Article 4 Political supervision and reporting arrangements to the Council
United Kingdom
The Agency shall operate under the authority and the political supervision of the Council, to which it shall provide regular reports and from which it shall receive regular guidelines.
The Agency shall report regularly to the Council on its activities, and shall notably:
submit to the Council in November each year a report on the Agency’s activities for that year and provide elements for the Agency’s work programme and budgets for the following year;
subject to a Council decision on the establishment of permanent structured cooperation, submit to the Council at least once a year information on the Agency’s contribution to the assessment activities in the context of permanent structured cooperation, referred to in Article 5(3)(f)(ii).
The Agency shall provide the Council in good time with information on important matters to be submitted to the Steering Board for decision.
The Council, acting by unanimity, and with advice from the PSC or other competent Council bodies as appropriate, shall issue guidelines annually in relation to the work of the Agency, notably with regard to its work programme. The Agency’s work programme shall be established within the framework of these guidelines.
Every year, the Council, acting by unanimity, shall approve a Financial Framework for the Agency for the following 3 years. That Financial Framework shall set out agreed priorities associated with the Agency’s 3-year Work Plan and shall constitute a legally binding ceiling for the first year and planning figures for the second and third year. The Agency shall provide, no later than 31 March each year, a draft of the Financial Framework and its associated Work Plan to the Steering Board for consideration.
The Agency may make recommendations to the Council and to the Commission as necessary for the implementation of its mission.