2021/2117(DEC) 2020 discharge: Office of the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC)
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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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 Support for BEREC (BEREC Office) in respect of the implementation of the Agency's budget for the 2020 financial year and to approve the closure of the Joint Undertaking's accounts for the same financial year.
Noting that the Court of Auditors stated that it had obtained reasonable assurance that the Office's annual accounts for the financial year 2020 were reliable and that the underlying transactions were legal and regular, Parliament adopted, by 561 votes to 71 with 10 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
The Agency's final budget for the financial year 2019 was EUR 7 233 653, representing an increase of 27.96 % compared to 2019, which mainly represents an increase in staff and operational expenditure.
Budgetary and financial management
The budget monitoring efforts during the financial year 2020 resulted in a budget implementation rate of 99.07 %, representing a decrease of 0.86 % compared to 2019. The payment appropriations execution rate was 61.14 %, representing a decrease of 20.85 % compared to 2019.
Other observations
Parliament also made a series of observations concerning performance, staff policy, public procurement and internal controls.
In particular, it noted that:
- the BEREC Office found some synergies with other agencies in common areas and currently cooperates in the development of a new corporate website with the European Union Intellectual Property Office and in the use of IT infrastructure and online platforms with the European Food Safety Authority;
- on 31 December 2020, the establishment plan was 87.50 % implemented, with 14 temporary agents appointed out of 16 temporary agents authorised under the Union budget (compared with 16 authorised posts in 2019). Measures should be taken to achieve gender balance as soon as possible;
- again, the Office struggles to attract and retain professionals;
- the BEREC Office signed a framework contract with one company for the provision of secretarial support services, which did not comply with Union social and employment rules, exposing the BEREC Office to legal and reputational risks. It also finished a procurement procedure and signed a contract before evaluating all of the offers it had received;
- due to the Covid-19 pandemic the BEREC Office cancelled most of the planned physical events and organised them successfully by means of videoconferencing instead which resulted in a reduction in its costs and in a better environmental performance.
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
2022/03/03
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: T9-0182/2022
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A9-0123/2022
- Committee report tabled for plenary: A9-0123/2022
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE729.962
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE704.717
- Supplementary non-legislative basic document: 06003/2022
- Committee draft report: PE698.955
- 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: PE698.955
- Supplementary non-legislative basic document: 06003/2022
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE704.717
- Amendments tabled in committee: PE729.962
- Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A9-0123/2022
Votes
Décharge 2020: Agence de soutien à l’ORECE (Office de l'ORECE) - Discharge 2020: Agency for Support for BEREC (BEREC Office) - Entlastung 2020: Agentur zur Unterstützung des GEREK (GEREK-Büro) - A9-0123/2022 - Lefteris Christoforou - Proposition de résolution #
2022/05/04 Outcome: +: 561, -: 71, 0: 10
PPE
The Left
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2021/2117(DEC)
2022/03/03
CONT
6 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 Support for BEREC (the ‘BEREC Office’) for the financial year 2020 was EUR 7 233 653 , representing an increase of 27,96 % compared to 2019, which mainly represents an increase in staff and operational expenditure; whereas the inflation rate was 0,7 % in the Union in 2020; whereas the budget of the BEREC Office derives from the Union budget and third countries’ contributions; _________________ 1 OJ C 114, 31.3.2021, p. 174
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6.
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 6 6. Notes the gender distribution within the BEREC Office’s senior management members, with 3 out of 4 being men (75 %);
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 a (new) 8 a. Is concerned about the large size of the BEREC Office's management board that makes decision-making difficult and generates considerable administrative costs;
Amendment 5 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 8 b (new) 8 b. Welcomes the efforts made in staff policy to promote teleworking and healthy life and continues to encourage the BEREC Office 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 recruitment and integration of people with disabilities;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution Paragraph 15 a (new) 15 a. Recalls the importance to increase the digitalisation of the BEREC Office in terms of internal operation and management but also in order to speed up the digitalisation of procedures; stresses the need for the BEREC Office 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 BEREC Office to speed up the development of its cybersecurity policy and to inform the discharge authority on its completion;
source: 704.717
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