Decision (EU, Euratom) 2021/1604 of the European Parliament of 28 April 2021 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of ENISA (European Union Agency for Cybersecurity) (before 27 June 2019: European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA)) for the financial year 2019
Date: 2021-04-28
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, budgetary discharge, financial year, general budget (EU)








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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION (EU, EURATOM) 2021/1604 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
         
of 28 April 2021
         
on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of ENISA (European Union Agency for Cybersecurity) (before 27 June 2019: European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA)) for the financial year 2019


THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,






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having regard to the final annual accounts of ENISA (European Union Agency for Cybersecurity) for the financial year 2019,










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having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2019, together with the agencies’ replies (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 2019, 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 1 March 2021 on discharge to be given to the Agency in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2019 (05793/2021 – C9-0061/2021),










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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) 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 (3), and in particular Article 70 thereof,










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having regard to Regulation (EU) No 526/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 concerning the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 460/2004 (4), and in particular Article 21 thereof,










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having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/881 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on ENISA (the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity) and on information and communications technology cybersecurity certification and repealing Regulation (EU) No 526/2013 (Cybersecurity Act) (5), and in particular Article 31 thereof,










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having regard to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/715 of 18 December 2018 on the framework financial regulation for the bodies set up under the TFEU and Euratom Treaty and referred to in Article 70 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council (6), and in particular Article 105 thereof,










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having regard to Articles 32 and 47 of 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 (7),










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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 report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A9-0085/2021),






1.   

Grants the Executive Director of ENISA (European Union Agency for Cybersecurity) discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget 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 Executive Director of ENISA (European Union Agency for Cybersecurity), the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, 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 C 351, 21.10.2020, p. 7. ECA annual report on EU agencies for the 2019 financial year: https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADocuments/AGENCIES_2019/agencies_2019_EN.pdf.

(2)  
            OJ C 351, 21.10.2020, p. 7. ECA annual report on EU agencies for the 2019 financial year: https://www.eca.europa.eu/Lists/ECADocuments/AGENCIES_2019/agencies_2019_EN.pdf.

(3)  
            OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1.

(4)  
            OJ L 165, 18.6.2013, p. 41.

(5)  
            OJ L 151, 7.6.2019, p. 15.

(6)  
            OJ L 122, 10.5.2019, p. 1.

(7)  
            OJ L 328, 7.12.2013, p. 42.