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16.11.2013 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union
L
308/1
II
(Non-legislative acts)
DECISIONS
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
of 17 April 2013
on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the
financial year 2011, Section I — European Parliament
(2013/535/EU, Euratom)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
— having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2011 ( 1 ),
— having regard to the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2011
(COM(2012) 436 – C7-0225/2012) ( 2 ),
— having regard to the report on budgetary and financial management — Section I — European
Parliament — Financial year 2011 ( 3 ),
— having regard to the Internal Auditor’s annual report for the financial year 2011,
— having regard to the Annual Report of the Court of Auditors on the implementation of the budget
concerning the financial year 2011, together with the institutions’ replies ( 4 ),
— having regard to the statement of assurance ( 5 ) 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 2011
pursuant to Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
— having regard to Article 314(10) and Article 318 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union, and Article 106a of the Euratom Treaty,
— 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
145, 146 and 147 thereof,
— 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 ( 7 ), and in particular Articles 164, 165 and 166
thereof,
— having regard to Article 13 of the Internal Rules on the implementation of the European Parliament’s
budget ( 8 ),
( 1 ) OJ L 68, 15.3.2011.
( 2 ) OJ C 348, 14.11.2012, p. 1.
( 3 ) OJ C 164, 9.6.2012, p. 1.
( 4 ) OJ C 344, 12.11.2012, p. 1.
( 5 ) OJ C 348, 14.11.2012, p. 130.
( 6 ) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.
( 7 ) OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1.
( 8 ) PE 349.540/Bur/ann/def.

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— having regard to Article 166(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012, which requires each Union
institution to take all appropriate steps to act on the observations accompanying the European Parlia
ment’s discharge decision,
— having regard to its Resolution of 25 March 2010 on the guidelines for the 2011 budget procedure —
Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX ( 1 ),
— having regard to its Resolution of 18 May 2010 on the estimates of revenue and expenditure of
Parliament for the financial year 2011 ( 2 ),
— having regard to Rules 77 and 80(3) of, and Annex VI to, its Rules of Procedure,
— having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A7-0063/2013),
A. whereas the audit of the Court of Auditors stated that, as regards administrative expenditure in 2011, all
the institutions satisfactorily operated the supervisory and control systems required by Regulation (EC,
Euratom) No 1605/2002,
B. whereas the Secretary-General certified, on 24 April 2012, his reasonable assurance that Parliament’s
budget has been implemented in accordance with the principles of sound financial management and that
the control framework put in place provides the necessary guarantees as to the legality and regularity of
the underlying operations,
1. Grants its President discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Parliament budget for
the financial year 2011;
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 thereof 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
Martin SCHULZ
Klaus WELLE
( 1 ) OJ C 4 E, 7.1.2011, p. 20.
( 2 ) OJ C 161 E, 31.5.2011, p. 258.

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