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Lead | CONT | SARVAMAA Petri ( PPE) | KADENBACH Karin ( S&D), CZARNECKI Ryszard ( ECR), ALI Nedzhmi ( ALDE), STAES Bart ( Verts/ALE), KAPPEL Barbara ( ENF) |
Committee Opinion | ITRE |
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The European Parliament decided to grant discharge to the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) for the financial year 2017 and to approve the closure of the accounts for the financial year in question.
Noting that the Court of Auditors has stated that it has obtained reasonable assurances that the Agency’s annual accounts for the financial year 2017 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament adopted by 494 votes to 127 with 13 abstentions, a resolution containing a series of recommendations, which form an integral part of the decision on discharge and which add to the general recommendations set out in the draft resolution on performance, financial management and control of EU agencies :
Agency’s financial statements
Parliament noted the final budget of the Agency for the financial year 2017 was EUR 11 175 224.40, representing an increase of 1.28 % compared to 2017.
Budget and financial management
Budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2017 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 99.99 %, representing an increase of 1.52 % compared to 2016. Payment appropriations execution rate was 88.19 %, representing a slight decrease of 0.99 % compared to 2016. The cancellations of carryovers from 2016 to 2017 amounted to EUR 90 916, representing 9.39 % of the total amount carried forward, showing an increase of 3.67 % in comparison to 2016.
Members also made a series of observations regarding performance, staff policy, procurement and internal controls.
In particular, they noted that:
- the Agency started the process of helping Member States to implement Directive (EU) 2016/1148 c oncerning measures for a high common level of security of network and information systems across the Union and that it compiled a data breach severity assessment tool, in collaboration with several Member States’ authorities, in order to set up a coherent framework at Union level;
- on 31 December 2017, the establishment plan was only 87.5 % executed, with 42 temporary agents appointed out of 48 temporary agents authorised under the Union budget;
- the Agency finds it difficult to recruit, attract and hold suitably qualified staff, mainly due to the types of post that are being offered (contract agents posts) and the low correction coefficient factor which applies to the salaries of the Agency’s employees in Greece;
- unlike most other agencies, the Agency did not carry out a comprehensive analysis of the likely impact of the United Kingdom’s decision to withdraw from the European Union on its organisation, operations and accounts.
The Committee on Budgetary Control adopted the report by Petri SARVAMAA (EPP, FI) on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) for the financial year 2017.
The committee called on the European Parliament to grant the Executive Director of the Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the agency’s budget for the financial year 2017.
Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it had obtained reasonable assurance that the annual accounts of the Agency for the financial year 2017 were reliable and that the underlying transactions were legal and regular, Members called on Parliament to approve the closure of the Agency’s accounts.
They made, however, a number of recommendations that needed to be taken into account when the discharge is granted, in addition to the general recommendations that appear in the draft resolution on performance, financial management and control of EU agencies :
Agency’s financial statements
Members noted the final budget of the Agency for the financial year 2017 was EUR 11 175 224.40, representing an increase of 1.28 % compared to 2017.
Budget and financial management
Budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2017 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 99.99 %, representing an increase of 1.52 % compared to 2016. Payment appropriations execution rate was 88.19 %, representing a slight decrease of 0.99 % compared to 2016.
The cancellations of carryovers from 2016 to 2017 amounted to EUR 90 916, representing 9.39 % of the total amount carried forward, showing an increase of 3.67 % in comparison to 2016.
Members also made a series of observations regarding performance, staff policy, procurement and internal controls.
In particular, they noted that:
- the Agency started the process of helping Member States to implement Directive (EU) 2016/1148 c oncerning measures for a high common level of security of network and information systems across the Union and that it compiled a data breach severity assessment tool, in collaboration with several Member States’ authorities, in order to set up a coherent framework at Union level;
- on 31 December 2017, the establishment plan was only 87.5 % executed, with 42 temporary agents appointed out of 48 temporary agents authorised under the Union budget;
- the Agency finds it difficult to recruit, attract and hold suitably qualified staff, mainly due to the types of post that are being offered (contract agents posts) and the low correction coefficient factor which applies to the salaries of the Agency’s employees in Greece;
- unlike most other agencies, the Agency did not carry out a comprehensive analysis of the likely impact of the United Kingdom’s decision to withdraw from the European Union on its organisation, operations and accounts.
Having examined the revenue and expenditure accounts for the financial year 2017 and the balance sheet as at 31 December 2017 of the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA), as well as the Court of Auditors' report on the annual accounts of the Agency for the financial year 2017, accompanied by the Agency's replies to the Court's observations, the Council recommended the European Parliament to give a discharge to the Executive Director of the Agency in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2017.
The Council welcomed the Court's opinion that, in all material respects, the Agency's annual accounts present fairly its financial position as at 31 December 2017 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, in accordance with the provisions of the Agency's Financial Regulation, and that the underlying transactions for 2017 are legal and regular in all material respects.
