Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the follow-up to the discharge for the 2012 financial year (Summary)

This is the Commission's report to the European Parliament (EP) and the Council on the follow-up to the EP discharge resolutions and the Council Recommendation for the 2012 financial year, pursuant to Article 319(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), Article 166 of the Financial Regulation (FR) and Article 119(5) of the European Development Funds (EDF) Financial Regulation.

The report focusses on the binding commitments highlighted by the EP in its general discharge resolutions. It is accompanied by two Commission Staff Working Documents (CSWD) containing replies to 353 EP and 77 (79 in total, but 2 are addressed to the Court of Auditors) Council specific discharge observations (8 from EP) and requests.

The Commission agrees to start new actions on 142 requests (108 from the EP and 34 from the Council). It considers that for 240 requests (199 from the EP and 41 from the Council), the required action has already been taken or is on-going, though in some cases the results of the actions will need to be assessed. Finally, for reasons related to the existing legal and budgetary framework or its institutional role or prerogatives, the Commission cannot accept 40 requests (38 from the EP and 2 from the Council). A detailed justification is provided in the two attached CSWD.

EUR-Lex: COM(2014)607: Follow the progress of this report through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2014:607:FIN

ESO: Background information: Commissioner Šemeta welcomes Council's recommendation to grant discharge on 2012 budget http://www.europeansources.info/record/statement-commissioner-semeta-welcomes-councils-recommendation-to-grant-discharge-on-2012-budget/

ESO: Background information: Commissioner Šemeta welcomes EP positive vote on discharge for the 2012 EU budget http://www.europeansources.info/record/statement-commissioner-semeta-welcomes-ep-positive-vote-on-discharge-for-the-2012-eu-budget/

EUR-Lex: SWD(2014)285: Replies to requests from the Council http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2014:285:FIN

EUR-Lex: SWD(2014)286: Replies to requests from the European Parliament http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2014:286:FIN

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