with certain tasks in the management of Community programmes. While subscribing to the Commission proposal in principle, the Parliament wants externalisation to be restricted to tasks related to the management of Community programmes. Tasks related to the Commission's public service activities may only be delegated to external agencies when justified because of their temporary nature or technical complexity. (Please refer to the previous text for additional information on the amendments adopted). �

• 2001/07/04 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2001/06/18 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A5-0216/2001
• 2001/01/31 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2000/12/13 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(2000)0788 summary

    PURPOSE: to present a Commission proposal for a Council Regulation laying down the statute for executive agencies to be entrusted with certain tasks in the manangement of Community programmes. CONTENT: this proposed regulation defines the statue of executive agencies to which the Commission, under its own control and responsibility, may entrust certain tasks relating to the management of Community programmes. This proposal is against the background of a Commission's Communication in December 1999 setting out to develop a coherent and manageable externalisation policy in order to correct the aberrations caused by poor control of various technical assistance offices (TAOs). The main provisions of the proposed regulation are the creation and winding-up of executive agencies, legal status, headquarters, tasks, structure, steering committee (and its tasks), the appointment and tasks of the director, various aspects of the budget, staff and supervision and finally, liability of an executive agency and access by the public to its documents. �

  • DG [{'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/index_en.htm', 'title': 'Taxation and Customs Union'}],

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(2000)0788
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A5-0216/2001
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T5-0392/2001
• Modified legislative proposal published: COM(2001)0808
• : Regulation 2003/58
• : OJ L 011 16.01.2003, p. 0001-0008

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)