2012 discharge: EU general budget, European Data Protection Supervisor

PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the European Data Protection Supervisor for the financial year 2012.

NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision 2014/558/EU of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union’s General Budget, section IX – European Data Protection Supervisor, for the financial year 2012.

CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants discharge to the European Data Protection Supervisor 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 invited the Supervisor to continue to monitor the allowances management and improve its performance levels.