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2022/2098(DEC) 2021 discharge: European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA)

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead CONT STRUGARIU Ramona (icon: Renew Renew) SARVAMAA Petri (icon: EPP EPP), MANDA Claudiu (icon: S&D S&D), EICKHOUT Bas (icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE), KUHS Joachim (icon: ID ID), CZARNECKI Ryszard (icon: ECR ECR), OMARJEE Younous (icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL)
Committee Opinion LIBE BRICMONT Saskia (icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE) José GUSMÃO (icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL)
Lead committee dossier:

Events

2023/09/29
   Final act published in Official Journal
2023/05/10
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2023/05/10
   EP - Decision by Parliament
Details

The European Parliament decided to grant discharge to the Executive Director of the European Asylum Support Office in respect of the implementation of the Office's budget for the financial year 2021 and to approve the closure of the accounts for that year.

Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it had obtained reasonable assurance that the Institute's annual accounts for the financial year 2021 were reliable and that the underlying transactions were legal and regular, Parliament adopted, by 492 votes to 111, with 22 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.

Office’s financial statements

The final budget of the Office for the financial year 2021 was EUR 152 743 528, representing an increase of 8.5 % compared to 2020. whereas the budget of the Office derives mainly from the Union budget. The Office’s growing role was highlighted in the Commission’s new pact on migration and asylum, which was published in September 2020. The Office’s operational footprint has increased in past years.

Budgetary and financial management

Budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2021 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 96.67 %, representing a slight increase of 1.53 % compared to 2020 (95.14 %). Payment appropriations execution rate was at 90.91 %, representing an increase of 10 % compared to 2020 (80.91 %). The measures put in place by the Office to resolve the long-standing late payments issue, with a high rate (96.5 %) of payments made on time in 2021.

The Court declared payments made by the Office in 2021 of a total amount of EUR 362 204 irregular because they were related to procurement errors in procedures carried out in 2016 and in 2020 for rented premises in Rome and Lesbos. The corrective actions taken by the Office, whereby moves to new premises in Lesbos and Rome are expected in the first or second quarter of 2023.

Other comments

Parliament also made a series of observations concerning performance, staff policy and public procurement.

In particular, it noted that:

- the Office implemented its 2021 annual work programme, with 78 % of its annual indicators and 85 % of its multi-annual indicators being achieved or exceeded, despite the continuous challenges due to the COVID-19 global pandemic;

- upscaled its technical and operational assistance to Member States and for its readiness to react swiftly to the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, the increased number of asylum seekers crossing the border from Belarus and the challenges stemming from the war in Ukraine;

- on 31 December 2021, the establishment plan was 86.61 % executed (92.35 % including 21 posts offered), with 317 temporary agents appointed out of 366 temporary agents authorised under the Union budget (compared to 366 authorised posts in 2020). The Office stressed the need for 68 additional posts, over a period of three years, in its establishment plan to meet the requirements of the new mandate. Allegations of staff-related irregularities caused by the Office’s entire senior management team was reported;

- the Office launched 83 procedures in 2021, compared to 65 in 2020, 42.17 % of which were negotiated procedures with one candidate and 31.33 % of which were open calls;

- the Office made efforts to increase its public visibility in 2021 through various communication campaigns, including a campaign regarding the fact that the Office has become the European Union Agency for Asylum and the Office’s new corporate identity.

Documents
2023/05/09
   EP - Debate in Parliament
2023/04/05
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
Documents
2023/04/05
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
Documents
2023/03/22
   EP - Vote in committee
2023/03/01
   EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2023/02/21
   EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2023/02/13
   CSL - Supplementary non-legislative basic document
Documents
2023/01/20
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2022/10/27
   CofA - Court of Auditors: opinion, report
2022/10/10
   EP - BRICMONT Saskia (Verts/ALE) appointed as rapporteur in LIBE
2022/09/13
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2022/07/14
   EP - STRUGARIU Ramona (Renew) appointed as rapporteur in CONT
2022/06/23
   EC - Non-legislative basic document
2022/06/23
   EC - Non-legislative basic document published

Documents

Votes

Décharge 2021: Bureau européen d’appui en matière d’asile - A9-0123/2023 - Ramona Strugariu - Proposition de résolution (ensemble du texte) #

2023/05/10 Outcome: +: 492, -: 111, 0: 22
DE ES FR RO IT PT NL BG SE IE AT DK SK FI SI LT LV EL CZ PL BE CY HR MT LU EE HU
Total
91
51
74
29
53
19
28
15
21
12
17
13
13
13
8
10
7
11
21
48
18
6
12
5
5
7
18
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158

Denmark PPE

For (1)

1

Cyprus PPE

2

Malta PPE

For (1)

1

Luxembourg PPE

2

Estonia PPE

For (1)

1

Hungary PPE

Abstain (1)

1
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135

Slovenia S&D

2

Lithuania S&D

2

Latvia S&D

2

Greece S&D

1

Czechia S&D

For (1)

