Pursuant to Article 65 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012, the Commission is responsible for indicating the staff to whom it delegates its duties, the scope of the powers delegated and the limits set to the delegation to authorising officers. In doing this, the Commission should duly consider its overall political responsibility for the management of the Union budget.

In line with the need for ensuring an effective internal control system, in accordance with Article 32 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 and in order to avoid the appearance of a possible interference of the European Anti-fraud Office in the duties of the members its Supervisory Committee, an appropriate framework for the implementation of the appropriations related to the members of the Supervisory Committee should be defined. In particular, the delegation of powers of authorising officer related to the members should be organised in a way to prevent appearance of possible interference.

This Decision should start applying on 1 January 2016, together with the new Annex I to the Internal rules. It should therefore enter into force as soon as possible.