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2006 discharge: European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA)

2007/2058(DEC)

PURPOSE: presentation of the final accounts of the European Aviation Safety Agency for the financial year 2006.

CONTENT: this document sets out a detailed account of the implementation of the 2006 budget, including the revenue and expenditure and the balance sheet for the year concerned.

According to this document, the final budget amounted to EUR 66.8 million including EUR 33.2 million of revenue from fees and charges and EUR 31.4 million from Community subsidy as well as a contribution from the Federal Republic of Germany (Ministry of Transport) of EUR 1.2 million.

As regards the staffing policy, the Agency, whose head office is now based in Cologne (Germany), set out a total of 328 posts in the establishment plan. 276 of these posts are currently occupied + 33 other posts totalling 309 assigned to operational, administrative and mixed tasks. Staff expenditure in 2006 accounted for EUR 23.595 million (final budget appropriations paid).

During 2006, the Agency carried out the following activities:

Opinions: 5 opinions concerning amendments to Regulations (EC) Nos 1592/2002, 1702/2003 and 2042/2003.

Rulemaking decisions:

  • 3 amendments of CS 25, CS-P and CS-ETSO certification specifications;
  • 6 amendments of Acceptable Means of Compliance and Guidance Material for Regulations (EC) Nos 1702/2003 and 2042/2003;
  • 1 decision on the organisation of approval numbers.

International cooperation:

  • 1 agreement protocol concluded with China on the final production line of the Airbus A320 in China and 1 cooperation agreement signed with China on Airbus products in general;
  • 1 cooperation agreement concluded with Japan for the export of European products;
  • 13 cooperation agreements concluded with every non-EU ECAC country within the context of the continuation of the SAFA programme;
  • Extension of the cooperation agreement with the Aeronautical Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States on Beriev products;

Certification decisions:

  • Type certificates: 70
  • Supplementary type certificates: 803
  • Airworthiness directives: 382
  • European Technical Specifications: 178
  • Acceptable means of compliance: 97
  • Major changes: 1 125
  • Minor changes: 1 830
  • Major repairs: 1 009
  • Minor repairs: 372
  • AFM/RFM (= Flight Manual Revisions): 430
  • Approval of design organisations: 377
  • Approval of maintenance organisations (bilateral): 1 293
  • Approval of maintenance organisations (foreign): 201
  • Approval of maintenance training organisations: 16
  • Approval of manufacturing organisations: 6

Standardisation inspections (number of countries by type):

  • Approval of manufacturing organisations: 12 countries
  • Approval of maintenance organisations: 26 countries.

The complete version of the final accounts may be found at the following address: http://www.easa.eu.int/level1/enlangverstempl.html