Decision (EU) 2023/1915 of the European Parliament of 10 May 2023 on the closure of the accounts of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) for the financial year 2021
Date: 2023-05-10
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Securities and Markets Authority, closing of accounts, financial year, general budget (EU)








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29.9.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 242/393








            DECISION (EU) 2023/1915 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
         
of 10 May 2023
         
on the closure of the accounts of the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) for the financial year 2021


THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,







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having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Securities and Markets Authority for the financial year 2021,










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having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2021, 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 2021, 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 28 February 2023 on discharge to be given to the Authority in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2021 (06248/2023 – C9-0097/2023),










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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 1095/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority), amending Decision No 716/2009/EC and repealing Commission Decision 2009/77/EC (4), and in particular Article 64 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 (5), and in particular Article 105 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 report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A9-0137/2023),













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Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Securities and Markets Authority for the financial year 2021;










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Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the European Securities and Markets Authority, 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

Roberta METSOLA
            



The Secretary-General

Alessandro CHIOCCHETTI
            





(1)  
            OJ C 412, 27.10.2022, p. 12.

(2)  
            OJ C 399, 17.10.2022, p. 240.

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

(4)  
            OJ L 331, 15.12.2010, p. 84.

(5)  
            OJ L 122, 10.5.2019, p. 1.