Community Agencies: Partners in Accession Lisbon, 26 November 2009  Community Agencies: Partners in Accession Lisbon, 26 November 2009 Zoltan Kazatsay - Deputy Director General DG TREN EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Types of agencies  Regulatory agencies  Executive agencies  Joint undertakings

Justification of agencies  Allow Commission to focus on its core tasks  Support decision making on technical or scientific issues  Coordination at EU level  EU visibility outside Brussels

Tasks of agencies  Adopt binding rules or individual decisions  Provide direct assistance  Carry out operational activities  Focus on networking

Governance of agencies  Administrative Board  Executive Director  Specific committees  Audits/reporting

Budget and staff of agencies 2008 2009 2010 Budget 1,218 1,252 1,446 EU contribution 593 613 695 Staff 4,373 4,847 5,031

DG TREN agencies  European Aviation Safety Agency EASA  European Maritime Safety Agency EMSA  European Railway Agency ERA  European GNSS Supervisory Authority GSA  Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators ACER

DG TREN agencies 2008 2009 2010 Budget 164 186 209 EU contribution 102 109 119 Staff 783 845 962

Agencies and non EU Member States  General provision in constituent act  Assistance  Working arrangements  Agreements

Institutional aspects  European agencies: the way forward  Inter-institutional working group  Horizontal evaluation  Time frame: end 2010/early 2011

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