# L_2020417EN.01025601.xml

| 11.12.2020 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 417/256 |
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11.12.2020

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 417/256

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DECISION (EU) 2020/1919 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

of 13 May 2020

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (now European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound)) for the financial year 2018

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

| — | having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for the financial year 2018, |
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having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for the financial year 2018,

| — | having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2018, together with the agencies’ replies (1), |
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having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2018, together with the agencies’ replies (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 2018, 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 2018, pursuant to Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

| — | having regard to the Council’s recommendation of 18 February 2020 on discharge to be given to the Foundation in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2018 (05761/2020 — C9-0034/2020), |
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having regard to the Council’s recommendation of 18 February 2020 on discharge to be given to the Foundation in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2018 (05761/2020 — C9-0034/2020),

| — | 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 (EEC) No 1365/75 of the Council of 26 May 1975 on the creation of a European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (5), and in particular Article 16 thereof, |
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having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 1365/75 of the Council of 26 May 1975 on the creation of a European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (5), and in particular Article 16 thereof,

| — | Regulation (EU) 2019/127 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 January 2019 establishing the European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (Eurofound), and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1365/75 (6), and in particular Article 16 thereof, |
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Regulation (EU) 2019/127 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 January 2019 establishing the European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (Eurofound), and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1365/75 (6), and in particular Article 16 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 Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/715 of 18 December 2018 on the framework financial regulation for the bodies set up under the TFEU and Euratom Treaty and referred to in Article 70 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council (8), and in particular Article 105 thereof, |
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having regard to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/715 of 18 December 2018 on the framework financial regulation for the bodies set up under the TFEU and Euratom Treaty and referred to in Article 70 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council (8), and in particular Article 105 thereof,

| — | having regard to Rule 100 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 100 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, |
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having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A9-0051/2020), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A9-0051/2020),

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Grants the Executive Director of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound) discharge in respect of the implementation of the Foundation’s budget for the financial year 2018;

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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 Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound), 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

David Maria SASSOLI

The Secretary-General

Klaus WELLE

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(1)  OJ C 417, 11.12.2019, p. 1.

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(2)  OJ C 417, 11.12.2019, p. 1.

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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 139, 30.5.1975, p. 1.

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(6)  OJ L 30, 31.1.2019, p. 74.

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

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(8)  OJ L 122, 10.5.2019, p. 1.

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