Decision of the European Parliamentof 17 April 2013on the closure of the accounts of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the financial year 2011(2013/561/EU)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

• having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the financial year 2011,

• having regard to the Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the financial year 2011, together with the Centre’s replies⁽¹⁾,

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

• having regard to 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 (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,

• having regard to Regulation (EEC) No 337/75 of the Council of 10 February 1975 establishing a European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training⁽⁴⁾, and in particular Article 12a 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⁽⁵⁾, 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 Employment and Social Affairs (A7-0073/2013),