2021/2116(DEC) 2020 discharge: European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER)
Lead committee dossier:
Progress: Procedure completed
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CHRISTOFOROU Lefteris ( EPP)
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CHINNICI Caterina ( S&D),
CSEH Katalin ( Renew),
EICKHOUT Bas ( Verts/ALE),
KUHS Joachim ( ID),
CZARNECKI Ryszard ( ECR),
OMARJEE Younous ( GUE/NGL)
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| Committee Opinion | ITRE |
Lead committee dossier:
Subjects
Events
2022/10/05
Final act published in Official Journal
2022/05/04
EP - Debate in Parliament
Documents
2022/05/04
EP - Decision by Parliament
Details
The European Parliament decided to grant discharge to the Director of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) for the financial year 2020 and to approve the closure of the accounts for that year.
Noting that the Court of Auditors has stated that it has obtained reasonable assurance that the Agency's annual accounts for the financial year 2020 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament adopted, by 550 votes to 51 with 36 abstentions, a resolution containing a series of recommendations which form an integral part of the discharge decision and which complement the general recommendations contained in the resolution on the performance, financial management and control of EU agencies.
Agency’s financial statements
The Agency's final budget for the year 2020 was EUR 17 297 383, representing an increase of 7.12 % compared to 2019.
Budgetary and financial management
The budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2020 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 98.83 %, exceeding the Agency’s planned target of 95 %, representing a decrease of 0.44 % compared to 2019. The payment appropriations execution rate was 83.35 %, representing an increase of 0.09 % compared to 2019.
Other observations
Parliament also made a series of observations on performance, procurement, staff policy and Covid-19.
In particular, it noted that:
- despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the objectives of the 2020 work programme were largely met;
- on 31 December 2020, the establishment plan was 100 % implemented, with 71 temporary agents appointed out of 71 temporary agents authorised under the Union budget (compared to 67 authorised posts in 2019). Gender balance is still a matter for concern;
- the Agency was reorganised following the arrival of the Agency’s new Director, aiming to increase synergies in the Agency by creating clusters (data excellence, legal service);
- 185 procurement procedures were concluded in 2020, compared to 79 in 2019;
- following measures to contain the spread of Covid-19, the Agency made recourse to teleworking as its normal operational mode;
- the Agency should speed up the development of its cybersecurity policy and inform the discharge authority on its completion.
Documents
2022/04/07
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
Documents
2022/04/07
EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
Documents
2022/03/31
EP - Vote in committee
2022/03/29
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2022/03/02
EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2022/02/16
CSL - Supplementary non-legislative basic document
Documents
2022/01/14
EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2021/10/29
CofA - Court of Auditors: opinion, report
Documents
2021/09/14
EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2021/07/28
EP - CHRISTOFOROU Lefteris (EPP) appointed as rapporteur in CONT
2021/06/30
EC - Non-legislative basic document
Documents
2021/06/30
EC - Non-legislative basic document published
Documents
Documents
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T9-0181/2022
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A9-0097/2022
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A9-0097/2022
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE729.988
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE704.716
- Supplementary non-legislative basic document: 06003/2022
- Committee draft report: PE698.956
- Court of Auditors: opinion, report: OJ C 439 29.10.2021, p. 0003
- Court of Auditors: opinion, report: N9-0044/2022
- Non-legislative basic document: COM(2021)0381
- Non-legislative basic document: EUR-Lex
- Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2021)0381
- Non-legislative basic document published: EUR-Lex
- Non-legislative basic document: COM(2021)0381 EUR-Lex
- Court of Auditors: opinion, report: OJ C 439 29.10.2021, p. 0003 N9-0044/2022
- Committee draft report: PE698.956
- Supplementary non-legislative basic document: 06003/2022
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE704.716
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE729.988
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A9-0097/2022
Votes
Décharge 2020: Agence de l’Union européenne pour la coopération des régulateurs de l’énergie - Discharge 2020: European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators - Entlastung 2020: Agentur der Europäischen Union für die Zusammenarbeit der Energieregulierungsbehörden - A9-0097/2022 - Lefteris Christoforou - Proposition de résolution #
2022/05/04 Outcome: +: 550, -: 51, 0: 36
PPE
The Left
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2021/2116(DEC)
2022/03/03
CONT
9 amendments...
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution Recital A A. whereas, according to its statement of revenue and expenditure1 , the final budget of the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (the ‘Agency’) for the financial year 2020 was EUR 17 297 383, representing an increase of 7,12 % compared to 2019, whereas the inflation rate was 0,7 % in the Union in 2020; whereas the budget of the Agency derives entirely from the Union budget; _________________ 1 OJ C 114, 31.03.2021, p. 245
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 3 3. Notes that the Agency continues to use certain measures as key performance indicators to assess the performance of its activities; notes that for each task of the Agency a priority level is given (critical, important), objectives are defined in the annual work plan and performance indicators are defined; notes with satisfaction that the Agency reports that
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5.
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 5. Notes with concern that the
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 5 a (new) 5 a. Welcomes the efforts made in staff policy to promote teleworking and healthy life and continues to encourage the Agency to pursue the development of a long term human resources policy framework that addresses work-life balance, lifelong guidance and career development, gender balance, teleworking, geographical balance and the recruitment and integration of people with disabilities;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 a (new) 6 a. Notes that the Agency needs more staff and resources, primarily for implementing its tasks related to wholesale energy market integrity and transparency and for monitoring unprecedentedly increased energy market transactions;
Amendment 7 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 9 9. Notes with concern that the Court has issued a qualified opinion regarding the legality and regularity of the payments underlying the accounts for the financial year 20
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 10 a (new) 10 a. Notes that the Agency failed to report on the number of cases of harassment; asks therefore the Agency to report to the discharge authority on the figures of harassment cases in 2020 as well as on the results of closed harassment cases;
Amendment 9 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 17 a (new) 17 a. Recalls the importance to increase the digitalisation of the Agency in terms of internal operation and management but also in order to speed up the digitalisation of procedures; stresses the need for the agency to continue to be proactive in this regard in order to avoid a digital gap between the agencies at all costs; draws attention, however, to the need to take all the necessary security measures to avoid any risk to the online security of the information processed; calls on the Agency to speed up the development of its cybersecurity policy and to inform the discharge authority on its completion;
source: 704.716
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