# 2011 discharge: EU general budget, European Ombudsman

European Parliament procedure 2012/2174(DEC) (DEC - Discharge procedure, 7th term, committee CONT). Stage: Procedure completed. 10 committee amendments tabled by 7 Members between 2013-02-26 and 2013-02-26.

## What the amendments focus on

This dossier concerns the 2011 discharge for the European Ombudsman under the EU general budget. The amendments postpone the discharge decision, address appropriation commitment and payment utilisation rates, financial planning, reporting on unused interpretation services, internal auditor recommendations on processing payment requests, the increasing average length of inquiries, publication of the Ombudsman's data in machine-readable form, and a table of human resources broken down by category, grade, sex and nationality.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bogusław SONIK | Poland | PPE | 5 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28299.md |
| Philip BRADBOURN | United Kingdom | ECR | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4540.md |
| Derk Jan EPPINK | Netherlands | ECR | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97133.md |
| Andrea ČEŠKOVÁ | Czechia | ECR | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96719.md |
| Theodoros SKYLAKAKIS | Greece | ALDE | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97018.md |
| Maria do Céu PATRÃO NEVES | Portugal | PPE | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96902.md |
| Martin EHRENHAUSER | Austria | NI | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/39769.md |

## Official source documents

- PE506.050: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-506.050+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2012-2174-DEC · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2012-2174-DEC.json

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