BETA


2022/2112(DEC) 2021 discharge: European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA)

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 ITRE
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 ENISA (European Union Agency for Cyber Security) in respect of the implementation of the Agency'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 Agency's annual accounts for the financial year 2021 were reliable and that the underlying transactions were legal and regular, Parliament adopted, by 548 votes to 47, with 35 abstentions, a resolution containing a series of recommendations which form an integral part of the discharge decision and which complement the general recommendations set out in the resolution on the performance, financial management and control of EU agencies.

Agency’s financial statements

ENISA's final budget for the year 2021 was EUR 23 473 060, including a contribution of EUR 640 000 from the Hellenic authorities for the rent of the office building, representing an increase of 8.26 % compared to 2020.

Budgetary and financial management

Budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2021 resulted in a budget implementation of current year commitment appropriations rate of 99.51 %, representing an increase of 2.16 % compared to 2020. Payment appropriations execution rate was 77.40 % (short of the Agency’s planned target of 85 %), representing an increase of 8.77 % compared to 2020.

Other observations

Parliament also made a series of observations concerning performance, staff policy, internal controls and Covid-19.

In particular, it noted that:

- the Agency’s key performance indicators were fulfilled and that the Agency has drawn attention to measures that can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of its work;

- on 31 December 2021, the establishment plan was 90.79 % implemented, with 69 temporary agents appointed out of 76 temporary agents authorised under the Union budget (compared to 69 authorised posts in 2020). The gender imbalance reported for 2020 in senior management is still of concern;

- the Agency concluded a total of 58 public procurement procedures, including two jointly with CEDEFOP. Public procurement weaknesses have been observed which are increasing and remain the largest source of irregular payments for most of agencies;

- more systematic rules on transparency, incompatibilities, conflict of interests, illegal lobbying and revolving doors should be put in place. The Authority should also strengthen its internal control mechanisms, including the setting up of an internal anticorruption mechanism;

- the Agency’s policy conflicts of interest and its anti-fraud strategy were updated and adopted in 2021;

- the digitalisation of procedures should be accelerated.

Documents
2023/05/09
   EP - Debate in Parliament
2023/04/04
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
Documents
2023/04/04
   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
2023/01/20
   EP - Committee draft report
Documents
2022/10/27
   CofA - Court of Auditors: opinion, report
2022/09/13
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2022/07/14
   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 de l’Union européenne pour la cybersécurité (ENISA) - A9-0115/2023 - Katalin Cseh - Proposition de résolution #

2023/05/10 Outcome: +: 548, -: 47, 0: 35
DE ES PL IT FR RO NL HU PT BE BG CZ SE IE SK AT DK LT FI HR LV SI EL CY MT EE LU
Total
89
52
47
62
72
29
28
18
19
18
15
20
21
13
13
17
13
10
13
12
8
8
12
6
5
7
3
icon: PPE PPE
158

Hungary PPE

1

Denmark PPE

For (1)

1

Cyprus PPE

2

Malta PPE

For (1)

1

Estonia PPE

For (1)

1

Luxembourg PPE

1
icon: S&D S&D
134

Belgium S&D

2

Czechia S&D

For (1)

1

Lithuania S&D

2

Latvia S&D

2

Slovenia S&D

2

Greece S&D

1

Cyprus S&D

2

Estonia S&D

2

Luxembourg S&D

For (1)

1
icon: Renew Renew
90

Poland Renew

1

Italy Renew

2

Hungary Renew

1
3

Ireland Renew

2

Austria Renew

For (1)

1

Lithuania Renew

1

Finland Renew

2

Croatia Renew

For (1)

1

Latvia Renew

For (1)

1

Slovenia Renew

2

Greece Renew

1

Estonia Renew

3

Luxembourg Renew

For (1)

