# 2012 discharge: EU general budget, Court of Auditors

European Parliament procedure 2013/2200(DEC) (DEC - Discharge procedure, 7th term, committee CONT). Stage: Procedure completed. 20 committee amendments tabled by 16 Members between 2014-02-25 and 2014-02-25.

## What the amendments focus on

The dossier concerns the 2012 discharge for the EU general budget, Court of Auditors section. The amendments grant or postpone discharge, and address the external audit of the Court's accounts by PricewaterhouseCoopers, performance audits, the timing of the annual report and special reports, secondment of experts to national audit institutions, the mandate of the President, alleged harassment, and publication of the Court's data in machine-readable formats.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jens GEIER | Germany | S&D | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96833.md |
| Bart STAES | Belgium | Verts/ALE | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4751.md |
| Jean-Pierre AUDY | France | PPE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/33775.md |
| Marian-Jean MARINESCU | Romania | PPE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/33982.md |
| Ingeborg GRÄSSLE | Germany | PPE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28220.md |
| Tamás DEUTSCH | Hungary | PfE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96826.md |
| Michael THEURER | Germany | ALDE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96871.md |
| Martin EHRENHAUSER | Austria | NI | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/39769.md |
| Ryszard CZARNECKI | Poland | ECR | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28372.md |
| Philip BRADBOURN | United Kingdom | ECR | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4540.md |
| Elena BĂSESCU | Romania | PPE | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96814.md |
| Zigmantas BALČYTIS | Lithuania | S&D | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96680.md |
| Jan MULDER | Netherlands | ALDE | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1965.md |
| Gerben-Jan GERBRANDY | Netherlands | RE | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96940.md |
| Chris DAVIES | United Kingdom | RE | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4554.md |

## Official source documents

- PE529.741: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-529.741+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2013-2200-DEC · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2013-2200-DEC.json

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