PURPOSE: to refuse to grant discharge to Council in respect of the implementation of the European Council's and the Council's budget for the financial year 2012.
NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision 2014/824/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2012, Section II — European Council and Council.
CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament refuses 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 2012.
This decision is in line with the European Parliament's resolution adopted on 23 October 2014 and comprises a series of observations that form an integral part of the discharge decision (please refer to the summary of the opinion of 23/10/2014).