2012 discharge: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)

PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year 2012.

NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision 2014/583/EU of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year 2012.

CONTENT: with this Decision, the European Parliament gives discharge to the Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority for the implementation of the Authority’s budget for 2012.

The Decision is consistent with the European Parliament’s resolution adopted on 3 April 2014 and includes a series of observations that form an integral part of the discharge decision (refer to the summary of the opinion of 3 April 2014).

Amongst the main observations made, Parliament regretted the problem of the legality of the accounts brought to light by the Court of Auditors and awaits the Authority to implement measures to resolve these issues.