Decision on the closure of the accounts of the European Police College for the financial year 2008

The European Parliament adopted a decision which closes the accounts of the European Police College (CEPOL) for the financial year 2008. The closure of accounts is the last step in finalising the discharge procedure for financial 2008.

Parliament recalls its decision of 7 October 2010 refusing to grant the Director of the European Police College discharge for the financial year 2008.

It should be noted that this decision was unique since, no EU agency had ever been refused a budgetary discharge before. The underlying reason was that MEPs found it unacceptable that CEPOL - established as an agency in 2006 - had not yet met the standards of good administration and that at least four more years (until 2014), were deemed necessary to succeed.