1

Belgium S&D

2

Cyprus S&D

2

Luxembourg S&D

For (1)

1

Estonia S&D

2
icon: Renew Renew
92

Italy Renew

2

Sweden Renew

Against (1)

3

Ireland Renew

2

Austria Renew

For (1)

1

Finland Renew

2

Slovenia Renew

2

Lithuania Renew

1

Latvia Renew

For (1)

1

Greece Renew

1

Poland Renew

1

Croatia Renew

For (1)

1

Luxembourg Renew

2

Estonia Renew

3

Hungary Renew

1
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
69

Romania Verts/ALE

1

Italy Verts/ALE

3

Portugal Verts/ALE

1

Netherlands Verts/ALE

3

Sweden Verts/ALE

3

Ireland Verts/ALE

2

Austria Verts/ALE

3

Denmark Verts/ALE

1

Finland Verts/ALE

3

Lithuania Verts/ALE

2

Czechia Verts/ALE

3

Poland Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Belgium Verts/ALE

3
icon: The Left The Left
33

Netherlands The Left

For (1)

1

Sweden The Left

For (1)

1

Ireland The Left

3

Denmark The Left

1

Finland The Left

For (1)

1

Czechia The Left

Against (1)

1

Belgium The Left

For (1)

1

Cyprus The Left

2
icon: NI NI
34

Germany NI

Against (1)

3

France NI

3

Netherlands NI

Against (1)

1

Slovakia NI

2

Latvia NI

1

Croatia NI

2
icon: ID ID
50

Austria ID

3

Denmark ID

Against (1)

1

Czechia ID

Against (2)

2

Estonia ID

Against (1)

1
icon: ECR ECR
54

Germany ECR

Against (1)

1

Netherlands ECR

Abstain (1)

5

Bulgaria ECR

Against (1)

1

Sweden ECR

3

Slovakia ECR

For (1)

1

Finland ECR

2

Lithuania ECR

Against (1)

1

Croatia ECR

Against (1)

1
AmendmentsDossier
38 2022/2098(DEC)
2023/01/19 LIBE 20 amendments...
source: 740.772
2023/02/21 CONT 18 amendments...
source: 742.570

History

(these mark the time of scraping, not the official date of the change)

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  • The European Parliament decided to grant discharge to the Executive Director of the European Asylum Support Office in respect of the implementation of the Office's budget for the financial year 2021 and to approve the closure of the accounts for that year.
  • Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it had obtained reasonable assurance that the Institute's annual accounts for the financial year 2021 were reliable and that the underlying transactions were legal and regular, Parliament adopted, by 492 votes to 111, with 22 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.
  • Office’s financial statements
  • The final budget of the Office for the financial year 2021 was EUR 152 743 528, representing an increase of 8.5 % compared to 2020. whereas the budget of the Office derives mainly from the Union budget. The Office’s growing role was highlighted in the Commission’s new pact on migration and asylum, which was published in September 2020. The Office’s operational footprint has increased in past years.
  • Budgetary and financial management
  • Budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2021 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 96.67 %, representing a slight increase of 1.53 % compared to 2020 (95.14 %). Payment appropriations execution rate was at 90.91 %, representing an increase of 10 % compared to 2020 (80.91 %). The measures put in place by the Office to resolve the long-standing late payments issue, with a high rate (96.5 %) of payments made on time in 2021.
  • The Court declared payments made by the Office in 2021 of a total amount of EUR 362 204 irregular because they were related to procurement errors in procedures carried out in 2016 and in 2020 for rented premises in Rome and Lesbos. The corrective actions taken by the Office, whereby moves to new premises in Lesbos and Rome are expected in the first or second quarter of 2023.
  • Other comments
  • Parliament also made a series of observations concerning performance, staff policy and public procurement.
  • In particular, it noted that:
  • - the Office implemented its 2021 annual work programme, with 78 % of its annual indicators and 85 % of its multi-annual indicators being achieved or exceeded, despite the continuous challenges due to the COVID-19 global pandemic;
  • - upscaled its technical and operational assistance to Member States and for its readiness to react swiftly to the humanitarian crisis in Afghanistan, the increased number of asylum seekers crossing the border from Belarus and the challenges stemming from the war in Ukraine;
  • - on 31 December 2021, the establishment plan was 86.61 % executed (92.35 % including 21 posts offered), with 317 temporary agents appointed out of 366 temporary agents authorised under the Union budget (compared to 366 authorised posts in 2020). The Office stressed the need for 68 additional posts, over a period of three years, in its establishment plan to meet the requirements of the new mandate. Allegations of staff-related irregularities caused by the Office’s entire senior management team was reported;
  • - the Office launched 83 procedures in 2021, compared to 65 in 2020, 42.17 % of which were negotiated procedures with one candidate and 31.33 % of which were open calls;
  • - the Office made efforts to increase its public visibility in 2021 through various communication campaigns, including a campaign regarding the fact that the Office has become the European Union Agency for Asylum and the Office’s new corporate identity.
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