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Discharge 2022: European Environment Agency

TA-9-2024-0242 · P9_TA(2024)0242 · PE753.517

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Parliament grants the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency discharge for the 2022 budget and approves the closure of the Agency's 2022 accounts. In its accompanying resolution, Parliament notes the Agency's 2022 budget of EUR 88 173 021 and a 100 % commitment implementation rate, and welcomes the Court of Auditors' assurance that the accounts are reliable and the transactions legal and regular. Parliament welcomes the Agency's work on the European Green Deal, the 8th Environment Action Programme and the European Climate Law, and its efficiency gains through shared services and digitalisation. It regrets the lack of gender balance in senior management and the absence of managerial staff from central and eastern Europe, and asks the Agency to report back on geographical balance. Parliament calls on the Agency to review its staffing policy, update outdated internal control documentation and report back on its conflict-of-interest policy review.

Key points

  1. Parliament grants the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency discharge for the implementation of the Agency's 2022 budget.
  2. Parliament approves the closure of the Agency's accounts for the financial year 2022.
  3. Parliament notes the Agency's 2022 budget was EUR 88 173 021, an increase of 35,93 % compared to 2021, funded by the Union budget and EFTA contribution (63,32 %) and specific agreements (36,67 %).
  4. Parliament notes the Court of Auditors found the Agency's accounts reliable and the underlying transactions legal and regular, and that no procurement issues required corrective action in 2022.
  5. Parliament notes a 100 % commitment implementation rate and an 86,66 % payment execution rate, and that a 2021 irregular framework contract expired in December 2022 with 2022 payments of EUR 470 660.
  6. Parliament welcomes the Agency's role in the European Green Deal, the 8th Environment Action Programme and the European Climate Law, and the establishment of the European Topic Centre on Biodiversity and Ecosystems.
  7. Parliament notes the Agency's efficiency gains from shared services, joint procurement, Commission systems, activity-based working and going 'mobile only', and calls for continued digitalisation with strong cybersecurity against attacks from Russia or China.
  8. Parliament notes the establishment plan was 97,33 % implemented on 31 December 2022, with 143 temporary agents out of 150 posts, plus 84 contract agents and 13 seconded national experts.
  9. Parliament regrets that six of nine senior managers (67 %) are men, asks the Agency to ensure gender balance at senior management level, and encourages it to adopt the 'Charter on diversity and inclusion'.
  10. Parliament raises concerns that no senior or middle managers come from central and eastern Europe and asks the Agency to report back on geographical balance.
  11. Parliament notes the Agency's wellbeing measures, stress monitoring app and harassment prevention policy, and that no harassment or conflict-of-interest cases were reported in 2022.
  12. Parliament calls on the Agency to review its staffing policy, report back on its conflict-of-interest policy review and update outdated internal control documentation.

Who is affected

  • The European Environment Agency and its Executive Director, who receive discharge and must act on Parliament's observations.
  • The Agency's senior management and management board, asked to ensure gender and geographical balance and publish declarations of interest.
  • The Agency's staff, affected by staffing policy, wellbeing measures and stress monitoring.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 88 173 021 — the Agency's final budget for 2022.
  • 35,93 % — increase in the Agency's 2022 budget compared to 2021.
  • 63,32 % — share of the Agency's budget from the Union budget and EFTA contribution.
  • 36,67 % — share of the Agency's budget from contributions under specific agreements.
  • 100 % — budget implementation rate of 2022 commitment appropriations.
  • 86,66 % — execution rate of 2022 payment appropriations.
  • EUR 470 660 — 2022 payments under a framework contract found irregular in 2021.
  • 97,33 % — implementation of the establishment plan on 31 December 2022.

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