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2022/2102(DEC) 2021 discharge: European Environment Agency (EEA)

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead CONT CSEH Katalin (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 ENVI CANFIN Pascal (icon: Renew Renew) Monika BEŇOVÁ (icon: S&D S&D), Jessica POLFJÄRD (icon: PPE PPE)
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 Environment Agency (EEA) for the financial year 2021 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 2021 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament adopted, by 544 votes to 78 with 4 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 2021 was EUR 64 867 177 representing a decrease of 27.64 % compared to 2020. The Agency’s budget derives mainly from the Union budget and the EFTA contribution (79.26 %) and the contributions under specific agreements (20.73 %), in particular for the Copernicus programme.

Budgetary and financial management

Parliament noted with appreciation that the budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2021 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 100 % of the current year commitment appropriations, representing a slight increase of 0.04 % compared to 2020. The payment appropriations execution rate was 84.90 %, representing a decrease of 1.18 % compared to the previous year.

Other observations

Parliament also made a series of observations concerning performance, staff, internal controls and digitalisation.

In particular, it noted that:

- 2021 was the first year of implementation of the EEA-Eionet Strategy 2021-2030, which is aligned with the Union’s policy priorities;

- on 31 December 2021, the establishment plan was 99.28 % implemented, with 3 permanent officials and 136 temporary agents appointed out of 140 posts authorised under the Union budget (compared to 130 authorised posts in 2020);

- to properly perform the tasks on the Union’s path to climate neutrality, a circular economy and nature restoration, the number of staff within the Agency should grow in the years to come;

- the e-procurement IT tools developed by the Commission should be implemented;

- more systematic rules on transparency, incompatibilities, conflicts of interest, illegal lobbying and revolving doors should be put in place;

- an internal anticorruption mechanism should be set up;

- the digitalisation of procedures should be accelerated.

Documents
2023/05/09
   EP - Debate in Parliament
2023/04/13
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
Documents
2023/04/13
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
Documents
2023/03/22
   EP - Vote in committee
2023/02/21
   EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2023/02/13
   CSL - Supplementary non-legislative basic document
Documents
2023/02/13
   EP - Committee opinion
Documents
2023/01/20
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2022/10/27
   CofA - Court of Auditors: opinion, report
2022/09/13
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2022/09/12
   EP - CANFIN Pascal (Renew) appointed as rapporteur in ENVI
2022/07/14
   EP - CSEH Katalin (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: Agence européenne pour l’environnement - A9-0143/2023 - Katalin Cseh - Proposition de résolution #

2023/05/10 Outcome: +: 544, -: 78, 0: 4
DE PL ES FR RO IT PT NL HU SE BG IE CZ BE AT DK LT SK FI LV SI HR EL CY MT LU EE
Total
88
45
51
73
29
64
19
28
16
21
14
13
21
18
17
13
10
13
13
8
8
11
12
6
5
4
6
icon: PPE PPE
158

Hungary PPE

1

Denmark PPE

For (1)

1

Cyprus PPE

2

Malta PPE

For (1)

1

Luxembourg PPE

2
icon: S&D S&D
132

Czechia S&D

For (1)

1

Belgium S&D

2

Lithuania S&D

2

Latvia S&D

2

Slovenia S&D

2

Greece S&D

1

Cyprus S&D

2

Luxembourg S&D

For (1)

1

Estonia S&D

2
icon: Renew Renew
91

Poland Renew

1

Italy Renew

2

Hungary Renew

1
3

Ireland Renew

2

Austria Renew

For (1)

1

Lithuania Renew

1

Finland Renew

2

Latvia Renew

For (1)

1

Slovenia Renew

2

Croatia Renew

For (1)

1

Greece Renew

1

Luxembourg Renew

For (1)

1

Estonia Renew

3
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
67

Poland Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Spain Verts/ALE

3

Romania Verts/ALE

1

Italy Verts/ALE

3

Portugal Verts/ALE

1

Netherlands Verts/ALE

3

Sweden Verts/ALE

3

Ireland Verts/ALE

2

Czechia Verts/ALE

3

Belgium Verts/ALE

3

Austria Verts/ALE

3

Denmark Verts/ALE

1

Lithuania Verts/ALE

2

Finland Verts/ALE

3
icon: The Left The Left
33

Netherlands The Left

For (1)

1

Sweden The Left

For (1)

1

Czechia The Left

1

Belgium The Left

For (1)

1

Denmark The Left

1

Finland The Left

For (1)

1

Cyprus The Left

2
icon: ECR ECR
54

Germany ECR

1

Sweden ECR

3

Bulgaria ECR

1

Lithuania ECR

1

Slovakia ECR

For (1)

1

Finland ECR

2

Latvia ECR

For (1)

1

Croatia ECR

1
icon: NI NI
36

France NI

3

Netherlands NI

Against (1)

1

Slovakia NI

2

Latvia NI

1

Croatia NI

2
icon: ID ID
55

Czechia ID

Against (2)

2

Austria ID

3

Denmark ID

Against (1)

1

Estonia ID

Against (1)

1
AmendmentsDossier
23 2022/2102(DEC)
2023/01/17 ENVI 14 amendments...
source: 740.670
2023/02/21 CONT 9 amendments...
source: 742.574

History

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  • The European Parliament decided to grant discharge to the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency (EEA) for the financial year 2021 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 2021 are reliable and that the underlying transactions are legal and regular, Parliament adopted, by 544 votes to 78 with 4 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 2021 was EUR 64 867 177 representing a decrease of 27.64 % compared to 2020. The Agency’s budget derives mainly from the Union budget and the EFTA contribution (79.26 %) and the contributions under specific agreements (20.73 %), in particular for the Copernicus programme.
  • Budgetary and financial management
  • Parliament noted with appreciation that the budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2021 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 100 % of the current year commitment appropriations, representing a slight increase of 0.04 % compared to 2020. The payment appropriations execution rate was 84.90 %, representing a decrease of 1.18 % compared to the previous year.
  • Other observations
  • Parliament also made a series of observations concerning performance, staff, internal controls and digitalisation.
  • In particular, it noted that:
  • - 2021 was the first year of implementation of the EEA-Eionet Strategy 2021-2030, which is aligned with the Union’s policy priorities;
  • - on 31 December 2021, the establishment plan was 99.28 % implemented, with 3 permanent officials and 136 temporary agents appointed out of 140 posts authorised under the Union budget (compared to 130 authorised posts in 2020);
  • - to properly perform the tasks on the Union’s path to climate neutrality, a circular economy and nature restoration, the number of staff within the Agency should grow in the years to come;
  • - the e-procurement IT tools developed by the Commission should be implemented;
  • - more systematic rules on transparency, incompatibilities, conflicts of interest, illegal lobbying and revolving doors should be put in place;
  • - an internal anticorruption mechanism should be set up;
  • - the digitalisation of procedures should be accelerated.
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