2014 discharge: European Banking Authority (EBA)

PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the European Banking Authority (EBA) for the financial year 2014.

NON LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision (EU) 2016/1507 of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Banking Authority for the financial year 2014. 

CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants discharge to the Executive Director of the European Banking Authority 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, the latter called for an overall improvement in the prevention of and the fight against corruption through a holistic approach, commencing with better public access to documents and more stringent rules on conflicts of interest.