2010 discharge: Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union (CdT)

Having examined the revenue and expenditure accounts for the financial year 2010 and the balance sheet at 31 December 2010 of the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union, as well as the Court of Auditors' report on the annual accounts of the Centre for the financial year 2010, accompanied by the Centre's replies to the Court's observations, the Council recommends the European Parliament to give a discharge to the Director of the Centre in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2010.

However, the Council considers that observations made in the Court of Auditor's report call for a certain number of remarks:

• the Council welcomes the Court's opinion that, in all material respects, the Centre's annual accounts fairly present the financial position as at 31 December 2010 and the results of operations and cash flows for the year then ended, in accordance with the provisions of the Centre's Financial Regulation, and that the underlying transactions for that financial year are legal and regular;
• the Council notes with satisfaction that the Centre reduced its accumulated 2009 surplus from EUR 24 million to EUR 9.2 million notably by transfers of funds to the Union's Pension Scheme and by reimbursements to clients;
• the Council also welcomes the measures taken by the Centre intending to respect in the future the equilibrium between its revenue and its effectively incurred expenses and it invites the Centre to pursue this approach rigorously in the current and future years.