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DRAFT REPORT (2023/2146(DEC))

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

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Committee on Budgetary Control · Rapporteur: Petri Sarvamaa

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This is the rapporteur's draft report on granting discharge to the European Banking Authority for its 2022 budget. It proposes to grant discharge and approve closure of the accounts, and sets out observations on budget management, performance, staff, ethics, procurement and internal control. The Authority's final 2022 budget was EUR 50 315 014, financed mainly by a Union contribution of EUR 18 685 999 and contributions from national supervisory authorities of EUR 31 629 015. The Court of Auditors found the accounts reliable and the transactions legal and regular. The draft notes a budget implementation rate of 99,56 % for commitments and 87,00 % for payments, and welcomes the Authority's work on prudential supervision, stress testing, digital finance, anti-money-laundering, ESG and COVID-19 impacts. It raises concerns about procurement weaknesses, including an overlap between award and selection criteria in one tender and overestimated contract values, and calls on the Authority to ensure full compliance with procurement rules.

Committee position. The rapporteur proposes that Parliament grant the Executive Director of the European Banking Authority discharge for the 2022 budget and approve the closure of the Authority's 2022 accounts, with observations set out in the accompanying resolution.

Key points

  1. Proposes to grant the Executive Director of the European Banking Authority discharge for the 2022 budget and to approve the closure of the Authority's 2022 accounts.
  2. Notes the final 2022 budget of EUR 50 315 014, with EUR 18 685 999 from the Union and EUR 31 629 015 from national supervisory authorities and observers.
  3. Notes the Court of Auditors' reasonable assurance that the Authority's annual accounts are reliable and the underlying transactions legal and regular.
  4. Notes a budget implementation rate of 99,56 % for current year commitment appropriations and 87,00 % for payment appropriations, both higher than in 2021.
  5. Welcomes the Authority's use of key performance indicators, its five vertical and two horizontal priorities, and its execution of 95 % of approximately 250 work programme tasks in 2022.
  6. Notes the Authority's focus on risks from the Russian war against Ukraine, on sanctions enforcement, on digital finance legislation, on anti-money-laundering and on ESG frameworks.
  7. Welcomes cooperation and resource-sharing with other agencies, including shared accounting services with ESMA, a shared security officer with EIOPA and joint IT projects.
  8. Notes that on 31 December 2022 the establishment plan was 98,14 % implemented, with 159 temporary agents out of 162 authorised posts, 44 contract agents and 13 seconded national experts.
  9. Notes an overall turnover rate of 11.5 % in 2022, a staff turnover rate of 9 % for statutory staff, and gender distribution of 55 % men in senior and middle management and 51 % men overall.
  10. Welcomes the streamlined ethics process, the rule obliging members with a declared conflict of interest to be absent from vote and discussion, and the new contract article on cooling-off periods.
  11. Notes procurement weaknesses: an overlap between award and selection criteria in one tender, overestimated contract values in two tenders, and calls on the Authority to ensure full compliance with procurement rules.
  12. Notes that internal control weaknesses on recruitment reported in 2021 were corrected, and that the Authority plans to integrate its risk management with the COSO ERM framework in 2023.

Who is affected

  • The European Banking Authority and its Executive Director, who would receive discharge for the 2022 budget.
  • The Authority's staff, affected by observations on establishment plan, turnover, gender distribution and ethics rules.
  • National supervisory authorities of member states and observers, which contributed EUR 31 629 015 to the Authority's 2022 budget.
  • The Authority's procurement processes, which the draft says must fully comply with applicable rules.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 50 315 014 — final budget of the European Banking Authority for 2022.
  • EUR 18 685 999 — Union contribution to the Authority's 2022 budget.
  • EUR 31 629 015 — contributions from national supervisory authorities and observers.
  • 99,56 % — budget implementation rate of current year commitment appropriations.
  • 87,00 % — rate of execution of current year payment appropriations.
  • 98,14 % — implementation of the establishment plan on 31 December 2022.
  • 11.5 % — overall turnover rate in 2022.
  • 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.