Changes between two versions
What changed between the plenary report and the adopted text
From · plenary report· 12 Mar 2024
on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority for the financial year 2022
To · adopted text· 11 Apr 2024
Discharge 2022: European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority
Changes to the text itself, in document order. Cover page, citations and punctuation-only edits are left out; they are under “Every difference”.
The changes · 8
Change 1
Removed:2. PROPOSAL FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DECISION
Added:2. European Parliament decision of 11 April 2024 on the closure of the accounts of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority for the financial year 2022 (2023/2153(DEC))
Removed:on the closure of the accounts of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority for the financial year 2022
Change 2
Removed:3. MOTION FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION
Added:3. European Parliament resolution of 11 April 2024 with observations forming an integral part of the decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority for the financial year 2022 (2023/2153(DEC))
Removed:with observations forming an integral part of the decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority for the financial year 2022
Change 3
Changed:8. Notes that the European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) coordinate, share and support each other in many areas, both in core business and support areas; welcomes the fact that the ESAs joined forces on strategic initiatives such as software application development, network infrastructure and IT consultancy by, for example, sharing the same suppliers; notes in that context that the Authority’s Cloud Strategy, which was approved in 2022, was developed by the Authority together with the two other ESAs, other Union Institutions and the national competent authorities (NCAs) and aims to delivermoredeliver more autonomous, automated and self-service products to serve the Authority’s experts and NCAs;
Change 4
Changed:9. Commends the Authority for its investment in and allocation of staff for projects in the area of digital transformation, to reach new levels of efficiency by automatisingautomatizing and streamlining business processes and improving the time-to-market and the collaboration within and across functions, among others; welcomes in this context the Authority’s projects carried out in 2022 focussing on improving data analysis capabilities to achieve the goal of turning the Authority into a fully digital, data-driven organisation;
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Change 5
Changed:12. Notes that, on 31 December 2022, 99 %, thesamethe same as in 2021, of the establishment plan was completed, with 137 temporary agents appointed out of 138 temporary agents authorised under the Union budget ;budget; notes that, in addition, 36 contract agents and 24 seconded national experts were employed by the Authority in 2022;
Change 6
Changed:14. Welcomes the fact that in 2022 the Authority continued the implementation of the diversity and inclusion strategy (adopted in 2021) and its detailed action plan in line with the EUAN Charter on Diversity through initiatives that cover cross-cutting measures such as collaborating with other institutions, attracting and selecting a more diverse workforce, preventing discrimination, harassment, conscious and unconscious bias, and monitoring diversity and inclusion related data; notes that in 2022, one case of alleged harassment was reported, but the case was closed without further actions since, upon preliminary assessment, no prima faciaefacie evidence was found;
Change 7
Changed:18. Recalls from the Court’s annual report on Union agencies for 2021 the observation on an amount of EUR 288 125 irregularly paid by the Authority with regard to the rental contract for its premises; notes in that context from the Authority’s report on measures taken in light of the discharge authority’s recommendations (discharge 2021) the Authority’s position that disregarding the contractual obligations would have had a negative legal and reputational effect on the Authority; notes from the Court’s report that the status of that observation remains open; calls on the Authority to make all the necessary efforts when launching the procurement procedure for a new lease contract to prevent any conflict between the obligations imposed by the rental agreement and the relevant provisions oftheof the Financial Regulation;
Change 8
Changed:30. Refers, for other observations of a cross-cutting nature accompanying its decision on discharge, to its resolution of [...]11 April 2024 on the performance, financial management and control of the agencies.