Born 1953; awarded degrees in political science (1976) and law (1983) at the University of Copenhagen; Official at the Ministry of Justice (1983-85); Lecturer (1984-91), then Associate Professor (1991-96), in family law at the University of Copenhagen; Head of Section at the Advokatsamfund (Danish Bar Association) (1985-86); Head of Section (1986-91) at the Ministry of Justice; called to the Bar (1991); Head of Division (1991-95), Head of the Police Department (1995-99) and Head of the Law Department (2000-03) at the Ministry of Justice; Danish representative on the K-4 Committee (1995-2000), the Schengen Central Group (1996-98) ...[+++]and the Europol Management Board (1998-2000); Judge at the Højesteret (Supreme Court) (2003-06).

These are all available for public scrutiny. Because it enhances effective performance management: it reinforces effectiveness and the ownership of supervisory and control systems by the DGs and heads of service, it encourages anticipative and solid daily management embedding the risk management dimension. Because it reinforces the Commission’s responsibility and monitoring capacity, including when budget implementation tasks are delegated to third parties such as the Member States. Because it identifies further measures to strengthen the three strands above, for instance accounts under full accrual basis, which will be signed off by the ...[+++] Accounting Officer, an integrated internal control framework and a more coherent approach to risks by group of services'

Each authorising officer delegate in the Commission (generally the Directors General or Heads of Service) has an internal control co-ordinator who overviews the feedback received on internal control, on the management information and on the data that is provided for the accounts.

To ensure better cooperation between the public health and the animal health sectors the Commission brought together the Chief Medical Officers (CMO) and the Chief Veterinarian Officers (CVO) of the EU on 22 September 2005.

Accordingly, the Council also welcomed the ongoing co-ordination measures being taken at expert level in the Commission and the Council, including the regular meetings of Chief Veterinary and Chief Medical Officers, the Standing Committee on the Food Chain and Animal Health, and the meeting held by heads of consular crisis units together with Health experts on 29 September 2005.

The services procured by the Audit Commission fall within category 9 of Annex IA to the Directive (accounting, auditing and book-keeping services) and, pursuant to article 8, the award procedures for these contracts are therefore covered by the provisions of Title III to VI of the Directive.