EN 11 12 2019 Official Journal of the European Union C 417/109 Agencies funded under MFF heading 3 Ń Security and citizenship 3 19 EUROPEAN UNION AGENCY FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING (CEPOL) INTRODUCTION 3 19 1 The European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (hereinafter Ôthe AgencyŐ, or CEPOL), located in Budapest, was established by Regulation (EU) 2015/2219 of the European Parliament and of the Council (141) replacing and repealing Council Decision 2005/681/JHA (142) The AgencyŐs task is to function as a network and to bring together the national police training institutes in the Member States to provide training sessions, based on common standards, for senior police agents 3 19 2 The Table presents key figures for the Agency (143) Table Key figures for the Agency Budget (million euros) (1) Staff as at 31 December (2) (1) Budgetfiguresarebasedonpaymentappropriations (2) StaffincludesEUofficials,EUtemporaryandEUcontractstaffandsecondednationalexperts,notinterimworkersandconsultants Source: Data provided by the Agency THE COURTŐS STATEMENT OF ASSURANCE PROVIDED TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL Ń INDEPENDENT AUDITORŐS REPORT 2017 9 53 2018 10 51 OPINION 3 19 3 We have audited: (a) the accounts of the Agency which comprise the financial statements (144) and the reports on the implementation of the budget (145) for the financial year ended 31 December 2018; and (b) the legality and regularity of the transactions underlying those accounts as required by Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) Reliability of the accounts Opinion on the reliability of the accounts 3 19 4 In our opinion, the accounts of the Agency for the year ended 31 December 2018 present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Agency at 31 December 2018, the results of its operations, its cash flows, and the changes in net assets for the year then ended, in accordance with its Financial Regulation and with accounting rules adopted by the CommissionŐs accounting officer These are based on internationally accepted accounting standards for the public sector (141) Regulation (EU) 2015/2219 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL) and replacing and repealing Council Decision 2005/681/JHA (OJ L 319, 4 12 2015, p 1) (142) Council Decision 2005/681/JHA of 20 September 2005 establishing the European Police College (CEPOL) and repealing Decision 2000/820/JHA (OJ L 256, 1 10 2005, p 63) (143) More information on the AgencyŐs competences and activities is available on its website: www cepol europa eu (144) The financial statements comprise the balance sheet, the statement of financial performance, the cash flow statement, the statement of changes in net assets and a summary of significant accounting policies and other explanatory notes (145) The reports on implementation of the budget comprise the reports which aggregate all budgetary operations and the explanatory notes 
11 12 2019 Úradný vestník Európskej únie C 417/109 SK Agentúry financované v rámci okruhu 3 VFR – Bezpečnosť a občianstvo AGENTÚRA EURÓPSKEJ ÚNIE PRE ODBORNÚ PRÍPRAVU V OBLASTI PRESADZOVANIA PRÁVA (CEPOL) 3.19.1. so sídlom v Budapešti, bola zriadená na základe nariadenia Európskeho parlamentu a Rady (EÚ) 2015/2219 (141), ktorým sa nahrádza a zrušuje rozhodnutie Rady 2005/681/SVV (142).