Decision (EU) 2021/789 of the Single Resolution Board of 31 March 2021 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget and on the closure of the accounts of the Single Resolution Board (‘SRB’) for the financial year 2019 (SRB/PS/2021/03)

17.5.2021 E N O f f i c i a l J o u r n a l o f t h e E u r o p e a n Union L 173/15 DECISION (EU) 2021/789 OF THE SINGLE RESOLUTION BOARD of 31 March 2021 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget and on the closure of the accounts of the Single Resolution Board (‘SRB’) for the financial year 2019 (SRB/PS/2021/03) THE SINGLE RESOLUTION BOARD, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 806/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2014establishing uniform rules and a uniform procedure for the resolution of credit institutions and certain investment firms in the framework of a Single Resolution Mechanism and a Single Resolution Fund and amending Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010(1), and in particular, Articles 50(1)(b) and 63(8) of the SRM Regulation, Having regard to Article 97, 98 and 99 of the SRB Financial Regulation of 17 January 2020, Having regard to the Final Annual Accounts of the SRB for the financial year 2019 as adopted on 24 June 2020(the ‘2019 Final Annual Accounts’), Having regard to the Annual Report of the SRB for the financial year 2019 as adopted on 20 May 2020by way of a written procedure (the ‘2019 Annual Report’), Having regard to the European Court of Auditors’ Report on the annual accounts of the Single Resolution Board (SRB) for the financial year 2019, together with the SRB’s replies (the ‘2019 Court of Auditors’ Annual Report’), Having regard to the Report on the 2019 Final Annual Accounts including audit opinions dated 15 June 2020prepared by Mazars Réviseurs d’Enterprises (the ‘Mazars 2019 Audit Report’), Having regard to the European Court of Auditors’ Report (pursuant to Article 92(4) of Regulation (EU) No 806/2014) on any contingent liabilities arising as a result of the performance by the Single Resolution Board, the Council or the Commission of their tasks under the SRM Regulation for the financial year 2019 (the ‘Court of Auditors’ Contingent Liabilities Report 2019’), Having regard to the Internal Audit Annual Report 2019 dated 19 December 2019presented to and noted by the Board in its Plenary Session on 29 January 2020(the ‘Internal Audit Annual Report 2019’),

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

1. Grant the Chair of the SRB discharge in respect of the implementation of the SRB’s budget for the financial year 2019;

2. Approve the closure of the accounts of the SRB for the financial year 2019;

3. Set out its observations in the motion below;

4. Instruct the Chair of the Single Resolution Board to notify this Decision to the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series), and on the website of the SRB.

For the Single Resolution Board, Dr Thorsten PÖTZSCH Plenary Member

(1) OJ L 225, 30.7.2014, p. 1.