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Discharge 2022: European Union Agency for the Space Programme

TA-9-2024-0256 · P9_TA(2024)0256 · PE753.541

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Parliament grants the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for the Space Programme 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 70 032 491,77, a 100 % commitment execution rate and a 72,86 % payment execution rate. It notes the impact of the war in Ukraine on Galileo launches and on EGNOS ground stations in Ukraine, and asks the Agency to report back on the installed equipment. It calls on the Agency to become the main implementing agency of all Union space programme components and to use its expertise for the future Union Space Law and IRIS2. It raises gender balance in senior and middle management and on the administrative board, and asks the Agency to publish its register of senior management meetings with industry.

Key points

  1. Parliament grants the Executive Director discharge for the implementation of the Agency's 2022 budget and approves the closure of the 2022 accounts.
  2. Parliament notes the Agency's final 2022 budget of EUR 70 032 491,77, up 22,58 % on 2021, and actual revenue of EUR 1,2 billion.
  3. It notes the Court of Auditors' reasonable assurance that the accounts are reliable and the transactions legal and regular, with an emphasis of matter on the war in Ukraine.
  4. It notes a 100 % commitment execution rate and regrets a 72,86 % payment execution rate, down 1,92 % on 2021, and notes three budget amendments in 2022.
  5. It notes EUR 574,5 million committed and EUR 1,26 billion paid under delegated budget in 2022.
  6. It welcomes the Agency's use of key performance indicators and recommends addressing those unfulfilled or progressing slower than expected.
  7. It notes the halt in work on Galileo and EGNOS ground stations in Ukraine, asks the Agency to report back on the installed equipment, and notes measures to monitor ties with Russian and Belarusian institutions.
  8. It stresses the Agency should become the main implementing agency of all Union space programme components and calls on it to support the future Union Space Law and IRIS2.
  9. It notes the Agency's human resources automation, its obligation to implement the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme by the end of 2023, and its environmental policy adopted on 16 December 2022.
  10. It commends the 100 % implementation of the establishment plan with 231 temporary agents, and notes 46 contract agents and 9 seconded national experts, a total of 286 staff.
  11. It notes the lack of gender balance in senior and middle management (3 out of 3 men), the administrative board (22 out of 28 men) and overall staff (153 out of 232 men), and calls for improvement.
  12. It notes a whistleblowing case in 2022 with ongoing investigations, calls for reporting on it, and asks the Agency to publish its register of senior management meetings with industry.

Who is affected

  • The European Union Agency for the Space Programme: receives discharge for its 2022 budget and closure of its 2022 accounts.
  • The Agency's Executive Director: is granted discharge and receives the decision and resolution.
  • The Agency's administrative board: its gender balance and published declarations of interests are noted.
  • The Commission and member states: asked to consider gender balance when nominating administrative board members.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 70 032 491,77: the Agency's final budget for the financial year 2022.
  • 22,58 %: increase of the 2022 budget compared to 2021.
  • EUR 1,2 billion: the Agency's actual revenue.
  • 100 %: budget implementation rate of current year commitment appropriations.
  • 72,86 %: execution rate of current year payment appropriations, a decrease of 1,92 % compared to 2021.
  • EUR 574,5 million committed and EUR 1,26 billion paid under delegated budget in 2022.
  • 231 temporary agents appointed out of 231 authorised; 46 contract agents and 9 seconded national experts, total staff 286.
  • EUR 120 million: maximum budget of the search and rescue framework contract signed on 1 December 2022, expiring 31 December 2032.

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