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2023/2137(DEC) Discharge procedure First reading

2022 discharge: General budget of the EU - European Ombudsman

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 11 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 #28372 ECRMEP #204416 RenewMEP #197539 Verts/ALE
For opinion
INTA — International Trade ITRE — Industry, Research and Energy REGI — Regional Development FEMM — Women’s Rights and Gender Equality JURI — Legal Affairs AFCO — Constitutional Affairs TRAN — Transport and Tourism CULT — Culture and Education LIBE — Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs AFET — Foreign Affairs BUDG — Budgets DEVE — Development PECH — Fisheries EMPL — Employment and Social Affairs AGRI — Agriculture and Rural Development IMCO — Internal Market and Consumer Protection ENVI — Environment, Climate and Food Safety ECON — Economic and Monetary Affairs

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 TA9-0234/2024 11 April 2024 ✦ Parliament grants the European Ombudsman discharge for the implementation of its 2022 budget and sets out its observations in an accompanying resolution.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A9-0084/2024 11 March 2024 ✦ Parliament grants the European Ombudsman discharge for the 2022 budget and sets out 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 Ombudsman's 2022 budget. It proposes granting discharge and sets out observations on budgetary management, internal control, staff, 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 TA9-0234/2024📄 Report A9-0084/2024
    Adopted Adopted by an overwhelming majority
    For 580 Against 8 Abstained 17

    Final vote at 13:02 · 96% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

    How the vote unfolded · 3 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 3 ballots in voting order
    1. Final vote 13:02 A9-0084/2024 – Luke Ming Flanagan – Proposal for a decision
    Adopted
    2. Vote on text inserted after paragraph 39
    — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    3. Final vote — text as a whole 13:03 A9-0084/2024 – 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. 11 March 2024 Report tabled for plenary

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

    📄 Report A9-0084/2024
  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; INTA (International Trade), ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy), REGI (Regional Development), FEMM (Women’s Rights and Gender Equality), JURI (Legal Affairs), AFCO (Constitutional Affairs), TRAN (Transport and Tourism), CULT (Culture and Education), LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs), AFET (Foreign Affairs), BUDG (Budgets), DEVE (Development), PECH (Fisheries), EMPL (Employment and Social Affairs), AGRI (Agriculture and Rural Development), IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection), ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety), ECON (Economic and Monetary Affairs) give an opinion.