PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the Court of Auditors for the financial year 2015.
NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision (EU) 2017/1618 of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015, 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 2015.
This decision is in line with the European Parliament's resolution adopted on 27 April 2017 and comprises a series of observations that form an integral part of the discharge decision (please refer to the summary of the opinion of 27 April 2017).
Amongst Parliaments main observations in the resolution accompanying the discharge decision, the latter called on the Court of Auditors to further work with the other institutions of the Union to develop the performance indicators and priorities for a good financial governance.
Parliament noted the Court's reinforced ethical framework to prevent conflicts of interests, as well as misconduct by members of staff. The Court is called upon to report to Parliament on the revision of its internal anti-harassment rules.
As regards the ongoing gender imbalance issue, Parliament called on the Court to promote gender balance, in particular in management posts.