HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"EN
26.11.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
313/11
DECISIONS
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
of 25 October 2011
on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the
financial year 2009, Section II – Council
(2011/755/EU)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
— having regard to the European Union general budget for the financial year 2009 ( 1 ),
— having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2009
(SEC(2010) 963 – C7-0213/2010) ( 2 ),
— having regard to the Council’s annual report to the discharge authority on internal audits carried out in
2009,
— having regard to the Annual Report of the Court of Auditors on the implementation of the budget
concerning the financial year 2009, together with the institutions’ replies ( 3 ),
— having regard to the statement of assurance as to the reliability of the accounts and the legality and
regularity of the underlying transactions provided by the Court of Auditors pursuant to Article 287 of
the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union ( 4 ),
— having regard to its decision of 10 May 2011 ( 5 ) postponing the discharge decision for the financial year
2009, and to the accompanying resolution,
— having regard to Article 272(10) and Articles 274, 275 and 276 of the EC Treaty and Article 314(10)
and Articles 317, 318 and 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 ( 6 ), and in particular Articles
50, 86, 145, 146 and 147 thereof,
— having regard to Decision No 190/2003 of the Secretary-General of the Council/High-Representative for
the Common Foreign and Security Policy concerning reimbursement of travel expenses of delegates of
Council Members ( 7 ),
— having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the
Commission, of 17 May 2006, on budgetary discipline and sound financial management ( 8 ),
— having regard to Rule 77 of, and Annex VI to, its Rules of Procedure,
— having regard to the second report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A7-0328/2011),
( 1 ) OJ L 69, 13.3.2009.
( 2 ) OJ C 308, 12.11.2010, p. 1.
( 3 ) OJ C 303, 9.11.2010, p. 1.
( 4 ) OJ C 308, 12.11.2010, p. 129.
( 5 ) OJ L 250, 27.9.2011, p. 23.
( 6 ) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.
( 7 ) Decision stemming from the Rules of Procedure of the Council of 22 July 2002 (OJ L 230, 28.8.2002, p. 7).
( 8 ) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.

---

L 313/12
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
26.11.2011
1. Refuses to grant the Secretary-General of the Council discharge in respect of the implementation of the
Council budget for the financial year 2009;
2. Sets out its observations in the resolution below;
3. Instructs its President to forward this decision and the resolution that forms an integral part of it to the
Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the Court of Auditors, the
European Ombudsman and the European Data Protection Supervisor, and to arrange for their
publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
The President
The Secretary-General
Jerzy BUZEK
Klaus WELLE

---