PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the European Data Protection Supervisor for the financial year 2014.
NON LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision (EU) 2016/1482 of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2014, Section IX — European Data Protection Supervisor.
CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants the European Data Protection Supervisor discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Data Protection Supervisor for the financial year 2014.
This decision is in line with the European Parliament's resolution adopted on 28 April 2016 and comprises a series of observations that form an integral part of the discharge decision (please refer to the summary of the opinion of 28 April 2016).
Amongst Parliament’s main observations in the resolution accompanying the discharge decision, the latter regretted that the Supervisor did not make available full information about its policy on conflicts of interest. It urged the Supervisor to adhere to the rules provided under the Staff Regulations, to lay down clear binding rules regarding ‘revolving doors’.