2004/106/: Decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council of 22 January 2004 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 2002 of the budget of the Fund set up for the financing of the Convention
Date: 2004-01-22
Institutions: Representatives of the Governments of the Member States
Subjects: EU financing, European Constitution, budgetary discharge, financial year, implementation of the budget

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THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE
MEMBER STATES

DECISION OF THE REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENTS OF THE MEMBER STATES
MEETING WITHIN THE COUNCIL

of 22 January 2004

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 2002 of the budget of the Fund set
up for the financing of the Convention

(2004/106/EU)

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 16 December 2003 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 2002 of the budget of the Fund set up for the financing of the
Convention,

Having regard to the assent of the Council of 5 June 2003 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 2002 of the budget of the Fund set up for the financing of the Convention,

Having regard to the assent of the Commission of 9 September 2003 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 2002 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 2002 (2), as submitted to them,

Whereas, according to the revenue and expenditure account for the financial year 2002:

— revenue amounted to EUR 4 033 835,

— expenditure disbursed from appropriations amounted to EUR 500 392;

Whereas EUR 3 499 608 in appropriations for payments have been carried forward from the financial
year 2002 to the financial year 2003;

(1) OJ L 60, 1.3.2002, p. 56.
(2) OJ C 122, 22.5.2003, p. 1.

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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 2002 were reliable and that the
underlying transactions were, on the whole, legal and regular;

Whereas the Secretary-General of
comments on the Court's report,

the Convention on the Future of

the European Union made no

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS

Sole Article

A discharge is hereby given to the Secretary-General of the Convention on the Future of the European
Union in respect of the implementation for the financial year 2002 of the budget of the Fund set up for
the financing of the Convention.

Done at Brussels, 22 January 2004.

The President

A. ANDERSON