2005 discharge: European Aviation Safety Agency

Having examined the revenue and expenditure account for the financial year 2005 and the balance sheet of revenue and expenditure at 31 December 2005 of the European Aviation Safety Agency, 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 2005.

In doing so, the Council confirms that EUR 1.2 million (85%) of the EUR 1.4 million in appropriations carried forward from the financial year 2004 to the financial year 2005, have been used. In addition, EUR 6.6 million in appropriations have been carried forward from the financial year 2005 to the financial year 2006 and EUR 4.1 million have been cancelled.

In parallel, the Council makes accompanying comments on the discharge which should be followed up. In particular, it:

• calls on the Agency to take the appropriate measures to improve the implementation of the budget and to ensure that resources are not mobilised unnecessarily. As in the previous year, the Council calls on the Agency to develop and implement the internal control standards and to carry out an adequate risk analysis;
• calls on the Agency to follow the Court's remarks regarding the requirement to respect the principle of open competition in the management of public procurement.