2016 discharge: Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER)

PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) for the financial year 2016.

NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision (EU) 2018/1340 of the European Parliament on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators for the financial year 2016.

CONTENT: the European Parliament decided to grant discharge to the Director of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2016.

This decision is accompanied by a resolution of the European Parliament containing the observations which form an integral part of the discharge decision in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2016 (please refer to the summary dated 18.4.2018).

In this resolution, Parliament recalled that, according to the Seat Agreement between the Agency and the Slovenian government, a European School is to be established in Slovenia. However, it regretted once again that more than four years after the agreement, no European School has been set up.

It acknowledged that the Agency continued in 2016 to implement its policies related to ethics and integrity, such as the policy on the prevention and management of conflicts of interest, as well as its anti-fraud and whistleblowing policies.