2013 discharge: European Police Office (Europol)

PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the European Police Office for the financial year 2013.

NON LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision (EU) 2015/1687 of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Police Office for the financial year 2013. 

CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants discharge to the Director of the European Police Office for 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 observations, it deplored the problems raised by the Court of Auditors regarding the legality and regularity of transactions, particularly with respect to public procurement. Parliament called on EUROPOL to improve the preparation, execution and documentation on procurement procedures.