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2008 discharge: EU general budget, Council

2009/2070(DEC)

PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the Council for the financial year 2008.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision 2010/493/EU of the European Parliament on the discharge for implementing the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2008 (Section II – Council).

CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants discharge to the Secretary General of the Council for the implementation of the general budget for 2008.

This decision adopted on 19 May 2010 grants discharge to the Council. It was confirmed in the European Parliament’s resolution adopted on 16 June 2010 in which a series of observations were made that form an integral part of the discharge decision (please refer to the summary of the opinion of 16 June 2010).