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DRAFT REPORT (2023/2158(DEC))

On discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Maritime Safety Agency 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 Maritime Safety Agency for its 2022 budget. It proposes a decision granting the Executive Director discharge, a decision closing the accounts, and a resolution setting out observations. The draft notes the Agency's 2022 budget was EUR 115 807 269,88, that the Court of Auditors found the accounts reliable and transactions legal, and that budget implementation reached 99,80 % for commitments and 98,42 % for payments. It welcomes the Agency's work on the European Green Deal, monitoring Russian-flagged vessels after the invasion of Ukraine, Earth Observation services, and support to the Commission and EFTA Surveillance Authority on maritime security inspections. It covers staff policy, gender balance, harassment prevention, conflict-of-interest rules, transparency, risk management, greening, cybersecurity and public visibility, and refers cross-cutting observations to a separate resolution.

Committee position. The rapporteur proposes that Parliament grant the Executive Director of the European Maritime Safety Agency discharge 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. Proposes that Parliament grant the Executive Director of the European Maritime Safety Agency discharge for the 2022 budget, or postpone that decision.
  2. Proposes that Parliament approve the closure of the Agency's 2022 accounts, or postpone that closure.
  3. Notes the Agency's final 2022 budget was EUR 115 807 269,88, an increase of 9,48 % compared to 2021, funded from the Union budget and operational income.
  4. Notes the Court of Auditors found the Agency's annual accounts reliable and the underlying transactions legal and regular, and that no procurement or internal control issues required corrective action.
  5. Notes budget implementation of 99,80 % for current year commitment appropriations and 98,42 % for payment appropriations, both up on 2021.
  6. Welcomes the Agency's use of key performance indicators, its achievement of 2022 objectives, and its work on the European Green Deal and the 'Fit for 55 package'.
  7. Welcomes the Agency's monitoring and reporting on Russian-flagged vessels and sanctions-related ship calls after the invasion of Ukraine, and its ad hoc products assisting Member States and the Commission on sanctions.
  8. Notes the Agency's Earth Observation services, including CleanSeaNet and Copernicus Maritime Surveillance to Frontex, its technical support on maritime security inspections, and its provision of surveillance information to EUROPOL.
  9. Notes the Agency's cooperation with EFCA, Frontex and EMCCDA, its capacity-building role including the IPA II project and SAFEMED IV and BCSEA projects, and its automation of procedures.
  10. Notes the establishment plan was 99,06 % fulfilled with 210 officials and temporary agents out of 212 authorised, plus 28 contract agents and 16 seconded national experts.
  11. Notes gender distribution figures, welcomes the Gender Action Plan for 2022-2025, and welcomes the appointment of six new Confidential Counsellors for harassment prevention.
  12. Notes conflict-of-interest declarations by Administrative Board members and staff, the adoption of a Conflict of Interest Policy, publication of CVs, updated risk registers, greening activities and EMAS label, cybersecurity cooperation, and public visibility measures.

Who is affected

  • The European Maritime Safety Agency and its Executive Director, who would receive discharge for the 2022 budget.
  • The Agency's staff, including officials, temporary agents, contract agents and seconded national experts.
  • The Agency's Administrative Board members and management, subject to conflict-of-interest and transparency rules.
  • Member States and the Commission, which received the Agency's support on sanctions, inspections and maritime surveillance.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 115 807 269,88 — the Agency's final budget for the financial year 2022.
  • 9,48 % — increase in the Agency's 2022 budget compared to 2021.
  • 99,80 % — budget implementation rate of current year commitment appropriations in 2022.
  • 0,14 % — increase in the commitment appropriations rate compared to 2021.
  • 98,42 % — current year payment appropriations execution rate in 2022.
  • 1,10 % — increase in the payment appropriations execution rate compared to 2021.
  • 99,06 % — fulfilment of the establishment plan on 31 December 2022, with 210 officials and temporary agents out of 212 authorised.
  • 5 out of 16 (31 %) women in senior and middle management; 10 out of 57 (18 %) women on the management board; 99 out of 264 (38 %) women in overall staff.

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