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On discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union agencies for the financial year 2024

Report A-10-2026-0087 · 2025/2156(DEC)

Kind: Plenary report A-10-2026-0087
Date: 10 April 2026
Committee: Committee on Budgetary Control
Rapporteur: Monika Hohlmeier
Dossier: 2025/2156(DEC)

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Voted: 29 Apr 2026 Discharge decision adopted 475 for, 107 against, 71 abstained
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Subject matter: BUDG
Reference: 2025/2156(DEC)

Voted: 29 Apr 2026 Discharge decision adopted 475 for, 107 against, 71 abstained
Formats: Official page PDF Word
Subject matter: BUDG
Reference: 2025/2156(DEC)

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This committee report proposes granting discharge to 31 EU agencies and two other bodies for the 2024 financial year, approving closure of their accounts, and includes a resolution with observations on their budget implementation. The resolution makes cross-cutting observations on agency performance, calling for improved transparency, cybersecurity, procurement compliance, and human resources management, and makes specific recommendations to individual agencies.

Position. The Committee on Budgetary Control proposes granting discharge to all 31 agencies and two bodies for the 2024 financial year and approving closure of their accounts, with observations in an accompanying resolution.

Key points

Parliament grants discharge to the directors of 31 agencies and two bodies for implementing their 2024 budgets and approves closure of their accounts.
Calls on agencies to publish key documents proactively, adopt minimum transparency standards including internal registers, and strengthen conflict-of-interest controls.
Urges the Commission to explore synergies, consolidation, and possible mergers of agencies, and to ensure periodic performance reviews with impact assessments.
Calls on agencies to reduce structural dependence on external contractors, especially for core IT functions, and to ensure adequate in-house staffing.
Calls on agencies to improve gender balance, address high staff turnover, and implement effective complaint mechanisms with protection against retaliation.
Calls for accelerated implementation of cybersecurity measures, including zero-trust architecture, and regular stress-testing of IT systems.
Calls on agencies to improve key performance indicators and impact-oriented reporting, and to include cost-benefit analysis in performance frameworks.
Urges agencies to systematically introduce break-out clauses in lease contracts to limit financial exposure.
Calls on agencies with recurrent high carry-overs to submit corrective action plans and improve budgetary forecasting.
Calls on agencies to strengthen procurement controls, ensure full traceability, and provide training to prevent irregularities.
Makes specific recommendations to agencies including EIGE, eu-LISA, Eurojust, CEPOL, Europol, EUAA, ELA, ETF, EUOSHA, EMA, EUDA, ECDC, ERA, EEA, ECHA, EFCA, ACER, BEREC Office, CdT, ENISA, and EIT.

Who is affected

31 EU decentralised agencies and two other bodies (EIT and Euratom Supply Agency) receive discharge and must implement the resolution's recommendations.
The Commission is called on to provide guidance, training, and oversight to agencies on procurement, staffing, and performance evaluation.
Agencies with specific findings, such as eu-LISA, Eurojust, CEPOL, EUAA, ELA, ETF, EUOSHA, EMA, EUDA, ECDC, ERA, EEA, ECHA, EFCA, ACER, BEREC Office, CdT, ENISA, and EIT, must take corrective actions.

Figures and deadlines

33 decentralised agencies manage over EUR 4,1 billion.
Outstanding loans could exceed EUR 900 billion by 2027.
In 2024, agencies employed 11 491 staff, an increase of 8,61 % from 2023.
Staff turnover exceeded 5 % in 16 agencies and 10 % in two.
Budget rose from EUR 3,6 billion in 2023 to EUR 4,1 billion in 2024.
CdT had a negative economic outcome of EUR 5,7 million.
ELA had irregular payments of EUR 2,6 million, 5,7 % of total payment appropriations.
CEPOL cyber-attack affected about 99 000 individuals.

