2005/113/EU: Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council of 27 January 2005 giving a discharge to the Secretary-General of the Convention on the Future of the European Union in respect of the implementation for the financial year 2003 of the budget of the Fund set up for the financing of the Convention

THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to Decision 2002/176/EU of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, of 21 February 2002, setting up a Fund for the financing of the Convention on the Future of the European Union and laying down the financial rules for its management⁽¹⁾, and in particular Article 20 thereof,

Having regard to the assent of the European Parliament of 14 December 2004 on the discharge to be given to the Secretary-General of the Convention on the Future of the European Union in respect of the implementation for the financial year 2003 of the budget of the Fund set up for the financing of the Convention,

Having regard to the assent of the Council of 28 June 2004 on the discharge to be given to the Secretary-General of the Convention on the Future of the European Union in respect of the implementation for the financial year 2003 of the budget of the Fund set up for the financing of the Convention,

Having regard to the assent of the Commission of 19 October 2004 on the discharge to be given to the Secretary-General of the Convention on the Future of the European Union in respect of the implementation for the financial year 2003 of the budget of the Fund set up for the financing of the Convention,

Having examined the revenue and expenditure account, balance sheet and report by the Court of Auditors, for the financial year 2003⁽²⁾, as submitted to them,

1. Whereas, according to the revenue and expenditure account for the financial year 2003:

   • revenue amounted to EUR 4 088 524

   • expenditure disbursed from appropriations amounted to EUR 3 968 149,

2. Whereas the accounts result in the outturn of EUR 120 375 to be divided between the participating institutions, taking into account that an amount of EUR 655 368 relating to the estimated costs of translation and publication has been transferred to the Secretariat-General of the Council which undertook the obligation to settle these costs,
3. Whereas the Court of Auditors will follow up the use of the amounts transferred to the Secretariat-General of the Council and the subsequent consequences on the final outturn when auditing the Council accounts for the 2004 financial year,
4. Whereas in its report the Court of Auditors concluded that its audit had enabled it to obtain reasonable assurance that the accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2003 were reliable and that the underlying transactions were, on the whole, legal and regular,
5. Whereas the Secretary-General of the Convention on the Future of the European Union made no comments on the Court’s report,

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: