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2023/2135(DEC) Discharge procedure First reading

2022 discharge: General budget of the EU - European Economic and Social Committee

Parliament checks how an EU institution or agency spent a past year’s budget and signs it off — or refuses to.

Where it stands: Completed: published in the Official Journal on 10 October 2024 and now EU law.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 12 September 2023
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 22 February 2024
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 7 March 2024
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 11 April 2024
  5. ✓ Parliament’s position Final
How a file moves through Parliament

A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. The adopted resolution is Parliament’s final position; it is not itself law.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
CONT — Budgetary Control
Rapporteur
Luke Ming FLANAGAN The Left
Shadow rapporteurs
MEP #197482 IDMEP #33982 PPEMEP #197584 S&DMEP #197544 ECROlivier CHASTEL RenewMEP #197539 Verts/ALE
For opinion
JURI — Legal Affairs ENVI — Environment, Climate and Food Safety INTA — International Trade CULT — Culture and Education ITRE — Industry, Research and Energy ECON — Economic and Monetary Affairs LIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs AFCO — Constitutional Affairs FEMM — Women’s Rights and Gender Equality BUDG — Budgets DEVE — Development PECH — Fisheries AFET — Foreign Affairs IMCO — Internal Market and Consumer Protection EMPL — Employment and Social Affairs REGI — Regional Development TRAN — Transport and Tourism AGRI — Agriculture and Rural Development

The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.

The text, version by version

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA9-0232/2024 11 April 2024 ✦ Parliament grants the Secretary-General of the European Economic and Social Committee discharge for the 2022 budget and sets out its observations in a resolution.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A9-0072/2024 7 March 2024 ✦ Parliament grants the Secretary-General of the European Economic and Social Committee discharge for the 2022 budget and sets out its observations in a resolution.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (CONT) 13 December 2023 ✦ This draft report by the Committee on Budgetary Control concerns discharge for the European Economic and Social Committee's 2022 budget. It proposes granting or postponing discharge to the Secretary-General and sets out observations on budget management, internal control, human resources, ethics, digitalisation, buildings, environment, interinstitutional cooperation and communication.

Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.

Timeline

  1. Outcome
  2. 10 October 2024 Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

  3. Plenary stage
  4. 11 April 2024 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 11 April 2024 📄 Adopted text TA9-0232/2024📄 Report A9-0072/2024
    Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 527 Against 62 Abstained 0

    Final vote at 13:01 · 89% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

    How the vote unfolded · 5 ballots

    adopted rejected lapsed square = amendment circle = part of the text decisive vote Solid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions

    Show all 5 ballots in voting order
    1. Final vote 13:01 A9-0072/2024 – Luke Ming Flanagan – Proposal for a decision
    Adopted
    2. Separate vote on paragraph 12
    — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    3. Separate vote on paragraph 12
    — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    4. Separate vote on paragraph 54
    — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    5. Final vote — text as a whole 13:01 A9-0072/2024 – Luke Ming Flanagan – Motion for a resolution (as a whole)
    Adopted
  5. 10 April 2024 Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

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  6. 7 March 2024 Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    📄 Report A9-0072/2024
  7. Committee stage
  8. 22 February 2024 Committee vote: report adopted

    CONT (Budgetary Control) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  9. 13 December 2023 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in CONT (Budgetary Control). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (CONT)
  10. 12 September 2023 Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; JURI (Legal Affairs), ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety), INTA (International Trade), CULT (Culture and Education), ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy), ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs), LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs), AFCO (Constitutional Affairs), FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality), BUDG (Budgets), DEVE (Development), PECH (Fisheries), AFET (Foreign Affairs), IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs), REGI (Regional Development), TRAN (Transport and Tourism), AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development) give an opinion.