Clearance of accounts decision for financial year 2023– Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund – Estonia – Full clearance

Mr Tarmo Miilits

Secretary General

Ministry of Interior

Pikk 61, Tallinn 15065 Estonia Commission européenne/Europese Commissie, 1049 Bruxelles/Brussel, BELGIQUE/BELGIË – Tel. +32 22991111

Office: LX46 05/158 – Tel. direct line +32 229-59370

EUROPEAN COMMISSION DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR MIGRATION AND HOME AFFAIRS

Directorate E – HOME Affairs Funds

The Director

Brussels, 29 May 2024 HOME.E.3/SO

Subject: Clearance of accounts decision for financial year 2023– Asylum,

Migration and Integration Fund – Estonia – Full clearance

Dear Mr Miilits,

By this letter1 I am pleased to inform you that the Commission has decided to proceed with

the full clearance of the accounts for the financial year 2023 of Estonia for the Asylum,

Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) for the amount of EUR 1 707 093.55 in

accordance with Article 1(5) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 2015/378.

After any open annual pre-financing is cleared, this results in a payment of

EUR 1 176 979.36. Please note that in accordance with Article 39(3) of Regulation (EU) No

514/2014, the annual balance shall be paid no later than six months after the clearance of the

accounts depending on budget availability.

Please find the detailed calculations in Annex I to this letter.

The results of the verifications carried out by the Commission services on the information

submitted by the Responsible Authority of Estonia in relation to the clearance of accounts

for the financial year 2023 under the AMIF and recommendations for the last set of annual

accounts are included in Annex II to this letter.

This financial clearance is without prejudice to decisions which may be taken following

any conformity audit regarding the accuracy of the information provided by the Member

State.

Finally, please note that where payments made by the Responsible Authority are reported

in subsequent accounts and not in the annual accounts of the financial year during which

they were made, the Commission shall use the reporting date as the date initiating the 36-

month period referred to in Article 47(5) of Regulation (EU) No 514/2014.

1 Pursuant to Article 45 of Regulation (EU) No 514/2014, the clearance of accounts decision for the financial year shall

cover the completeness, accuracy and veracity of the accounts submitted and the Commission shall inform the Member

State of its decision on the payment of the annual balance, including the reasons for any accounts or amounts in the accounts

not paid.

Ref. Ares(2024)4361945 - 17/06/2024

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Ms Silvia Orru (e-mail: [email protected]) is available for further information.

Yours sincerely,

Silvia MICHELINI

Enclosures: Annex I: Commission calculations - Clearance of accounts 2023

AMIF Estonia

Annex II: Commission recommendations for the last annual

accounts of Estonia under the AMIF

c.c.: Birgit Paal- JHA Counsellor, Permanent Representation of Estonia

to the European Union;

Tarmo Olgo, Head of Department, Internal Audit Department of the

Estonian Ministry of the Interior

Ms Marta Cygan, DG HOME Director F, Innovation & Audit

Annex I

Commission calculations – Clearance of accounts 2023 – AMIF Estonia Country Code

Fund Code

Allocation Payment requested (A)

Amount under examination by the Commission (B1)

Amount cancelled and reallocated to the programme (not net) (B2)

Amount accepted by the Commission (C) = (A) + (B)

Total annual pre- financing to be cleared (D)

Total initial pre- financing to be cleared (E)

Amount to be paid to the Member State (F)= MAX((C- D-E);0) *

Total outstanding pre- financing amount to be carried over to the next clearance exercise (G)= MIN((C- D-E);0)

Outstanding annual pre-

financing amount to be carried

over to the next

clearance exercise (H)

Outstanding

initial pre- financing

amount to be carried

over to the next

clearance exercise (I)

Accounting Year

EE AMIF Total 1 707 093.55 0.00 0.00 1 707 093.55 0.00 530 114.19 1 176 979.36 0.00 0.00 0.00 2023

Annex II

Commission recommendations for the last annual accounts of Estonia under the

AMIF

1. As reported in chapter 8 of the ACR, the Audit Authority (AA) detected a

significant frequency of errors in the information provided by the RA in the draft

accounts. Therefore, the RA is recommended to take measures to diminish the

frequency of such errors and the AA should report on its respective adequacy and

implementation status in the next ACR.