PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) for the financial year 2012.
NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision 2014/571/EU of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Asylum Support Office for the financial year 2012.
CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants discharge to the Executive Director of the European Asylum Support Office in respect of its budget for the financial year 2012.
This decision is in line with the European Parliament's resolution adopted on 3 April 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 3 April 2014).
Amongst the main observations made, Parliament regretted the comments made by the Court of Auditors on the legality and regularity of the transactions of the Office and called on it to improve the situation brought to light by the Court.