2004 Discharge: EC general budget, European Ombudsman

PURPOSE: to grant discharge to the European Ombudsman for the 2004 financial year.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision 2006/816/EC of the European Parliament on the discharge for implementation of the European Union general budget for the financial year 2004 (Section VIIIA - European Ombudsman).

CONTENT: with the present decision, the European Parliament grants the European Ombudsman discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2004.

This decision is in line with the European Parliament’s resolution adopted on 27 April 2006 and comprises a series of observations that form an integral part of the discharge decision (please refer to the summary of the opinion of 27/04/2006).