2014 discharge: Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union (CdT)

PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union (CdT) for the financial year 2014.

NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision (EU) 2016/1492 of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union (CdT) for the financial year 2014.

CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants discharge to the Director of the Centre for the implementation of its budget for the financial year 2014.

This decision is in line with the European Parliament's resolution adopted on 28 April 2016 and comprises a series of observations that form an integral part of the discharge decision (please refer to the summary of the opinion of 28 April 2016).

Amongst Parliament’s main observations in the resolution accompanying the discharge decision, it noted that budgetary surplus and reserves increased from EUR 37.5 million to EUR 40.4 million, which indicates scope to reduce prices. It noted with concern that budget surplus is a recurring phenomenon for the Centre but acknowledged the positive actions taken by the Centre to reverse this trend.