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2022 discharge: General budget of the EU - European Ombudsman

Reference
2023/2137(DEC) Discharge procedure
Where it stands
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 10 October 2024 and now EU law.
Stage
Parliament’s position
Lead committee
Budgetary Control CONT
More facts (5)
Rapporteur
Luke Ming FLANAGAN
Shadow rapporteurs
6 members
Decisions in plenary
None yet
Versions
3 versions
Opinions from
INTA, ITRE, REGI, FEMM, JURI, AFCO, TRAN, CULT, LIBE, AFET, BUDG, DEVE, PECH, EMPL, AGRI, IMCO, ENVI, ECON

Where it stands

The steps of this kind of dossier and how far it has come, from the procedure file.

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

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

People

Committees and members responsible for the dossier, as the procedure file names them. Groups as recorded there.

Lead committee
Budgetary Control CONT
Shadow rapporteurs
MEP #197482 (ID) former member, MEP #33982 (EPP) former member, MEP #197584 (S&D) former member, MEP #28372 (ECR) former member, MEP #204416 (Renew) former member, MEP #197539 (Greens) former member
Opinion: INTA
International Trade
Opinion: ITRE
Industry, Research and Energy
Opinion: REGI
Regional Development
Opinion: FEMM
Women’s Rights and Gender Equality
Opinion: JURI
Legal Affairs
Opinion: AFCO
Constitutional Affairs
Opinion: TRAN
Transport and Tourism
Opinion: CULT
Culture and Education
Opinion: LIBE
Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Opinion: AFET
Foreign Affairs
Opinion: BUDG
Budgets
Opinion: DEVE
Development
Opinion: PECH
Fisheries
Opinion: EMPL
Employment and Social Affairs
Opinion: AGRI
Agriculture and Rural Development
Opinion: IMCO
Internal Market and Consumer Protection
Opinion: ENVI
Environment, Climate and Food Safety
Opinion: ECON
Economic and Monetary Affairs

Decisions in plenary, 0

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Versions, 3

The text of the dossier, version by version, newest first. Compare shows what changed between two consecutive versions.

  1. Adopted by Parliament11 Apr 2024

    Adopted text TA9-0234/2024 TA-9-2024-0234

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  2. Tabled for plenary11 Mar 2024

    Report A9-0084/2024 A-9-2024-0084

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  3. Committee draft13 Dec 2023

    Draft report (CONT) CONT-PR-753486

AI: Each version in short Written by AI from the official text — check the source
  • Adopted text TA9-0234/2024: Parliament grants the European Ombudsman discharge for the implementation of its 2022 budget and sets out its observations in an accompanying resolution.
  • Report A9-0084/2024: Parliament grants the European Ombudsman discharge for the 2022 budget and sets out observations in a resolution.

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Timeline, 7

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Outcome 1 step · 10 Oct 2024
  1. 10 October 2024

    Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

Plenary stage 3 steps · 11 Mar 2024–11 Apr 2024
  1. 11 April 2024

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 11 Apr 2024 Adopted text TA9-0234/2024Report A9-0084/2024

  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. 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

Committee stage 3 steps · 12 Sept 2023–22 Feb 2024
  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; 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.

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Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

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European Parliament (2026). “2022 discharge: General budget of the EU - European Ombudsman”. Dossier. reference 2023/2137(DEC). EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-2137 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: Legislative Observatory (OEIL), 2023/2137(DEC), https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023%2F2137(DEC). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-dossier-2023-2137,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{2022 discharge: General budget of the EU - European Ombudsman}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-2137}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/dossiers/2023-2137},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Dossier. reference 2023/2137(DEC). Official source: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/en/procedure-file?reference=2023\%2F2137(DEC). Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}