PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the European Environment Agency (EEA) for the financial year 2013.
NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision (EU) 2015/1653 of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2013.
CONTENT: with this Decision, the European Parliament gives discharge to the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency for the implementation of the Agency’s budget for 2013.
The Decision is in line with the European Parliament’s resolution adopted on 29 April 2015 and includes a series of observations that form an integral part of the discharge decision (refer to the summary of the opinion of 29 April 2015).
Amongst the main observations made, Parliament acknowledged that for the transactions audited by the Court, supporting documentation was obtained which provided reasonable assurances as to their legality and regularity.