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REPORT (2023/2161(DEC))

On discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2022

A-9-2024-0108

Committee on Budgetary Control · Rapporteur: Petri Sarvamaa

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Parliament grants the Acting Director General of the Euratom Supply Agency discharge for the 2022 budget and approves the closure of the Agency's 2022 accounts. It notes the Court of Auditors found the accounts reliable and the transactions legal and regular, and that no internal control issues required corrective action. It asks the Agency to report on how it has reduced the Union's dependence on Russian nuclear fuel since 2022 and how this affected costs. It calls on the Agency to improve its public procurement procedures and to report on climate, energy and environmental performance and implement EMAS.

Committee position. The Committee on Budgetary Control proposes that Parliament grant the Acting Director General of the Euratom Supply Agency discharge for the 2022 budget, approve the closure of the Agency's 2022 accounts, and adopt observations in a resolution.

Key points

  1. Parliament grants the Acting Director General of the Euratom Supply Agency discharge for the implementation of the Agency's 2022 budget.
  2. Parliament approves the closure of the Agency's accounts for the financial year 2022.
  3. The Agency's final 2022 budget was EUR 167 000, down 20,48 % from EUR 210 000 in 2021, and derives entirely from the Union budget.
  4. The Court of Auditors obtained reasonable assurance that the Agency's annual accounts are reliable and the underlying transactions legal and regular.
  5. No internal control issues requiring corrective action were reported for 2022, and no corrective actions from previous years are outstanding.
  6. The 2022 commitment appropriation rate was 96,88 %, down 2,88 % from 2021, and the payment appropriation rate was 34,81 %, down 16,4 %.
  7. The Commission covers a large part of the Agency's expenses, including EUR 1 937 817 in salaries, EUR 467 708 for premises and IT, and EUR 84 644 for the NOEMI IT system.
  8. Parliament asks the Agency to report on how it reduced the Union's dependence on Russian nuclear fuel since 2022 and how diversification affected costs.
  9. The Agency reviewed contracts with risks of dependence on Russia, simplified contract submission while keeping security, and increased electronically signed acts.
  10. The Agency led actions to secure supply of source materials for medical radioisotopes and the European Observatory on the supply of Medical Radioisotopes.
  11. Parliament calls on the Agency to improve its public procurement procedures, after the Court found low-value contracts below EUR 15 000 awarded without evaluation reports and award decisions.
  12. Parliament encourages the Agency to report on its climate, energy and environmental performance and to implement the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS).

Who is affected

  • The Euratom Supply Agency and its Acting Director General, who receive discharge and must report back on reducing dependence on Russian nuclear fuel.
  • The Agency's staff, whose establishment plan was 100 % filled with 17 permanent posts on 31 December 2022.
  • The Agency's procurement and financial management staff, who must follow guidance on low-value contracts below EUR 15 000.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 167 000 — the Agency's final budget for the financial year 2022.
  • 20,48 % — the decrease in the Agency's budget compared to 2021 (EUR 210 000).
  • 96,88 % — the current year commitment appropriation rate for 2022, a decrease of 2,88 % compared to 2021.
  • 34,81 % — the current year payment appropriation rate for 2022, a decrease of 16,4 % compared to 2021.
  • EUR 1 937 817 — salaries covered by the Commission.
  • EUR 467 708 — premises and IT expenses covered by the Commission.
  • EUR 84 644 — the NOEMI IT system covered by the Commission.
  • EUR 15 000 — the threshold below which the Agency systematically awarded low-value contracts without evaluation reports and award decisions.

Legal basis: Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Article 106a of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community.