Nevertheless, the following observations were made:
- accounting : the Council regretted the weaknesses found by the Court in the Agency's accounting environment. It called on the Agency to take appropriate actions mainly to ensure the hand-over between staff members;
- Brexit : the Council encouraged the Agency to take into account any possible financial impact of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU on its organisation, operations and accounts.
PURPOSE: presentation of the EU Court of Auditors’ report on the annual accounts of the European Network and Information Security Agency for the year 2017, together with the Agency’s reply.
CONTENT: the Court of Auditors carried out the audit on the annual accounts of the European Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA).
In brief, the Agency’s main task is to enhance the Union’s capability to prevent and respond to network and information security problems by building on national and Union efforts.
Statement of assurance and reliability of the accounts
The Court considered that:
- the Agency’s annual accounts present fairly, in all material respects, its financial position as at 31 December 2017 and the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended, in accordance with the provisions of its Financial Regulation and the accounting rules adopted by the Commission’s accounting officer;
- the transactions underlying the annual accounts for the year ended 31 December 2017 are legal and regular in all material respects.
The report also makes a series of observations on the budgetary and financial management of the Agency, accompanied by the latter’s response. The main observations may be summarised as follows:
The Court’s observations
Reliability of the accounts
The new accounting officer of the Agency took over duties on 1 December 2017. The hand-over process was improperly carried out. In particular, there was no hand-over report transmitted to the new accountant.
Performance
On 29 March 2017 the United Kingdom (UK) notified the European Council of its decision to withdraw from the European Union (Brexit). Unlike most of the other agencies, the Agency did not carry out a comprehensive analysis of the likely Brexit impact on its organisation, operations and accounts.
The Agency’s replies
Reliability of the accounts
While the hand-over to the new accounting officer was never formalised, informal meetings have taken place with previous acting accounting officer to transfer knowledge. Updated training on software was also received by the new accounting officer to provide a good understanding of the accounting system. Nevertheless, ENISA will implement corrective actions to ensure that adequate hand-over between in- and out-going staff members.
Performance
ENISA has not performed a formal operational and financial impact analysis of Brexit as it should not have any significant direct impact on ENISA’s budget, operation and administration. Nevertheless, relevant internal processes have been revised (i.e. procurement and recruitment) in the Brexit context.
Lastly, the Court of Auditors’ report contains a summary of the Agency’s key figures in 2017:
Budget
EUR 11 million.
Staff
70 including officials, temporary and contract staff and seconded national experts.
PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2017, as part of the 2017 discharge procedure.
Analysis of the accounts of the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) .
CONTENT: the organisational governance of the EU consists of institutions, agencies and other EU bodies whose expenditure is included in the general budget of the Union.
This Commission document concerns the EU's consolidated accounts for the year 2017 and details how spending by the EU institutions and bodies was carried out. The consolidated annual accounts of the EU provide financial information on the activities of the institutions, agencies and other bodies of the EU from an accrual accounting and budgetary perspective.
It is the responsibility of the Commission's Accounting Officer to prepare the EU's consolidated annual accounts and ensure that they present fairly, in all material aspects, the financial position, the result of the operations and the cash flows of the EU institutions and bodies with a view to granting discharge.
Discharge procedure : the final step of a budget lifecycle is the discharge . It is the decision by which the European Parliament ‘ releases ’ the Commission from its responsibility for management of a given budget by marking the end of that budget's existence. It is granted by the European Parliament on the recommendation of the Council.
The decision is based in particular on the European Court of Auditors reports, in particular its annual report, in which the Court provides a Statement of Assurance (DAS) on the legality and regularity of transactions (payments and commitments).
The procedure results in the granting, postponement or refusal of discharge.
The final discharge report including specific recommendations to the Commission for action is adopted in plenary by the European Parliament and are subject to an annual follow up report in which the Commission outlines the concrete actions it has taken to implement the recommendations made.
All EU institutions and other agencies, bodies and joint undertakings are subject to their own discharge procedures.
The European Union Agency for Network and Information Security : ENISA, which is located in Heraklion (EL), was established under Regulation 460/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with a view to enhancing the Union's capability to prevent and respond to network and information security problems.
In 2017, the previous work and impact of ENISA was reviewed by external consultants which resulted in a successful outcome being that ENISA has made a positive contribution to cybersecurity in Europe over the last several years.
As regards the Agency’s accounts , these are presented in detail in the document on the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for 2017:
Commitment appropriations :
available: EUR 11 million; made: EUR 11 million.
Payment appropriations :
available: EUR 12 million; made: EUR 11 million.
For further details on expenditure, please refer to the final accounts of the ENISA .
PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2017, as part of the 2017 discharge procedure.
Analysis of the accounts of the European Union Agency for Network and Information Security (ENISA) .
CONTENT: the organisational governance of the EU consists of institutions, agencies and other EU bodies whose expenditure is included in the general budget of the Union.
This Commission document concerns the EU's consolidated accounts for the year 2017 and details how spending by the EU institutions and bodies was carried out. The consolidated annual accounts of the EU provide financial information on the activities of the institutions, agencies and other bodies of the EU from an accrual accounting and budgetary perspective.
