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Discharge 2022: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction

TA-9-2024-0241 · P9_TA(2024)0241 · PE753.525

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Parliament grants the Director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction discharge for the 2022 budget and approves the closure of the Centre's 2022 accounts. In its accompanying resolution, Parliament notes the Centre's 2022 budget of EUR 18 893 136, a budget implementation rate of 98,78 % and a payment execution rate of 96,65 %. It welcomes the Centre's work on the European Drug Report, the PLATO e-learning platform, miniguides, the Early Warning System and cooperation with Europol, and calls for gender balance and publication of meetings with interest representatives.

Key points

  1. Parliament grants the Director of the Centre discharge for the implementation of the 2022 budget and approves the closure of the 2022 accounts.
  2. The Centre's final 2022 budget was EUR 18 893 136, a decrease of 0,71 % from 2021, with 94 % coming from the Union budget.
  3. The Court of Auditors obtained reasonable assurance that the Centre's 2022 accounts are reliable and the underlying transactions legal and regular.
  4. Parliament notes a budget implementation rate of 98,78 %, a payment execution rate of 96,65 % and an implementation rate of 88,98 % for payment appropriations carried over from 2021.
  5. It notes that 107 of 1 595 payments were wrongly flagged as late and calls on the Centre to monitor this and mitigate reputational risks.
  6. Parliament notes the Centre achieved 57 of 65 annual targets (87 %) and 152 of 188 outputs/results (81 %) in 2022, with delays mostly caused by a lack of resources.
  7. It recognises the Centre's work on the European Drug Report, the PLATO e-learning platform, seven miniguides and three spotlights, and its trend spotter study on displaced Ukrainians.
  8. Parliament notes the Early Warning System was notified of 41 new psychoactive substances in 2022 and that two substances were included in the definition of 'drug'.
  9. It welcomes the Centre's training of almost 950 professionals, seven webinars attended by around 1 200 professionals, and the Lisbon Addictions 2022 conference with 1 757 participants from 84 countries.
  10. Parliament commends the Centre's environmental measures, including solar shading, solar power cells, electric car-sharing stations and the decision to obtain EMAS certification.
  11. It notes the establishment plan was 97 % implemented with six officials and 68 temporary agents, and calls for gender balance in recruitment and management board nominations.
  12. Parliament notes a contract of EUR 75 000 was not fully covered by a budgetary commitment, leading to a deficit of EUR 8 000, and calls on the Centre to address shortcomings identified in internal control assessments.

Who is affected

  • The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction: receives discharge for its 2022 budget and closure of its 2022 accounts.
  • The Centre's Director: is granted discharge and receives the decision and resolution.
  • The Centre's management board: is asked to ensure gender balance in nominations.
  • The Commission and member states: are asked to consider gender balance when nominating management board members.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 18 893 136: the Centre's final budget for 2022.
  • 0,71 %: decrease in the Centre's budget compared to 2021.
  • 94 %: share of the Centre's budget derived from the Union budget.
  • 98,78 %: budget implementation rate in 2022.
  • 96,65 %: payment appropriations execution rate in 2022.
  • 88,98 %: implementation rate of payment appropriations carried over from 2021 to 2022.
  • 107 out of 1 595: payments wrongly flagged as late.
  • EUR 75 000: contract not fully covered by a budgetary commitment, leading to a deficit of EUR 8 000.

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