Noting that the Secretary-General certified, on 6 September 2013, his reasonable assurance that Parliament's budget has been implemented in accordance with the principles of sound financial management and that the control framework put in place provides the necessary guarantees as to the legality and regularity of the underlying operations, the European Parliament adopted by 458 votes to 102, with 49 abstentions, a decision to grant discharge to its President in respect of the implementation of the European Parliament budget for the financial year 2012.
In accordance with Article 177(4) of the Rules of Procedure of the European Parliament, the final vote on the resolution was postponed until the next plenary session by 431 votes to 154, with 13 abstentions.