2013 discharge: EU general budget, European Data Protection Supervisor

PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the European Data Protection Supervisor for the financial year 2013.

NON LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision (EU) 2015/1630 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 IX — European Data Protection Supervisor.

CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants the European Data Protection Supervisor discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Data Protection Supervisor 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 demanded that the Supervisor present in a transparent manner the building policy, in order to confirm that the costs of such a policy are properly rationalised and that such costs are not excessive.