Decision (EU, Euratom) 2021/1558 of the European Parliament of 28 April 2021 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2019, Section IX – European Data Protection Supervisor
Date: 2021-04-28
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Data Protection Supervisor, budgetary discharge, financial year, general budget (EU)








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24.9.2021   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 340/168








            DECISION (EU, EURATOM) 2021/1558 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
         
of 28 April 2021
         
on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2019, Section IX – European Data Protection Supervisor


THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,






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having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2019 (1),










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having regard to the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2019 (COM(2020)0288 – C9-0228/2020) (2),










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having regard to the European Data Protection Supervisor’s annual report to the discharge authority on internal audits carried out in 2019,










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having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on the implementation of the budget concerning the financial year 2019, 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 2019, 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 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 (5), and in particular Articles 59, 118, 260, 261 and 262 thereof,










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having regard to Rule 100 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the opinion of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs,










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having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A9-0067/2021),






1.   

Grants the European Data Protection Supervisor discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Data Protection Supervisor for the financial year 2019;



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






The President

David Maria SASSOLI
            



The Secretary-General

Klaus WELLE
            





(1)  
            OJ L 67, 7.3.2019.

(2)  
            OJ C 384, 13.11.2020, p. 1.

(3)  
            OJ C 377, 9.11.2020, p. 13.

(4)  
            OJ C 384, 13.11.2020, p. 180.

(5)  
            OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1.