Date: 2019-03-05Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision No 1/2019 of the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors of 25 February 2019 giving a discharge to the Director of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2017 [2019/355]
**Summary:**
On February 25, 2019, the ACPEU Committee of Ambassadors issued Decision No 1/2019, formally granting a discharge to the Director of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) regarding the implementation of the CTA's budget for the 2017 financial year. This decision follows a review of the CTA's financial statements for 2017, the Auditors' report on the Centre's accounts, the Director's responses to the Auditors' comments, and the approval of these documents by the CTA's Board. The primary source of revenue for the CTA in 2017 was contributions from the European Development Fund, totaling EUR 14,792,000. The Committee concluded that the Director's overall implementation of the budget warranted a discharge based on the auditor's report and financial statements. The decision was made in accordance with the Partnership Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States and the European Community, as well as relevant decisions regarding the CTA's statutes and financial regulations.
Key Entities Referenced
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States: A group of countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that have a special relationship with the European Union.
European Development Fund: The main instrument for providing European Union aid for development cooperation in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific (ACP) states and Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT).
Brussels: The location where the decision was made, indicating the seat of the ACPEU Committee of Ambassadors.
Decision No 52013 of the ACPEU Committee of Ambassadors of 7 November 2013: Decision on the Statutes of Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation CTA.
Decision No 32006 of the ACPEC Committee of Ambassadors of 27 September 2006: Decision on the Financial Regulation of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation CTA.
ACPEU Committee of Ambassadors: The decision-making body composed of representatives from the African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States and the European Union, responsible for overseeing the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation CTA.
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation CTA: An organization that supports agricultural and rural development in African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries.
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
5.3.2019 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 64/11
ACTS ADOPTED BY BODIES CREATED BY
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
DECISION No 1/2019 OF THE ACP-EU COMMITTEE OF AMBASSADORS
of 25 February 2019
giving a discharge to the Director of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation
(CTA) in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2017 [2019/355]
THE ACP-EU COMMITTEE OF AMBASSADORS,
Having regard to the Partnership agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
of the one part, and the European Community and its Member States, of the other part (1), and in particular Article 2(6)
of Annex III thereto,
Having regard to Decision No 5/2013 of the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors of 7 November 2013 on the Statutes
of Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (2), and in particular Article 4(2) of the Annex thereto,
Having regard to Decision No 3/2006 of the ACP-EC Committee of Ambassadors of 27 September 2006 on the
Financial Regulation of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) (3), in particular Article 26(5)
thereof,
Having regard to the financial statements of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation for the
financial year 2017 that ended on 31 December 2017,
Having regard to the Auditors' report on the Centre's accounts for the financial year 2017,
Having taken note of the replies given by the Director of the Centre to the comments made by the Auditors,
Having taken note of the approval of the financial statements and the Auditors' report of the Technical Centre for
Agricultural and Rural Cooperation for the financial year 2017 by the Board of the Centre,
Whereas:
(1) The revenue of the Centre for the financial year 2017 consisted principally of contributions from the European
Development Fund amounting to EUR 14 792 000.
(2) The Director's overall implementation of the Centre's budget during the financial year 2017 was such
that the Director should be given a discharge in respect of the implementation of that budget,
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Sole Article
The Committee, on the basis of the Auditors' report and the financial statements for the corresponding financial year,
hereby gives a discharge to the Director of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation in respect of the
implementation of its budget for the financial year 2017.
Done at Brussels, 25 February 2019.
For the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors
The Chairman
Luminița Teodora ODOBESCU
(1) OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3.
(2) OJ L 309, 19.11.2013, p. 50.
(3) OJ L 350, 12.12.2006, p. 1.