Article 33

Regulation (EU) No 1077/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2011 establishing a European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice · European Union

The Agency’s budget shall be implemented by its Executive Director. The Executive Director shall forward annually to the budgetary authority any information relevant to the outcome of the evaluation procedures. The Agency’s Accounting Officer shall send to the Commission’s Accounting Officer and the Court of Auditors by 1 March of the following year the Agency’s provisional accounts, together with the report on budgetary and financial management during the year. The Commission’s Accounting Officer shall consolidate the provisional accounts of the institutions and decentralised bodies in accordance with Article 128 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002. The Agency’s Accounting Officer shall also send to the budgetary authority, by 31 March of the following year, the report on budgetary and financial management. On receipt of the Court of Auditors’ observations on the Agency’s provisional accounts, pursuant to Article 129 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002, the Executive Director shall draw up the Agency’s final accounts under his own responsibility and forward them to the Management Board for an opinion. The Management Board shall deliver an opinion on the Agency’s final accounts. By 1 July of the following year, the Executive Director shall send the final accounts, together with the opinion of the Management Board, to the budgetary authority, the Commission’s Accounting Officer, the Court of Auditors as well as the countries associated with the implementation, application and development of the Schengen acquis and Eurodac-related measures. The final accounts shall be published. The Executive Director shall send the Court of Auditors a reply to its observations by 30 September. The Executive Director shall also send that reply to the Management Board. Upon the request of the European Parliament, the Executive Director shall submit the information necessary for the smooth application of the discharge procedure for the financial year in question, as laid down in Article 146(3) of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002. The European Parliament, on a recommendation from the Council acting by a qualified majority, shall, before 15 May of year n + 2, give a discharge to the Executive Director in respect of the implementation of the budget for year n.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-14 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.