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Discharge 2022: Agency for Support for BEREC (BEREC Office)

TA-9-2024-0266 · P9_TA(2024)0266 · PE753.507

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Parliament grants the Director of the Agency for Support for BEREC (BEREC Office) discharge for the 2022 financial year and approves the closure of the Agency's 2022 accounts. In its accompanying resolution, Parliament notes the Agency's 2022 budget of EUR 7 428 456 and a commitment implementation rate of 99,99 %, and welcomes the Court of Auditors' assurance that the accounts are reliable and the transactions legal and regular. Parliament welcomes the Agency's support to BEREC bodies, its efficiency gains, its cooperation with other bodies, and the participation of Ukraine's telecoms regulator NCEC as a member without voting rights. It asks the Agency to analyse the reasons for high staff turnover and report back, and encourages it to adopt the Charter on diversity and inclusion. It calls on the Commission to consider the burden of the cybersecurity regulation on small agencies, and on the Agency to keep raising its visibility, especially in Latvia.

Key points

  1. Parliament grants the Director of the Agency for Support for BEREC discharge for the implementation of the Agency's 2022 budget.
  2. Parliament approves the closure of the Agency's accounts for the 2022 financial year.
  3. The final adopted budget for 2022 was EUR 7 428 456, an increase of 1,19 % compared to 2021, and derives mainly from the Union budget.
  4. The Court of Auditors obtained reasonable assurances that the Agency's annual accounts are reliable and the underlying transactions legal and regular.
  5. Budget monitoring in 2022 produced a commitment appropriations implementation rate of 99,99 %, above the management board's threshold of above 95 %, and a payment appropriations execution rate of 82,78 %.
  6. Parliament notes the Agency uses key performance indicators, most objectives were achieved, and recommends addressing unfulfilled or slower KPIs and fine-tuning them regularly.
  7. Parliament welcomes the Agency's administrative and professional support to BEREC bodies and the admission of Ukraine's telecoms regulator NCEC as a member without voting rights.
  8. Parliament notes efficiency gains through centralisation, seven interinstitutional procurement procedures, and use of Commission IT applications including Sysper2 modules.
  9. Parliament notes the Agency's establishment plan had 16 temporary agents, plus 19 contract agents, 8 seconded national experts and 10 interim staff and consultants in 2022.
  10. Parliament observes staff turnover rose to 16,3 % in 2022 from 4,6 % in 2021, asks the Agency to analyse the reasons and report back, and welcomes work-life and gender balance measures.
  11. Parliament regrets the Agency has not adopted the Charter on diversity and inclusion and encourages it to adopt the charter and promote diversity.
  12. Parliament notes conflict-of-interest and anti-fraud measures, welcomes cybersecurity measures, and calls on the Commission to consider the burden of the cybersecurity regulation on small agencies.

Who is affected

  • The Agency for Support for BEREC (BEREC Office): receives discharge and account closure, and is asked to act on staff turnover, diversity and visibility.
  • The Commission: asked to consider the burden of the cybersecurity regulation on small agencies in future programming cycles.
  • Ukraine's telecoms regulator NCEC: taken on board as a member without voting rights and participates in the Agency's daily operations.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 7 428 456: the final adopted budget of the Agency for the financial year 2022.
  • 1,19 %: increase in the 2022 budget compared to 2021.
  • 99,99 %: budget implementation rate for commitment appropriations of the final adopted 2022 budget.
  • 0,02 %: increase in the commitment appropriations implementation rate compared to 2021.
  • 82,78 %: payment appropriations execution rate for 2022.
  • 13,44 %: increase in the payment appropriations execution rate compared to 2021.
  • 16,3 %: staff turnover in 2022, compared to 4,6 % in 2021 and 5,4 % in 2020.
  • 52 % female and 48 % male: overall gender balance within the staff in 2022 and 2021.

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