Resolution of the European Parliament of 3 April 2014 with observations forming an integral part of its Decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2012
Date: 2014-04-03
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: Euratom Supply Agency, budgetary discharge, financial year, general budget (EU)








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5.9.2014   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 266/278








            RESOLUTION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
         
of 3 April 2014
         
with observations forming an integral part of its Decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2012


THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,






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having regard to the final annual accounts of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2012,










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having regard to the Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2012, together with the Agency’s replies (1),










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having regard to the Council’s recommendation of 18 February 2014 (05849/2014 – C7-0054/2014),










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having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2), and in particular Article 185 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 208 thereof,










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having regard to Council Decision 2008/114/EC, Euratom of 12 February 2008 establishing Statutes for the Euratom Supply Agency (4), and in particular Article 8 thereof,










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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 (5),










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having regard to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1271/2013 of 30 September 2013 on the framework financial regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 208 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (6), and in particular Article 108 thereof,










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having regard to its previous discharge decisions and resolutions,










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having regard to Rule 77 of, and Annex VI to, its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A7-0180/2014),










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whereas according to its financial statements, the final budget of the Euratom Supply Agency (‘the Agency’) for the financial year 2012 was EUR 104 000,










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whereas the Court of Auditors has stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the Agency’s annual accounts for the financial year 2012 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular,






Emphasis of matter









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Reminds the Commission of the Court of Auditors’ observation that between 2008 and 2011, the Agency did not receive its own budget and the Commission directly financed and discharged all expenditure, a situation which the Court of Auditors considered to be at odds with the Statutes of the Agency;












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Notes with concern that for 2012, although the Commission granted the Agency its own budget amounting to EUR 98 000 (EUR 104 000 including financial revenue from its own investments) following the Court’s comments, and although Article 54 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community and Article 6 of the Statutes of the Agency provide that it shall have financial autonomy, nevertheless, most of the Agency’s expenditure was still financed directly by the Commission; calls on the Commission to provide an explanation for this situation;





Budget and financial management









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Notes that budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2012 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 98,51 %;












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Refers, in respect of the other observations accompanying its Decision on discharge, which are of a horizontal nature, to its resolution of 3 April 2014 (7) on the performance, financial management and control of the agencies.






(1)  
            OJ C 365, 13.12.2013, p. 213.

(2)  
            OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

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

(4)  
            OJ L 41, 15.2.2008, p. 15.

(5)  
            OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72.

(6)  
            OJ L 328, 7.12.2013, p. 42.

(7)  Texts adopted, P7_TA(2014)0299 (see page 359 of this Official Journal)