indicate the date of the appointment and the period of total uninterrupted engagement including previous renewals and reappointments of the statutory auditors or the audit firms.

3. Unless it concerns the renewal of an audit engagement in accordance with Article 17(1) and 17(2), the recommendation of the audit committee referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article shall be prepared following a selection procedure organised by the audited entity respecting the following criteria:

41. Stresses the need to explore ways of improving energy efficiency and environmental management within the armed forces at home and abroad by exploiting, among others, the potential offered by renewable energy sources; recalls that the armed forces of a single EU Member State consume the energy of a large European city and that military structures, therefore, should be equally innovative in reducing their ecological footprint; welcomes the report ‘Greening the Blue Helmets: Environment, Natural Resources and UN Peacekeeping Operations’, released in May 2012 by UNEP, the United Nations Department for Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPKO) and the United Nation Department of Field Support (UNDFS); points to the fact that, for several years, th ...[+++]e US armed forces have been actively seeking to increase energy independence by using sustainable energy sources and increasing energy efficiency in all army operations and infrastructure; welcomes, in this respect, the recent EDA project GO GREEN, which aims at significantly improving energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy sources; underlines the need also to develop guidelines for best practises in the field of resource efficiency and the monitoring of environmental management for CSDP missions;

41. Stresses the need to explore ways of improving energy efficiency and environmental management within the armed forces at home and abroad by exploiting, among others, the potential offered by renewable energy sources; recalls that the armed forces of a single EU Member State consume the energy of a large European city and that military structures, therefore, should be equally innovative in reducing their ecological footprint; welcomes the report “Greening the Blue Helmets: Environment, Natural Resources and UN Peacekeeping Operations”, released in May 2012 by UNEP, the United Nations Department for Peacekeeping Operations (UNDPKO) and the United Nation Department of Field Support (UNDFS); points to the fact that, for several years, th ...[+++]e USarmed forces have been actively seeking to increase energy independence by using sustainable energy sources and increasing energy efficiency in all army operations and infrastructure; welcomes, in this respect, the recent EDA project GO GREEN, which aims at significantly improving energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy sources; underlines the need also to develop guidelines for best practises in the field of resource efficiency and the monitoring of environmental management for CSDP missions;

93. Recalls that, during the estimates stage and the conciliation procedure between its Committee on Budgets and the Bureau , the initial amount of EUR 1,2 million contemplated to finance the latter's decision to introduce an office holder allowance, was brought down to EUR 400 000; recalls furthermore that expenditure relating to this office holder allowance can be reimbursed only upon presentation of supporting documents fully justifying such costs; points out that other increases compared to the financial year 2010 are mainly for the renewal of the stock of representation articles for the protocol services; considers that if such stock is renewed this year, expenditure for this item can likely be reduced in coming years; stresses the ...[+++] need for budgetary prudence concerning mission requests, between Parliament's places of work and other missions, as well as utmost self-restraint as regards representation expenses in these times of economic crisis; would therefore warmly welcome the reduction of such expenses in the course of the year compared to the forecast initial needs;

93. Recalls that, during the estimates stage and the conciliation procedure between its Committee on Budgets and the Bureau , the initial amount of EUR 1,2 million contemplated to finance the latter's decision to introduce an office holder allowance, was brought down to EUR 400 000; recalls furthermore that expenditure relating to this office holder allowance can be reimbursed only upon presentation of supporting documents fully justifying such costs; points out that other increases compared to the financial year 2010 are mainly for the renewal of the stock of representation articles for the protocol services; considers that if such stock is renewed this year, expenditure for this item can likely be reduced in coming years; stresses the ...[+++] need for budgetary prudence concerning mission requests, between Parliament's places of work and other missions, as well as utmost self-restraint as regards representation expenses in these times of economic crisis; would therefore warmly welcome the reduction of such expenses in the course of the year compared to the forecast initial needs;