2010 discharge: Community Fisheries Control Agency (CFCA)

PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2010, as part of the 2010 discharge procedure.

Analysis of the accounts of the Community Fisheries Control Agency (CFCA).

CONTENT: this Commission document sets out the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2010 as prepared on the basis of the information presented by the institutions, organisations and bodies of the EU, in accordance with Article 129 (2) of the Financial Regulation applicable to the EU's General Budget, including the Community Fisheries Control Agency (CFCA).

In 2010, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows:

• description of CFCA's tasks: the agency, which is located in Vigo, was created by Council Regulation (EC) No 768/2005 of 26 April 2005. Its main task is to organise the operational coordination of fisheries control and inspection activities by the Member States in order to ensure effective and uniform application of the rules of the common fisheries policy;
• CFCA's's budget for the 2010 financial year: the Agency's 2010 budget amounted to EUR 11 million, compared with EUR 10.1 million the previous year. The number of staff employed by the Agency at the end of the year was 54 as compared with 49 the previous year.

The complete version of CFCA's final accounts may be found at the following address: http://cfca.europa.eu