Where the law stands, Dossier 2025/2154(DEC)
Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - European Data Protection Supervisor
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 September 2026 and now EU law.
- Referred to committee(done) 9 September 2025
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 2 March 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 13 March 2026
- Plenary vote(done) Adopted 29 April 2026
- Parliament’s position(done) Final
Decided in plenary
29 April 2026 · decision 18
EU budget & funds, Budget decision
Discharge 2024: EU general budget – European Data Protection Supervisor
Discharge decision adopted Decided by show of hands: no count recorded.
AI summary:The decision covers the Supervisor's budget, which totalled EUR 24 329 460, and includes observations in a resolution.
What changed
Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament
AI summary:The versions differ only in formal points: the resolution heading is updated with the adoption date and reference, and a year is corrected.
Committee draft → Tabled for plenary
AI summary:The decision on discharge is postponed, and several new calls and requests are added on missions, AI resources, complaint handling, and transparency. New paragraphs address IT staffing and open-source cloud solutions, while existing paragraphs add calls for balanced recruitment, anti-fraud measures, and EMAS timeline. Changes to wording on Russia's war and inspection details, plus additions on legal action and consultation with audited entities. Other changes are formal: renumbering, typo corrections, and terminology alignment.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Budgetary Control
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Pasquale Tridico (The Left)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Caterina Chinnici (EPP), José Cepeda (S&D), Ondřej Knotek (Patriots), Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza (ECR)
- Committees giving an opinion
- Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs· rapporteurEvin Incir (S&D)
- Legal Affairs
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 29 Apr 2026
AI summary:Parliament grants the European Data Protection Supervisor discharge for the 2024 budget and adopts a resolution with observations on budget management, performance, HR, ethics, digitalisation, and interinstitutional cooperation.
Tabled for plenary· 13 Mar 2026
AI summary:Parliament grants the European Data Protection Supervisor discharge for the 2024 budget and sets out observations in a resolution covering budget management, performance, human resources, ethics, digitalisation, buildings, environment, interinstitutional cooperation and communication.
Committee draft· 16 Dec 2025
AI summary:This draft report concerns granting discharge to the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) for the 2024 budget. It proposes granting discharge and includes observations on the EDPS's budget, management, and performance.
Committee opinions: Opinion (LIBE), Draft opinion (LIBE)
Timeline
Newest first.
Outcome 1 step
10 September 2026
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
Plenary stage 3 steps
29 April 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 29 Apr 2026 Adopted text TA10-0134/2026Report A10-0057/2026
28 April 2026
Debated in plenary
MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.
Sitting of 28 Apr 2026 Council / Commission text C10-0145/2025Council / Commission text C10-0146/2025Council / Commission text C10-0147/2025Council / Commission text C10-0148/2025Council / Commission text C10-0149/2025Council / Commission text C10-0150/2025Council / Commission text C10-0151/2025Council / Commission text C10-0152/2025Council / Commission text C10-0153/2025Council / Commission text C10-0154/2025Council / Commission text C10-0155/2025Council / Commission text C10-0156/2025Council / Commission text C10-0157/2025Report A10-0046/2026Report A10-0050/2026Report A10-0051/2026Report A10-0052/2026Report A10-0053/2026Report A10-0054/2026Report A10-0055/2026Report A10-0056/2026Report A10-0057/2026Report A10-0059/2026Report A10-0081/2026Report A10-0085/2026Report A10-0087/2026
13 March 2026
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 5 steps
2 March 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
CONT (Budgetary Control) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
28 January 2026
Amendments tabled in committee
Members of CONT (Budgetary Control) proposed changes to the draft.
16 December 2025
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in CONT (Budgetary Control). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
3 December 2025
LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs) adopted its opinion
The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.
9 September 2025
Referred to the CONT (Budgetary Control) committee
The lead committee prepares the report; LIBE (Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs), JURI (Legal Affairs) give an opinion.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2025/2154(DEC)