On discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)
EMPL-AD-752902
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs · Rapporteur: Romana Tomc
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The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs gives its opinion on granting discharge to the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) for the 2022 financial year. It recommends that the Committee on Budgetary Control grant discharge to the Interim Executive Director.¶¶ It notes the Court of Auditors found the Agency's 2022 accounts legal and regular, with a budget of EUR 22 million executed by 98.7%. It asks the Agency to address the Court's observations on budgetary management.¶¶¶ It praises the Agency's work on occupational safety and health information, its response to the pandemic, its role in the EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2021-2027, and its cooperation with other EU agencies.¶¶¶
Committee position. The committee recommends that discharge be granted to the Interim Executive Director of EU-OSHA for the implementation of the Agency's 2022 budget, and calls on the Agency to address the Court's observations on budgetary management.¶¶
Key points
- The committee calls on the Committee on Budgetary Control to include its suggestions in the discharge resolution.¶
- It welcomes the Court of Auditors' finding that the Agency's 2022 transactions were legal and regular and its financial position fairly represented.¶
- It notes the Agency's 2022 budget was EUR 22 million, executed by 98.7%, and stresses the need for adequate human and financial resources.¶
- It acknowledges that high inflation in 2022 raised staff salary costs and spending on rent, facility management, gas, electricity and administrative support.¶
- It appreciates the Agency's work providing information, analysis and tools on occupational safety and health, including on telework and digitalisation.¶
- It praises the Agency's contribution to safer workplaces, its research on the pandemic's impact on psychosocial risks and mental health, and its role in the European Pillar of Social Rights and Porto targets.¶
- It welcomes the Agency's role in the EU Strategic Framework on Health and Safety at Work 2021-2027 and its work on Vision Zero, mental health and climate change impacts.¶
- It commends the Agency for maintaining business continuity after the delay in appointing a new Executive Director.¶
- It welcomes cooperation with other EU agencies and the full implementation of the action plan following the evaluation of EU-OSHA, Eurofound, ETF and Cedefop.¶
- It notes the Court's observations on budgetary management and calls on the Agency to take the necessary measures to address them.¶
- It welcomes the Agency's completion of actions responding to the Court's prior observations on public procurement from the 2021 financial year.¶
- It commends the Agency for establishing a corporate plan to improve energy efficiency and climate neutrality of its operations.¶
Who is affected
- The European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), which is asked to address the Court's observations on budgetary management.¶
- The Interim Executive Director of EU-OSHA, to whom discharge would be granted for the 2022 budget.¶
- The Committee on Budgetary Control, which is asked to incorporate the suggestions into its discharge resolution.¶