# Council Decision 2004/658/CFSP of 13 September 2004 on the financial provisions applicable to the general budget of the European Defence Agency, Article 9

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The accounting officer shall be responsible in the Agency for:
(a) proper implementation of payments, collection of revenue and recovery of amounts established as being receivable;
(b) preparing and presenting the accounts;
(c) keeping the accounts;
(d) laying down the accounting rules and methods and the chart of accounts;
(e) laying down and validating the accounting systems and where appropriate validating systems laid down by the authorising officer to supply or justify accounting information;
(f) treasury management.
2. The accounting officer shall obtain from authorising officers, who shall guarantee its reliability, all the information necessary for the production of accounts which give a true image of the Agency assets and of budgetary implementation.
3. Save as otherwise provided in Article 11, the accounting officer shall alone be empowered to manage monies and other assets. He/she shall be responsible for their safekeeping.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2004/658/annex/article/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2004-658/annex/article-9
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