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REPORT (2023/2141(DEC))

On discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Agency for Support for BEREC (BEREC Office) for the financial year 2022

A-9-2024-0123

Committee on Budgetary Control · Rapporteur: Petri Sarvamaa

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Parliament's committee report proposes granting discharge to the Director of the Agency for Support for BEREC (BEREC Office) for the 2022 budget and approving the closure of the Agency's 2022 accounts. The accompanying resolution sets out observations on budget and financial management, performance, efficiency gains, staff policy, conflicts of interest and transparency, and other matters. It notes the Agency's 2022 budget of EUR 7 428 456, a budget implementation rate of 99,99 % for commitments and a payment execution rate of 82,78 %. It asks the Agency to analyse the reasons for high staff turnover and report back, and encourages it to adopt the Charter on diversity and inclusion. It calls on the Commission to consider the potential disproportionate burden of the cybersecurity regulation on small agencies in future programming cycles.

Committee position. The Committee on Budgetary Control proposes that Parliament grant discharge to the Director of the Agency for Support for BEREC for the 2022 budget and approve the closure of the Agency's 2022 accounts, with observations set out in the accompanying resolution.

Key points

  1. Parliament grants the Director of the Agency for Support for BEREC (BEREC Office) discharge for the implementation of the Agency's budget for the financial year 2022.
  2. Parliament approves the closure of the Agency's accounts for the financial year 2022.
  3. The final adopted budget for 2022 was EUR 7 428 456, an increase of 1,19 % compared to 2021, and derives mainly from the Union budget.
  4. The Court of Auditors states it obtained reasonable assurances that the Agency's annual accounts are reliable and the underlying transactions legal and regular.
  5. No issues requiring corrective actions were reported for the Agency's procurement sector or internal control systems for 2022, nor are there outstanding corrective actions from previous years.
  6. Budget monitoring in 2022 resulted in a commitment appropriations implementation rate of 99,99 %, above the 95 % threshold set by the management board, and a payment appropriations execution rate of 82,78 %.
  7. The Agency uses key performance indicators (KPIs); most objectives were achieved, but Parliament recommends addressing unfulfilled or slower KPIs and fine-tuning them regularly.
  8. Parliament welcomes the Agency's support to BEREC bodies and working groups, and the fact that Ukraine's telecoms regulator NCEC joined as a member without voting rights.
  9. Efficiency gains in 2022 came from centralising some functions, procurement, greater use of Commission IT applications and external resources; the Agency joined seven interinstitutional procurement procedures, concluding six framework contracts.
  10. The establishment plan had 16 temporary agents on 31 December 2022, plus 19 contract agents, 8 seconded national experts and 10 interim staff and consultants; staff turnover rose to 16,3 % in 2022.
  11. Parliament asks the Agency to analyse the reasons for high staff turnover, take steps to avoid it and report back, and regrets that the Agency has not adopted the Charter on diversity and inclusion.
  12. Parliament notes the Agency's conflict-of-interest rules for staff and selection committees, its anti-fraud strategy 2023-2025, and calls on the Commission to consider the burden of the cybersecurity regulation on small agencies.

Who is affected

  • The Agency for Support for BEREC (BEREC Office): receives discharge and account closure, and is asked to act on staff turnover and diversity.
  • The Agency's Director: receives the discharge decision and the resolution.
  • The Commission: asked to consider the burden of the cybersecurity regulation on small agencies in future programming cycles.
  • The Council and the Court of Auditors: receive the decision and resolution.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 7 428 456 — the Agency's final adopted budget for 2022.
  • 1,19 % — increase in the 2022 budget compared to 2021.
  • 99,99 % — budget implementation rate for commitment appropriations in 2022.
  • 0,02 % — increase in the commitment implementation rate compared to 2021.
  • above 95 % — threshold for the budget implementation rate set by the management board.
  • 82,78 % — payment appropriations execution rate in 2022.
  • 16,3 % — staff turnover in 2022, compared to 4,6 % in 2021 and 5,4 % in 2020.
  • at least 40 % — goal for the underrepresented gender in middle management under the Charter on diversity and inclusion.

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