On discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA) for the financial year 2022
LIBE-PA-756198
Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs · Rapporteur: Tomáš Zdechovský
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The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs gives its suggestions to the Committee on Budgetary Control on the discharge for eu-LISA's 2022 budget.¶ It welcomes the Court of Auditors' finding that eu-LISA's 2022 transactions were legal and regular, but regrets € 17.8 million of non-compliant expenditure and the Court's qualified opinion on payments.¶¶ It raises concerns about high carry-over rates, unclosed Court observations and eu-LISA's action plan, while welcoming cooperation with EU agencies and progress on hosting and data centre services.¶¶¶
Committee position. The committee proposes that the Committee on Budgetary Control incorporate its suggestions into the discharge resolution: welcoming the Court's legal and regular finding, regretting non-compliant expenditure and the qualified opinion, raising concerns on carry-overs and unclosed observations, and welcoming cooperation and data centre progress.¶¶¶
Key points
- The committee asks the Committee on Budgetary Control to include its suggestions in the discharge resolution on eu-LISA's 2022 budget.¶
- It welcomes the Court of Auditors' declaration that eu-LISA's 2022 transactions were legal and regular in all material respects.¶
- It regrets that € 17.8 million, or 4,8 % of total payment appropriations, was non-compliant expenditure, leading to a qualified opinion on payments.¶
- It notes with concern the Court's observations on legality, management and control systems and budgetary management, and that high carry-over rates contradict the budgetary principle of annularity.¶
- It notes that eu-LISA said irregular contracts were revised, amended or not extended into 2023.
- It notes with regret that only one of nine Court observations from 2017, 2018 and 2021 was closed, and acknowledges eu-LISA's action plan for six ongoing 2021 observations.¶
- It welcomes eu-LISA's cooperation with EU agencies on ETIAS, SIS Recast, EES, Interoperability, ECRIS-TCN, e-CODEX, DubliNet and joint training, and encourages further cooperation.¶
- It welcomes continued hosting of Frontex and EUAA backup systems and the development of 'data-centre-as-a-service' for JHA IT infrastructure.¶
- It welcomes progress on a future modular data centre providing additional buffer capacity and a 50% capacity increase for hosting new JHA systems.
Who is affected
- eu-LISA: faces scrutiny of its 2022 budget implementation and calls to address Court observations.¶¶¶
- Committee on Budgetary Control: asked to incorporate the suggestions into its discharge resolution.¶
- EU agencies (Frontex, Europol, Eurojust, EUAA, CEPOL, FRA): cooperation with eu-LISA is welcomed.¶¶