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Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy
2002/2188(DEC)
19 February 2003
OPINION
of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy
for the Committee on Budgetary Control
on the discharge to the European Agency for Reconstruction for the financial year 2001 (C5-0596/2002 – 2002/2188(DEC))
Draftsman: Doris Pack
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The Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy appointed Doris Pack draftsman at its meeting of 9 September 2002.
It considered the draft opinion at its meeting of 19 February 2003.
At this meeting it adopted the following conclusions unanimously.
The following were present for the vote Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, acting chairperson; Doris Pack (draftsman), Ole Andreasen, John Walls Cushnahan, Alfred Gomolka, Georg Jarzembowski (for Michael Gahler), Hugues Martin, Philippe Morillon, Jacques F. Poos, Ilkka Suominen, Hannes Swoboda, Demetrio Volcic.
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AD\490308EN.doc 3/4 PE 320.266/DEF EN CONCLUSIONS
The Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy calls on the Committee on Budgetary Control, as the committee responsible, to incorporate the following points in its motion for a resolution:
Paragraph 7 (to be modified as follows)
Regrets that the Agency failed to give a satisfactory answer to the question of the contract signed by private treaty with an EU expert, in order for him to provide technical assistance to the Presidency of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia; asks the Commission to explain the reasons for requesting the Agency to do this contract under these exceptional conditions and to be fully informed of the Financial Controller's role in this case;
Paragraph 19 (to be modified as follows)
Invites the Commission to make proposals aiming at fostering better functioning of the Agency, ensuring better value for money through a cost/benefit analysis and, in making such proposals, to consider reinforced co-operation and co-ordination between the Agency, UNMIK and the Commission; invites the Agency to establish an overall plan for monitoring the projects financed and evaluating their consinstency with the EU policy for the region;
Paragraph 19a (new)
Calls on the Commission and the Agency to pursue with the reinforcement of EU assistance to "institutional building" projects;
Paragraph 19b (new)
Insists on the need for the Commission to present to the European Parliament the Agency's annual report at the latest by 1 May of the following year, which shall take dully into account the European Parliament's recommendations set up in its resolution of 5 September 20021;
1 EP resolution on the annual report on the Agency for Reconstruction (OJ C ...)
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