Decision (EU) 2022/1809 of the European Parliament of 4 May 2022 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European GNSS Agency (now the European Union Agency for the Space Programme – EUSPA) for the financial year 2020

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

• having regard to the final annual accounts of the European GNSS Agency for the financial year 2020,

• having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2020, together with the agencies’ replies⁽¹⁾,

• having regard to the statement of assurance⁽²⁾ 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 2020, pursuant to Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

• having regard to the Council’s recommendation of 28 February 2022 on discharge to be given to the Agency in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2020 (06003/2022 – C9-0102/2022),

• having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

• having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012⁽³⁾, and in particular Article 70 thereof,

• having regard to Regulation (EU) No 912/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 September 2010 setting up the European GNSS Agency, repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1321/2004 on the establishment of structures for the management of the European satellite radio navigation programmes and amending Regulation (EC) No 683/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council⁽⁴⁾, and in particular Article 14 thereof,

• having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/696 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 establishing the Union Space Programme and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme and repealing Regulations (EU) No 912/2010, (EU) No 1285/2013 and (EU) No 377/2014 and Decision No 541/2014/EU⁽⁵⁾, and in particular Articles 85 and 86 thereof,

• having regard to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/715 of 18 December 2018 on the framework financial regulation for the bodies set up under the TFEU and Euratom Treaty and referred to in Article 70 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council⁽⁶⁾, and in particular Article 105 thereof,

• having regard to Rule 100 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

• having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A9-0117/2022),

1. Grants the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for the Space Programme discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2020;

2. Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3. Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for the Space Programme, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).