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DRAFT SECOND REPORT (2024/2030(DEC))

On discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union agencies for the financial year 2023

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Committee on Budgetary Control · Rapporteur: Erik Marquardt

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This draft report concerns the discharge for the European Union Agency for Asylum for the financial year 2023. It proposes to grant discharge and approve the closure of accounts, while noting concerns from an OLAF investigation. The accompanying resolution calls for transparency, corrective actions, and improved governance, including independent ethics functions and whistle-blower protections.

Committee position. The rapporteur proposes to grant discharge and approve closure of accounts, while adopting a resolution with observations and demands for reform.

Key points

  1. Parliament grants discharge to the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Asylum for the 2023 budget.
  2. Parliament approves the closure of the accounts of the Agency for the financial year 2023.
  3. Deplores delayed access to OLAF's final report and insists on earlier sharing to ensure adequate oversight.
  4. Calls on OLAF to speed up investigations and on the Agency to publish an anonymised summary of the OLAF report.
  5. Notes the Management Board's decision not to open disciplinary proceedings despite OLAF recommendations, and calls for follow-up and reporting.
  6. Requests the Agency to inform the discharge authority of corrective actions and deadlines, and to share Management Board minutes.
  7. Deplores weaknesses in conflict of interest management and calls for corrective actions and organisational changes.
  8. Regrets repeated governance failures and insists on structural, not just procedural, reform.
  9. Calls for compliance with Staff Regulations in recruitment, noting past irregularities, and welcomes the end of ad interim appointments.
  10. Calls for better communication with the Management Board and for the Commission to support board members.
  11. Encourages the Commission to explore sharing Joint Services across agencies.
  12. Calls for an independent ethics function, robust whistle-blower protection, and reserves the right to withhold future discharge if reforms are not delivered.

Who is affected

  • European Union Agency for Asylum: must implement corrective actions, improve transparency, and report to Parliament.
  • Management Board of the Agency: must follow up on recommendations and improve oversight.
  • European Commission: encouraged to support board members and explore shared services.
  • OLAF: called on to speed up investigations and share findings earlier.

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