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Where the law stands, Dossier 2023/2135(DEC)

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

Discharge procedure · First reading

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

Where it stands

Parliament’s position

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

  1. Referred to committee(done) 12 September 2023
  2. Committee work(done) Report adopted 22 February 2024
  3. Tabled for plenary(done) 7 March 2024
  4. Plenary vote(done) Adopted 11 April 2024
  5. Parliament’s position(done) Final

No plenary decision on this dossier is in our records yet.

Who works on it

Lead committee
Budgetary Control
Luke Ming Flanagan (The Left)
Mep #197482 (ID), Mep #33982 (EPP), Mep #197584 (S&D), Mep #197544 (ECR), Olivier Chastel (Renew), Mep #197539 (Greens)
Committees giving an opinion
  • Legal Affairs
  • Environment, Climate and Food Safety
  • International Trade
  • Culture and Education
  • Industry, Research and Energy
  • Economic and Monetary Affairs
  • Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
  • Constitutional Affairs
  • Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
  • Budgets
  • Development
  • Fisheries
  • Foreign Affairs
  • Internal Market and Consumer Protection
  • Employment and Social Affairs
  • Regional Development
  • Transport and Tourism
  • Agriculture and Rural Development

The text, version by version

Newest first.

  1. Adopted by Parliament· 11 Apr 2024

    Adopted text TA9-0232/2024

    AI summary: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 since Report A9-0072/2024 →

  2. Tabled for plenary· 7 Mar 2024

    Report A9-0072/2024

    AI summary: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 since Draft report (CONT) →

  3. Committee draft· 13 Dec 2023

    Draft report (CONT)

    AI summary: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.

Timeline

Newest first.

Outcome 1 step

  1. 10 October 2024

    Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

Plenary stage 3 steps

  1. 11 April 2024

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 11 Apr 2024 Adopted text TA9-0232/2024Report A9-0072/2024

  2. 10 April 2024

    Debated in plenary

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

    Sitting of 10 Apr 2024 Council / Commission text C9-0248/2023Council / Commission text C9-0249/2023Council / Commission text C9-0250/2023Council / Commission text C9-0251/2023Council / Commission text C9-0252/2023Council / Commission text C9-0253/2023Council / Commission text C9-0254/2023Council / Commission text C9-0255/2023Council / Commission text C9-0256/2023Council / Commission text C9-0257/2023Council / Commission text C9-0258/2023Council / Commission text C9-0259/2023Council / Commission text C9-0260/2023Council / Commission text C9-0261/2023Council / Commission text C9-0262/2023Council / Commission text C9-0263/2023Council / Commission text C9-0264/2023Council / Commission text C9-0265/2023Council / Commission text C9-0266/2023Council / Commission text C9-0267/2023Council / Commission text C9-0268/2023Council / Commission text C9-0269/2023Council / Commission text C9-0270/2023Council / Commission text C9-0271/2023Council / Commission text C9-0272/2023Council / Commission text C9-0273/2023Council / Commission text C9-0274/2023Council / Commission text C9-0275/2023Council / Commission text C9-0276/2023Council / Commission text C9-0277/2023Council / Commission text C9-0278/2023Council / Commission text C9-0279/2023Council / Commission text C9-0280/2023Council / Commission text C9-0281/2023Council / Commission text C9-0282/2023Council / Commission text C9-0283/2023Council / Commission text C9-0284/2023Council / Commission text C9-0285/2023Council / Commission text C9-0286/2023Council / Commission text C9-0287/2023Council / Commission text C9-0288/2023Council / Commission text C9-0289/2023Council / Commission text C9-0290/2023Council / Commission text C9-0291/2023Council / Commission text C9-0292/2023Council / Commission text C9-0293/2023Council / Commission text C9-0294/2023Council / Commission text C9-0295/2023Council / Commission text C9-0296/2023Council / Commission text C9-0297/2023Council / Commission text C9-0298/2023Council / Commission text C9-0299/2023Council / Commission text C9-0301/2023Council / Commission text C9-0302/2023Report A9-0067/2024Report A9-0071/2024Report A9-0072/2024Report A9-0073/2024Report A9-0074/2024Report A9-0075/2024Report A9-0080/2024Report A9-0082/2024Report A9-0084/2024Report A9-0086/2024Report A9-0087/2024Report A9-0088/2024Report A9-0089/2024Report A9-0090/2024Report A9-0091/2024Report A9-0092/2024Report A9-0093/2024Report A9-0095/2024Report A9-0096/2024Report A9-0097/2024Report A9-0098/2024Report A9-0099/2024Report A9-0100/2024Report A9-0101/2024Report A9-0102/2024Report A9-0103/2024Report A9-0104/2024Report A9-0105/2024Report A9-0106/2024Report A9-0107/2024Report A9-0108/2024Report A9-0109/2024Report A9-0110/2024Report A9-0111/2024Report A9-0112/2024Report A9-0113/2024Report A9-0114/2024Report A9-0115/2024Report A9-0116/2024Report A9-0117/2024Report A9-0118/2024Report A9-0119/2024Report A9-0120/2024Report A9-0121/2024Report A9-0122/2024Report A9-0123/2024Report A9-0129/2024Report A9-0130/2024Report A9-0131/2024Report A9-0132/2024Report A9-0133/2024Report A9-0134/2024Report A9-0135/2024Report A9-0139/2024

  3. 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

Committee stage 3 steps

  1. 22 February 2024

    Committee vote: report adopted

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

  2. 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)

  3. 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.

Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2023/2135(DEC)