2014 discharge: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA)

PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) for the financial year 2014.

NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision (EU) 2016/1537 of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction 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, the latter noted the problems regarding the management of buildings. The Centre stated that it is continuing its efforts to find a suitable solution for some areas of its ‘Cais do Sodré Relógio’ building which remains partially unused and acknowledged that the negotiations with the Lisbon Port Authority, the owner of the premises, for the reduction of the rent are in progress.