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 Article 15(8) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 883/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council2, the secretariat of the Supervisory Committee should remain being provided by OLAF, in close consultation with the Supervisory Committee, and the Director-General of OLAF should remain the authorising officer by delegation for all appropriations related to them. The Director-General of OLAF may sub-delegate those powers to staff members subject to the Staff Regulations of Officials or Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the Union.

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.

Commission Decision 1999/352/EC, ECSC, Euratom3 should therefore be amended accordingly,