having regard to the final annual accounts of the SESAR Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2008,

having regard to the Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the SESAR Joint Undertaking for the financial year ended 31 December 2008, together with the replies of the Joint Undertaking (1),

having regard to the Council’s recommendation of 16 February 2010 (5829/2010 — C7-0060/2010),

having regard to Article 276 of the EC Treaty and Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

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,

having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 219/2007 of 27 February 2007 on the establishment of a Joint Undertaking to develop the new generation European air traffic management system (SESAR) (3), and in particular Article 4b thereof,

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 Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (4), and in particular Article 94 thereof,

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

having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the Committee on Transport and Tourism (A7-0077/2010),