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1. PROPOSAL FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DECISION

P9_TA(2024)0277

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget ofDischarge the2022: Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking (now the Chips Joint Undertaking) for the financial year 2022

(2023/2180(DEC))

Committee on Budgetary Control

PE753.500

1. European Parliament decision of 11 April 2024 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking (now the Chips Joint Undertaking) for the financial year 2022 (2023/2180(DEC))

The European Parliament,

– 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 for the financial year 2022, pursuant to Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

– having regard to the Council’s recommendation of 22 February 2024 on discharge to be given to the Joint Undertaking in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2022 (00000/2024(06182/2024 – C90000/2024),C90118/2024),

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

– having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A9-0101/2024),

1. Grants the Executive Director of the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking (now Chips Joint Undertaking)Undertaking discharge in respect of the implementation of the Joint Undertaking’s budget for the financial year 2022;

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 Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking (now Chips Joint Undertaking),Undertaking, 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).

2. PROPOSAL FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DECISION

2. European Parliament decision of 11 April 2024 on the closure of the accounts of the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking (now the Chips Joint Undertaking) for the financial year 2022 (2023/2180(DEC))

on the closure of the accounts of the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking (now the Chips Joint Undertaking) for the financial year 2022

(2023/2180(DEC))

The European Parliament,

– 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 for the financial year 2022, pursuant to Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

– having regard to the Council’s recommendation of 22 February 2024 on discharge to be given to the Joint Undertaking in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2022 (00000/2024(06182/2024 – C90000/2024),C90118/2024),

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

– having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A9-0101/2024),

1. Approves the closure of the accounts of the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking (now the Chips Joint Undertaking) for the financial year 2022;

2. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking (now the Chips Joint Undertaking),Undertaking, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

3. MOTION FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION

3. European Parliament resolution of 11 April 2024 with observations forming an integral part of the decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking (now the Chips Joint Undertaking) for the financial year 2022 (2023/2180(DEC))

with observations forming an integral part of the decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Key Digital Technologies Joint Undertaking (now the Chips Joint Undertaking) for the financial year 2022

(2023/2180(DEC))

The European Parliament,

17. Notes, from the consolidated annual activity report 2022, that procurement and contracts are managed in accordance with the provisions of the KDT Joint Undertaking’s financial rules and coordinated within its administration and finance team;

1818. Notes, moreover, that in the context of sound financial management and efficiency, the KDT Joint Undertaking made to the most possible extent use of the various service level agreements already concluded with relevant Commission Services, as well as its private members and also made use of inter-institutional framework contracts (such as IT services and equipment, interim staff services and external audit services);

19. Notes that, in 2022, the KDT Joint Undertaking ran very few procurement procedures, essentially for low value contracts and that no procurement procedures related to operational activities were launched during that year;

32. Notes that, in 2021, the Court issued three observations, of which two are closed; the open observation relates to the need to recruit more members of staff to reach the planned 50 statutory staff by 2025, as the KDT Joint Undertaking will implement projects of about EUR 10,9 billion under the 2021-2027 MFF.

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