Legal basis. Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union

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1. proposal for a european parliament decision

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to the statement of assurance as to the reliability of the accounts and the legality and regularity of the underlying transactions provided by the Court of Auditors for the financial year 2024, pursuant to Article 287 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to the Council’s recommendation of 2 March 2026 on discharge to be given to the Agency in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2024 (05750/2026 – C10-0148/2026),

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012, and in particular Article 70 thereof,

–having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 September 2024 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, and in particular Article 70 thereof,

–having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/942 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 establishing a European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators, and in particular Article 35 thereof,

–having regard to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/715 of 18 December 2018 on the framework financial regulation for the bodies set up under the TFEU and Euratom Treaty and referred to in Article 70 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council, and in particular Article 105 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the opinions of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, the Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, the Committee on Public Health, the Committee on Transport and Tourism, the Committee on Fisheries, the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, and the Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Grants the Director ad interim of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2024;

2.Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Director ad interim of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

2. proposal for a european parliament decision

on the closure of the accounts of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators for the financial year 2024;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Director ad interim of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

3. proposal for a european parliament decision

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Agency for Support for BEREC for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the Agency for Support for BEREC for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EU) 2018/1971 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 establishing the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) and the Agency for Support for BEREC (BEREC Office), amending Regulation (EU) 2015/2120 and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1211/2009, and in particular Article 28 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Grants the Director of the Agency for Support for BEREC discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2024;

2.Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Director of the Agency for Support for BEREC, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

4. proposal for a european parliament decision

on the closure of the accounts of the Agency for Support for BEREC for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the Agency for Support for BEREC for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Approves the closure of the accounts of the Agency for Support for BEREC for the financial year 2024;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Director of the Agency for Support for BEREC, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

5. proposal for a european parliament decision

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to the Council’s recommendation of 2 March 2026 on discharge to be given to the Centre in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2024 (05750/2026 – C10-0148/2026),

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2965/94 of 28 November 1994 setting up a Translation Centre for Bodies of the European Union, and in particular Article 14 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Grants the Acting Director of the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union discharge in respect of the implementation of the Centre’s budget for the financial year 2024;

2.Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Acting Director of the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

6. proposal for a european parliament decision

on the closure of the accounts of the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2965/94 of 28 November 1994 setting up a Translation Centre for Bodies of the European Union, and in particular Article 14 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Approves the closure of the accounts of the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union for the financial year 2024;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Acting Director of the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

7. proposal for a european parliament decision

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/128 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 January 2019 establishing a European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop) and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 337/75, and in particular Article 15 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Grants the Executive Director of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training discharge in respect of the implementation of the Centre’s budget for the financial year 2024;

2.Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Executive Director of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

8. proposal for a european parliament decision

on the closure of the accounts of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the financial year 2024;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

9. proposal for a european parliament decision

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EU) 2015/2219 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL) and replacing and repealing Council Decision 2005/681/JHA, and in particular Article 20 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Grants the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2024;

2.Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

10. proposal for a european parliament decision

on the closure of the accounts of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training for the financial year 2024;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

11. proposal for a european parliament decision

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EU) 2018/1139 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2018 on common rules in the field of civil aviation and establishing a European Union Aviation Safety Agency, and amending Regulations (EC) No 2111/2005, (EC) No 1008/2008, (EU) No 996/2010, (EU) No 376/2014 and Directives 2014/30/EU and 2014/53/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, and repealing Regulations (EC) No 552/2004 and (EC) No 216/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Regulation (EEC) No 3922/91, and in particular Article 121 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Grants the Executive Director of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2024;

2.Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Executive Director of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

12. proposal for a european parliament decision

on the closure of the accounts of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency for the financial year 2024;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

13. proposal for a european parliament decision

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Banking Authority for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Banking Authority for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to the Council’s recommendation of 2 March 2026 on discharge to be given to the Authority in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2024 (05750/2026 – C10-0148/2026),

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1093/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Banking Authority), amending Decision No 716/2009/EC and repealing Commission Decision 2009/78/EC, and in particular Article 64 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Grants the Executive Director of the European Banking Authority discharge in respect of the implementation of the Authority’s budget for the financial year 2024;

2.Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Executive Director of the European Banking Authority, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

14. proposal for a european parliament decision

on the closure of the accounts of the European Banking Authority for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Banking Authority for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Banking Authority for the financial year 2024;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the European Banking Authority, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

15. proposal for a european parliament decision

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EC) No 851/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 establishing a European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, and in particular Article 23 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Grants the Director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control discharge in respect of the implementation of the Centre’s budget for the financial year 2024;

2.Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

16. proposal for a european parliament decision

on the closure of the accounts of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2024;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

17. proposal for a european parliament decision

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Chemicals Agency for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Chemicals Agency for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC, and in particular Article 97 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Grants the Executive Director of the European Chemicals Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2024;

2.Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Executive Director of the European Chemicals Agency, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

