PURPOSE: presentation of the report of the Court of Auditors on the annual accounts of the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union (CdT) for the financial year 2016, together with the Centres replies (CdT).
CONTENT: in line with the tasks and objectives conferred on the Court of Auditors by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, it provides in the context of the discharge procedure, both in Parliament and Council, a Statement of Assurance concerning the reliability of the accounts and the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions of each institution, body or agency of the EU, based on an independent external audit.
This audit also focused on the annual accounts of the translation centre. To recall, the Centre's task is to provide any European Union institutions and bodies which call upon its services with the translation services necessary for their activities.
Statement of assurance: pursuant to the provisions of Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the Court has audited:
Opinion on the reliability of the accounts: in the Courts opinion, the Centres annual accounts present fairly, in all material respects, its financial position as at 31 December 2016 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, in accordance with the provisions of its Financial Regulation and the accounting rules adopted by the Commissions accounting officer.
Opinion on the legality and regularity of the transactions underlying the accounts: in the Courts opinion, the transactions underlying the annual accounts for the year ended 31 December 2016 are legal and regular in all material respects.
The report also makes a series of observations on budget management of the Agency, accompanied by the latters response. The main observations may be summarised as follows:
The Courts observations:
The Centres replies:
Lastly, the Court of Auditors report contains a summary of Centres key figures in 2016: