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DRAFT REPORT (2024/2028(DEC))

On discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2023, Section IX – European Data Protection Supervisor

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Committee on Budgetary Control · Rapporteur: Joachim Stanisław Brudziński

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This draft report proposes granting the European Data Protection Supervisor discharge for the 2023 budget, with observations in a resolution. It notes budget implementation, performance, and challenges. The resolution covers budget execution, internal management, human resources, ethics, digitalisation, buildings, environment, interinstitutional cooperation, and communication, making various requests of the EDPS.

Committee position. The rapporteur proposes granting discharge to the European Data Protection Supervisor for the 2023 financial year, with observations in a resolution.

Key points

  1. Grants discharge to the European Data Protection Supervisor for the 2023 financial year, with observations in the resolution.
  2. Notes the EDPS budget was EUR 22,711,559 in 2023, up 12.06% from 2022, with a commitment implementation rate of 96% and payment execution rate of 84%.
  3. Welcomes improved average payment time from 25 days in 2022 to 19 days in 2023, with 97.50% of payments on time.
  4. Notes budgetary pressure from Russia's war in Ukraine, leading to postponed activities like a feasibility study on artificial intelligence.
  5. Calls on the Commission and budgetary authority to consider the EDPS's growing workload and extended mandate during the annual budgetary procedure.
  6. Notes the EDPS received 420 complaints in 2023, issued decisions in 31 cases within 44 days on average, and responded to all inadmissible complaints.
  7. Notes the EDPS carried out eight investigations and five pre-investigations in 2023, including into the Commission's use of Microsoft 365.
  8. Asks the EDPS to provide the discharge authority with the number of burnout cases yearly, noting no harassment cases were reported in 2023.
  9. Calls on the EDPS to join the Transparency Register and inform the discharge authority of the outcome of its internal assessment.
  10. Notes the IT feasibility study gaps and calls on the EDPS to consider a step-by-step approach to implementing recommendations.
  11. Asks the EDPS to report on the share of solar-panel electricity in its total energy consumption and on EMAS certification developments.

Who is affected

  • The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) is the primary subject, receiving discharge and requests for reporting and improvements.
  • The Commission and budgetary authority are called to consider EDPS workload in budget procedures.
  • Staff of the EDPS are affected by requests for transparency on burnout cases and continued on-boarding and ethics training.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 22,711,559: final adopted budget for EDPS in 2023, an increase of 12.06% compared to 2022.
  • 96%: budget implementation rate of current year commitment appropriations in 2023.
  • 84%: current year payment appropriations execution rate in 2023.
  • 19 days: average time to pay in 2023, improved from 25 days in 2022.
  • 97.50%: share of payments processed on time in 2023.
  • 420: complaints received by EDPS in 2023, 53 more than in 2022.
  • 44 days: average time to issue a final decision, opinion or reply in complaint cases.
  • EUR 468,000: budget for public communication and promotional activities in 2023, up 54% from 2022.

Legal basis: Article 314(10) and Articles 317, 318 and 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union