1
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
68

Poland Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Italy Verts/ALE

2

Romania Verts/ALE

1

Netherlands Verts/ALE

3

Portugal Verts/ALE

1

Belgium Verts/ALE

3

Czechia Verts/ALE

3

Sweden Verts/ALE

3

Ireland Verts/ALE

2

Austria Verts/ALE

3

Denmark Verts/ALE

1

Lithuania Verts/ALE

2

Finland Verts/ALE

3
icon: ECR ECR
57

Germany ECR

1

Netherlands ECR

Against (1)

5

Bulgaria ECR

1

Sweden ECR

3

Slovakia ECR

For (1)

1

Lithuania ECR

1

Finland ECR

2

Croatia ECR

1

Latvia ECR

For (1)

1
icon: The Left The Left
32

Netherlands The Left

For (1)

1

Portugal The Left

4

Belgium The Left

For (1)

1

Czechia The Left

Abstain (1)

1

Sweden The Left

For (1)

1

Denmark The Left

1

Finland The Left

For (1)

1

Cyprus The Left

2
icon: NI NI
36

France NI

3

Netherlands NI

Against (1)

1

Slovakia NI

Against (1)

2

Croatia NI

2

Latvia NI

1
icon: ID ID
55

Czechia ID

Against (2)

2

Austria ID

3

Denmark ID

Against (1)

1

Estonia ID

Against (1)

