2013 discharge: EU general budget, European External Action Service

PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the European External Action Service for the financial year 2013.

NON LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision (EU, Euratom) 2015/1624 of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, Section X — European External Action Service.

CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European External Action Service for the financial year 2013.

This decision is in line with the European Parliament's resolution adopted on 29 April 2015 and comprises a series of observations that form an integral part of the discharge decision (please refer to the summary of the opinion of 29 April 2015).

Amongst Parliament’s main observations, the latter asked to have an exhaustive table of all the human resources at the disposal of the EEAS, with a breakdown according to grade, gender and nationality. It asked the EEAS to strengthen the geographical balance, in particular as regards appointments to management posts and the posts of Heads of Delegations and reiterated the need for geographical balance of the Member States at all levels of the administration.