2012 discharge: European Chemicals Agency (ECHA)

PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) for the financial year 2012.

NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision 2014/577/EU of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of ECHA’s budget for the financial year 2012.

CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants discharge to the Executive Director of the European Chemicals Agency for the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2012.

This 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 Agency to provide the Commission, Parliament and the Council with a detailed analysis on possible measures to improve the implementation of REACH in order to reduce administrative burden for businesses and the uncertainty in the authorisation process of placing chemical substances on the market.