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Discharge 2022: European Food Safety Authority

TA-9-2024-0250 · P9_TA(2024)0250 · PE753.519

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Parliament grants the Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority discharge for the Authority's 2022 budget and approves the closure of its 2022 accounts. In a resolution with observations, Parliament notes the Authority's 2022 budget of EUR 149 841 816,93 and welcomes its contribution to food and feed safety and its scientific advice. It calls on the Commission to ensure the Authority has enough resources and posts for plant protection products work, and on the Authority to close the gender gap in senior and managerial positions and promote work-life balance. It notes the Authority's handling of conflicts of interest, its anti-fraud strategy, and an Internal Audit Service report on information security and disaster recovery.

Key points

  1. Parliament grants the Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority discharge for the implementation of the Authority's 2022 budget.
  2. Parliament approves the closure of the Authority's accounts for the financial year 2022.
  3. Parliament notes the Authority's final 2022 budget of EUR 149 841 816,93, an increase of 15,99 % compared to 2021, and a current year commitment appropriation rate of 99,95 %.
  4. Parliament calls on the Commission to ensure the Authority has sufficient resources and posts to support member states' deadlines under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009, double assessments of active substances and triple the speed of methodology development.
  5. Parliament welcomes the Authority's scientific advice on the food chain and notes its integrated performance framework reached an overall rate of 96 %.
  6. Parliament notes the Authority finalised 586 of 701 targeted scientific questions under Objective 1 and that timeliness of advice remains a point of attention.
  7. Parliament notes the establishment plan was 95,55 % implemented on 31 December 2022, with 382 temporary agents out of 405 posts, plus 170 contract agents and 14 seconded national experts.
  8. Parliament calls on the Authority to intensify efforts to bridge the gender gap in senior and managerial positions, where 63 % are men and 37 % women.
  9. Parliament calls on the Authority to continue promoting a healthy work-life balance after three cases of burnout were reported in 2022.
  10. Parliament notes the Authority identified and managed seven conflicts of interest among external experts in 2022 and prevented them from participating in scientific activity.
  11. Parliament notes the Authority has an anti-fraud strategy developed with the European Anti-Fraud Office and plans a new post-employment standard procedure by the first quarter of 2024.
  12. Parliament notes the Internal Audit Service's June 2022 audit report on information security and disaster recovery identified two observations and three important observations on IT Security Governance.

Who is affected

  • The European Food Safety Authority and its Executive Director, who receive discharge and account closure for 2022.
  • The Commission, asked to ensure the Authority has sufficient resources and posts for plant protection products work.
  • The Authority's staff, affected by calls on gender balance in senior positions and work-life balance.
  • Member states, supported by the Authority in meeting deadlines under Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 149 841 816,93 — the Authority's final budget for the financial year 2022.
  • 15,99 % — increase in the Authority's 2022 budget compared to 2021.
  • 99,95 % — budget implementation of current year commitment appropriation rate in 2022.
  • 89,77 % — current year payment appropriations execution rate in 2022.
  • 96 % — overall performance rate against targets in the Performance Framework.
  • 586 out of 701 — scientific questions finalised against the target under Objective 1.
  • 95,55 % — implementation of the establishment plan on 31 December 2022.
  • 335 out of 557 (60,1 %) — women in the Authority's overall staff in 2022.

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