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Discharge 2022: European Chemicals Agency

TA-9-2024-0258 · P9_TA(2024)0258 · PE753.516

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Parliament grants the Executive Director of the European Chemicals 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 114 777 691, its 98,61 % commitment and 85,06 % payment execution rates, and the Court of Auditors' assurance that the accounts are reliable and the transactions legal and regular. Parliament asks the Commission to present a proposal to strengthen the Agency's governance and financing model, and asks the Agency to report on gender and geographical balance and on its diversity action plan. It welcomes the Agency's work on alternatives to animal testing, its efficiency and IT optimisation efforts, its conflict-of-interest and anti-fraud measures, and its cybersecurity policy.

Key points

  1. Parliament grants the Executive Director of the European Chemicals Agency discharge for the implementation of the Agency's 2022 budget and approves the closure of the 2022 accounts.
  2. The Agency's final 2022 budget was EUR 114 777 691, an increase of 5,83 % on 2021, funded mainly by collected fees and the Union contribution.
  3. The Court of Auditors obtained reasonable assurance that the Agency's annual accounts are reliable and the underlying transactions legal and regular.
  4. Budget implementation reached 98,61 % of current-year commitment appropriations and 85,06 % of current-year payment appropriations.
  5. Parliament insists the Commission immediately present its promised proposal to strengthen the Agency's governance and make its fee-based financing model more sustainable.
  6. The Agency implemented 93 % of its Work Programme, achieving 151 of 162 planned actions and outputs, with 8 in progress and 3 not completed.
  7. Parliament draws attention to challenges including an inefficient authorisation system, a growing number of hexavalent chromium applications, a lack of experienced committee members and few draft assessment reports for biocidal active substances from member states.
  8. Parliament commends the Agency's efficiency strategy and its IT optimisation exercise, which cut infrastructure usage by roughly 25 %.
  9. The establishment plan was 98,07 % executed, with 458 temporary agents appointed out of 467 authorised; 128 contract agents, 48 interims, five consultants and 2 seconded national experts also worked for the Agency.
  10. Parliament asks the Agency to report on its diversity action plan and on geographical balance, noting that only one director comes from Central-Eastern Europe and that senior and middle management is 76 % men and 24 % women.
  11. Parliament welcomes the Agency's conflict-of-interest policy revision, its new electronic tool for annual declarations of interest, its revised Anti-Fraud Strategy and its whistleblower guidelines.
  12. Parliament welcomes the Agency's 2022 cybersecurity policy and IT risk assessment, its e-procurement onboarding, its renewed EMAS and ISO 14001 certificates, and its work to phase out animal testing.

Who is affected

  • The European Chemicals Agency and its Executive Director, who receive discharge and account closure for 2022.
  • The Commission, which is asked to present a proposal on the Agency's governance and financing model.
  • The Agency's staff and management, affected by observations on gender and geographical balance, mobility and hybrid working.
  • Companies in the chemicals industry, which pay fees financing the Agency and rely on its published information.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 114 777 691 — the Agency's final budget for the financial year 2022.
  • 5,83 % — the increase of the 2022 budget compared to 2021.
  • 98,61 % — the budget implementation rate of current-year commitment appropriations in 2022.
  • 85,06 % — the current-year payment appropriations execution rate in 2022.
  • 93 % — the share of the Work Programme implemented, with 151 of 162 specific actions and outputs achieved.
  • 98,07 % — the execution rate of the establishment plan on 31 December 2022, with 458 of 467 temporary agents appointed.
  • 76 % men and 24 % women — the gender balance in the Agency's senior and middle management.
  • roughly 25 % — the reduction in IT infrastructure usage (CPU and RAM) achieved in the second half of 2022.

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