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| 28.9.2017 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 322/1 |

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In accordance with the provisions of Article 287(1) and (4) of the TFEU and Articles 148(1) and 162(1) of 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 and Articles 43, 48 and 60 of Council Regulation (EC) No 215/2008 of 18 February 2008 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the 10th European Development Fund, as amended by Regulation (EU) No 567/2014

the Court of Auditors of the European Union, at its meeting of 13 July 2017, adopted its

ANNUAL REPORTS

concerning the financial year 2016

The reports, together with the institutions’ replies to the Court’s observations, were transmitted to the authorities responsible for giving discharge and to the other institutions.

The Members of the Court of Auditors are:

Klaus-Heiner LEHNE (President), Karel PINXTEN, Henri GRETHEN, Ladislav BALKO, Lazaros S. LAZAROU, Hans Gustaf WESSBERG, Pietro RUSSO, Ville ITÄLÄ, Kevin CARDIFF, Baudilio TOMÉ MUGURUZA, Iliana IVANOVA, George PUFAN, Neven MATES, Alex BRENNINKMEIJER, Danièle LAMARQUE, Nikolaos MILIONIS, Phil WYNN OWEN, Oskar HERICS, Bettina JAKOBSEN, Janusz WOJCIECHOWSKI, Samo JEREB, Jan GREGOR, Mihails KOZLOVS, Rimantas ŠADŽIUS, Leo BRINCAT, João FIGUEIREDO, Juhan PARTS, Ildikó GÁLL-PELCZ.

ANNUAL REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BUDGET

(2017/C 322/01)

TABLE OF CONTENTS

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| General introduction | 7 |

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| Chapter 1 | — The statement of assurance and supporting information | 9 |

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| Chapter 2 | — Budgetary and financial management | 39 |

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| Chapter 3 | — Getting results from the EU budget | 65 |

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| Chapter 4 | — Revenue | 133 |

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| Chapter 5 | — ‘Competitiveness for growth and jobs’ | 149 |

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| Chapter 6 | — ‘Economic, social and territorial cohesion’ | 165 |

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| Chapter 7 | — ‘Natural resources’ | 205 |

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| Chapter 8 | — ‘Security and citizenship’ | 241 |

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| Chapter 9 | — ‘Global Europe’ | 251 |

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| Chapter 10 | — ‘Administration’ | 269 |

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