Decision (EU) 2019/1420 of the European Parliament of 26 March 2019 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2017, Section IV — Court of Justice
Date: 2019-03-26
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: Court of Justice of the European Union, budgetary discharge, financial year, general budget (EU)








L_2019249EN.01009901.xml










27.9.2019   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 249/99








            DECISION (EU) 2019/1420 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
         
of 26 March 2019
         
on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2017, Section IV — Court of Justice


THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,






—


having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2017 (1),










—


having regard to the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2017 (COM(2018) 521 — C8-0321/2018) (2),










—


having regard to the Court of Justice's annual report to the discharge authority on internal audits carried out in 2017,










—


having regard to the Court of Auditors' annual report on the implementation of the budget concerning the financial year 2017, together with the institutions' replies (3),










—


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 2017, pursuant to Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










—


having regard to Article 314(10) and Articles 317, 318 and 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,










—


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










—


having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 (6), and in particular Articles 59, 118, 260, 261 and 262 thereof,










—


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










—


having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the Committee on Legal Affairs (A8-0098/2019),






1.   

Grants the Registrar of the Court of Justice discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Court of Justice for the financial year 2017;



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 Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Council, the Council, the Commission, the Court of Auditors, the European Ombudsman, the European Data Protection Supervisor and the European External Action Service to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).






The President

Antonio TAJANI
            



The Secretary-General

Klaus WELLE
            





(1)  
            OJ L 51, 28.2.2017.

(2)  
            OJ C 348, 28.9.2018, p. 1.

(3)  
            OJ C 357, 4.10.2018, p. 1.

(4)  
            OJ C 357, 4.10.2018, p. 9.

(5)  
            OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1.

(6)  
            OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1.