Definitions
Article 2
For the purposes of this Decision, the following definitions apply: (a) ‘participating Member State’ means a Member State which participates in the Agency; (b) ‘contributing Member States’ means the participating Member States which contribute to a particular project or programme of the Agency; (c) ‘general budget’ means the general budget established in accordance with Article 13 of Decision (CFSP) 2015/1835; (d) ‘additional revenue’ refers to additional revenue, the content of which is established in Article 15 of Decision (CFSP) 2015/1835; (e) ‘Authorising Officer’ is the Agency's Chief Executive who exercises the powers defined in Article 10(5) of Decision (CFSP) 2015/1835; (f) ‘budget’ means the instrument which, for each financial year, forecasts and authorises all revenue and expenditure considered necessary for the Agency; (g) ‘control’ means any measure taken to provide reasonable assurance regarding the effectiveness, efficiency and economy of operations, the reliability of reporting, the safeguarding of assets and information, the prevention, detection and correction of fraud and irregularities and their follow-up, and the adequate management of the risks relating to the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions, taking into account the multiannual character of programmes as well as the nature of the payments concerned. Controls may involve various checks, as well as the implementation of any policies and procedures to achieve the objectives described in the first sentence; (h) ‘check’ means the verification of a specific aspect of a revenue or expenditure operation.