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Council Decision 2004/658/CFSP of 13 September 2004 on the financial provisions applicable to the general budget of the European Defence Agency

EU Decision 2004/658 · Adopted 13 September 2004 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Council Decision 2004/658/CFSP

of 13 September 2004

on the financial provisions applicable to the general budget of the European Defence Agency

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to Council Joint Action 2004/551/CFSP of 12 July 2004 on the establishment of a European Defence Agency and in particular Article 18(1) thereoff1,

Whereas:

(1)

Joint Action 2004/551/CFSP provides that the financial provisions applicable to the general budget shall be approved by the Council, acting by unanimity. The Steering Board shall, within one year of the adoption of that Joint Action review and amend these provisions, as necessary.

(2)

The Steering Board, when reviewing these provisions, should respect the provisions of Directive 2004/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 on the coordination of procedures for the award of public works contracts, public supply contracts and public service contractsf2, and should also address the issue of contracts to be concluded by the Agency in the fields where Directive 2004/18/EC does not apply and where a Member State may take national measures under Article 296 TEC.

(3)

Joint Action 2004/551/CFSP furthermore provides that the Steering Board, acting on a proposal from the Chief Executive, shall as necessary adopt the implementing rules regarding the implementation and control of the general budget, notably as regards public procurement, without prejudice to relevant Community rules. The Steering Board shall ensure, in particular, that security of supply and protection both of defence secret and intellectual property rights requirements are taken into account in a proper manner.

(4)

The financial provisions and rules referred to in the Annex are not applicable to ad hoc projects and programmes as referred to in Articles 20 and 21 of Joint Action 2004/551/CFSP. The Steering Board should endeavour to establish provisions and rules for ad hoc projects and programmes.

(5)

The European Defence Agency's initial general budget for 2004 is focused on start- up arrangements and financial provisions should be provided without delay to allow for its smooth implementation,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

OJ L 245, 17.7.2004, p. 17.

f2

OJ L 134, 30.4.2004, p. 114.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. Annex: FINANCIAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE GENERAL BUDGET OF THE EUROPEAN DEFENCE AGENCY (Agency)
  5. Title I: ANNUALITY
  6. 1Article 1
  7. 2Article 2
  8. Title II: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE GENERAL BUDGET
  9. Chapter 1: Financial actors
  10. Principle of segregation of duties
  11. 3Article 3
  12. Authorising officer
  13. 4Article 4
  14. 5Article 5
  15. Segregation of duties of initiation and verification of an operation
  16. 6Article 6
  17. Management and internal control procedures
  18. 7Article 7
  19. Accounting officer
  20. 8Article 8
  21. 9Article 9
  22. 10Article 10
  23. Imprest administrator
  24. 11Article 11
  25. Chapter 2: Liability of the financial actors
  26. General rules
  27. 12Article 12
  28. Rules applicable to authorising officers by delegation or subdelegation
  29. 13Article 13
  30. Rules applicable to accounting officers and imprest administrators
  31. 14Article 14
  32. 15Article 15
  33. Chapter 3: Revenue operations
  34. Making available the Agency's revenue
  35. 16Article 16
  36. Estimate of amounts receivable
  37. 17Article 17
  38. Establishment of amounts receivable
  39. 18Article 18
  40. Authorisation of recovery
  41. 19Article 19
  42. Recovery and default interest
  43. 20Article 20
  44. 21Article 21
  45. Chapter 4: Expenditure operations
  46. 22Article 22
  47. Commitment of expenditure
  48. 23Article 23
  49. 24Article 24
  50. 25Article 25
  51. Validation of expenditure
  52. 26Article 26
  53. Authorisation of expenditure
  54. 27Article 27
  55. Payment of expenditure
  56. 28Article 28
  57. 29Article 29
  58. Time limits for expenditure operations
  59. 30Article 30
  60. Chapter 5: IT systems
  61. 31Article 31
  62. Chapter 6: Internal auditor
  63. 32Article 32
  64. 33Article 33
  65. 34Article 34
  66. Title III: PROCUREMENT
  67. Chapter 1: General provisions
  68. Scope and award principles
  69. 35Article 35
  70. 36Article 36
  71. Publication
  72. 37Article 37
  73. Procurement procedures
  74. 38Article 38
  75. 39Article 39
  76. Call for tenders
  77. 40Article 40
  78. 41Article 41
  79. 42Article 42
  80. 43Article 43
  81. 44Article 44
  82. 45Article 45
  83. 46Article 46
  84. 47Article 47
  85. 48Article 48
  86. 49Article 49
  87. 50Article 50
  88. 51Article 51
  89. Guarantees and control
  90. 52Article 52
  91. 53Article 53
  92. Chapter 2: Implementing modalities
  93. 54Article 54
  94. Publication
  95. 55Article 55
  96. 56Article 56
  97. 57Article 57
  98. 58Article 58
  99. Procurement procedures
  100. 59Article 59
  101. 60Article 60
  102. 61Article 61
  103. 62Article 62
  104. 63Article 63
  105. 64Article 64
  106. 65Article 65
  107. 66Article 66
  108. 67Article 67
  109. 68Article 68
  110. 69Article 69
  111. 70Article 70
  112. 71Article 71
  113. 72Article 72
  114. 73Article 73
  115. 74Article 74
  116. 75Article 75
  117. 76Article 76
  118. 77Article 77
  119. 78Article 78
  120. 79Article 79
  121. 80Article 80
  122. 81Article 81
  123. Processing of tenders and requests to participate
  124. 82Article 82
  125. 83Article 83
  126. 84Article 84
  127. 85Article 85
  128. Title IV: CONTROL, AUDIT AND PRESENTATION OF ACCOUNTS
  129. 86Article 86
  130. 87Article 87
  131. 88Article 88
  132. 89Article 89