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Discharge 2022: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

TA-9-2024-0251 · P9_TA(2024)0251 · PE753.515

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Parliament grants the Director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control discharge for the 2022 budget and approves the closure of the Centre's 2022 accounts. It notes the Centre's 2022 budget of EUR 99 872 000 and a qualified Court of Auditors opinion on payments because VAT was included as an eligible cost in grant agreements. It asks the Commission to give the Centre the resources to implement its revised mandate and Strategy 2021-2027, and calls for a clear division of tasks between the Centre and HERA. It raises concerns about gender and geographical balance in senior and middle management, and calls for full transparency in publishing scientific studies and communications in all official languages.

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. It notes the Centre's 2022 budget was EUR 99 872 000, a decrease of 40,59 % from 2021 due to changes in HERA grants.
  3. It notes the Court's qualified opinion on payments because three of four audited grant agreements included VAT of EUR 0,6 million (8,1 %) as eligible costs, representing 2,8 % of 2022 payment appropriations.
  4. It notes the 2022 budget implementation rate was 98,86 % for commitments and 73,61 % for payments, and calls on the Commission to give the Centre resources for its Strategy 2021-2027 and revised mandate.
  5. It notes the Centre delivered 89 % of planned outputs in 2022, with 8 % postponed and 3 % delayed or cancelled, and calls on it to report on delivering postponed outputs.
  6. It notes the Centre maintained its public health emergency plan for COVID-19, supported three simultaneous emergencies (COVID-19, Mpox, hepatitis of unknown origin) and worked with countries surrounding Ukraine.
  7. It welcomes the Centre's reinforced mandate and the ASPIRE transformation programme, and calls for increased digitalisation and stronger measures against cyberattacks.
  8. It notes the Centre's establishment plan had 215 temporary agents, 112 contract agents and 5 seconded national experts, and that additional posts from the extended mandate were filled in 2022.
  9. It raises concerns about gender balance in senior and middle management (four of six men) and geographical balance, and calls on the Centre to consider these in future recruitment.
  10. It notes the Centre's independence policy, that no actual conflict of interest was reported in 2022, and calls for all management board and advisory forum members to submit declarations of interest.
  11. It calls on the Centre to ensure full transparency in publishing scientific studies and to make key information, especially on public health emergencies, available in all official languages.
  12. It welcomes the Centre's aim to be EMAS registered in 2023, its CO2 offsetting project, its use of electronic procurement tools, and notes stakeholder satisfaction reached 86 % in 2022.

Who is affected

  • The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control: receives discharge, must address observations on grants, staff balance, transparency and internal control.
  • The Commission: asked to grant the Centre resources for its Strategy 2021-2027 and revised mandate.
  • Member States: asked to consider gender balance when nominating management board members.
  • The Centre and HERA: called on to reduce duplication and divide tasks clearly.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 99 872 000: the Centre's final budget for 2022.
  • 40,59 %: decrease in the Centre's 2022 budget compared to 2021.
  • EUR 7,9 million: total value of four grant agreements audited by the Court.
  • EUR 0,6 million (8,1 %): VAT included as eligible costs in three grant agreements.
  • 2,8 %: estimated non-compliant expenditure as a share of 2022 payment appropriations.
  • 98,86 %: budget implementation rate for 2022 commitment appropriations.
  • 73,61 %: execution rate for 2022 payment appropriations.
  • 86 %: overall stakeholder satisfaction with the Centre's work in 2022.

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