Source: European Parliament
On 18 February, ENVI Members will adopt two draft opinions under the discharge procedure.
The discharges are decisions which reflect the conclusions of the European Parliament on the way the Commission and other bodies and institutions, have carried out their task of implementation of the EU budget. In this case, the discharges concern not only the European Commission’s expenditure in the areas of environmental and climate policy, public health and food safety for the financial year 2023; but also the budget of the five European Agencies under ENVI’s responsibility (the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, the European Chemicals Agency, the European Environment Agency, the European Food Safety Authority, and the European Medicines Agency).
The discharge procedure is a process of parliamentary scrutiny aimed at ensuring that the Commission’s and the Agencies’ implementation of the budget complied with the relevant legal and regulatory framework requirements, and use in accordance the principle of sound financial management.