Decision (EU) 2015/1627 of the European Parliament of 29 April 2015 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, Section VI — European Economic and Social Committee
Date: 2015-04-29
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Economic and Social Committee, budgetary discharge, financial year, general budget (EU)








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30.9.2015   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 255/127








            DECISION (EU) 2015/1627 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
         
of 29 April 2015
         
on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, Section VI — European Economic and Social Committee


THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,






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having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013 (1),










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having regard to the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2013 (COM(2014) 510 — C8-0151/2014) (2),










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having regard to the Court of Auditors' annual report on the implementation of the budget concerning the financial year 2013, together with the institutions' replies (3),










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having regard to the statement of assurance (4) 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 2013, pursuant to Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to Article 314(10) and Articles 317, 318 and 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 (5),










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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 (6), and in particular Articles 55, 99, 164, 165 and 166 thereof,










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having regard to Rule 94 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A8-0114/2015),






1.   

Grants the Secretary-General of the European Economic and Social Committee discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Economic and Social Committee for the financial year 2013;



2.   

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 European Council, the Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the Court of Auditors, the European External Action Service, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions, the European Ombudsman and the European Data Protection Supervisor 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
            





(1)  
            OJ L 66, 8.3.2013.

(2)  
            OJ C 403, 13.11.2014, p. 1.

(3)  
            OJ C 398, 12.11.2014, p. 1.

(4)  
            OJ C 403, 13.11.2014, p. 128.

(5)  
            OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

(6)  
            OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1.