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REPORT (2023/2166(DEC))

On discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) for the financial year 2022

A-9-2024-0115

Committee on Budgetary Control · Rapporteur: Petri Sarvamaa

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Parliament grants the Executive Director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) discharge for the 2022 budget and approves the closure of the Agency's 2022 accounts. The accompanying resolution notes the Agency's 2022 budget of EUR 16 405 100, a 98,65 % commitment execution rate and a 98 % work programme implementation rate against a 90 % target. It flags that EUR 109 256 of provisional commitments carried over to 2023 had no signed contract by 31 December 2022 and should have been de-committed. It calls on the Agency to prioritise geographical balance in recruitment and to report on it, and asks the Commission and member states to consider gender balance when nominating management board members. It welcomes the Agency's anti-fraud strategy 2022-2026, its transparency measures, its internal control assessment and its collaboration with other Union agencies.

Committee position. The Committee on Budgetary Control proposes that Parliament grant discharge to the Executive Director of EU-OSHA for the 2022 budget, approve the closure of the Agency's accounts, and adopt the accompanying resolution with its observations.

Key points

  1. Parliament grants the Executive Director of EU-OSHA 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 16 405 100, up 1,81 % on 2021, and derives mainly from the Union budget with a small amount from Spanish local authorities.
  4. Budget implementation reached 98,65 % for current year commitment appropriations and 72,07 % for payment appropriations.
  5. The Agency carried over eight provisional commitments worth EUR 533 676 to 2023, but EUR 109 256 of these had no signed contract by 31 December 2022 and should have been de-committed.
  6. The Agency implemented 98 % of its 2022 work programme against a 90 % target, and its research on digitalisation, the circular economy and musculoskeletal disorders fed into its campaigns and tools.
  7. The Agency collaborated with other Union agencies and bodies, shares accounting services with the European Training Foundation, and digitised its financial and recruitment processes.
  8. The establishment plan was 97,5 % implemented with 39 of 40 temporary agent posts filled; the Agency employed 65 staff from 15 member states, with the remaining 12 member states under-represented.
  9. Parliament calls on the Agency to consider gender balance in future recruitments and appointments, and asks the Commission and member states to do so when nominating management board members.
  10. The Agency's management board members provide declarations of absence of conflict of interest and of interests, both published on its website, and no conflicts of interest, whistleblowing or 'revolving doors' cases were reported in 2022.
  11. The Agency finalised an anti-fraud strategy 2022-2026 and the management board agreed good practices on professional secrecy and confidentiality.
  12. The internal audit service concluded its audit on human resources and ethics with no critical findings, and the assessment of the internal control framework found all components functioning adequately.

Who is affected

  • EU-OSHA and its Executive Director: receive discharge and account closure for the 2022 budget.
  • EU-OSHA management board: asked to consider gender balance in nominations and to monitor the anti-fraud strategy.
  • The Commission and member states: asked to consider gender balance when nominating management board members.
  • EU-OSHA recruitment: urged to prioritise geographical balance and report on it.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 16 405 100 — the Agency's final budget for 2022.
  • 1,81 % — the increase in the Agency's 2022 budget compared to 2021.
  • 98,65 % — budget implementation rate of current year commitment appropriations in 2022.
  • 72,07 % — current year payment appropriations execution rate in 2022.
  • EUR 533 676 — eight provisional commitments carried over from 2022 to 2023.
  • EUR 109 256 — amount of carried-over commitments with no signed contract by 31 December 2022.
  • 98 % — the Agency's work programme implementation rate in 2022, against a 90 % target.
  • 97,5 % — implementation of the establishment plan on 31 December 2022, with 39 of 40 temporary agent posts filled.

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