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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-1488/annex/article-19",
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  "legislation": "eur/2018/1488",
  "legislation_title": "Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1488 of 28 September 2018 establishing the European High Performance Computing Joint Undertaking",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2018-1488",
  "path": "annex/article/19",
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  "number": "19",
  "heading": "Operational and financial reporting",
  "text": "1. The Executive Director shall report annually to the Governing Board on the performance of the duties of the Executive Director in accordance with the financial rules of the Joint Undertaking referred to in Article 15 of this Regulation.\nWithin two months of the closure of each financial year, the Executive Director shall submit to the Governing Board for approval an annual activity report on the progress made by the Joint Undertaking in the previous financial year, in particular in relation to the annual work plan for that year. The annual activity report shall include, inter alia, information on the following matters:\n(a) research, innovation and other actions carried out and the corresponding expenditure;\n(b) acquisition and operation of infrastructure, including the use of and access to the infrastructure, including the access time effectively used by each Participating State;\n(c) the proposals and tenders submitted, including a breakdown by participant type, including SMEs, and by country;\n(d) the proposals selected for funding, with a breakdown by participant type, including SMEs, and by country, and indicating the contributions of the Joint Undertaking to the individual participants and actions;\n(e) the tenders selected for funding, with a breakdown by type of contractor, including SMEs, and by country, and indicating the contributions of the Joint Undertaking to the individual contractors and procurement actions;\n(f) the outcome of the procurement activities;\n(g) progress towards the achievement of the objectives set out in Article 3 of this Regulation and proposals for further necessary work to achieve these objectives.\n2. Once approved by the Governing Board, the annual activity report shall be made publicly available.\n3. By 1 March of the following financial year, the accounting officer of the Joint Undertaking shall send the provisional accounts to the Commission's accounting officer and to the Court of Auditors.\nBy 31 March of the following financial year, the Joint Undertaking shall send the report on the budgetary and financial management to the European Parliament, to the Council and to the Court of Auditors.\nOn receipt of the Court of Auditors' observations on the Joint Undertaking's provisional accounts pursuant to Article 246 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046, the accounting officer of the Joint Undertaking shall draw up the Joint Undertaking's final accounts and the Executive Director shall submit them to the Governing Board for an opinion.\nThe Governing Board shall deliver an opinion on the Joint Undertaking's final accounts.\nThe Executive Director shall, by 1 July of the following financial year, send the final accounts to the European Parliament, to the Council, to the Commission and to the Court of Auditors, together with the Governing Board's opinion.\nThe final accounts shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union by 15 November of the following financial year.\nThe Executive Director shall provide the Court of Auditors with a reply to observations made in its annual report by 30 September of the following financial year. The Executive Director shall also submit that reply to the Governing Board.\nThe Executive Director shall submit to the European Parliament, at the latter's request, any information required for the smooth application of the discharge procedure for the financial year in question, in accordance with Article 261(3) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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