Special Report No 13/2009: Delegating implementing tasks to executive agencies: a successful option?

Abstract:

Executive agencies are Community bodies established by the European Commission in order to implement, by delegation, all or part of EU spending programmes. They are a relatively new phenomenon in the European institutional landscape.

The audit assessed whether the six executive agencies which have been created since 2003 had proven to be a successful instrument for implementing the European budget.

The report analyses the decision-making process for creating the agencies and the benefits achieved in terms of cost savings, service delivery and efficiency gains. The Commission’s supervision of the agencies’ activities is also examined.

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