2012 discharge: EU general budget, Committee of the Regions

PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the Committee of the Regions for the financial year 2012.

NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision 2014/556/EU of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union’s General Budget, section VII – Committee of the Regions, for the financial year 2012.

CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants discharge to the Secretary-General of the Committee of the Regions 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 stated that the administrative cooperation agreement between the Committee and the EESC is an efficient mechanism and that it should be preserved under an updated format.