2008 discharge: EU general budget, Committee of the Regions

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

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision 2010/503/EU of the European Parliament on the discharge for implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2008 (Section VII - Committee of the Regions).

CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants the Secretary-General of the Committee of the Regions discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2008.

This decision is in line with the European Parliament’s resolution adopted on 5 May 2010 and comprises a series of observations that form an integral part of the discharge decision (please refer to the summary of the opinion of 5 May 2010).