2009/187/EC,Euratom: Decision of the European Parliament of 22 April 2008 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2006, section III — Commission
Date: 2008-04-22
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Commission, budgetary discharge, financial year, implementation of the budget

31.3.2009

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Official Journal of the European Union

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DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

of 22 April 2008

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial
year 2006, section III — Commission

(2009/187/EC, Euratom)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

— having regard to the European Union general budget for the financial year 2006 (1),

— having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Communities for the financial year 2006 —

Volume I (SEC(2007) 1056 — C6-0390/2007, SEC(2007) 1055 — C6-0362/2007) (2),

— having regard to the Commission's annual report to the discharge authority on the follow-up to 2005
discharge decisions (COM(2007) 538, COM(2007) 537), and to the Commission staff working
document — Annex to the report from the Commission to the European Parliament on the follow-up to
2005 discharge procedure (SEC(2007) 1185, SEC(2007) 1186),

— having regard to the Commission communication entitled ‘Policy Achievements in 2006’ (COM(2007)

67),

— having regard to the Commission communication entitled ‘Synthesis of the Commission's management

achievements in 2006’ (COM(2007) 274),

— having regard to the Commission's annual report to the discharge authority on internal audits carried out
in 2006 (COM(2007) 280), and to the Commission staff working document accompanying the annual
report to the discharge authority on internal audits carried out in 2006 (SEC(2007) 708),

— having regard to the Commission's report on Member States' replies to the Court of Auditors' 2005

annual report (COM(2007) 118),

— having regard to the Green Paper on the European Transparency Initiative, adopted by the Commission

on 3 May 2006 (COM(2006) 194),

— having regard to Opinion No 2/2004 of the Court of Auditors on the ‘single audit’ model (and a proposal

for a Community internal control framework) (3),

— having regard to the Commission communication on a roadmap to an integrated internal control

framework (COM(2005) 252),

— having regard to the Commission's action plan towards an integrated internal control framework (COM
(2006) 9), the report from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament and the Court of
Auditors on the progress of the Commission action plan towards an integrated internal control
framework (COM(2007) 86), and the Commission staff working document accompanying that report
(SEC(2007) 311),

— having regard to Opinion No 6/2007 of the Court of Auditors on the annual summaries of Member
States; ‘national declarations’ of Member States; and audit work on EU funds of national audit bodies (4),

(1) OJ L 78, 15.3.2006.
(2) OJ C 274, 15.11.2007, p. 1.
(3) OJ C 107, 30.4.2004, p. 1.
(4) OJ C 216, 14.9.2007, p. 3.

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— having regard to the Commission's action plan to strengthen the Commission's supervisory role under

shared management of structural actions (COM(2008) 97),

— having regard to the report from the Commission to the Council, the European Parliament and the Court
of Auditors on the Commission action plan towards an integrated internal control
framework
(COM(2008) 110), and the Commission staff working document accompanying that report (SEC(2008)
259),

— having regard to the Annual Report of the Court of Auditors on implementation of the budget for the
financial year 2006, together with the institutions' replies (1), and to the Court of Auditors' special
reports,

— having regard to the statement of assurance as to the reliability of the accounts and the legality and
regularity of the underlying transactions provided by the Court of Auditors pursuant to Article 248 of
the EC Treaty (2),

— having regard to the Council's recommendation of 12 February 2008 (5842/2008 — C6-0082/2008),

— having regard to Articles 274, 275 and 276 of the EC Treaty, and Articles 179a and 180b of the Euratom

Treaty,

— having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial
the European Communities (3), and in particular

Regulation applicable to the general budget of
Articles 145, 146 and 147 thereof,

— having regard to Rule 70 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinions of the other

committees concerned (A6-0109/2008),

A. whereas under Article 274 of the EC Treaty the Commission implements the budget on its own

responsibility, having regard to the principles of sound financial management,

1.

2.

3.

Grants the Commission discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general
budget for the financial year 2006;

Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

Instructs its President to forward this Decision, and the resolution that forms an integral part of it, to the
Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, and the European Investment
Bank, and to the national and regional audit institutions of the Member States, and to arrange for their
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

The President

Hans-Gert PÖTTERING

The Secretary-General

Harald RØMER

(1) OJ C 273, 15.11.2007, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 274, 15.11.2007, p. 130.
(3) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.