2015 discharge: European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA)

PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) for the financial year 2015.

NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision (EU) 2017/1666 of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Fisheries Control Agency for the financial year 2015.

CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants discharge to the Executive Director of the European Fisheries Control Agency for the implementation of its 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 Parliament’s main observations in the resolution accompanying the discharge decision, it called on the Agency to introduce regular checks and updates on the accuracy of the declarations of interests and establish and implement rules on whistleblowers.

It also expressed concern about the practical difficulties involved in implementation of the landing obligation for demersal fisheries, and considered that monitoring should take those difficulties into account.