Translation of "chef d'unité faisant fonction " (French → English) :

31. Underlines that the College and the Commissioners thereby take the final responsibility for the reliability and completeness of the reservations made by the Directors-General and Heads of Units acting as 'Authorising Officers by Delegation' and stresses that the act of delegation in no way takes away final responsibility from the College and the Commissioners;

31. Underlines that the College and the Commissioners thereby take the final responsibility for the reliability and completeness of the reservations made by the Directors-General and Heads of Units acting as ‘Authorising Officers by Delegation’ and stresses that the act of delegation in no way takes away final responsibility from the College and the Commissioners;

In that context, he was awarded the medal for ‘the liberation of Crimea’ by the Acting Head of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea for the support he provided to the unlawful annexation of Crimea.

10. Expresses concern that the Court of Auditors has reported that three out of six middle management (Head of Unit) posts at the Agency were filled on a temporary basis by ‘acting’ staff members; underlines that this situation indicates difficulties in attracting and retaining the right staff; welcomes, nevertheless, the Agency's plan to adopt a decision which will provide that the final assessment of applicants will be based on the combination of the grade given at the moment of the completion of the application form, and the result of interviews and written tests; considers that this approach is an improvement of the Agency's selection procedures as it ta ...[+++]kes into account, in an effective manner, each candidate's merits;

10. Expresses concern that the Court of Auditors has reported that three out of six middle management (Head of Unit) posts at the Agency were filled on a temporary basis by “acting” staff members; underlines that this situation indicates difficulties in attracting and retaining the right staff; welcomes, nevertheless, the Agency’s plan to adopt a decision which will provide that the final assessment of applicants will be based on the combination of the grade given at the moment of the completion of the application form, and the result of interviews and written tests; considers that this approach is an improvement of the Agency’s selection procedures as it ta ...[+++]kes into account, in an effective manner, each candidate's merits;

I note in particular that the Romanian chief negotiator and acting minister for European integration is in the gallery, as is Mr Theodor Stolojan, the leader of the Romanian opposition: they too are very welcome.