The Management Board should be entrusted with the necessary powers, in particular the power to establish the budget, to verify its execution, to adopt appropriate financial rules and CEPOL's multi-annual programming and annual work programmes, to establish transparent working procedures for CEPOL's decision making, to appoint the Executive Director, to establish performance indicators and to exercise appointing authority powers, in accordance with the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Union (the ‘Staff Regulations’) and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Union (the ‘Conditions of Employment of Oth ...[+++]er Servants’) laid down in Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68

9. Believes the HRC should be better equipped to address both chronic and emergency situations, perhaps through the expansion of the human rights ‘toolbox’, by using panels not just during but also in between sessions, and by bringing sessions to regions away from Geneva; regrets that on several occasions the UNHRC has been unable to address serious human rights situations in an urgent and timely manner because of the absence of adequate instruments, and supports the idea of independent ‘triggers’; actively seeks the creation of dedicated UNHRC mechanisms to respond promptly to the human rights crises like in Libya, Tunisia, Egypt, Ira ...[+++]n and Belarus;

10. Believes the HRC should be better equipped to address both chronic and emergency situations, perhaps through the expansion of the human rights ‘toolbox’, by using panels not just during but also in between sessions, and by bringing sessions to regions away from Geneva; regrets that on several occasions the UNHRC has been unable to address serious human rights situations in an urgent and timely manner because of the absence of adequate instruments, and supports the idea of independent ‘triggers’; actively seek the creation of dedicated UNHRC mechanisms to respond promptly to the human rights crises in, for example, Tunisia, Egypt, I ...[+++]ran and Belarus;

9. Believes the HRC should be better equipped to address both chronic and emergency situations, perhaps through the expansion of the human rights 'toolbox', by using panels not just during but also in between sessions, and by bringing sessions to regions away from Geneva; regrets that on several occasions the UNHRC has been unable to address serious human rights situations in an urgent and timely manner because of the absence of adequate instruments, and supports the idea of independent "triggers"; actively seek the creation of dedicated UNHRC mechanisms to respond promptly to the human rights crises in, for example, Tunisia, Egypt, Ir ...[+++]an and Belarus;

Further simplification and improvement of Europol’s functioning can be achieved through measures aimed at widening the possibilities for Europol’s assisting and supporting the competent law enforcement authorities of the Member States, without providing for executive powers for Europol staff.

This Regulation should therefore be based not only on Article 83 but, principally, on Article 308 of the Treaty, under which the Community may give itself the additional powers of action necessary for the attainment of its objectives, and also powers of action with regard to concentrations on the markets for agricultural products listed in Annex I to the Treaty.