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2013 discharge: European Food Safety Authority (EFSA)

2014/2108(DEC)

PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the in European Food Safety Authority in respect of the budget for the financial year 2013.

NON LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision (EU) 2015/1657 of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year 2013.

CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants discharge to the Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority the implementation of its 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 recommendations, it calls on the Authority to make concrete efforts to guarantee the Authority's impartiality with regard to the prevention and management of conflicts of interests and to eliminate any risks.