2010 discharge: European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA)

Having examined the revenue and expenditure accounts for the financial year 2010 and the balance sheet at 31 December 2010 of the European Network and  Information Security Agency, as well as the Court of Auditors' report on the annual accounts of the Agency for the financial year 2010, accompanied by the Agency's replies to the Court's observations, the Council recommends the European Parliament to give a discharge to the Executive Director of the Agency in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2010.

However, the Council considers that observations made in the Court of Auditor's report call for a certain number of remarks:

• the Council welcomes the Court's opinion that, in all material respects, the Agency's annual accounts fairly present the financial position as at 31 December 2010 and the results of operations and cash flows for the year then ended, in accordance with the provisions of the Agency's Financial Regulation, and that the underlying transactions for that financial year are legal and regular;
• the Council notes with concern the high amount of appropriations carried over to the next financial year. It urges the Agency to improve its budget and recruitment planning with a view to reducing carry-overs and to better respect the budgetary principle of annuality;
• the Council takes note of the fact that the Agency has taken measures to remedy the weaknesses identified in its selection procedures and stresses the importance of ensuring transparency in the recruitment process.