EX.CL/Dec.1031(XXXIV) Page 1 DECISION ON THE REPORTS OF THE SUB-COMMITTEES OF THE PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVES’ COMMITTEE (PRC) The Executive Council, 1. TAKES NOTE of the PRC recommendations on the Reports of its SubCommittees; 2. DECIDES that a single report template should apply to all PRC SubCommittees reports; 3. DIRECTS the Commission to fulfil its mandate of coordinating, preparing and holding of all PRC Sub-Committees to ensure that meetings are held timely and regularly ; 4. ALSO DIRECTS the Commission to fulfil its mandate of providing legal advice to all PRC Sub-Committees meetings to ensure memory and consistency of decisions. I. THE JOINT SITTING OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON GENERAL SUPERVISION AND COORDINATION ON BUDGETARY, FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE MATTERS AND THE EXPERTS OF F15 - Doc. EX.CL/1104(XXXIV)i 5. ENDORSES the recommendations contained in the Report1 of the PRC on the Report of the Joint Sitting of the PRC Sub-Committee on General Supervision and Coordination on the Administrative, Budgetary and Financial Matters; A. ON THE 2020 BUDGET FRAMEWORK PAPER 6. RECOGNIZES that the Budget Framework Paper is the basis for formulation of the 2020 Budget of the Union; 7. ADOPTS the 2020 Budget Framework Paper for the African Union; 8. REQUESTS the Commission and all other Organs to adhere to the priorities and thematic areas outlined in the Budget Framework Paper; 9. DIRECTS that emphasis must be given to result and delivery and URGES Organs of the Union to observe accountability and the oversight mechanism contained in the Golden Rules; 1 Report of the 37th Ordinary Session of the PRC and its Annex 34th Ordinary Session of the Executive Council, 7- 8 February 2019, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia