2012 discharge: EU general budget, Economic and Social Committee

PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the European Economic and Social Committee for the financial year 2012.

NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision 2014/555/EU of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union’s General Budget, section VI – European Economic and Social Committee, for the financial year 2012.

CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants discharge to the Secretary-General of the European Economic and Social Committee in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2012.

The decision is in line with the European Parliament's resolution adopted on 3 April 2014 and comprises a series of observations that form an integral part of the discharge decision (please refer to the summary of the opinion of 3 April 2014).

Amongst the main observations made, Parliament called on the Committee to finalise the new administrative cooperation agreement with the Committee of the Regions which will lead to the strengthening of cooperation in the management of common services.