Translation of "management and internal control systems " (English → French) :

13. Acknowledges that on 14 March 2014 the IAS presented the results of the audit concerning the adequacy and effectiveness of the internal control system, with regard to Grant Management and its financial implementation; notes the IAS conclusions that internal control systems in place give reasonable assurances as to the achievement of the business objectives set by the Joint Undertaking for Grant Management and its financial implementation; notes f ...[+++]urthermore four important observations and two very important observations concerning the formalisation of the procedure for validating project deliverables, as well as needed improvements to the consolidated ex ante validation and checklists;

15. Takes note that in 2013, the IAS performed an audit on the adequacy and effectiveness of the Joint Undertaking's internal control system with regard to management of experts; acknowledges from the audit conclusions that the current internal control system provides reasonable assurance for the achievement of the Joint Undertakings objectives as regards the management of experts; furthermore, notes that several important recommendations were made regarding the adoption ...[+++] of a comprehensive confidentiality policy as well as for the sensitivity of the programme officer's post and for the rules for the allocation of the workload for the remote evaluators;

3. Recognises the three comments made by the Court of Auditors which focus on the reliability of accounting data, on internal controls and on budgetary management; is at the same time also aware of the Authority's reply; welcomes the Authority's comprehensive self-assessment of its internal control system in 2012, a process which is still on-going; notes further that carry-overs amounting to EUR 4.03 have been in conformity with the management plan ...[+++]or were related to payments suspended for reasons beyond the Authority's control; draws attention to additional carry-overs amounting to EUR 3.87 million for which a better budgetary management is required to be in conformity with the annuality principle;

‘control environment’ means the environment in which the internal control system functions and the overall actions of an operator’s or aircraft operator’s management to ensure awareness of this internal control system.

38. Urges the Agencies to standardise the structure of their AARs in accordance with the format used by the Commission's Directorates-General (DGs) and, accordingly, to provide detailed and complete information on: the implementation of their AWP, budget and staff policy plan, indicators for the budgetary management such as year-end spending (i.e. the budget commitments made by the Agency in the final three months of the year), management and internal control systems, internal/external audit findings, the follow-up to the audit recommendations, the discharge recommendation, and the statement of assurance of the Executive Director; calls ...[+++] also on the Agencies to provide in their AARs information resulting from the Financial Statements and from the report on budgetary and financial management foreseen in the context of the discharge procedure, provided the time constraints of the preparation of the Union annual consolidated accounts are respected;

5. The organisation of the Joint Managing Authority shall be based on international best practice in management and internal control and shall draw on management and internal control systems suited to the carrying out of its tasks in such a way as to ensure that its operations comply with laws, other rules and the principle of sound financial management.