Decision (EU) 2023/1835 of the European Parliament of 10 May 2023 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021, Section VIII – European Ombudsman
Date: 2023-05-10
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Ombudsman, budgetary discharge, financial year, general budget (EU)








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29.9.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 242/150








            DECISION (EU) 2023/1835 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
         
of 10 May 2023
         
on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021, Section VIII – European Ombudsman


THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,







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having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021 (1),










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having regard to the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2021 (COM(2022) 323 – C9-0234/2022) (2),










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having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on the implementation of the budget concerning the financial year 2021, 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 2021, 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 report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A9-0067/2023),













1.


Grants the European Ombudsman discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Ombudsman for the financial year 2021;










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









The President

Roberta METSOLA
            



The Secretary-General

Alessandro CHIOCCHETTI
            





(1)  
            OJ L 93, 17.3.2021.

(2)  
            OJ C 399, 17.10.2022, p. 1.

(3)  
            OJ C 391, 12.10.2022, p. 6.

(4)  
            OJ C 399, 17.10.2022, p. 240.

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