PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) for the financial year 2014.
NON LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision (EU) 2016/1504 of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Asylum Support Office for the financial year 2014.
CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants the Executive Director of the European Asylum Support Office discharge in respect of the implementation of the Office's budget 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 noted concerns regarding the legality and regularity of transactions. It also noted with concern that the Office carried over budget commitments of EUR 1.3 million which were not covered by legal commitments. It reminded the Office that this is in contradiction with the Financial Regulation.