In view of the observations made in the Court of Auditor's report, the Council called on the European Parliament to grant discharge to all of the Union’s institutions in regard to the implementation of their respective budgets for the financial year 2012.
Overall, the Council’s remarks were positive in regard to the expenditure of the institutions since it noted that, again in 2012, the administrative expenditure of EU institutions and bodies remained free from material error with an estimated error rate of 0%, and that their supervisory and control systems continued to comply with the requirements of the Financial Regulation.
The Council welcomed the fact that, according to the Court's assessment, no serious errors were detected with regard to the effectiveness of the supervisory and control systems, in the individual institutions, except for a limited number of errors in the procurement procedures and the management of social allowances.
It welcomed the measures already taken and encouraged the institutions concerned to address the remaining weaknesses identified by the Court.