European Parliament Decision

of 6 November 2003

on the discharge to the Director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2001

(2003/888/EC)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

- having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the financial statements of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work concerning the financial year 2001, together with the Agency's replies(1) (C5-0102/2003),

- having regard to the Council's recommendation of 7 March 2003 (C5-0103/2003),

- having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 276 thereof,

- having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities(2) and in particular Article 185 thereof,

- having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 23 December 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities(3) and, in particular, Article 94 thereof,

- having regard to Rule 93a and Annex V of its Rules of Procedure,

- having regard to its decision of 8 April 2003 on the postponement of the decision concerning discharge and its resolution containing the comments accompanying that decision(4),

- having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (A5-0360/2003),

1. Gives discharge to the Director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2001;

2. Records its comments in the accompanying resolution;

3. Instructs its President to forward this decision and the accompanying resolution to the Director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors and to have them published in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

The Secretary-General

Julian Priestley

The President

Pat Cox

(1) OJ C 326, 27.12.2002, p. 9.

(2) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

(3) OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72.

(4) OJ L 148, 16.6.2003, pp. 16 and 18.