Draft Decision of the BEREC Office MC on the termination of the appointment of the Interim Accounting Officer and on the appointment of the Commission Accounting Officer as the BEREC Office Accounting Officer

In order to improve the cost-efficiency of the BEREC Office the, in the MC BEREC Office Financial Regulation (Decision MC/2014/1), has envisaged the possibility of sharing services or transferring certain functions to another body of the EU or to the Commission. One of the options explicitly mentioned in the Financial Regulation is the possibility for partial or full outsourcing of the tasks of the accounting officer (Article 50 (2) of the Financial Regulation).

Mainly with a view to ensuring business continuity, access to more expertise and improved risk management, the BEREC Office Administrative Manager (AM) has requested the Commission to provide the BEREC Office with an offer for full outsourcing of the tasks of the accounting officer to the Commission Accounting Officer.

After examining the offer and talking into account the cost-benefit analysis undertaken the AM has tabled the current proposal to the MC to outsource the Accounting Officer function to the Commission Accounting Officer as of 18 April 2016.

The current document is part of the internal decision making process of the BEREC Office and therefore is not available to the public.

The final decision, if approved by the MC, will be made available to the public through the current register.