Council Decision (EU) 2019/1990 of 28 November 2019 delegating to the Director of the Office for the Administration and Payment of the Individual Entitlements of the European Commission certain powers of the authorising officer concerning the payment of remunerations and the payment of mission and authorised travel expenses

1 The Director of the Office for the Administration and Payment of the Individual Entitlements (PMO) of the European Commission is delegated the powers of the authorising officer to validate and authorise payments of remuneration as well as payments of mission and authorised travel expenses to staff for the purposes of the application of point (a) of Article 1(1) of Decision (EU) 2019/792 and to high-level public office holders. Those payments shall be booked to the following articles and items of Section II of the general budget of the European Union, entitled 'European Council and Council': Chapter 10, except for sub-items 1004-02 and 1004-05; Chapter 11; Item 1200, except for sub-item 1200-36; Article 133; Item 2201. The delegation referred to in the first subparagraph shall also include the powers to estimate, establish and authorise revenues linked to the expenditures referred to in the second subparagraph.

2 The delegation referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 of this Article shall not apply in cases where the exercise of powers delegated by the Council to the PMO under Article 1(1) of Decision (EU) 2019/792 was relinquished in accordance with Article 1(2) of that Decision.

This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from the date of receipt by the General Secretariat of the Council of a letter confirming the acceptance by the PMO of the powers delegated under the first subparagraph of Article 1(1) or upon the exercise by the PMO of those delegated powers, whichever is earlier.