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2011 discharge: EU general budget, European Council and Council

2012/2169(DEC)

PURPOSE: refusal of discharge to the Council for the financial year 2011.

NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision 2013/721/EU of the European Parliament regarding discharge on the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2011, section II —European Council and Council.

CONTENT: with this Decision, the European Parliament refused to grant the Secretary-General of the Council discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Council's and the Council's budget for the financial year 2011.

The Decision is in accordance with Parliament resolution of 9 October 2011 and includes a series of observations which justified Parliament’s decision to refuse to grant discharge to the Council (please see the summary of 9 October 2013.)