Audit 2012
Raildata Audit 2012
Audit took place 19.03.2013 at Raildata office
Participants:
Edith Waldvogel, Raildata
Francis Bedel, SNCF
Tommy Randsmark, Green Cargo, Auditor
Silke Opladen, DB Schenker Rail, Auditor
Checked / used documents:
Raildata accounting procedure, vers. 2 from 01.05.2010
Raildata outgoing invoices (randomly)
Raildata incoming invoices (randomly)
Raildata bank account documents,
Raildata contracts (randomly)
Raildata Internal Regulations, approved by GA in Bratislava, June 26th
2012
Planning documents for 2012
Budget report, overview + reference to singular budget items
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Overall situation
• All demanded documents could be found and explained easily
• Procedures could be explained, financial procedures are described
within document ‘accounting procedure’ vers. 2
• Book keeping seems to be coherent to planning documents and
invoicing
• Bank account Saldo at the end of the year (13.02.2013) is coherent
with invoicing / payment status
• Few improvements/recommendations could be extracted from
Audit
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Invoices:
• Several outgoing and incoming invoices were checked randomly
• The checked incoming invoices were coherent with internal and
financial regulations (entry no, check against contract/contents,
signed by chairman/vice-chairman, etc.)
• Archiving is done from beginning (1995)
• Outgoing invoices are signed only by chairman
 Internal Regulations dictate two signatures for invoices
(Art. 2.2.2), invoices should be signed following the
internal regulation or the regulation has to be adapted
• Payment of member Serbie (ZS) is missing for second period now
 Next steps inclusive budget results have to be clarified
and followed
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Contracts:
• Several contracts were checked randomly
• List of expected invoices from supplier contracts exists, if invoices
are missing, accruals are made
• List of members is existing but not actual
 List has to be updated
• Framework for membership ORFEUS and ISR is finished and
agreed by GA
• Framework for USE-IT seems finished / agreed, process for
delivery has to be followed
• User-Contract (XRail) was checked
• Available contracts for Raildata consultants were checked
• Individual agreements were checked randomly
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Basis for calculation / contracts / invoices:
• Basis for calculation and invoicing of consultancy services are time
log sheets of respective consultant; leeds to check of invoice of
consultancie’s company and to budget allocation ORFEUS / ISR /
Use-IT/overall services
• Basis for allocation of ORFEUS / ISR / Use-IT budget is devided into
common / ‘fix’ part and a message-related part. The calculations for
the message related part was agreed in GA, but are not mentioned
in planning documents
 Calculation rules should be published for all members
to help companies with calculation of changes in
message numbers
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Account
• Bank account seems to be according to UIC special group regulation
• Access to bank account is limited to Raildata authorized persons
• Result for bank account on 12.03.2013 (end of booking for 2012):
1.055.501,12 €
• Result was explained /proofed by coherent calculation and according
to invoicing (random check)
Other
• UIC Audit took place in 2012; Raildata is not informed about results
• Formal Book-keeping is done by COFIME; contract / result was
checked
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Results
• Books seem to be kept well
• Account seem to be kept well
• Procedures seem to be clear and followed
Remarks / Recommendations
 Internal Regulations dictate two signatures for invoices (Art.
2.2.2), invoices should be signed following the internal
regulation or the regulation has to be adapted
 Next steps inclusive budget results have to be clarified and
followed
 List (of members) has to be updated
 Calculation rules should be published for all members to help
companies with calculation of changes in message numbers
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