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1. PROPOSAL FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DECISION

Discharge 2022: EU general budget - Court of Auditors

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022, Section V – Court of Auditors

Committee on Budgetary Control

(2023/2133(DEC))

PE753.481

1. European Parliament decision of 11 April 2024 on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022, Section V – Court of Auditors (2023/2133(DEC))

– having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022,

3. Instructs its President to forward this decision and the resolution forming an integral part of it to the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

2. MOTION FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION

2. European Parliament resolution of 11 April 2024 with observations forming an integral part of the decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022, Section V – Court of Auditors (2023/2133(DEC))

with observations forming an integral part of the decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022, Section V – Court of Auditors

(2023/2133(DEC))

– having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022, Section V – Court of Auditors,

2. Notes that the Court in its Annual Report for the financial year 2022 examined a sample of 60 transactions under Administration, the same number as were examined in 2021; further notes that the Court writes that administrative expenditure comprises expenditure on human resources, including expenditure on pensions, which in 2022 accounted for about 70 % of the total administrative expenditure, and expenditure on buildings, equipment, energy, communications and information technology, and that its work over many years indicates that, overall, this spending is low risk;

3. Calls on the Court to increase the number of transactions under Administration to be examined for all the institutions to be audited in order for Parliament to better fulfil its role as discharge authority for the other institutions; welcomes the indicationregrets that the Court isa planningplan to produce a special report focussing on the administrative expenditure of the institutions other than the Commission;Commission has been revised in order to do an audit on the EU civil service, which will probably only look into a limited part of the administrative expenditure; reiterates the importance of having a more in-depth investigation into the administrative expenditure and repeats its call to include in its work comprehensive data on all institutions in order to provide a coherent basis for a consistent discharge procedure;

4. Notes that the annual accounts of the Court are audited by an independent external auditor in order to ensure the same principles of transparency, accountability and independence of the auditor of the Court as the Court applies to its auditees; notes with satisfaction that the external auditor did not report any specific issues following its audit of the Court;

65. Welcomes that the Court adopted a new communication strategy in January 2022 which puts the general public at the centre of its communication efforts and commends that the Court is now able to hold press briefings and web-streamed conferences to a good technical standard; welcomes, further, that the Court updated its website in 2023 to provide a better experience for users and created a portal which can makes data related to audits more accessible for a broad audience including students, academia and the general public.

ANNEX: ENTITIES OR PERSONS FROM WHOM THE RAPPORTEUR HAS RECEIVED INPUT

Pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure, the rapporteur declares that he has received input from the following entities or persons in the preparation of the report, until the adoption thereof in committee:

Entity and/or person

Secretary General of the European Court of Auditors

Head of Cabinet of the Secretary General of the European Court of Auditors

The list above is drawn up under the exclusive responsibility of the rapporteur.

INFORMATION ON ADOPTION IN COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

Date adopted

22.2.2024

Result of final vote

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Members present for the final vote

Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Caterina Chinnici, Carlos Coelho, Beatrice Covassi, Luke Ming Flanagan, Daniel Freund, Isabel García Muñoz, Monika Hohlmeier, Joachim Kuhs, Petri Sarvamaa, Eleni Stavrou, Angelika Winzig, Lara Wolters

Substitutes present for the final vote

Corina Crețu, Jozef Mihál, Andrey Novakov, Mikuláš Peksa, Sabrina Pignedoli, Michal Wiezik

Substitutes under Rule 209(7) present for the final vote

Marie Dauchy, Ljudmila Novak, Mick Wallace

FINAL VOTE BY ROLL CALL IN COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

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