2015 discharge: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)

PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) for the financial year 2015.

NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision (EU) 2017/1705 of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for the financial year 2015.

CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants discharge to the Director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for the implementation of the latter’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 Parliament’s main observations in the resolution accompanying the discharge decision, it regretted that the Agency has yet to implement internal rules on whistleblowing. It also expressed concern that the Agency's policy on the prevention and management of conflicts of interests does not take into account external staff members, interim staff and seconded national experts. Its policy should be updated accordingly.