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DRAFT 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

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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 Union Agency for Fundamental Rights for the financial year 2022. It proposes a Parliament decision on discharge, a decision on closing the accounts, and a resolution with observations. The draft notes the Agency's budget of EUR 25 857 952, a 100,00 % commitment implementation rate and a 73,59 % payment execution rate. It raises concern about carry-overs of EUR 6,4 million (26 %) from 2022 to 2023. It commends the Agency's performance, including 25 key performance indicators, outputs referenced in 213 publications and 4 319 media mentions, and its response to the human rights situation in Ukraine. The draft covers efficiency gains, staff policy, gender balance, disability measures, conflict-of-interest rules, internal control and anti-fraud measures, and public visibility.

Committee position. The rapporteur proposes that Parliament grant discharge to the Director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights for the 2022 budget and approve the closure of the Agency's 2022 accounts, while setting out observations in a resolution.

Key points

  1. Parliament would grant the Director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights discharge for the 2022 budget, or postpone that decision.
  2. Parliament would approve the closure of the Agency's 2022 accounts, or postpone that closure.
  3. The Agency's final 2022 budget was EUR 25 857 952, up 4,01 % from 2021, and derives almost exclusively from the Union budget.
  4. The Court of Auditors found the Agency's annual accounts reliable and the underlying transactions legal and regular in all material aspects.
  5. Budget implementation reached 100,00 % for current-year commitment appropriations and 73,59 % for payment appropriations; three budgetary amendments added EUR 1 562 781.
  6. The draft notes with concern carry-overs of EUR 6,4 million (26 %) from 2022 to 2023, of which EUR 5,9 million under Title III, a recurring issue since 2018.
  7. 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.
  8. The Agency responded to the human rights situation in Ukraine with an online survey, two bulletins, a table on the Temporary Protection Directive and data collection on women fleeing the war.
  9. The Agency cooperated with the Justice and Home Affairs Agencies' Network and others, and took efficiency measures including savings of EUR 350 000 and EUR 200 000 expected.
  10. On 31 December 2022 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.
  11. The draft welcomes gender balance in management and staff, measures for persons with disabilities, and staff wellbeing support.
  12. The Agency published CVs and declarations of interest, updated staff interest declarations, and addressed a potential perceived conflict of interest of a management board member.

Who is affected

  • The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights: its 2022 budget implementation and accounts are the subject of the discharge decision.
  • The Agency's Director: would receive discharge or face postponement of the discharge decision.
  • The Agency's staff and management board: subject to observations on staff policy, gender balance, disability measures and conflict-of-interest rules.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 25 857 952 — the Agency's final budget for 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.
  • EUR 5,9 million — carried-over appropriations under Title III related to operational expenditure.
  • EUR 350 000 already made and EUR 200 000 expected — savings from in-house IT development and cloud-based technologies.

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