Traduction de «financial manual » (Anglais → Français) :

14. Takes note that the Office established an inventory procedure regarding the registration and disposal of fixed assets which was adopted as part of its Financial Manual; notes that a physical inventory was carried out in August 2013; welcomes the fact that, according to the Office's procedures, an asset inventory is to be completed each year;

6. Acknowledges the inclusion of a mandatory and detailed procurement checklist in the Office's Financial Manual, as well as the appointment of a Procurement Officer and general procurement training for all staff; welcomes the fact that these measures resulted in the improved preparation, execution, documentation and coordination of the Office's procurement procedures;

8. Notes that the ex-ante control on activities performed by the Joint Undertaking's members identified one case when, contrary to the provisions of the Joint Undertaking's financial rules and its manual of procedures, the same staff member performed the procedure for validating the commitment in the capacity of both verifying agent and authorising officer; notes furthermore that one payment was made under the conditions described above; acknowledge that the Joint Undertaking has updated the financial back-up system by introducing new actors to perform the roles of financial verifier and authorising officer, and that the initiation and ...[+++] verification/authorisation functions are kept separate; notes moreover a second case identified by the ex-ante control in which the technical assessment report was not available in the GMT tool;

Member State have provided guidance to the designated authorities to ensure sound financial management (through training and/or manuals)

The user manual should describe the rights and obligations of beneficiaries; financial provisions such as eligible costs and support rates; principles governing administrative rules and procedures, in particular user-friendly applications procedures applying a two-stage application process, where appropriate and on the condition that such a procedure does not extend the time period between evaluation and signing of the contract; the rules for use and dissemination of project results; and principles for the evaluation, selection and award of proposals.

Encouraging these joint actions through financial contributions therefore remains a Commission priority, in particular activities which contribute to improving the Network’s work in the form of manuals, common standards or methodologies (e.g. the manual on how to carry out sweeps developed in 2008 by a group of authorities that will be tested in the 2009 exercise).