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REPORT (2023/2171(DEC))

On discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights for the financial year 2022

A-9-2024-0112

Committee on Budgetary Control · Rapporteur: Petri Sarvamaa

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Parliament's committee report grants the Director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights discharge for the 2022 budget and approves the closure of the Agency's 2022 accounts. It sets out observations on the Agency's budget and financial management, performance, efficiency, staff policy, conflicts of interest, internal control and other matters. It notes the Agency's 2022 budget of EUR 25 857 952 and a budget implementation rate of 100,00 %, but flags carry-overs of EUR 6,4 million as a recurring issue. It commends the Agency's performance and its response to the human rights situation in Ukraine, but calls on it to suspend collaboration with two Hungarian institutions over monitoring of fundamental rights and the rule of law in Hungary.

Committee position. The Committee on Budgetary Control proposes that Parliament grant the Director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights discharge for the 2022 budget, approve the closure of the accounts, and adopt observations on budget management, performance, staff policy, conflicts of interest and internal control.

Key points

  1. Parliament grants the Director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights 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 25 857 952, an increase of 4,01 % compared to 2021, and derives almost exclusively from the Union budget.
  4. Budget implementation of current year commitment appropriations reached 100,00 % in 2022, while the payment appropriations execution rate was 73,59 %.
  5. Three budgetary amendments increased the Agency's budget by EUR 1 562 781, linked to EEA and Norway grants, partnership agreements and a rent subsidy.
  6. The Agency carried over EUR 6,4 million (26 %) of commitment appropriations from 2022 to 2023, of which EUR 5,9 million under Title III for operational expenditure.
  7. The Court of Auditors found the Agency's annual accounts reliable and the underlying transactions legal and regular in all material aspects.
  8. The Agency uses 25 key performance indicators and exceeded almost all targets in 2022; its work was referenced in 213 publications and mentioned 4 319 times in the media.
  9. The Agency responded to the human rights situation in Ukraine after Russia's invasion through an online survey on displaced persons, two bulletins and data collection projects.
  10. Parliament calls on the Agency to suspend collaboration with the National University of Public Service and the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights for monitoring fundamental rights and the rule of law in Hungary, and to keep the discharge authority updated.
  11. The Agency made savings of EUR 350 000 and expects EUR 200 000 more through in-house IT development and cloud-based technologies.
  12. The establishment plan was 94 % executed with 68 temporary agents out of 72 authorised; 28,4 contract agents and 9 seconded national experts worked for the Agency.

Who is affected

  • The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and its Director, who receives discharge and must act on the observations.
  • The National University of Public Service and the Office of the Commissioner for Fundamental Rights, whose collaboration the Agency is asked to suspend.
  • The Agency's staff, affected by recruitment, gender balance, disability integration and wellbeing measures.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 25 857 952 — the Agency's final budget for the financial year 2022.
  • 4,01 % — increase in the Agency's budget compared to 2021.
  • 100,00 % — budget implementation rate of current year commitment appropriations in 2022.
  • 73,59 % — current year payment appropriations execution rate in 2022.
  • EUR 1 562 781 — increase in the Agency's budget from three budgetary amendments in 2022.
  • EUR 6,4 million (26 %) — commitment appropriations carried over from 2022 to 2023, of which EUR 5,9 million under Title III.
  • EUR 350 000 — savings already made under the Agency's "do more with less" approach; EUR 200 000 expected.
  • 68 temporary agents out of 72 authorised; 28,4 contract agents and 9 seconded national experts — Agency staffing in 2022.

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