PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the European External Action Service for the financial year 2011.
NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision 2013/551/EU of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union’s General Budget, section X – European External Action Service, for the financial year 2011.
CONTENT: with the present decision, and in accordance with Article 318 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), the European Parliament grants discharge to the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2011.
The decision is in line with the European Parliament's resolution adopted on 17 April 2013 and comprises a series of observations that form an integral part of the discharge decision (please refer to the summary of the opinion of 17 April 2013).