# L_2018248EN.01036001.xml

| 3.10.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 248/360 |
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3.10.2018

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 248/360

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DECISION (EU) 2018/1442 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

of 18 April 2018

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2016

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

| — | having regard to the final annual accounts of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2016, |
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having regard to the final annual accounts of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2016,

| — | having regard to the Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2016, together with the Joint Undertaking’s reply (1), |
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having regard to the Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2016, together with the Joint Undertaking’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 2016, 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 2016, pursuant to Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

| — | having regard to the Council’s recommendation of 20 February 2018 on discharge to be given to the Joint Undertaking in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2016 (05943/2018 — C8-0096/2018), |
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having regard to the Council’s recommendation of 20 February 2018 on discharge to be given to the Joint Undertaking in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2016 (05943/2018 — C8-0096/2018),

| — | 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 209 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 209 thereof,

| — | having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 561/2014 of 6 May 2014 establishing the ECSEL Joint Undertaking (4), and in particular Article 12 thereof, |
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having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 561/2014 of 6 May 2014 establishing the ECSEL Joint Undertaking (4), and in particular Article 12 thereof,

| — | having regard to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 110/2014 of 30 September 2013 on the model financial regulation for public-private partnership bodies referred to in Article 209 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5), |
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having regard to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 110/2014 of 30 September 2013 on the model financial regulation for public-private partnership bodies referred to in Article 209 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (5),

| — | 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 (A8-0072/2018), |
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having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A8-0072/2018),

| 1. | Grants the Executive Director of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2016; |
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Grants the Executive Director of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2016;

| 2. | Sets out its observations in the resolution below; |
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Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

| 3. | Instructs its President to forward this decision and the resolution forming an integral part of it to the Executive Director of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking, 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). |
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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 ECSEL Joint Undertaking, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union

The President

Antonio TAJANI

The Secretary-General

Klaus WELLE

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(1)  
  OJ C 426, 12.12.2017, p. 23.

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(2)  See footnote 1.

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

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(4)  
  OJ L 169, 7.6.2014, p. 152.

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(5)  
  OJ L 38, 7.2.2014, p. 2.

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