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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2004-1653/article-66",
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  "legislation": "eur/2004/1653",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EC) No 1653/2004 of 21 September 2004 on a standard financial regulation for the executive agencies pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 laying down the statute for executive agencies to be entrusted with certain tasks in the management of Community programmes",
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  "path": "article/66",
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  "number": "66",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The European Parliament, upon recommendation from the Council, which shall decide by qualified majority, shall give a discharge to the director in respect of the implementation of the administrative budget for year N before 15 May of year N+2. The director shall inform the management board of the observations of the European Parliament contained in the resolution accompanying the discharge procedure.\nThe discharge decision shall cover the accounts of all the agency's revenue and expenditure, the resulting balance and the assets and liabilities of the agency shown in the balance sheet. Discharge shall be granted concomitantly with that relating to the implementation of the general budget of the European Union.\nWith a view to granting the discharge, the European Parliament shall, after the Council has done so, examine the financial statements and reports on budget implementation of the agency. It shall also examine the report of the Court of Auditors referred to in Article 14(3) of Regulation (EC) No 58/2003, together with the replies of the director.\nThe director shall submit to the European Parliament, at the latter's request, in the same manner as provided for in Article 146(3) of the general Financial Regulation, any information required for the smooth application of the discharge procedure for the year in question.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "text": "Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 651/2008 of 9 July 2008 amending Regulation (EC) No 1653/2004 on a standard financial regulation for the executive agencies pursuant to Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003 laying down the statute for executive agencies to be entrusted with certain tasks in the management of Community programmes."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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