It is the responsibility of the Commission's Accounting Officer to prepare the EU's consolidated annual accounts and ensure that they present fairly, in all material aspects, the financial position, the result of the operations and the cash flows of the EU institutions and bodies with a view to granting discharge.
Discharge procedure : the final step of a budget lifecycle is the discharge . It is the decision by which the European Parliament ‘ releases ’ the Commission from its responsibility for management of a given budget by marking the end of that budget's existence. It is granted by the European Parliament on the recommendation of the Council.
The decision is based in particular on the European Court of Auditors reports, in particular its annual report, in which the Court provides a Statement of Assurance (DAS) on the legality and regularity of transactions (payments and commitments).
The procedure results in the granting, postponement or refusal of discharge.
The final discharge report including specific recommendations to the Commission for action is adopted in plenary by the European Parliament and are subject to an annual follow up report in which the Commission outlines the concrete actions it has taken to implement the recommendations made.
All EU institutions and other agencies, bodies and joint undertakings are subject to their own discharge procedures.
The European Union Agency for Network and Information Security : ENISA, which is located in Heraklion (EL), was established under Regulation 460/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council with a view to enhancing the Union's capability to prevent and respond to network and information security problems.
In 2017, the previous work and impact of ENISA was reviewed by external consultants which resulted in a successful outcome being that ENISA has made a positive contribution to cybersecurity in Europe over the last several years.
As regards the Agency’s accounts , these are presented in detail in the document on the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for 2017:
Commitment appropriations :
available: EUR 11 million; made: EUR 11 million.
Payment appropriations :
available: EUR 12 million; made: EUR 11 million.
For further details on expenditure, please refer to the final accounts of the ENISA .
Documents
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T8-0274/2019
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A8-0129/2019
- Supplementary non-legislative basic document: 05825/2019
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE634.508
- Committee draft report: PE626.802
- Court of Auditors: opinion, report: N8-0012/2019
- Court of Auditors: opinion, report: OJ C 434 30.11.2018, p. 0001
- Non-legislative basic document: COM(2018)0521
- Non-legislative basic document: EUR-Lex
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2018)0521
- Non-legislative basic document published: EUR-Lex
- Non-legislative basic document: COM(2018)0521 EUR-Lex
- Court of Auditors: opinion, report: N8-0012/2019 OJ C 434 30.11.2018, p. 0001
- Committee draft report: PE626.802
- Supplementary non-legislative basic document: 05825/2019
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE634.508
Votes
A8-0129/2019 - Petri Sarvamaa - Résolution 26/03/2019 17:53:09.000 #
A8-0129/2019 - Petri Sarvamaa - Résolution #
Amendments | Dossier |
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2018/2192(DEC)
2019/01/31
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Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Welcomes the suggestion of the Court to publish vacancy notices also on the website of the European Personnel Selection Office in order to increase publicity;
Amendment 11 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 10. Welcomes the suggestion of the Court to publish vacancy notices also on the website of the European Personnel Selection Office in order to increase publicity; understands the concern of the Agency
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Notes the Agency’s existing measures on and ongoing efforts to secure transparency, prevention and management of conflicts of interests, and whistle-blower protection; points out with concern, however, that only the CVs of the executive director and the Chair of the management board (MB) are published on its website, and furthermore, that the Agency publishes only the executive director’s declaration of conflicts of interests on its website, but not of the other senior management members; calls on the Agency to publish the CVs of all the members of the MB and the declarations of conflicts of interests of its senior management and to report to the discharge authority on the measures taken in this regard;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 12. Notes the Agency’s existing measures on and ongoing efforts to secure transparency, prevention and management of conflicts of interests, and whistle-blower protection;
Amendment 14 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 12 a (new) 12a. Requests the Agency and the Court of Auditors to transmit detailed information on all transfers of officials, including the Executive Director of the Agency, to the European Parliament's Committee on Budgetary Control for information and consultation;
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision 1 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 3 #
Proposal for a decision 2 Paragraph 1 1.
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 1 1. Notes
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Notes with satisfaction that the Agency uses certain key performance indicators (KPIs) to assess the added value provided by its activities and to enhance its budget management, focusing more qualitative indicators for the assessment of the achievement of its operational goals and more quantitative indicators for its administrative goals; notes, furthermore, that impact indicators show that the Agency's results exceeded the targets established in the Work Programme 2017, against the framework of the ENISA Strategy 2016–2020;invites the Agency to further develop the KPIs to better assess the outcome and impact of its activities, in order to gain advise on how to provide more added value for the Agency’s
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Notes
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 a (new) 4a. Notes in addition that in 2017 ENISA received the EU Ombudsman Award for Good Administration for Excellence in Innovation – Transformation.
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 4 b (new) 4b. Notes with appreciation that the Agency and the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training signed a service-level agreement which enables them to share conference facilities and storage space among other synergies;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 8. Notes from the Court
source: 634.508
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