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DRAFT OPINION (2023/2148(DEC))

On discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Chemicals Agency for the financial year 2022

ENVI-PA-754667

Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety · Rapporteur: Pascal Canfin

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This is a draft opinion by Parliament's environment committee on granting discharge to the European Chemicals Agency for its 2022 budget. It recommends discharge, notes the Agency's budget and fee income figures, and calls for a more predictable and sustainable financing model and adequate staffing.

Committee position. The committee recommends granting discharge to the Executive Director of the European Chemicals Agency for the 2022 budget, while calling for a more predictable and sustainable financing model and adequate staffing.

Key points

  1. The committee calls on the Committee on Budgets to incorporate its suggestions into the discharge decision for the European Chemicals Agency for 2022.
  2. It observes that the Agency implements Union chemicals legislation, collects and disseminates information on chemicals, helps companies comply and promotes safe use.
  3. It notes the Agency's final 2022 budget of EUR 116 981 740, up 5,3% from 2021, with commitment execution of 98,6% and payment execution of 85,1%.
  4. It notes 2022 fee income of EUR 40,154 million and a Union subsidy of EUR 78,294 million, including EUR 2,244 million from third countries.
  5. It notes that fee income rose for the first time since the 2018 REACH registration deadline while reliance on Union financing slightly decreased.
  6. It stresses the need to address unpredictable fee income and calls on the Commission to present its proposal to strengthen ECHA's governance and financing sustainability without delay.
  7. It underlines the need for adequate staffing to meet the European Green Deal, the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability, the Circular Economy Action Plan and the zero pollution ambition.
  8. It acknowledges the Agency's focus in 2022 on core legal tasks, scientific-technical support to the Commission on revising CLP and REACH, and new tasks under the Drinking Water Directive.
  9. It welcomes the completion of 151 of 162 planned outputs and the Agency's work promoting alternatives to animal testing.
  10. It notes cooperation with other Union agencies through memoranda of understanding and encourages shared services and joint work on topics such as pollinators and soil.
  11. It recommends, based on the facts available, that discharge be granted to the Agency's Executive Director for the 2022 financial year.

Who is affected

  • The European Chemicals Agency and its Executive Director, for whom discharge for the 2022 budget is recommended.
  • The Commission, which is called on to present a proposal to strengthen ECHA's governance and financing model.
  • The Committee on Budgets, which is asked to incorporate the suggestions into its discharge decision.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 116 981 740 — the Agency's final budget for 2022.
  • 5,3% — increase in the 2022 budget compared to 2021.
  • 98,6% — commitment appropriation execution rate in 2022.
  • 85,1% — payment appropriations execution rate in 2022.
  • EUR 40,154 million — fee income collected in 2022 (EUR 30,198 million in 2021).
  • EUR 78,294 million — Union subsidy in 2022 (EUR 79,665 million in 2021), including EUR 2,244 million from third countries (EUR 2,418 million in 2021).
  • 151 of 162 — planned outputs completed as planned.