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REPORT (2023/2157(DEC))

On discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2022

A-9-2024-0104

Committee on Budgetary Control · Rapporteur: Petri Sarvamaa

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Parliament grants the Director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction discharge for the 2022 budget and approves the closure of the Centre's 2022 accounts. The accompanying resolution notes the Centre's 2022 budget of EUR 18 893 136, a 98,78 % budget implementation rate and a 96,65 % payment execution rate. It records the Court of Auditors' assurance that the accounts are reliable and the transactions legal and regular, and notes wrongly flagged late payments and a procurement commitment deficit. It reviews the Centre's performance, environmental measures, staff policy, internal control and communication, and calls for gender balance and publication of meetings with interest representatives.

Committee position. The Committee on Budgetary Control proposes that Parliament grant the Director of the Centre discharge for the 2022 budget, approve the closure of the 2022 accounts, and adopt observations on budget management, performance, staff, procurement, transparency and internal control.

Key points

  1. Parliament grants the Director of the Centre discharge for the implementation of the 2022 budget and approves the closure of the 2022 accounts.
  2. The Centre's final 2022 budget was EUR 18 893 136, a decrease of 0,71 % from 2021, with 94 % coming from the Union budget.
  3. The Court of Auditors obtained reasonable assurance that the Centre's annual accounts are reliable and the underlying transactions legal and regular.
  4. Budget implementation was 98,78 %, payment execution 96,65 %, and 88,98 % of payment appropriations carried over from 2021 were implemented.
  5. The Centre wrongly flagged 107 of 1 595 payments as late; Parliament calls on it to monitor this and mitigate reputational risks.
  6. The Centre achieved 57 of 65 annual targets (87 %) and 152 of 188 outputs/results (81 %), with delays mostly attributed to a lack of resources.
  7. Parliament welcomes the European Drug Report, the PLATO e-learning platform, miniguides, spotlights, the trendspotter study on displaced Ukrainians and the joint EU Drug Markets analysis with Europol.
  8. The Early Warning System was notified of 41 new psychoactive substances in 2022, and two substances risk assessed in 2021 were included in the definition of 'drug'.
  9. The Centre trained almost 950 professionals, held seven webinars attended by around 1 200 professionals, and its Lisbon Addictions 2022 conference drew 1 757 participants from 84 countries.
  10. Parliament welcomes cooperation with European Neighbourhood Policy partners, the EU4MD project, the Georgia project and the partnership with Latin America and the Caribbean.
  11. The Centre's Environmental Strategy 2021-2025 aims at carbon neutrality, and in 2022 it installed solar cells and electric car-sharing stations and sought EMAS certification.
  12. Parliament calls for gender balance in recruitment and senior management, and asks the Commission and member states to consider it when nominating management board members.

Who is affected

  • The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction and its Director, who receives discharge and must act on the observations.
  • The Centre's staff and management, affected by observations on gender balance, staff allocation and internal control.
  • The Commission and member states, asked to consider gender balance when nominating management board members.
  • Professionals working in the drugs field, who benefit from the Centre's training, webinars and publications.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 18 893 136 — the Centre's final budget for the financial year 2022.
  • 0,71 % — decrease in the Centre's budget compared to 2021.
  • 94 % — share of the Centre's budget derived from the Union budget.
  • 98,78 % — budget implementation rate in 2022, a decrease of 1,22 % compared to 2021.
  • 96,65 % — payment appropriations execution rate, an increase of 0,30 % compared to 2021.
  • 88,98 % — implementation rate of payment appropriations carried over from 2021 to 2022.
  • 107 out of 1 595 — payments wrongly flagged as late by the Centre's accounting system.
  • EUR 75 000 — contract concluded in 2022 not fully covered by a budgetary commitment, leading to a deficit of EUR 8 000.

Legal basis: Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.