2002 discharge: EC general budget, Council

PURPOSE : to grant discharge to the Council for the financial year 2002.

LEGISLATIVE ACT : Decision 2004/723/EC of the European Parliament concerning discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the 2002 financial year - Section II- Council.

CONTENT : with this present Decision, the European Parliament gives discharge to the Secretary-General of the Council in respect of the implementation of the budget for the 2002 financial year (operational expenditure).

This Decision is in conformity with the European Parliament's resolution approved on 21 April 2004 and which is accompanied by a series of which complete the discharge decision (please refer to the summary of the opinion).