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Decision (EU) 2016/2152 of the European Parliament of 27 October 2016 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2014, Section II — European Council and Council
Decision (EU) 2016/2152 of the European Parliament of 27 October 2016 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2014, Section II — European Council and Council
Decision (EU) 2016/2152 of the European Parliament of 27 October 2016 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2014, Section II — European Council and Council
OJ L 333, 8.12.2016, p. 50–50
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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DECISION (EU) 2016/2152 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
of 27 October 2016
on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2014, Section II — European Council and Council
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
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having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2014 (1), |
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having regard to the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2014 (COM(2015) 377 — C8-0201/2015) (2), |
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having regard to the Court of Auditors' annual report on the implementation of the budget concerning the financial year 2014, 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 2014, pursuant to Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, |
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having regard to its decision of 28 April 2016 (5) postponing the discharge decision for the financial year 2014, and the accompanying resolution, |
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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) 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 (6), and in particular Articles 55, 99, 164, 165 and 166 thereof, |
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having regard to Rule 94 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure, |
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having regard to the second report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A8-0271/2016), |
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Refuses to grant the Secretary-General of the Council discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Council and of the Council for the financial year 2014;
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Sets out its observations in the resolution below;
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Instructs its President to forward this decision and the resolution forming an integral part of it to the European Council, 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
Martin SCHULZ
The Secretary-General
Klaus WELLE
(2) OJ C 377, 13.11.2015, p. 1.
(3) OJ C 373, 10.11.2015, p. 1.
(4) OJ C 377, 13.11.2015, p. 146.