2013 discharge: European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice (eu-LISA)

PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice (eu-LISA) for the financial year 2013.

NON LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision (EU) 2015/1677 of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice for the financial year 2013.

CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants discharge to the Executive Director of the European Agency for the operational management of large-scale IT systems in the area of freedom, security and justice for the implementation of the latter’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 notes with concern that the Court's report emphasises the issues related to the valuation of the SIS II, VIS and Eurodac systems in the matter of the reliability of the Agency's accounts. Parliament noted moreover, that in the absence of reliable and complete information in respect of the total development cost of those systems, the value of the systems was recorded at their net book values and do not include software development costs.