2015 discharge: European Police College (CEPOL)

PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the European Police College (CEPOL) for the financial year 2015.

NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision (EU) 2017/1645 of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Police College (now European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training) (CEPOL) for the financial year 2015.

CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants discharge to the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget 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 Parliament’s main observations in the resolution accompanying the discharge decision, the latter deplored the fact that, despite the adoption of the College's policy on the prevention and management of conflict of interests in November 2014, the curricula vitae and declarations of interest of its experts are not published on the College's website. It also called upon the College to adopt a clear and solid whistleblowing strategy and rules against ‘revolving doors’.