2013 discharge: EU general budget, Court of Auditors

PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the Court of Auditors for the financial year 2013.

NON LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision (EU) 2015/1626 of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, Section V — Court of Auditors.

CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants the Secretary-General of the Court of Auditors discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Court of Auditors for the financial year 2013.

This decision is in line with the European Parliament's resolution adopted on 29 April 2015 and comprises a series of observations that form an integral part of the discharge decision (please refer to the summary of the opinion of 29 April 2015).

Amongst Parliament’s main observations, the latter called on the Court of Auditors to include an overview of staff holding management positions sorted by nationality, gender and position in the annual activity report.