Report on the follow-up to the discharge for the 2015 financial year (Summary)

On 27 April 2017, the European Parliament granted the Commission discharge for the financial year 2015. Discharge is the process by which the European Parliament and Council scrutinise the implementation of the EU budget and hold the Commission accountable for its financial management. The annual report and special reports of the European Court of Auditors are key inputs along with the Commission's own reporting on the EU accounts as well as the management and performance of the EU budget.

This report follows up on the key requests made by the European Parliament and the Council in the discharge and is part of the EU Budget Integrated Financial Reporting Package 2016. It focuses in particular on:
1) The future of EU finances,
2) Budgetary and financial management,
3) Getting results from the Union budget, and
4) The management of the African Peace Facility.

The detailed replies to the specific discharge requests made by the European Parliament and Council, including requests made in relation to special reports of the European Court of Auditors also covered by the 2015 discharge procedure, will be published at a later stage.

ESO: Background information: Discharge procedure for 2015 EU Budget http://www.europeansources.info/record/discharge-procedure-for-2015-eu-budget/

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