2001 discharge: EC general budget, Council

PURPOSE : to grant discharge to the Council on the implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2001. COMMUNITY MEASURE : Decision 2003/410/EC of the European Parliament concerning discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2001 (Section II - Council). CONTENT : with the present decision, the European Parliament grants the Council's Secretary-General discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget for the 2001 financial year (operational expenditure). This decision is accompanied by a series of comments which complete the discharge decision. These comments are included in the Parliament's opinion (please refer to the summary of the European Parliament's resolution dated 8 April 2003).