Source: European Parliament
On 27 and 28 January 2025, CONT Members considered the draft reports on the financial year 2023 discharge to the European Parliament, the Other Institutions (European Council and Council, Court of Justice of the European Union, European Court of Auditors, European External Action Service, European Economic and Social Committee, European Committee of the Regions, European Ombudsman, European Data Protection Supervisor, European Public Prosecutor’s Office) and the Joint Undertakings.
The discharge procedure is the Parliament’s final approval of how the EU budget for a specific year has been implemented. CONT Committee scrutinises how the Parliament, Commission, other EU institutions, agencies and Joint Undertakings are implementing the EU budget and prepares the Parliament’s discharge decision for each budgetary year. Parliament considers the reports prepared by the budgetary control committee, taking into account the Council’s recommendation and decides to grant, postpone or refuse a discharge.