18. proposal for a european parliament decision

on the closure of the accounts of the European Chemicals Agency for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Chemicals Agency for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Chemicals Agency for the financial year 2024;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the European Chemicals Agency, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

19. proposal for a european parliament decision

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EC) No 401/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation Network, and in particular Article 13 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Grants the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2024;

2.Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

20. proposal for a european parliament decision

on the closure of the accounts of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2024;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the European Environment Agency, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

21. proposal for a european parliament decision

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Fisheries Control Agency for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Fisheries Control Agency for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/473 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 on the European Fisheries Control Agency, and in particular Article 45 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Grants the Executive Director of the European Fisheries Control Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2024;

2.Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Executive Director of the European Fisheries Control Agency, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

22. proposal for a european parliament decision

on the closure of the accounts of the European Fisheries Control Agency for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Fisheries Control Agency for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/473 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 March 2019 on the European Fisheries Control Agency, and in particular Article 45 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Fisheries Control Agency for the financial year 2024;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the European Fisheries Control Agency, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

23. proposal for a european parliament decision

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety, and in particular Article 44 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Grants the Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority discharge in respect of the implementation of the Authority’s budget for the financial year 2024;

2.Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

24. proposal for a european parliament decision

on the closure of the accounts of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year 2024;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the European Food Safety Authority, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

25. proposal for a european parliament decision

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Institute for Gender Equality for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Institute for Gender Equality for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to the Council’s recommendation of 2 March 2026 on discharge to be given to the Institute in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2024 (05750/2026 – C10-0148/2026),

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1922/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on establishing a European Institute for Gender Equality, and in particular Article 15 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Grants the Director of the European Institute for Gender Equality discharge in respect of the implementation of the Institute’s budget for the financial year 2024;

2.Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Director of the European Institute for Gender Equality, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

26. proposal for a european parliament decision

on the closure of the accounts of the European Institute for Gender Equality for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Institute for Gender Equality for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Institute for Gender Equality for the financial year 2024;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Director of the European Institute for Gender Equality, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

27. proposal for a european parliament decision

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1094/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority), amending Decision No 716/2009/EC and repealing Commission Decision 2009/79/EC, and in particular Article 64 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Grants the Executive Director of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority discharge in respect of the implementation of the Authority’s budget for the financial year 2024;

2.Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Executive Director of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

28. proposal for a european parliament decision

on the closure of the accounts of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority for the financial year 2024;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

29. proposal for a european parliament decision

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/819 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2021 on the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, and in particular Article 23 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Grants the Director of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology discharge in respect of the implementation of the Institute’s budget for the financial year 2024;

2.Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Director of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

30. proposal for a european parliament decision

on the closure of the accounts of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/819 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 May 2021 on the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, and in particular Article 23 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology for the financial year 2024;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Director of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

31. proposal for a european parliament decision

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Labour Authority for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Labour Authority for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/1149 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 establishing a European Labour Authority, amending Regulations (EC) No 883/2004, (EU) No 492/2011, and (EU) 2016/589 and repealing Decision (EU) 2016/344, and in particular Article 28 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Grants the Executive Director of the European Labour Authority discharge in respect of the implementation of the Authority’s budget for the financial year 2024;

2.Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Executive Director of the European Labour Authority, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

32. proposal for a european parliament decision

on the closure of the accounts of the European Labour Authority for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Labour Authority for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Labour Authority for the financial year 2024;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the European Labour Authority, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

33. proposal for a european parliament decision

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Medicines Agency for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Medicines Agency for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31 March 2004 laying down Union procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human use and establishing a European Medicines Agency, and in particular Article 68 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Grants the Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2024;

2.Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

34. proposal for a european parliament decision

on the closure of the accounts of the European Medicines Agency for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Medicines Agency for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Medicines Agency for the financial year 2024;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the European Medicines Agency, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

35. proposal for a european parliament decision

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Drugs Agency (before 2.7.2024: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction) for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Union Drugs Agency for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1920/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, and in particular Article 15 thereof,

–having regard to Regulation (EU) 2023/1322 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2023 on the European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1920/2006, and in particular Article 41 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Grants the Executive Director of the European Union Drugs Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2024;

2.Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Executive Director of the European Union Drugs Agency, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

36. proposal for a european parliament decision

on the closure of the accounts of the European Union Drugs Agency (before 2.7.2024: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction) for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Union Drugs Agency for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Union Drugs Agency for the financial year 2024;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the European Union Drugs Agency, the Cou7ncil, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

