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Discharge

Commission (Photo: Commission)

The European Parliament gives approval to or "discharges" the accounts of the Commission each year. The Member States then give their discharge through a decision in the Council.

Notes

• In 1998, the European Parliament refused discharge for the financial year 1996 because the accounts were unsatisfactory.
• This led to the resignation of the EU Commission headed by Jacques Santer on 15^th March 1999.
• Since 1994 the European Court of Auditors has stated every year that it is unable to vouch for the correctness of the underlying transactions.

Links

See also Censure.

http://europa.eu.int/comm/budget/index_en.htm