Examples of using Cbső in English and their translations into Slovak
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The CBsŐ role in DG AGRIŐs assurance model is described in Annex II.
The Commission established the framework for the CBsŐ audit work through an implementing regulation17 and additional guidelines18.
The CBsŐ opinion on the legality and regularity of expenditure is based on an understated total error 79.
Against this backdrop, we analysed the CommissionŐs existing assurance model andthe changes introduced to take account of the CBsŐ enhanced role.
As a result, the CBsŐ opinions do not fully comply with the applicable standards and rules in important areas.
In this audit,we focused our analysis on the framework established by the Commission for the CBsŐ work on legality and regularity for the first year of implementation(2015 financial year).
The aim of the CBsŐ work on legality and regularity is to increase DG AGRIŐs assurance on the legality and regularity of expenditure.
As those opinions are the only source which provides independent assurance on legality andregularity on an annual basis, the CBsŐ work, once done in a reliable manner, should become the key element for the CommissionŐs assurance.
The CBsŐ opinions on legality and regularity are the only source which provides independent assurance on legality and regularity on an annual basis.
The differences between what beneficiaries claimed and what the PA validated after its on-the-spot checks, which constitute the errors reported by the PAs in the control statistics,are not taken into consideration in the CBsŐ ERR.
OBSERVATIONS The CBsŐ new role in relation to the legality and regularity of CAP expenditure is a positive step towards a single audit model 22.
Allowing the CBs to exclude such transactions from the sample increases the risk of PAs intentionally delaying their decisions and payments for certain transactions,which might lead to errors in the CBsŐ calculations.
In this context, the present report assessed whether the CBsŐ new role was a step towards a single audit model and if the Commission took due account of it in its assurance model.
The differences between what beneficiaries claimed and what the PA validated after its on-the-spot checks, which constitute the errors reported by the PAs in the control statistics,are not taken into consideration in the ERR which is the basis of the CBsŐ opinion on legality and regularity of expenditure.
Furthermore, under EU law, the CBsŐ substantive testing of expenditure must cover verifying the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions at final beneficiary level54.
Six visits22 to Member States, carrying out interviews with representatives from the CAs and CBs for the purpose of better understanding the information provided in the replies to the survey,as well as examining the CBsŐ contractual arrangements, checking the timeliness of their audit procedures and reviewing the main results of their work as presented in their audit reports and opinions covering the 2015 financial year.
The 2015 financial year, the CBsŐ opinion on legality and regularity were merely one factor taken into account when the Commission calculated its adjustments of the errors reported in the Member States control statistics.
Recommendation 3 Đ Safeguards for IACS sampling based on PAsŐ on-the-spot checks For the selection by the CBs of IACS transactions from the list of claims randomly selected by the PAs for on-the-spot checks, the Commission should reinforce its guidelines, requiring CBs to put in place appropriate safeguards that:-ensure that the CBsŐ samples are representative, are transmitted upon request to the Commission and that an appropriate audit trail is maintained.
We conclude that although the CBsŐ new role is a positive step towards a single audit model, the Commission could take very limited assurance from the CBsŐ work on legality and regularity.
At Commission level, the audit involved:- a review of the CommissionŐs guidelines for CBs applicable to the 2015 financial year, as well as documents from supporting activities such as expert group meetings20(we participated as observers in one such meeting in Brussels on 14 and 15 June 2016);-an assessment of the CommissionŐs desk reviews of CBsŐ reports and opinions for 25 PAs in 17 Member States, which in 17 cases also included a review of DG AGRIŐs reports on audit visits to CBs.
So, whereas the CBsŐ opinions on the legality and regularity of expenditure are based on the ERR, DG AGRIÔs assurance model uses a different indicator of error, the IRR, in order to estimate the amounts at risk from a legality and regularity perspective.
The CBsŐ new role of issuing an opinion on the legality and regularity of expenditure has the potential, during the 2014-2020 period, to considerably strengthen a Ňsingle auditÓ model for the CommissionŐs management of agricultural expenditure.
Thus, once the CBsŐ work is done in a reliable manner this independent assurance should in our view become the key element for the CommissionŐs Director-General for DG AGRI when assessing whether expenditure is legal and regular.
Where the CBsŐ work cannot be relied on, DG AGRI continues to obtain independent assurance on legality and regularity of expenditure from its own audits and where necessary used them as a basis for top ups to the error rates reported by the PAs.
Thus, once the CBsŐ work is done in a reliable manner this independent assurance should in our view become the key element for the CommissionŐs Director-General for DG AGRI when assessing whether expenditure is legal and regular(paragraphs 29 to 36).
The CBsŐ audit work can enable a Ňsingle auditÓ model to operate efficiently for CAP expenditure:- by helping Member States to strengthen their control systems;- by helping to reduce audit and control costs;- by enabling the Commission to obtain independent additional assurance as to the legality and regularity of expenditure.
Hence, the results of CBsŐ testing not only serve the purpose of expressing an opinion on the legality and regularity of expenditure, but also help the CBs to form an opinion on the functioning of the PAsŐ internal control systems, which is one of the other audit objectives laid down in the CAP Horizontal Regulation.
Box 3 Đ Delays in the CBsŐ re-performance of IACS Sample 1 on-the-spot checks for the 2014 claim year(2015 financial year) In Poland, the CB completed the re-performance of 53 of the 60 EAGF IACS Sample 1 transactions after the end of the 2014 calendar year, with some being re-performed as late as March 2015.
Box 3 Đ Delays in the CBsŐ re-performance of IACS Sample 1 on-the-spot checks for the 2014 claim year(2015 financial year) Delays in appointing the CBs and in re-verification of the controls in claim year 2014(financial year 2015) were the main reasons why the Commission could not rely on CBs' opinions on legality and regularity for its Annual Activity Report 2015.