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Discharge 2022: European Maritime Safety Agency

TA-9-2024-0248 · P9_TA(2024)0248 · PE753.526

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Parliament grants the Executive Director of the European Maritime Safety 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 115 807 269,88, its budget implementation rates and the Court of Auditors' assurance that the accounts are reliable and the transactions legal and regular. It welcomes the Agency's work on the European Green Deal, on monitoring vessels after the Russian invasion of Ukraine, on Earth Observation services, on coast guard cooperation and on capacity building. It raises the lack of gender balance in the Agency's management, board and staff, and asks the Agency, Commission and member states to act on it. It notes the Agency's rules on conflicts of interest, transparency, risk management, greening, cybersecurity and multilingual communication, and calls for more digitalisation in the maritime sector.

Key points

  1. Parliament grants the Executive Director of the European Maritime Safety 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 final 2022 budget of EUR 115 807 269,88, an increase of 9,48 % compared to 2021, and a commitment appropriations rate of 99,80 % and payment execution rate of 98,42 %.
  4. Parliament notes the Court of Auditors found the Agency's annual accounts reliable and the underlying transactions legal and regular, and that no procurement or internal control issues required corrective action.
  5. Parliament welcomes the Agency's use of key performance indicators, its achievement of 2022 objectives, and its work on the European Green Deal and the 'Fit for 55 package'.
  6. Parliament welcomes the Agency's monitoring and reporting on Russian-flagged vessels, ship calls and sanctions after the invasion of Ukraine, and its ad hoc products and monthly report on the impact on maritime traffic and trade.
  7. Parliament notes the Agency's Earth Observation services, including CleanSeaNet and Copernicus Maritime Surveillance to Frontex, its inspections support, its access provision to EUROPOL, and its capacity building projects.
  8. Parliament notes the Agency's cooperation with EFCA, Frontex and EMCCDA, its automation of procedures, and invites it to identify more internal procedures to streamline.
  9. Parliament notes the establishment plan was fulfilled by 99,06 %, with 210 officials and temporary agents out of 212 authorised, plus 28 contract agents and 16 seconded national experts.
  10. Parliament notes the lack of gender balance in senior and middle management, the administrative board and overall staff, welcomes the Gender Action Plan 2022-2025, and asks the Commission and member states to consider gender balance in board nominations.
  11. Parliament notes the Agency's conflict of interest declarations, its Conflict of Interest Policy, the publication of CVs, and the update of its risk register including fraud-related and Ukraine-related risks.
  12. Parliament welcomes the Agency's greening activities and EMAS label, its cybersecurity cooperation, its multilingual communication, and calls for promotion of digitalisation in the maritime sector.

Who is affected

  • The European Maritime Safety Agency, whose 2022 budget is discharged and accounts closed.
  • The Agency's Executive Director, who receives the discharge decision.
  • The Agency's staff and management, affected by observations on gender balance, recruitment and conflicts of interest.
  • The Commission and member states, asked to consider gender balance when nominating administrative board members.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 115 807 269,88 — the Agency's final budget for the financial year 2022.
  • 9,48 % — the increase in the Agency's 2022 budget compared to 2021.
  • 99,80 % — the budget implementation rate of current year commitment appropriations in 2022.
  • 98,42 % — the current year payment appropriations execution rate in 2022.
  • 99,06 % — the fulfilment rate of the establishment plan on 31 December 2022.
  • 210 officials and temporary agents out of 212 authorised; 28 contract agents and 16 seconded national experts in 2022.
  • 5 out of 16 (31 %) women in senior and middle management; 10 out of 57 (18 %) women on the administrative board; 99 out of 264 (38 %) women in overall staff.
  • 3,4 % — growth of the EU fleet in the last five years, against 7 % for the global fleet.

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