# L_2019249EN.01025201.xml

| 27.9.2019 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 249/252 |
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27.9.2019

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 249/252

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DECISION (EU) 2019/1497 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

of 26 March 2019

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Railway Agency (now European Union Agency for Railways) (ERA) for the financial year 2017

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

| — | having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Railway Agency (now European Union Agency for Railways) for the financial year 2017, |
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having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Railway Agency (now European Union Agency for Railways) for the financial year 2017,

| — | having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the annual accounts of the European Union Agency for Railways for the financial year 2017, together with the Agency's reply (1), |
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having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the annual accounts of the European Union Agency for Railways 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, |
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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 – C8-0083/2019), |
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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 – C8-0083/2019),

| — | having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, |
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having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

| — | 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 208 thereof, |
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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 208 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 70 thereof, |
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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 70 thereof,

| — | having regard to Regulation (EC) No 881/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 establishing a European Railway Agency (Agency Regulation) (5), and in particular Article 39 thereof, |
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having regard to Regulation (EC) No 881/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 establishing a European Railway Agency (Agency Regulation) (5), and in particular Article 39 thereof,

| — | having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/796 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Railways and repealing Regulation (EC) No 881/2004 (6), and in particular Article 65 thereof, |
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having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/796 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Railways and repealing Regulation (EC) No 881/2004 (6), and in particular Article 65 thereof,

| — | having regard to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1271/2013 of 30 September 2013 on the framework financial regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 208 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (7), and in particular Article 108 thereof, |
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having regard to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1271/2013 of 30 September 2013 on the framework financial regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 208 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (7), and in particular Article 108 thereof,

| — | having regard to Rule 94 of and Annex IV to its Rules of Procedure, |
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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 and the opinion of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A8-0158/2019), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A8-0158/2019),

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Grants the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Railways discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2017;

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Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

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Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Railways, 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

Antonio TAJANI

The Secretary-General

Klaus WELLE

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(1)  
  OJ C 434, 30.11.2018, p. 83.

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(2)  
  OJ C 434, 30.11.2018, p. 83.

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(3)  
  OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1.

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(4)  
  OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1.

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(5)  
  OJ L 164, 30.4.2004, p. 1.

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(6)  
  OJ L 138, 26.5.2016, p. 1.

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(7)  
  OJ L 328, 7.12.2013, p. 42.

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