2005 discharge: EC general budget, European Parliament

PURPOSE: to postpone the discharge decision of the European Parliament for the 2005 financial year.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision 2008/497/EC on the discharge for implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2005 (Section I - European Parliament).

CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament postpones its decision to grant discharge to its President for the implementation of the general budget for 2005.

This decision is in line with the European Parliament’s resolution adopted on 24 April 2007 and comprises a series of observations that form an integral part of the discharge decision (please refer to the summary of the opinion of 24/04/2007).