Date: 2021-10-22Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision No 2/2021 of the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors of 13 October 2021 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 2020 [2021/1846]
**Summary:**
On October 13, 2021, the ACPEU Committee of Ambassadors issued Decision No 2/2021, formally granting a discharge to the Director of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) regarding the implementation of the Centre's budget for the financial year 2020. This decision follows a review of the CTA's financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2020, and the corresponding auditor's reports. The Board of the Centre had previously approved these financial statements based on the audit report's examination. The revenue of the Centre for the financial year 2020 consisted principally of contributions from the European Development Fund, amounting to EUR 13,833,000 on a total of EUR 15,279,000. The Committee's decision is based on the auditor's report and financial statements. The legal basis for this decision is rooted in the Partnership Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States and the European Community, specifically Article 26 of Annex III, as well as several prior decisions concerning the CTA's operations and financial regulations. The Chairman of the ACPEU Committee of Ambassadors, Iztok Jarc, signed the decision in Brussels.
Key Entities Referenced
ACPEU Committee of Ambassadors: The body responsible for giving a discharge to the Director of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) in respect of the implementation of its budget.
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation CTA: An organization whose Director is being given a discharge for the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2020.
European Union: The official journal in which the document is published
European Community: A party to the Partnership agreement between the members of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States.
African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States: A party to the Partnership agreement with the European Community.
European Development Fund: The primary source of revenue for the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation CTA for the financial year 2020.
Brussels: The city where the decision was made by the ACPEU Committee of Ambassadors.
Iztok JARC: The Chairman of the ACPEU Committee of Ambassadors.
22.10.2021 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 376/3
ACTS ADOPTED BY BODIES CREATED BY
INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS
DECISION No 2/2021 OF THE ACP-EU COMMITTEE OF AMBASSADORS
of 13 October 2021
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 2020 [2021/1846]
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 2/2020 of the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors of 4 December 2020to amend Decision
No 3/2019 of the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors to adopt transitional measures pursuant to Article 95(4) of the
ACP-EU Partnership Agreement(2),
Having regard to Decision No 5/2013 of the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors of 7 November 2013on the Statutes of
Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)(3), 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 2006on the Financial
Regulation of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)(4), in particular Article 26(5) thereof,
Having taken note of the financial statements of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation for the
financial year 2020 that ended on 31 December 2020,
Having taken note of the Auditors’ reports on the financial statements for the financial year 2020,
Having taken note of the approval of the financial statements of the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural
Cooperation for the financial year 2020 by the Board of the Centre, based on the examination of the audit report,
Whereas:
(1) The revenue of the Centre for the financial year 2020 consisted principally of contributions from the European
Development Fund, amounting to EUR 13 833 000on a total of EUR 15 279 000.
(2) The Director’s overall implementation of the Centre’s budget during the financial year 2020 were such that the
Director should be given a discharge in respect of the implementation of that budget,
(1) OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 3.
(2) OJ L 420, 14.12.2020, p. 32.
(3) OJ L 309, 19.11.2013, p. 50.
(4) OJ L 350, 12.12.2006, p. 1.L 376/4 EN Official Journal of the European Union 22.10.2021
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 2020.
Done at Brussels, 13 October 2021.
For the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors
The Chairman
Iztok JARC