2009 discharge: European Police College CEPOL

PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2009, as part of the 2009 discharge procedure.

Analysis of the accounts of the European Police College (CEPOL).

CONTENT: this Commission document sets out the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2009 as prepared on the basis of the information presented by the institutions, organisations and bodies of the EU, in accordance with Article 129 (2) of the Financial Regulation applicable to the EU’s General Budget, including the European Police College (CEPOL).

In 2009, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows:

·         description of CEPOL’s tasks: CEPOL, which is located in Bramshill, United Kingdom, was established under Council Decision 2000/820/JHA, as repealed in 2005 and replaced by Council Decision 2005/681/JHA. The College’s main task is to function as a network and bring together the national police training institutes in the Member States to provide training sessions, based on common standards, for senior police officers;

·         CEPOL’s budget for the 2009 financial year: the College’s 2009 budget amounted to EUR 8.8 million, compared with EUR 8.7 million the previous year. The number of staff employed by the College at the end of the year was 28, as compared to 27 in the previous year.

The complete version of CEPOL’s final accounts may be found at the following address: https://www.cepol.europa.eu/index.php?id=final-accounts