European Parliament resolution on the decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States concerning the discharge to be granted to the Secretary-General of the Convention in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2003 (C6-0210/2004 — 2004/2177(AVC))
Date: 2004-12-14
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Court of Auditors, European Union, European convention, budgetary control, budgetary discharge, financial year, implementation of the budget

15.9.2005

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 226 E/45

Tuesday 14 December 2004

P6_TA(2004)0088

Convention on the future of the European Union (2003 discharge) ***

European Parliament resolution on the decision of the Representatives of the Governments of the
Member States concerning the discharge to be granted to the Secretary-General of the Convention
in respect of the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2003 (C6-0210/2004 — 2004/
2177(AVC))

(Assent procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to Article 20 of 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 man-
agement (1),

— having regard to the revenue and expenditure account and balance sheet of the Convention for the
forwarded to the European Parliament by letter dated 11 June 2004 (SGS4

financial year 2003,
07099/2004 — C6-0210/2004),

— having regard to the report of the Court of Auditors of 13 May 2004 on the accounts drawn up by the
Secretary-General of the Convention on the future of the European Union for the financial year ended
31 December 2003, together with the Secretary-General of the Convention's comments (2),

— having regard to the consultation by the Council,

— having regard to Rule 75(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A6-0054/2004),

A. whereas the Court of Auditors states in its report that its examination enabled it to obtain reasonable
assurance that the Convention's accounts for the financial year ended 31 December 2003 were reliable
and that the underlying transactions were, on the whole, legal and regular,

B. whereas the Convention's accounts were closed on 31 December 2003 and an amount corresponding

to its estimated liabilities at that date was transferred to the Council,

C. whereas the Court's report states that the final out-turn of the Convention's accounts will only be
known when all outstanding liabilities have been settled and that it will follow up this question when
auditing the Council accounts for the 2004 financial year,

D. whereas it will be possible for the European Parliament to consider any further matters arising in this
connection on the basis of the Court's follow-up in the context of the discharge procedure in respect of
the 2004 financial year,

Gives its assent to the granting of discharge to the Secretary-General of the Convention in respect of

1.
the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2003;

Instructs its President to forward its resolution to the Council, the Commission, the representatives of

2.
the Governments of the Member States meeting within the Council and the Court of Auditors.

(1) OJ L 60, 1.3.2002, p. 56.
(2) OJ C 157, 14.6.2004, p. 1.