1

History

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

events/7
date
2023-09-29T00:00:00
type
Final act published in Official Journal
procedure/final
title
OJ L 242 29.09.2023, p. 0358
url
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:2023:242:TOC
procedure/stage_reached
Old
Procedure completed, awaiting publication in Official Journal
New
Procedure completed
events/5
date
2023-05-10T00:00:00
type
Results of vote in Parliament
body
EP
docs
url: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=59835&l=en title: Results of vote in Parliament
docs/6
date
2023-05-10T00:00:00
docs
url: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2023-0162_EN.html title: T9-0162/2023
type
Text adopted by Parliament, single reading
body
EP
events/5/summary
  • The European Parliament decided to grant discharge to the Executive Director of ENISA (European Union Agency for Cyber Security) in respect of the implementation of the Agency'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 Agency's annual accounts for the financial year 2021 were reliable and that the underlying transactions were legal and regular, Parliament adopted, by 548 votes to 47, with 35 abstentions, a resolution containing a series of recommendations which form an integral part of the discharge decision and which complement the general recommendations set out in the resolution on the performance, financial management and control of EU agencies.
  • Agency’s financial statements
  • ENISA's final budget for the year 2021 was EUR 23 473 060, including a contribution of EUR 640 000 from the Hellenic authorities for the rent of the office building, representing an increase of 8.26 % compared to 2020.
  • Budgetary and financial management
  • Budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2021 resulted in a budget implementation of current year commitment appropriations rate of 99.51 %, representing an increase of 2.16 % compared to 2020. Payment appropriations execution rate was 77.40 % (short of the Agency’s planned target of 85 %), representing an increase of 8.77 % compared to 2020.
  • Other observations
  • Parliament also made a series of observations concerning performance, staff policy, internal controls and Covid-19.
  • In particular, it noted that:
  • - the Agency’s key performance indicators were fulfilled and that the Agency has drawn attention to measures that can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of its work;
  • - on 31 December 2021, the establishment plan was 90.79 % implemented, with 69 temporary agents appointed out of 76 temporary agents authorised under the Union budget (compared to 69 authorised posts in 2020). The gender imbalance reported for 2020 in senior management is still of concern;
  • - the Agency concluded a total of 58 public procurement procedures, including two jointly with CEDEFOP. Public procurement weaknesses have been observed which are increasing and remain the largest source of irregular payments for most of agencies;
  • - more systematic rules on transparency, incompatibilities, conflict of interests, illegal lobbying and revolving doors should be put in place. The Authority should also strengthen its internal control mechanisms, including the setting up of an internal anticorruption mechanism;
  • - the Agency’s policy conflicts of interest and its anti-fraud strategy were updated and adopted in 2021;
  • - the digitalisation of procedures should be accelerated.
docs/6
date
2023-05-10T00:00:00
docs
url: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2023-0162_EN.html title: T9-0162/2023
type
Text adopted by Parliament, single reading
body
EP
events/5
date
2023-05-10T00:00:00
type
Decision by Parliament
body
EP
docs
url: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TA-9-2023-0162_EN.html title: T9-0162/2023
forecasts
  • date: 2023-05-09T00:00:00 title: Vote scheduled
procedure/stage_reached
Old
Awaiting Parliament's vote
New
Procedure completed, awaiting publication in Official Journal
events/4/docs
  • url: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CRE-9-2023-05-09-TOC_EN.html title: Debate in Parliament
forecasts/0
date
2023-05-09T00:00:00
title
Vote scheduled
forecasts/0
date
2023-05-10T00:00:00
title
Vote in plenary scheduled
events/4
date
2023-05-09T00:00:00
type
Debate in Parliament
body
EP
forecasts/0
date
2023-05-09T00:00:00
title
Debate in plenary scheduled
docs/5/docs/0/url
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-9-2023-0115_EN.html
events/3/docs/0/url
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-9-2023-0115_EN.html
docs/5
date
2023-04-04T00:00:00
docs
title: A9-0115/2023
type
Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
body
EP
events/3/docs
  • title: A9-0115/2023
forecasts/0
date
2023-05-09T00:00:00
title
Debate in plenary scheduled
forecasts/0
date
2023-05-08T00:00:00
title
Indicative plenary sitting date
forecasts/1
date
2023-05-10T00:00:00
title
Vote in plenary scheduled
events/3
date
2023-04-04T00:00:00
type
Committee report tabled for plenary
body
EP
procedure/stage_reached
Old
Awaiting committee decision
New
Awaiting Parliament's vote
events/2
date
2023-03-22T00:00:00
type
Vote in committee
body
EP
forecasts/0
date
2023-03-22T00:00:00
title
Vote scheduled in committee
procedure/Other legal basis
Rules of Procedure EP 159
docs/3
date
2023-02-13T00:00:00
docs
title: 06248/2023
type
Supplementary non-legislative basic document
body
CSL
docs/3
date
2023-02-21T00:00:00
docs
url: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CONT-AM-742584_EN.html title: PE742.584
type
Amendments tabled in committee
body
EP
forecasts/0/date
Old
2023-03-23T00:00:00
New
2023-03-22T00:00:00
docs/2/docs/0/url
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/CONT-PR-737552_EN.html
docs/2
date
2023-01-20T00:00:00
docs
title: PE737.552
type
Committee draft report
body
EP
forecasts/1
date
2023-05-08T00:00:00
title
Indicative plenary sitting date
docs/1
date
2022-10-27T00:00:00
docs
type
Court of Auditors: opinion, report
body
CofA
commission
  • body: EC dg: Budget commissioner: HAHN Johannes
committees/1/opinion
False
events/1
date
2022-09-13T00:00:00
type
Committee referral announced in Parliament
body
EP
procedure/dossier_of_the_committee
  • CONT/9/09877
procedure/stage_reached
Old
Preparatory phase in Parliament
New
Awaiting committee decision
committees/0/shadows/1
name
ZDECHOVSKÝ Tomáš
group
Group of European People's Party
abbr
EPP
forecasts
  • date: 2023-03-23T00:00:00 title: Vote scheduled in committee
committees/0
type
Responsible Committee
body
EP
committee_full
Budgetary Control
committee
CONT
associated
False
rapporteur
name: CSEH Katalin date: 2022-07-14T00:00:00 group: Renew Europe group abbr: Renew
shadows
committees/0
type
Responsible Committee
body
EP
committee_full
Budgetary Control
committee
CONT
associated
False