Text proposed by the Commission Amendment

1. The Executive Director shall report annually to the Governing Board on the performance of his duties in accordance with the financial rules of the S2R Joint Undertaking. 1. The Executive Director shall report annually to the Governing Board on the performance of his duties in accordance with the financial rules of the S2R Joint Undertaking.

2. By 15 February each year the Executive Director shall submit to the Governing Board for approval an annual activity report on the progress made by the S2R Joint Undertaking in the previous calendar year, in particular in relation to the annual work plan for that year. That report shall include, inter alia, information on the following matters: 2. Within two months of the closure of each financial year , the Executive Director shall submit to the Governing Board for approval an annual activity report on the progress made by the S2R Joint Undertaking in the previous calendar year, in particular in relation to the annual work plan for that year. That report shall include, inter alia, information on the following matters:

(a) research, innovation and other actions carried out and the corresponding expenditure; (a) research, innovation and other actions carried out and the corresponding expenditure;

(b) the actions submitted, including a breakdown by participant type, including SMEs, and by country; (b) the actions submitted, including a breakdown by participant type, including SMEs, and by country;

(c) the actions selected for funding, including a breakdown by participant type, including SMEs, and by country and indicating the contribution of the S2R Joint Undertaking to the individual participants and actions. (c) the actions selected for funding, including a breakdown by participant type, including SMEs, and by country and indicating the contribution of the S2R Joint Undertaking to the individual participants and actions.

Once approved by the Governing Board, the annual activity report shall be transmitted to the States Representatives Group and made publicly available. Once approved by the Governing Board, the annual activity report shall be transmitted to the States Representatives Group and made publicly available.

3. The S2R Joint Undertaking shall report annually to the Commission in accordance with Article 60(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012. 3. By 1 March of the following financial year, the accounting officer of the S2R Joint Undertaking shall send the provisional accounts to the Commission's accounting officer and the Court of Auditors.

4. The accounts of the S2RJoint Undertaking shall be examined by an independent audit body as laid down in Article 60(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012.

The accounts of the S2R Joint Undertaking shall not be subject to examination by the Court of Auditors. By 31 March of the following financial year, the S2R Joint Undertaking shall send the report on the budgetary and financial management to the European Parliament, the Council and the Court of Auditors.

On receipt of the Court of Auditors' observations on the S2R Joint Undertaking's provisional accounts pursuant to Article 148 of the Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012, the accounting officer shall draw up the S2R Joint Undertaking's final accounts and the Executive Director shall submit them to the Governing Board for an opinion.

The Governing Board shall deliver an opinion on the S2R Joint Undertaking's final accounts.

The Executive Director shall, by 1 July following each financial year, send the final accounts to the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, together with the Governing Board's opinion.

The final accounts shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union by 15 November of the following year.

The Executive Director shall send the Court of Auditors a reply to its observations made in its annual report by 30 September. The Executive Director shall also send this reply to the Governing Board.