Document ID: 32018B1423
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>3.10.2018&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>L 248/325</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
DECISION (EU) 2018/1423 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
of 18 April 2018
on the closure of the accounts of Eurojust for the financial year 2016
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>&#8212;</p></td><td><p>having regard to the final annual accounts of Eurojust for the financial year 2016,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>&#8212;</p></td><td><p>having regard to the Court of Auditors&#8217; report on the annual accounts of the European Union's Judicial Cooperation Unit for the financial year 2016, together with Eurojust&#8217;s reply&#160;<a>(<span>1</span>)</a>,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>&#8212;</p></td><td><p>having regard to the statement of assurance&#160;<a>(<span>2</span>)</a> 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 2016, pursuant to Article&#160;287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>&#8212;</p></td><td><p>having regard to the Council recommendation of 20&#160;February 2018 on discharge to be given to Eurojust in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2016 (05941/2018&#160;&#8212; C8-0065/2018),</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>&#8212;</p></td><td><p>having regard to Article&#160;319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>&#8212;</p></td><td><p>having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) No&#160;966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25&#160;October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No&#160;1605/2002&#160;<a>(<span>3</span>)</a>, and in particular Article&#160;208 thereof,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>&#8212;</p></td><td><p>having regard to Council Decision 2002/187/JHA of 28&#160;February 2002 setting up Eurojust with a&#160;view to reinforcing the fight against serious crime&#160;<a>(<span>4</span>)</a>, and in particular Article&#160;36 thereof,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>&#8212;</p></td><td><p>having regard to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No&#160;1271/2013 of 30&#160;September 2013 on the framework financial regulation for the bodies referred to in Article&#160;208 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No&#160;966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council&#160;<a>(<span>5</span>)</a>, and in particular Article&#160;108 thereof,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>&#8212;</p></td><td><p>having regard to Rule 94 of and Annex&#160;IV to its Rules of Procedure,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>&#8212;</p></td><td><p>having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A8-0113/2018),</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td/><td><p>1.</p></td><td><span>Approves the closure of the accounts of Eurojust for the financial year 2016;</span></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td/><td><p>2.</p></td><td><span>Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Administrative Director of Eurojust, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the<span>Official Journal of the European Union</span> (L series).</span></td></tr></tbody></table>
The President
Antonio TAJANI
The Secretary-General
Klaus WELLE
<note>
( 1 ) OJ C 417, 6.12.2017, p. 218 .
( 2 ) See footnote 1.
( 3 ) OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1 .
( 4 ) OJ L 63, 6.3.2002, p. 1 .
( 5 ) OJ L 328, 7.12.2013, p. 42 .
</note>