PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the European Ombudsman for the financial year 2009.
NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision 2011/562/EU of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2009, Section VIII - European Ombudsman.
CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants discharge to the Ombudsman for the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2009.
This decision is in line with the European Parliament's resolution adopted on 10 May 2011 and comprises a series of observations that form an integral part of the discharge decision (please refer to the summary of the opinion of 10/05/2011).
A parallel decision, adopted on the same day, approves the closure of this Institution's accounts.