Decision (EU) 2017/1680 of the European Parliament of 27 April 2017 on the closure of the accounts of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology for the financial year 2015
Date: 2017-04-27
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Institute of Innovation and Technology, closing of accounts, financial year, general budget (EU)








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29.9.2017   


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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION (EU) 2017/1680 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
         
of 27 April 2017
         
on the closure of the accounts of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology for the financial year 2015


THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,






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having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology for the financial year 2015,










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having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the annual accounts of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology for the financial year 2015, together with the Institute's reply (1),










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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 2015, pursuant to Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










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having regard to the Council's recommendation of 21 February 2017 on discharge to be given to the Institute in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2015 (05873/2017– C8-0077/2017),










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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 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 Regulation (EC) No 294/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2008 establishing the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (4), and in particular Article 21 thereof,










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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 (5), and in particular Article 108 thereof,










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










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having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A8-0127/2017),






1.   

Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology for the financial year 2015;



2.   

Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Director of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).






The President

Antonio TAJANI
            



The Secretary-General

Klaus WELLE
            





(1)  
            OJ C 449, 1.12.2016, p. 112.

(2)  See footnote 1.

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

(4)  
            OJ L 97, 9.4.2008, p. 1.

(5)  
            OJ L 328, 7.12.2013, p. 42.