2011/587/EU: Decision of the European Parliament of 10 May 2011 on the closure of the accounts of the European Maritime Safety Agency for the financial year 2009

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

• having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Maritime Safety Agency for the financial year 2009,

• having regard to the Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the European Maritime Safety Agency for the financial year 2009, together with the Agency’s replies⁽¹⁾,

• having regard to the Council’s recommendation of 15 February 2011 (05892/2011 — C7-0052/2011),

• 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 Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2002 establishing a European Maritime Safety Agency⁽³⁾, and in particular Article 19 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 Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities⁽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 (A7-0132/2011),