Document ID: 32022B1836
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>5.10.2022&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>L 258/506</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
DECISION (EU) 2022/1836 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
of 4 May 2022
on the closure of the accounts of the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking (now the Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking) for the financial year 2020
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>&#8212;</p></td><td><p>having regard to the final annual accounts of the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2020,</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; annual report on the EU Joint Undertakings for the financial year 2020, together with the Joint Undertakings&#8217; replies&#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 2020, 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&#8217;s recommendation of 28&#160;February 2022 on discharge to be given to the Joint Undertaking in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2020 (06005/2022 &#8211; C9-0112/2022),</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) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18&#160;July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No&#160;1296/2013, (EU) No&#160;1301/2013, (EU) No&#160;1303/2013, (EU) No&#160;1304/2013, (EU) No&#160;1309/2013, (EU) No&#160;1316/2013, (EU) No&#160;223/2014, (EU) No&#160;283/2014, and Decision No&#160;541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No&#160;966/2012&#160;<a>(<span>3</span>)</a>, and in particular Article&#160;71 thereof,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>&#8212;</p></td><td><p>having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No&#160;642/2014 of 16&#160;June 2014 establishing the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking&#160;<a>(<span>4</span>)</a>, and in particular Article&#160;12 thereof,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>&#8212;</p></td><td><p>having regard to Council Regulation (EU) 2021/2085 of 19&#160;November 2021 establishing the Joint Undertakings under Horizon Europe and repealing Regulations (EC) No&#160;219/2007, (EU) No&#160;557/2014, (EU) No&#160;558/2014, (EU) No&#160;559/2014, (EU) No&#160;560/2014, (EU) No&#160;561/2014 and (EU) No&#160;642/2014&#160;<a>(<span>5</span>)</a>, and in particular Article&#160;26 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;110/2014 of 30&#160;September 2013 on the model financial regulation for public-private partnership bodies referred to in Article&#160;209 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No&#160;966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council&#160;<a>(<span>6</span>)</a>,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>&#8212;</p></td><td><p>having regard to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/887 of 13&#160;March 2019 on the model financial regulation for public-private partnership bodies referred to in Article&#160;71 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council&#160;<a>(<span>7</span>)</a>,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>&#8212;</p></td><td><p>having regard to Rule 100 of and Annex V 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 opinion of the Committee on Transport and Tourism,</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 (A9-0069/2022),</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>1.</p></td><td><p>Approves the closure of the accounts of the Shift2Rail Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2020;</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>2.</p></td><td><p>Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the Europe&#8217;s Rail Joint Undertaking, 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).</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
The President
Roberta METSOLA
The Secretary-General
Klaus WELLE
<note>
( 1 ) OJ C 458, 12.11.2021, p. 20 . ECA Annual report on EU Joint Undertakings for the 2020 financial year: https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/DocItem.aspx?did=59817
( 2 ) OJ C 458, 12.11.2021, p. 20 . ECA Annual report on EU Joint Undertakings for the 2020 financial year: https://www.eca.europa.eu/en/Pages/DocItem.aspx?did=59817
( 3 ) OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1 .
( 4 ) OJ L 177, 17.6.2014, p. 9 .
( 5 ) OJ L 427, 30.11.2021, p. 17 .
( 6 ) OJ L 38, 7.2.2014, p. 2 .
( 7 ) OJ L 142, 29.5.2019, p. 16 .
</note>