Date: 2019-09-27Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision (EU, Euratom) 2019/1415 of the European Parliament of 26 March 2019 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency for the financial year 2017
**Executive Summary:**
This document is a decision of the European Parliament concerning discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency for the financial year 2017. It grants discharge to the Director of the Agency and outlines observations in related resolutions. The decision instructs the President to forward the decision to relevant parties and arrange for its publication.
**Key Points / Main Content:**
* **Discharge Decision:**
* Grants discharge to the Director of the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency for the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2017.
* Observations are set out in the resolution forming an integral part of the decisions on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2017, Section III Commission and executive agencies, and in its resolution of 26 March 2019 on the Court of Auditors' special reports in the context of the Commission discharge for the financial year 2017.
* **Instructions:**
* Instructs the President of the European Parliament to forward the decision, the decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2017, Section III Commission and the resolution forming an integral part of those decisions, to the Director of the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency, the Council, the Commission, and the Court of Auditors.
* Mandates the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union L series.
**Impact Analysis**
* **Director of the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency:**
* *Impact:* Granted discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2017.
* *Action Required:* Receive the decision and related documents from the President of the European Parliament.
* **Council:**
* *Impact:* Receives the decision from the President of the European Parliament.
* *Action Required:* Receive the decision and related documents from the President of the European Parliament.
* **Commission:**
* *Impact:* Receives the decision from the President of the European Parliament.
* *Action Required:* Receive the decision and related documents from the President of the European Parliament.
* **Court of Auditors:**
* *Impact:* Receives the decision from the President of the European Parliament.
* *Action Required:* Receive the decision and related documents from the President of the European Parliament.
* **President of the European Parliament:**
* *Impact:* Responsible for forwarding the decision and related documents.
* *Action Required:* Forward the decision, the decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2017, Section III Commission and the resolution forming an integral part of those decisions, to the Director of the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors and arrange for publication in the Official Journal.
Key Entities Referenced
European Parliament: A legislative body of the European Union.
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
Euratom: European Atomic Energy Community
Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency: An executive agency of the European Union responsible for managing programmes related to consumers, health, agriculture, and food.
Commission: European Commission
Council: Council of the European Union
Court of Auditors: The European Court of Auditors is one of the institutions of the European Union, established to audit the finances of the EU.
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: One of the primary treaties of the European Union, outlining the organization and operation of the EU.
27.9.2019 EN Official Journal of the European Union L 249/89
DECISION (EU, Euratom) 2019/1415 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
of 26 March 2019
on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Consumers, Health, Agriculture
and Food Executive Agency for the financial year 2017
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
— having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2017 (1),
— having regard to the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2017
(COM(2018) 521 — C8-0318/2018) (2),
— having regard to the final annual accounts of the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency for the
financial year 2017 (3),
— having regard to the Commission's report on the follow-up to the discharge for the financial year 2016
(COM(2018) 545), and to the accompanying Commission staff working document(s),
— having regard to the Commission's annual report to the discharge authority on internal audits carried out in 2017
(COM(2018) 661), and to the accompanying Commission staff working document (SWD(2018) 429),
— having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the annual accounts of the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and
Food Executive Agency for the financial year 2017, together with the Agency's reply (4),
— having regard to the statement of assurance (5) 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 executive
agencies in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2017 (05826/2019 —
C8-0054/2019),
— having regard to Articles 317, 318 and 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 (6) and in particular Articles 62, 164, 165 and 166 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 (7), and in particular Articles 69, 260, 261 and 262 thereof,
— having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 of 19 December 2002 laying down the statute for executive
agencies to be entrusted with certain tasks in the management of Community programmes (8), and in particular
Article 14(3) thereof,
— having regard to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1653/2004 of 21 September 2004 on a standard financial
regulation for the executive agencies pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 laying down the statute for
executive agencies to be entrusted with certain tasks in the management of Community programmes (9), and in
particular the first and second paragraphs of Article 66 thereof,
(1) OJ L 51, 28.2.2017, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 348, 28.9.2018, p. 1.
(3) OJ C 413, 14.11.2018, p. 2.
(4) OJ C 434, 30.11.2018, p. 16.
(5) OJ C 434, 30.11.2018, p. 229.
(6) OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1.
(8) OJ L 11, 16.1.2003, p. 1.
(9) OJ L 297, 22.9.2004, p. 6.L 249/90 EN Official Journal of the European Union 27.9.2019
— having regard to Commission Implementing Decision 2013/770/EU of 17 December 2013 establishing the
Consumers, Health and Food Executive Agency and repealing Decision 2004/858/EC (10),
— having regard to Commission Implementing Decision 2014/927/EU of 17 December 2014 amending Implementing
Decision 2013/770/EU in order to transform the Consumers, Health and Food Executive Agency into the
Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive Agency (11),
— having regard to Rule 93 of and Annex IV to its Rules of Procedure,
— having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinions of the other committees
concerned (A8-0110/2019),
A. whereas, under Article 17(1) of the Treaty on European Union, the Commission is to execute the budget and
manage programmes and, pursuant to Article 317 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, is to
implement the budget in cooperation with the Member States, on its own responsibility, having regard to the
principles of sound financial management;
1. Grants the Director of the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food Executive 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 forming an integral part of the decisions on discharge in respect of the
implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2017, Section III — Commission
and executive agencies, and in its resolution of 26 March 2019 on the Court of Auditors' special reports in the
context of the Commission discharge for the financial year 2017 (12);
3. Instructs its President to forward this decision, the decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the
general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2017, Section III — Commission and the resolution
forming an integral part of those decisions, to the Director of the Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food
Executive 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
(10) OJ L 341, 18.12.2013, p. 69.
(11) OJ L 363, 18.12.2014, p. 183.
(12) Texts adopted, P8_TA(2019)0243 (see page 59 of this Official Journal).