Translation of "Tache d'analyse " (French → English) :

For these reasons it is appropriate to provide that the numerous and diverse laboratory tests required under Directive 2000/29/EC may, in addition to legal persons which are exclusively charged with specific public functions, be delegated to legal persons not fulfilling this requirement, such as universities, research institutes or private laboratories in any legal form recognised in the Member State in accordance with their national legislation, provided that they satisfy certain conditions.

Delegation of laboratory analysis work

on the proposal for a Council directive amending Directive 2009/29/EC in relation to the delegation of laboratory analysis work

24. Points out that Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 of 19 December 2002 laying down the statute for executive agencies to be entrusted with certain tasks in the management of Community programmes requires, in its Article 3(1) a cost-benefit analysis, taking into account a number of factors, before the establishment of an executive agency can be requested; regrets that the Commission was not in a position to present the European Court of Auditors with a satisfactory cost-benefit analysis of the establishment of an executive agency at the outset; remains, together with the European Court of Auditors, doubtful with regard to the quality of the revised version of the cost-benefit analysis concerning the externalisation of the management of ...[+++] Community financial support to the TEN-T networks; for the future, calls on the Commission to seek a positive opinion on cost-benefit analyses from the European Court of Auditors before forwarding a request for the establishment of an executive agency to the budgetary authorities;

24. Points out that Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 of 19 December 2002 laying down the statute for executive agencies to be entrusted with certain tasks in the management of Community programmes requires, in its Article 3(1) a cost-benefit analysis, taking into account a number of factors, before the establishment of an executive agency can be requested; regrets that the Commission was not in a position to present the European Court of Auditors with a satisfactory cost-benefit analysis of the establishment of an executive agency at the outset; remains, together with the European Court of Auditors, doubtful with regard to the quality of the revised version of the cost-benefit analysis concerning the externalisation of the management of ...[+++] Community financial support to the TEN-T networks; for the future, calls on the Commission to seek a positive opinion on cost-benefit analyses from the European Court of Auditors before forwarding a request for the establishment of an executive agency to the budgetary authorities;

In addition, in its replies to the questionnaire drawn up by the Committee on Budgetary Control concerning the 2001 discharge - Section III, under point 3, Externalisation of administrative tasks (in particular questions 3.1 to 3.10, pp. 16 et seq.), the Commission provides outline answers on the issue of the cost/benefit analysis of the externalisation of administrative tasks, the dismantling of the TAOs, the subsidies for the 'agencies' granted from the Community budget in the financial years 1997-2001, the criteria to be employed in identifying tasks suitable for externalisation, decisions concerning the externalisation of Eurostat's ...[+++]tasks, etc.