2013 discharge: European Asylum Support Office (EASO)

PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) for the financial year 2013.

NON LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision (EU) 2015/1645 of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Asylum Support Office for the financial year 2013.

CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants the Executive Director of the European Asylum Support Office discharge in respect of the implementation of the Office's budget 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 noted with concern that the recruitment procedures show a lack of transparency and it called on the Office to inform Parliament and the Council on the steps taken to prevent similar situations in the future.