2007 discharge: European Maritime Safety Agency EMSA

2008/2265(DEC)

PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the European Maritime Safety Agency for the financial year 2007.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision 2009/669/EC of the European Parliament on the discharge for the implementation of the budget of the European Maritime Safety Agency for the financial year 2007.

CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants discharge to the Executive Director of the European Maritime Safety Agency for the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2007.

This decision is in line with the European Parliament’s resolution adopted on 23 April 2009 and comprises a series of observations that form an integral part of the discharge decision (please refer to the summary of the opinion of 23/04/2009). The decision to grant discharge is also an approval of the closure of the accounts of this EU agency.