Article 49

The role of internal auditor in the executive agencies shall be exercised by the Commission's internal auditor.

The Commission's internal auditor shall exercise the same powers over the executive agencies as over Commission departments under Articles 85 and 86 of the general Financial Regulation. He shall report to the management board and the director on his findings and recommendations. They shall ensure that action is taken on recommendations resulting from audits and inform the Commission. F1The internal auditor shall indicate, in his annual report submitted to the Commission pursuant to Article 86(3) of the general Financial Regulation, the number and type of audits carried out relating to agencies, the recommendations made and the action taken pursuant to these recommendations. That information shall also be submitted to the agency concerned.

The internal auditor's liability in the exercise of his duties shall be determined in accordance with Article 87 of the general Financial Regulation.

Every year the director shall draw up a report summarising the number and type of internal audits carried out by the internal auditor, the recommendations made and the follow-up given to those recommendations. He shall transmit the report to the Commission after prior information of the management board. The Commission shall include this report in its report pursuant to Article 86(4) of the general Financial Regulation.