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REPORT (2023/2146(DEC))

On discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Banking Authority for the financial year 2022

A-9-2024-0111

Committee on Budgetary Control · Rapporteur: Petri Sarvamaa

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Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control proposes granting discharge to the Executive Director of the European Banking Authority for the 2022 budget and approving the closure of its 2022 accounts. The accompanying resolution reviews the Authority's budget execution, performance, staff, ethics, procurement and internal control, and welcomes its environmental and communication work. It notes the Court of Auditors found the accounts reliable and the transactions legal and regular. It calls on the Authority to ensure full compliance with procurement rules.

Committee position. The Committee on Budgetary Control proposes that Parliament grant discharge to the Executive Director of the European Banking Authority for the 2022 budget and approve the closure of its 2022 accounts, and sets out its observations in the accompanying resolution.

Key points

  1. Parliament grants the Executive Director of the European Banking Authority discharge for the implementation of the Authority's 2022 budget.
  2. Parliament approves the closure of the Authority's accounts for the financial year 2022.
  3. The Authority's final 2022 budget was EUR 50 315 014, financed by a Union contribution of EUR 18 685 999 and contributions from national supervisory authorities and observers of EUR 31 629 015.
  4. The Court of Auditors obtained reasonable assurance that the Authority's annual accounts are reliable and the underlying transactions legal and regular.
  5. The budget implementation rate for current year commitment appropriations was 99,56 %, and the execution rate for current year payment appropriations was 87,00 %.
  6. The Authority executed 95 % of the approximately 250 tasks in its 2022 work programme and defined five vertical and two horizontal priorities.
  7. The Authority addressed challenges from Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine, focused on risks for banks and the financial sector, and supported sanctions enforcement and access to the financial system.
  8. The Authority contributed to shaping the Digital Operational Resilience Regulation and Directive and the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation, and focused on preventing money laundering and terrorist financing.
  9. On 31 December 2022, the establishment plan was 98,14 % implemented, with 159 temporary agents out of 162 authorised posts, 44 contract agents out of 50, and 13 seconded national experts out of 19 authorised plus six cost-free.
  10. The Authority streamlined its ethics process, incorporated whistleblowing guidelines into training, and required members with a declared conflict of interest to be absent from both vote and discussion.
  11. The Court found an overlap between selection and award criteria in one tender and that the Authority overestimated the maximum value of contracts in two open tenders; Parliament calls on the Authority to ensure full compliance with procurement rules.
  12. The Authority continued work on integrating its risk management programme into the COSO Enterprise Risk Management framework and corrected internal control weaknesses in recruitment procedures.

Who is affected

  • The European Banking Authority and its Executive Director, who receive discharge and account closure for the 2022 budget.
  • National supervisory authorities and observers of member states, which contributed EUR 31 629 015 to the Authority's 2022 budget.
  • The Authority's staff, including temporary agents, contract agents and seconded national experts, whose posts and turnover are reviewed.
  • The Authority's governing bodies and senior managers, whose CVs are published and who must be absent from discussions and votes when a conflict of interest is declared.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 50 315 014 — the Authority's final budget for the financial year 2022.
  • EUR 18 685 999 — contribution from the Union to the Authority's 2022 budget.
  • EUR 31 629 015 — contributions from national supervisory authorities of the member states and observers.
  • 99,56 % — budget implementation rate of current year commitment appropriations, an increase of 1,05 % compared to 2021.
  • 87,00 % — rate of execution of current year payment appropriations, an increase of 3,00 % compared to 2021.
  • 98,14 % — implementation of the establishment plan on 31 December 2022, with 159 temporary agents out of 162 authorised posts.
  • 11,5 % — overall turnover rate in 2022, compared to 12 % in 2021.
  • 16,4 % — energy reduction achieved by the end of 2022 compared to 2019.

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