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2013 discharge: EU general budget, Committee of the Regions

2014/2083(DEC)

PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the Committee of the Regions for the financial year 2013.

NON LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision (EU) 2015/1628 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 VII — Committee of the Regions

CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants the Secretary-General of the Committee of the Regions discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Committee of the Regions 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 recommended that the Committee continues to develop the regular screening of the budgetary savings resulting from the implementation of the new administrative cooperation agreement with the EESC.