2004 discharge: EC general budget, European Data Protection Supervisor

 The committee adopted the report by Nils LUNDGREN (IND/DEM, SE) proposing that discharge be granted to the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) for 2004. In its accompanying comments, the committee noted that in 2004 the EDPS signed an administrative cooperation agreement with the Secretaries-General of the Commission, Parliament and Council involving assistance for a start-up period of three years, under which the Commission's Accounting Officer and Internal Auditor would also fulfil these functions for the EDPS and the Parliament would supply premises and material support. MEPs said that a renewal of the cooperation agreement would be desirable considering the small size of the EDPS administration. They called on the EDPS to  "continue the setting-up of the institution with full respect for the basic principles of legality, regularity and sound financial management".