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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-1653/article-30",
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  "legislation": "eur/2004/1653",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1653/2004 of 21 September 2004 on a standard financial regulation for the executive agencies pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 laying down the statute for executive agencies to be entrusted with certain tasks in the management of Community programmes",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-1653",
  "path": "article/30",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "30",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. The management board shall appoint an accounting officer, who shall be a seconded official or a member of the temporary staff directly recruited by the agency and who shall be responsible for the following:\n(a) proper implementation of payments, collection of revenue and recovery of amounts established as being receivable;\n(b) drawing up the agency’s accounts in accordance with Title VI;\n(c) keeping the accounts in accordance with Title VI;\n(d) implementing the accounting rules and methods and the chart of accounts in accordance with the provisions adopted by the Commission's accounting officer;\n(e) laying down and validating the accounting system and, where appropriate, validating systems laid down by the authorising officer to supply or justify accounting information; the accounting officer shall be empowered to verify that validation criteria are respected;\n(f) treasury management.\n2. Before the approval of the accounts by the management board, the accounting officer shall sign them off, thereby certifying that he has a reasonable assurance that the accounts present a true and fair view of the financial situation of the agency.\nFor that purpose, the accounting officer shall satisfy himself that the accounts have been prepared in accordance with the accounting rules, methods and accounting systems established, and that all revenue and expenditure is entered in the accounts.\nThe authorising officer shall forward all information that the accounting officer needs in order to fulfil his duties.\nThe authorising officer shall remain fully responsible for the proper use of the funds he manages as well as the legality and regularity of the expenditure under his control.\nThe accounting officer shall be empowered to check the information received as well as to carry out any further checks he deems necessary in order to sign off the accounts.\nThe accounting officer shall make reservations, if necessary, explaining exactly the nature and scope of such reservations.\nThe accounting officer shall obtain from the authorising officer, who shall guarantee its reliability, all the information necessary for the production of accounts which give a true image of the agency's assets and of budget implementation.\n3. Save as otherwise provided in this Regulation, only the accounting officer is empowered to manage cash and cash equivalents. He shall be responsible for their safekeeping.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 651/2008 of 9 July 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1653/2004 on a standard financial regulation for the executive agencies pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 laying down the statute for executive agencies to be entrusted with certain tasks in the management of Community programmes."
    }
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  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2004/1653/article/30",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:55:16.482577+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}