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| 8.12.2016 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | L 333/60 |
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8.12.2016

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 333/60

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DECISION (EU) 2016/2157 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

of 27 October 2016

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2014

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

| — | having regard to the final annual accounts of the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2014, |
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having regard to the final annual accounts of the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2014,

| — | having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the annual accounts of the Artemis Joint Undertaking for the period 1 January to 26 June 2014, 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 Artemis Joint Undertaking for the period 1 January to 26 June 2014, 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 2014, 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 2014, pursuant to Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

| — | having regard to the Council's recommendation of 12 February 2016 on discharge to be given to Joint Undertaking in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2014 (05587/2016 — C8-0055/2016), |
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having regard to the Council's recommendation of 12 February 2016 on discharge to be given to Joint Undertaking in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2014 (05587/2016 — C8-0055/2016),

| — | having regard to its decision of 28 April 2016
   (3) postponing the discharge decision for the financial year 2014, and the replies from the Executive Director of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking (formerly the Artemis Joint Undertaking and the ENIAC Joint Undertaking), |
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having regard to its decision of 28 April 2016
   (3) postponing the discharge decision for the financial year 2014, and the replies from the Executive Director of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking (formerly the Artemis Joint Undertaking and the ENIAC Joint Undertaking),

| — | 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 (4), 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 (4), and in particular Article 209 thereof,

| — | having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 74/2008 of 20 December 2007 on the establishment of the ‘Artemis Joint Undertaking’ to implement a Joint Technology Initiative in Embedded Computing Systems (5), |
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having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 74/2008 of 20 December 2007 on the establishment of the ‘Artemis Joint Undertaking’ to implement a Joint Technology Initiative in Embedded Computing Systems (5),

| — | having regard to Council Regulation (EU) No 561/2014 of 6 May 2014 establishing the ECSEL Joint Undertaking (6), and in particular Article 1(2) and 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 (6), and in particular Article 1(2) and Article 12 thereof,

| — | having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (7), |
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having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (7),

| — | 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 (8), |
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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 (8),

| — | 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 second report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A8-0276/2016), |
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having regard to the second report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A8-0276/2016),

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Grants the Executive Director of the ECSEL Joint Undertaking (formerly the Artemis Joint Undertaking and the ENIAC Joint Undertaking) discharge in respect of the implementation of the Artemis Joint Undertaking's budget for the financial year 2014;

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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 ECSEL Joint Undertaking (formerly the Artemis Joint Undertaking and the ENIAC 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).

The President

Martin SCHULZ

The Secretary-General

Klaus WELLE

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(1)  
  OJ C 422, 17.12.2015, p. 9.

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(2)  
  OJ C 422, 17.12.2015, p. 10.

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(3)  
  OJ L 246, 14.9.2016, p. 425.

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(4)  
  OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1.

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(5)  
  OJ L 30, 4.2.2008, p. 52.

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(6)  
  OJ L 169, 7.6.2014, p. 152.

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(7)  
  OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72.

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(8)  
  OJ L 38, 7.2.2014, p. 2.

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