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Discharge 2022: European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)

TA-9-2024-0243 · P9_TA(2024)0243 · PE753.535

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Parliament grants the Executive Director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA) discharge for the 2022 financial year and approves the closure of the Agency's 2022 accounts. In its accompanying resolution, Parliament notes the Agency's 2022 budget of EUR 16 405 100, a 98,65 % commitment execution rate and a 98 % work programme implementation rate against a 90 % target. Parliament flags that EUR 109 256 of provisional commitments carried over to 2023 should have been de-committed, and calls for gender and geographical balance in recruitment and management appointments. It commends the Agency's research, campaigns and tools on occupational safety and health, its collaboration with other Union agencies, its anti-fraud strategy 2022-2026 and its internal control and transparency measures.

Key points

  1. Parliament grants the Executive Director of EU-OSHA discharge for the implementation of the Agency's 2022 budget and approves the closure of the Agency's 2022 accounts.
  2. Parliament notes the Agency's final 2022 budget of EUR 16 405 100, a 1,81 % increase on 2021, derived mainly from the Union budget and a small amount from Spanish local authorities.
  3. It notes a current-year commitment appropriations execution rate of 98,65 % and a payment appropriations execution rate of 72,07 %.
  4. It notes that eight provisional commitments amounting to EUR 533 676 were carried over from 2022 to 2023, and that EUR 109 256 of these had no signed contract by 31 December 2022 and should have been de-committed.
  5. It notes the Agency's 98 % work programme implementation rate against a 90 % target, and its research on digitalisation, the circular economy and musculoskeletal disorders.
  6. It notes the Agency's data and risk assessment tools (OSH barometer, OiRA) and surveys (ESENER, Worker's Exposure Survey, OSH Pulse), and its contribution to the Union strategic framework for safety and health at work 2021-2027.
  7. It commends the Agency's business continuity during the delay in appointing its new executive director, and its collaboration with other Union agencies and its shared accounting services with the European Training Foundation.
  8. It welcomes the Agency's paperless transactions, digitised financial and human resources activities, environment dashboards, efficiency strategy and corporate plan on energy efficiency and climate neutrality.
  9. It notes the establishment plan was 97,5 % implemented with 39 of 40 temporary agent posts filled, and calls for gender balance in future recruitments and appointments and for geographical balance in recruitment.
  10. It welcomes the Agency's disability coordinator, human resources policies on well-being and work-life balance, and its transparency measures, including declarations of interests and absence of conflicts of interest published on its website.
  11. It notes the Agency's anti-fraud strategy 2022-2026, the internal audit on human resources and ethics with no critical findings, and the adequate functioning of all internal control components.
  12. It notes the Agency's cyber security measures and cooperation with CERT-EU, and that the EMAS certification process has not started due to lack of resources.

Who is affected

  • EU-OSHA and its Executive Director: receive discharge and account closure for the 2022 budget.
  • The Agency's management board and member states: asked to ensure gender balance when nominating members.
  • The Agency's recruitment: urged to prioritise geographical balance and report developments to the discharge authority.
  • The Commission and the Council: receive the decision and resolution.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 16 405 100: the Agency's final budget for the 2022 financial year.
  • 1,81 %: the increase in the Agency's budget compared to 2021.
  • 98,65 %: the current year commitment appropriations implementation rate for 2022.
  • 72,07 %: the current year payment appropriations execution rate for 2022.
  • EUR 533 676: eight provisional commitments carried over from 2022 to 2023.
  • EUR 109 256: amount of carried-over provisional commitments without signed contracts by 31 December 2022.
  • 98 %: the Agency's work programme implementation rate in 2022, against a 90 % target.
  • 97,5 %: implementation of the establishment plan on 31 December 2022, with 39 of 40 temporary agent posts filled.

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