2012 discharge: EU general budget, Court of Auditors

PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the Court of Auditors for the financial year 2012.

NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision 2014/554/EU of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of the European Union’s General Budget, section V – Court of Auditors, for the financial year 2012.

CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants discharge to the Secretary-General of the Court of Auditors 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 for scrutiny to be brought to bear on the Court of Auditors as regards the legality and regularity of the transactions underlying its accounts as is the case for the other EU institutions.