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2022/2121(DEC) 2021 discharge: European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol)

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead CONT STRUGARIU Ramona (icon: Renew Renew) ZDECHOVSKÝ Tomáš (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) Caterina CHINNICI (icon: S&D S&D), Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ (icon: PPE PPE), José GUSMÃO (icon: GUE/NGL GUE/NGL), Assita KANKO (icon: ECR ECR), Ramona STRUGARIU (icon: RE RE)
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 Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) 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 594 votes to 17 with 21 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.

Europol's financial statements

The Agency's final budget for the financial year 2021 was EUR 178 310 917, representing an increase of 12.41% compared to 2020.

Budget and financial management

Budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2021 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 98.72%, representing a decrease of 0.72% compared to 2020. Payment appropriations execution rate was 83.51%, indicating a decrease of 1.58% compared to 2020.

The late payment rate was 7.8%, compared to 32.8% in 2020. Appropriations related to the current budget carried over from 2021 to 2022 are at a relatively high level of 15.20% or EUR 25.7 million.

Other observations

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

In particular, it noted that:

- the Agency monitored, in total, 44 corporate performance indicators, of which 33 reached or exceed the set targets;

- the number of operations was 2519, i.e. 9% higher than in 2020;

- the Agency achieved outstanding results in several areas such as the use of EIS (Europol Information System) and QUEST (Query Europol System), in which, in 2021, more than 12 million searches were recorded, representing a 20% increase compared to 2020;

- on 31 December 2021, the establishment plan was 99.80% implemented, with 614 temporary agents appointed out of 615 temporary agents authorised under the Union budget (same as in 2020). Once again, gender imbalance is reported for senior and middle management;

- in 2021, the implementation of the Agency’s annual procurement plan reached 79%, including 10 procurement procedures for contracts above EUR 15 000 for a total value of EUR 58 314 000;

- regarding digitalisation, the Agency uses e-procurement tools such as eNotices, eSubmission and eTendering, the latter also applying to middle-value procedures as of 2022;

- the Agency should focus on disseminating the results of its operations to the general public and to reach out to the public via the social media and other media outlets.

Documents
2023/05/09
   EP - Debate in Parliament
2023/04/12
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
Documents
2023/04/12
   EP - Committee report tabled for plenary
Documents
2023/03/22
   EP - Vote in committee
2023/03/02
   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: Agence de l’Union européenne pour la coopération des services répressifs (Europol) - A9-0138/2023 - Ramona Strugariu - Proposition de résolution #

2023/05/10 Outcome: +: 594, 0: 21, -: 17
DE FR IT PL ES RO SE NL HU CZ BG PT BE AT FI IE DK HR SK LT SI LV EL CY EE MT LU
Total
91
74
61
48
52
29
21
28
18
20
15
19
18
17
12
12
13
12
13
9
8
8
11
6
7
5
5
icon: PPE PPE
160

Hungary PPE

1

Denmark PPE

For (1)

1

Cyprus PPE

2

Estonia PPE

For (1)

1

Malta PPE

For (1)

1

Luxembourg PPE

2
icon: S&D S&D
136

Czechia S&D

For (1)

1

Belgium S&D

2

Lithuania S&D

2

Slovenia S&D

2

Latvia 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

Italy Renew

2

Poland Renew

1
3

Hungary Renew

1

Austria Renew

For (1)

1

Finland Renew

For (1)

1

Ireland Renew

2

Croatia Renew

For (1)

1

Lithuania Renew

1

Slovenia Renew

2

Latvia Renew

For (1)

1

Greece Renew

1

Estonia Renew

3

Luxembourg Renew

2
icon: Verts/ALE Verts/ALE
69

Italy Verts/ALE

3

Poland Verts/ALE

For (1)

1

Romania Verts/ALE

1

Sweden Verts/ALE

3

Netherlands Verts/ALE

3

Czechia Verts/ALE

3

Portugal Verts/ALE

1

Belgium Verts/ALE

3

Austria Verts/ALE

3

Finland Verts/ALE

3

Ireland Verts/ALE

2

Denmark Verts/ALE

1

Lithuania Verts/ALE

2
icon: ECR ECR
56

Germany ECR

1

Bulgaria ECR

1

Croatia ECR

1

Slovakia ECR

For (1)

1

Lithuania ECR

1

Latvia ECR

For (1)

1
icon: ID ID
53

Czechia ID

Against (1)

Abstain (1)

2

Austria ID

3

Denmark ID

Against (1)

1

Estonia ID

Abstain (1)

1
icon: The Left The Left
33

Sweden The Left

For (1)

1

Netherlands The Left

For (1)

1

Czechia The Left

1

Portugal The Left

4

Belgium The Left

Abstain (1)

1

Finland The Left

For (1)

1

Ireland The Left

Abstain (1)

3

Denmark The Left

1

Cyprus The Left

2
icon: NI NI
35

Netherlands NI

Against (1)

1

Croatia NI

Against (1)

2

Slovakia NI

Against (1)

Abstain (1)

2

Latvia NI

Abstain (1)

1
AmendmentsDossier
33 2022/2121(DEC)
2023/01/19 LIBE 33 amendments...
source: 740.775

History

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  • The European Parliament decided to grant discharge to the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) 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 594 votes to 17 with 21 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.
  • Europol's financial statements
  • The Agency's final budget for the financial year 2021 was EUR 178 310 917, representing an increase of 12.41% compared to 2020.
  • Budget and financial management
  • Budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2021 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 98.72%, representing a decrease of 0.72% compared to 2020. Payment appropriations execution rate was 83.51%, indicating a decrease of 1.58% compared to 2020.
  • The late payment rate was 7.8%, compared to 32.8% in 2020. Appropriations related to the current budget carried over from 2021 to 2022 are at a relatively high level of 15.20% or EUR 25.7 million.
  • Other observations
  • Parliament also made a series of observations concerning performance, staff policy, procurement and digitalisation.
  • In particular, it noted that:
  • - the Agency monitored, in total, 44 corporate performance indicators, of which 33 reached or exceed the set targets;
  • - the number of operations was 2519, i.e. 9% higher than in 2020;
  • - the Agency achieved outstanding results in several areas such as the use of EIS (Europol Information System) and QUEST (Query Europol System), in which, in 2021, more than 12 million searches were recorded, representing a 20% increase compared to 2020;
  • - on 31 December 2021, the establishment plan was 99.80% implemented, with 614 temporary agents appointed out of 615 temporary agents authorised under the Union budget (same as in 2020). Once again, gender imbalance is reported for senior and middle management;
  • - in 2021, the implementation of the Agency’s annual procurement plan reached 79%, including 10 procurement procedures for contracts above EUR 15 000 for a total value of EUR 58 314 000;
  • - regarding digitalisation, the Agency uses e-procurement tools such as eNotices, eSubmission and eTendering, the latter also applying to middle-value procedures as of 2022;
  • - the Agency should focus on disseminating the results of its operations to the general public and to reach out to the public via the social media and other media outlets.
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