Date: 2019-09-27Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision (EU) 2019/1512 of the European Parliament of 26 March 2019 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Euratom Supply Agency (ESA) for the financial year 2017
This document is a decision by the European Parliament concerning the discharge of the Acting Director-General of the Euratom Supply Agency (ESA) in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2017. The decision is based on the final annual accounts of the ESA for 2017, the Court of Auditors' report on those accounts (including the Agency's reply and the statement of assurance regarding the reliability of the accounts and the legality/regularity of the underlying transactions), and the Council's recommendation on the discharge.
The European Parliament, having considered the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control, formally grants discharge to the Acting Director-General for the 2017 budget implementation. The decision includes observations outlined in an accompanying resolution.
The President of the European Parliament is instructed to forward the decision, along with the integral resolution, to the Acting Director-General of the ESA, the Council, the Commission, and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
The decision references various legal bases, including Articles from the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and several EU and Euratom Regulations concerning financial rules.
Key Entities Referenced
European Parliament: A legislative body of the European Union.
Euratom Supply Agency (ESA): An agency related to the supply of nuclear materials within the European Atomic Energy Community.
Court of Auditors: The European Court of Auditors, responsible for auditing the accounts of the European Union and its agencies.
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: One of the primary treaties of the European Union.
Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community: The treaty that established the European Atomic Energy Community (Euratom).
Regulation EU, Euratom No 966/2012: A regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union.
Regulation EU, Euratom 2018/1046: A regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union.
Council Decision 2008/114/EC, Euratom: Council Decision establishing Statutes for the Euratom Supply Agency.
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DECISION (EU) 2019/1512 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
of 26 March 2019
on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Euratom Supply Agency (ESA)
for the financial year 2017
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
— having regard to the final annual accounts of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2017,
— having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the annual accounts of the Euratom Supply Agency for the
financial year 2017, together with the Agency's reply (1),
— having regard to the statement of assurance (2) as to the reliability of the accounts and the legality and regularity of
the underlying transactions provided by the Court of Auditors for the financial year 2017, pursuant to Article 287
of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
— having regard to the Council's recommendation of 12 February 2019 on discharge to be given to the Agency in
respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2017 (05825/2019 – C8-0089/2019),
— having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
— having regard to Article 106a of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,
— having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council
Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (3), and in particular Article 1(2) thereof,
— having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July
2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU)
No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU)
No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation
(EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 (4), and in particular Article 68 thereof,
— having regard to Council Decision 2008/114/EC, Euratom of 12 February 2008 establishing Statutes for the
Euratom Supply Agency (5), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
— having regard to Rule 94 of and Annex IV to its Rules of Procedure,
— having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A8-0132/2019),
1. Grants the Acting Director-General of the Euratom Supply Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the
Agency's budget for the financial year 2017;
2. Sets out its observations in the resolution below;
3. Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Acting
Director-General of the Euratom Supply Agency, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to
arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
The President The Secretary-General
Antonio TAJANI Klaus WELLE
(1) OJ C 434, 30.11.2018, p. 188.
(2) OJ C 434, 30.11.2018, p. 188.
(3) OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 41, 15.2.2008, p. 15.