2013 discharge: European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy (Fusion for Energy)

PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the ITER Joint Undertaking for the financial year 2013.

NON LEGISLATIVE ACT : Decision (EU, EURATOM) 2015/1701 of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy for the financial year 2013.

CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants discharge to the Director of the Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy for the implementation of the latter’s budget 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 noted with concern a significant risk of increase to which the amount of the Joint Undertaking's contribution to the construction phase of the ITER project is exposed. It called on the Joint Undertaking to adopt a realistic approach for an effective budget and financial management of ITER.