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having regard to the final annual accounts of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2011,

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having regard to the Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2011, together with the Agency’s replies (1),

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having regard to the Council’s recommendation of 12 February 2013 (05753/2013 — C7-0041/2013),

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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 Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2), and in particular Article 185 thereof,

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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 (3), and in particular Article 208 thereof,

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having regard to Council Decision 2008/114/EC, Euratom of 12 February 2008 establishing Statutes for the Euratom Supply Agency (4), and in particular Article 8 thereof,

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having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (5), and in particular Article 94 thereof,

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having regard to Rule 77 of, and Annex VI to, its Rules of Procedure,

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having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A7-0104/2013),

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whereas the Euratom Supply Agency (‘the Agency’) was established in Luxembourg in 1958; whereas Decision 2008/114/EC established new statutes for the Agency and it thus became a European agency,

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whereas the Court of Auditors stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the annual accounts of the Agency for the financial year 2011 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular,

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Notes that in 2011, the Agency did not receive any subsidy to cover its operations and that the Commission bore all expenses incurred by the Agency for the implementation of its 2011 budget; notes that this situation has continued since the creation of the Agency in 2008;

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Notes that in the absence of an autonomous budget, the Agency was integrated de facto in the Commission in 2011 and that this situation was at odds with its Statutes;

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Notes, however, that in 2011, the Commission adopted the proposal to re-establish a specific budget line (namely budget line 32 01 06) for the Agency and as a result, it was granted a subsidy of EUR 98 000 by the Commission in 2012, with a total budget of EUR 104 000 (including financial revenues) in 2012; considers that this represents a major achievement in addressing the current concerns;

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Refers, in respect of the other observations accompanying its Decision on discharge, which are of a horizontal nature, to its Resolution of 17 April 2013 (6) on the performance, financial management and control of the agencies.