2003 discharge and follow-up of the 2002 discharge: EC general budget, section III Commission

PURPOSE : to grant discharge to the Commission for the implementation of the 2003 general budget.

LEGISLATIVE ACT : Decision 2005/529/EC, Euratom and 2005/530/EC, Euratom of the European Parliament on the discharge for implementing the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2003 and the closing of the accounts of the same budget (Section III – Commission).

CONTENT : with the present decisions, the European Parliament grants a discharge to the Commission for the implementation of the general budget for 2003 and closes the accounts for the year.

This decision is in line with the European Parliament’s resolution adopted on 12 April 2005 and comprises a series of observations that form an integral part of the discharge decision (please refer to the summary of the opinion of 12/04/2005).