Article 15
1. The administrative board shall by 31 March each year send the administrative accounts retracing all the revenue and expenditure for the preceding financial year and the financial statement of the Agency to the Commission and to the Court of Auditors. The Court of Auditors shall examine them in accordance with Article 206a of the Treaty. 2. The Court of Auditors shall communicate to the Commission, not later than 15 July, any observations which it considers should appear in the annual report provided for in Article 206a of the Treaty. The Commission shall forward its replies to the Court of Auditors not later than 31 October. The Court of Auditors shall send its annual report, together with the Commission's replies not later than 30 November to the European Parliament, to the Council and to the Commission and shall ensure its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. A discharge shall be given to the administrative board in respect of the financial administration of the Agency under the procedure laid down in Article 206b of the Treaty. 3. The Financial Controller of the Commission shall be responsible for checking the commitment and payment of all expenditure and the recording and recovery of all revenue of the Agency.