2015 discharge: European Asylum Support Office (EASO)

PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) for the financial year 2015.

NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision (EU) 2017/1651 of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Asylum Support Office for the financial year 2015.

CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants the Executive Director of the European Asylum Support Office discharge in respect of the implementation of the Office's budget for the financial year 2015.

This decision is in line with the European Parliament's resolution adopted on 27 April 2017 and comprises a series of observations that form an integral part of the discharge decision (please refer to the summary of the opinion of 27 April 2017).

Amongst Parliaments main observations in the resolution accompanying the discharge decision, the latter noted with concern the high number of outstanding issues and ongoing corrective measures in response to the Court's comments in 2012, 2013 and 2014 related to recruitment procedures, late payments, high staff turnover and reimbursement of costs. The Office is called on to complete as many corrective actions as possible in 2017.