# L_2016246EN.01034601.xml

| 14.9.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 246/346 |
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14.9.2016

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 246/346

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RESOLUTION (EU, EURATOM) 2016/1562 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

of 28 April 2016

with observations forming an integral part of the decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2014

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

| — | having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2014, |
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having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2014,

| — | having regard to Rule 94 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to Rule 94 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

| — | having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A8-0110/2016), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A8-0110/2016),

| A. | whereas, according to its financial statements, the final budget of the Euratom Supply Agency (the ‘Agency’) for the financial year 2014 was EUR 104 000, representing the same amount as in 2013; |
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whereas, according to its financial statements, the final budget of the Euratom Supply Agency (the ‘Agency’) for the financial year 2014 was EUR 104 000, representing the same amount as in 2013;

| B. | whereas the Court of Auditors (the ‘Court’), in its report on the Agency’s annual accounts for the financial year 2014 (the ‘Court's report’), stated that it had obtained reasonable assurances that those annual accounts were reliable and that the underlying transactions were legal and regular; |
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whereas the Court of Auditors (the ‘Court’), in its report on the Agency’s annual accounts for the financial year 2014 (the ‘Court's report’), stated that it had obtained reasonable assurances that those annual accounts were reliable and that the underlying transactions were legal and regular;

Budget and financial management

Budget and financial management

| 1. | Notes that budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2014 resulted in a commitment appropriations execution rate of 91,08 %, representing a decrease of 3,92 % compared to 2013; ascertains that the payment appropriation execution rate was 81,13 %, representing an increase of 21,91 % compared to 2013; |
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Notes that budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2014 resulted in a commitment appropriations execution rate of 91,08 %, representing a decrease of 3,92 % compared to 2013; ascertains that the payment appropriation execution rate was 81,13 %, representing an increase of 21,91 % compared to 2013;

Other comments

Other comments

| 2. | Takes note of the fact that the Agency has provided in its annual accounts estimations of the administrative services paid directly from the Commission’s budget; |
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Takes note of the fact that the Agency has provided in its annual accounts estimations of the administrative services paid directly from the Commission’s budget;

| 3. | States that the annual reports of the Union institutions and agencies could play an important role in compliance regarding transparency, accountability and integrity; calls for the Union institutions and agencies to include a standard chapter on those components in their annual reports; |
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States that the annual reports of the Union institutions and agencies could play an important role in compliance regarding transparency, accountability and integrity; calls for the Union institutions and agencies to include a standard chapter on those components in their annual reports;

| 4. | Acknowledges that the Agency has an appropriate risk management and control strategy in place; notes, furthermore, that the Agency has taken all necessary actions on risk assessment and risk mitigation to align its internal control system with the Court's requirements; |
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Acknowledges that the Agency has an appropriate risk management and control strategy in place; notes, furthermore, that the Agency has taken all necessary actions on risk assessment and risk mitigation to align its internal control system with the Court's requirements;

| 5. | Refers, for other observations of a cross-cutting nature accompanying its decision on discharge, to its resolution of 28 April 2016 (1) on the performance, financial management and control of the agencies. |
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Refers, for other observations of a cross-cutting nature accompanying its decision on discharge, to its resolution of 28 April 2016 (1

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(1)  Texts adopted of that date, P8_TA(2016)0159 (see page 447 of this Official Journal).

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