Translation of "service d’audit interne " (French → English) :

13. Acknowledges from the Agency that in 2012 the Commission’s Internal Audit Service (IAS) conducted a light risk assessment, which was agreed by the Agency; notes that the IAS also performed an audit on stakeholder relations and external communication, that the Agency accepted all the recommendations of the final audit report and created an action plan to implement them and that the IAS considered the plan to be adequate; notes that the IAS also reviewed its earlier recommendations and concluded which of those have been implemented and closed them; observes that follow-up audit ...[+++]s on action plans revealed that five recommendations remain partially implemented, of which two were prioritised as very important;

Auditing by the IAC, the IAS or the ECA will provide further feedback on the adequacy of the control system.

25. Acknowledges from the Joint Undertaking's reply to the Court of Auditors that the roles of the Joint Undertaking's internal audit function and the IAS were clarified and formalised through the approval, in March 2011, of the IAS and IAC Audit Charters; also takes note that a coordinated strategic audit plan for the period 2012-2014 is also being prepared to ensure that the impact of planned audits is optimised and any duplication of audit work between the IAS and IAC is minimised; calls therefore on the Joint Undertaking to info ...[+++]rm the discharge authority about the state of preparation and implementation of the strategic audit plan for the period 2012-2014;

implementing, through its internal audit service, an audit programme to check internal circuits and to ensure that procedures are properly applied within the Joint Managing Authority; annual internal audit reports shall be sent to the Joint Monitoring Committee and the Commission.

The Joint Audit Arrangement is a generic term for the cooperation established between the Commission and internal audit departments in certain Member States to help pool internal audit experience, expertise and techniques. The process was launched in 1994 and several development phases have been completed successfully.

In 1993 and 1994 staff from the internal audit departments of the Dutch, Danish and United Kingdom customs authorities met on several occasions to pool their experiences. They came to the conclusion that closer cooperation between national audit departments and the Commission could be particularly beneficial for the control of traditional own resources.