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17.10.2007

DRAFT REPORTon the nomination of David Bostock as a Member of the Court of Auditors(C6-0304/2007 – 2007/0813(CNS))

Committee on Budgetary Control

Rapporteur: Inés Ayala Sender

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PROPOSAL FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DECISION.............................................3

ANNEX 1: CURRICULUM VITAE OF DAVID BOSTOCK ................................................4

ANNEX 2: SUMMARY BY DAVID BOSTOCK OF EXPERIENCE AS A COURT MEMBER AND OBJECTIVES FOR A FUTURE MANDATE .............................................5

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PROPOSAL FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DECISION

on the nomination of David Bostock as a Member of the Court of Auditors(C6-0304/2007 – 2007/0813(CNS))

The European Parliament,

– having regard to Article 247(3) of the EC Treaty and Article 160b(3) of the Euratom Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C6-0304/2007),

– having regard to the fact that at its meeting of 6 November 2007 the Committee on Budgetary Control heard the Council's nominee for membership of the Court of Auditors, and considered the nominee's qualifications in the light of the criteria laid down by Article 247(2) of the EC Treaty and Article 160b(2) of the Euratom Treaty,

– having regard to Rule 101 of its Rules of Procedure,

– having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A6-0000/2007),

1. Delivers a favourable/negative opinion on the nomination of David Bostock as a Member of the Court of Auditors;

2. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Council and, for information, the Court of Auditors and the other institutions of the European Communities, and the audit institutions of the Member States.

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ANNEX 1: CURRICULUM VITAE OF DAVID BOSTOCK

UK Member of the European Court of Auditors. Educated: Oxford University (Modern History), University College London (Economics of Public Policy). Spent 30 years in the British civil service, starting in the Treasury and ending as an EU specialist. Head of the Treasury's European Union Group 1990-1994; Assistant Director then Director of the European Investment Bank, 1990-1994; United Kingdom Deputy Permanent Representative to the European Union, 1995 -1998; Head of the European Secretariat in the Cabinet Office, 1999-2000; Visiting Fellow at the Centre for International Studies at the London School of Economics 2000-2001; Practitioner Fellow at the University of Sussex European Institute. Member of the European Court of Auditors since January 2002 with responsibilities first for agriculture then (since March 2006) for structural and internal policies

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ANNEX 2: SUMMARY BY DAVID BOSTOCK OF EXPERIENCE AS A COURT MEMBER AND OBJECTIVES FOR A FUTURE MANDATE

The Court of Auditors: Past Experience and Future Objectives

Experience

As a member of the audit group dealing with agriculture, fisheries and rural development I supervised for three years work on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) part of the DAS; and coordinated the drafting of the agriculture chapter in the 2001, 2002 and 2003 annual reports. I prepared and presented to Cocobu special reports on the prefinancing of export refunds (1/2003) and the setting of export refund rates (9/2003); and was rapporteur for the Court's opinion on a Commission proposal on the financing of the CAP (1/2005).

In 2005 and early 2006 I carried out, at the request of the Court's President, an internal study on how the Court could best communicate the results of its audit work.

In March 2006 I joined the audit group responsible for spending on cohesion, research and some other internal policies of the Union. Earlier this year I presented a special report on the mid-term evaluation, mid-term revision and implementation of the performance reserve for the structural funds in 2000-2006 (SR1/2007).

I have contributed actively to discussions of policy issues affecting the Court.

Objectives

Members of the Court act as rapporteurs for individual items of work; as members of audit groups; and as members of the college exercising collective responsibility for the Court's development. Personal objectives are best considered in this framework.As rapporteur my objective will be to ensure that work is carried out to the appropriate standard, on time and within budget; that audit findings are soundly based; and that the results are reported in a way which is clear and relevant.As member of an audit group my objective will be to ensure that audit tasks are clearly defined in a way which should permit audit questions to be satisfactorily answered; that audit results are interpreted rigorously but realistically; and that audit findings are clearly communicated. The Court's reports should be intelligible to as wide a range of readers as possible, not just to experts. As a member of the college, I shall continue to do my best to help the Court to behave as a high-performing modern public audit institution which:

• responds to, and where appropriate influences, relevant developments in audit and in the European Union;

• draws on best practice in other public audit institutions, notably through the peer review which is soon to begin;

• prioritises its tasks and deploys its resources efficiently; and

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• informs European citizens and their elected representatives about the reliability of the Union's accounts, the legality and regularity of transactions and the effectiveness, efficiency and economy of expenditure programmes.

David Bostock