European Court of Auditors

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The European Court of Auditors is the European Union’s external audit institution responsible for checking that EU funds are collected and used correctly and helping improve EU financial management.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf European Union body
international organization
supreme audit institution
abbreviation ECA
audits European institutions
surface form: EU agencies

European Commission
beneficiaries of EU funds
other EU institutions and bodies
budgetaryIndependence has its own section in the EU budget
composedOf one Member from each EU Member State
continent Europe
cooperatesWith Council of the European Union
European Parliament Committee on Budgetary Control
supreme audit institutions of EU Member States
country European Union
electionOfPresidentBy Members of the European Court of Auditors
foundedBy European Economic Community
surface form: European Communities
hasBody Administrative committee
Audit groups
Chambers
President of the European Court of Auditors
hasMemberCount 27
hasRole assesses sound financial management of EU funds
checks that EU expenditure is used correctly
checks that EU revenue is collected correctly
external auditor of the European Union
helps improve EU financial management
provides assurance to EU citizens on use of EU funds
supports Council of the European Union in discharge procedure
supports European Parliament in discharge procedure
supreme audit institution of the European Union
headquartersLocation Luxembourg
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
surface form: Luxembourg City
inception 1977
independence members act in full independence
members must not seek or take instructions from any government or body
issues statement of assurance on the legality and regularity of underlying transactions
statement of assurance on the reliability of EU accounts
jurisdiction European Union
legalBasis Treaty of Brussels (1975)
Treaty on European Union
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
memberAppointmentBy Council of the European Union
memberAppointmentProcedure after consultation of the European Parliament
memberOf European Union
motto The EU’s independent external auditor
nativeName European Court of Auditors self-linksurface differs
surface form: Cour des comptes européenne
nativeNameLanguage fr
officialLanguage all official languages of the European Union
partOf European Union institutional framework
presidentTermLength 3 years
presidentTermRenewable true
produces advisory documents on EU financial management
annual report on implementation of the EU budget
annual report on the European Development Funds
opinions on draft EU legislation with financial impact
special reports on specific audit topics
subjectOf Title II, Chapter 1 of the Protocol on the Statute of the Court of Auditors
termLength 6 years
termRenewable true
website https://www.eca.europa.eu

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Luxembourg EUInstitutionHost European Court of Auditors
European Commission cooperatesWith European Court of Auditors
European institutions includes European Court of Auditors
European Court of Auditors nativeName European Court of Auditors self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Cour des comptes européenne
European Parliament oversees European Court of Auditors
Constitution of 1976 establishesBody European Court of Auditors
this entity surface form: Court of Auditors
Member States of the European Union sharesInstitution European Court of Auditors
Kirchberg plateau hosts European Court of Auditors
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg isSeatOf European Court of Auditors
subject surface form: Luxembourg City
European Regional Development Fund monitoredBy European Court of Auditors
Single Supervisory Mechanism monitoredBy European Court of Auditors
this entity surface form: European Court of Auditors (in certain aspects)
Treaty of Brussels (1975) established European Court of Auditors
Treaty of Brussels (1975) definesRoleOf European Court of Auditors
Treaty of Brussels (1975) createdInstitution European Court of Auditors
Treaty of Brussels (1975) relatedInstitution European Court of Auditors
Audit groups partOf European Court of Auditors
Audit groups reportsTo European Court of Auditors
this entity surface form: Members of the European Court of Auditors
ECA officialName European Court of Auditors
subject surface form: European Court of Auditors
this entity surface form: Court of Auditors of the European Union
ECA predecessor European Court of Auditors
subject surface form: European Court of Auditors
this entity surface form: Audit Board of the European Communities
European Agricultural Guarantee Fund monitoredBy European Court of Auditors
European Anti-Fraud Office cooperatesWith European Court of Auditors
Lars Heikensten employer European Court of Auditors
Lars Heikensten memberOf European Court of Auditors
CAP monitoredBy European Court of Auditors
subject surface form: Common Agricultural Policy
BUDG worksWith European Court of Auditors
Archives of the European Union archivesOf European Court of Auditors
Kirchberg hasInstitution European Court of Auditors