37. proposal for a european parliament decision

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Maritime Safety Agency for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Maritime Safety Agency for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2002 establishing a European Maritime Safety Agency, and in particular Article 19 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Grants the Executive Director of the European Maritime Safety Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2024;

2.Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Executive Director of the European Maritime Safety Agency, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

38. proposal for a european parliament decision

on the closure of the accounts of the European Maritime Safety Agency for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Maritime Safety Agency for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 June 2002 establishing a European Maritime Safety Agency, and in particular Article 19 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Maritime Safety Agency for the financial year 2024;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the European Maritime Safety Agency, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

39. proposal for a european parliament decision

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/881 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 April 2019 on ENISA (the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity) and on information and communications technology cybersecurity certification and repealing Regulation (EU) No 526/2013 (Cybersecurity Act), and in particular Article 31 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Grants the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2024;

2.Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

40. proposal for a european parliament decision

on the closure of the accounts of the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity for the financial year 2024;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

41. proposal for a european parliament decision

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Railways for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Union Agency for Railways for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/796 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Railways and repealing Regulation (EC) No 881/2004, and in particular Article 65 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Grants the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Railways discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2024;

2.Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Railways, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

42. proposal for a european parliament decision

on the closure of the accounts of the European Union Agency for Railways for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Union Agency for Railways for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Union Agency for Railways for the financial year 2024;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Railways, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

43. proposal for a european parliament decision

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Article 106a of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,

–having regard to Council Decision 2008/114/EC, Euratom of 12 February 2008 establishing Statutes for the Euratom Supply Agency, and in particular Article 8 of the Annex thereto,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Grants the Director General of the Euratom Supply Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2024;

2.Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Director General of the Euratom Supply Agency, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

44. proposal for a european parliament decision

on the closure of the accounts of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Article 106a of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community,

–having regard to Council Decision 2008/114/EC, Euratom of 12 February 2008 establishing Statutes for the Euratom Supply Agency, and in particular Article 8 of the Annex thereto,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Approves the closure of the accounts of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2024;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Director General of the Euratom Supply Agency, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

45. proposal for a european parliament decision

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Securities and Markets Authority for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Securities and Markets Authority for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EU) No 1095/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 establishing a European Supervisory Authority (European Securities and Markets Authority), amending Decision No 716/2009/EC and repealing Commission Decision 2009/77/EC, and in particular Article 64 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Grants the Executive Director of the European Securities and Markets Authority discharge in respect of the implementation of the Authority’s budget for the financial year 2024;

2.Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Executive Director of the European Securities and Markets Authority, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

46. proposal for a european parliament decision

on the closure of the accounts of the European Securities and Markets Authority for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Securities and Markets Authority for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Securities and Markets Authority for the financial year 2024;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the European Securities and Markets Authority, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

47. proposal for a european parliament decision

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Training Foundation for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Training Foundation for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to the Council’s recommendation of 2 March 2026 on discharge to be given to the Foundation in respect of the implementation of the budget for the financial year 2024 (05750/2026 – C10-0148/2026),

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1339/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 establishing a European Training Foundation, and in particular Article 17 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Grants the Director of the European Training Foundation discharge in respect of the implementation of the Foundation’s budget for the financial year 2024;

2.Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Director of the European Training Foundation, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

48. proposal for a european parliament decision

on the closure of the accounts of the European Training Foundation for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Training Foundation for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1339/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 establishing a European Training Foundation, and in particular Article 17 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Training Foundation for the financial year 2024;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Director of the European Training Foundation, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

49. proposal for a european parliament decision

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of European Union Agency for Asylum for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Union Agency for Asylum for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/2303 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 December 2021 on the European Union Agency for Asylum and repealing Regulation (EU) No 439/2010, and in particular Article 55 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Grants the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Asylum discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2024;

2.Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Asylum, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

50. proposal for a european parliament decision

on the closure of the accounts of European Union Agency for Asylum for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Union Agency for Asylum for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Union Agency for Asylum for the financial year 2024;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Asylum, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

51. proposal for a european parliament decision

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EU) 2018/1726 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA), and amending Regulation (EC) No 1987/2006 and Council Decision 2007/533/JHA and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1077/2011, and in particular Article 47 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Grants the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2024;

2.Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

52. proposal for a european parliament decision

on the closure of the accounts of the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice for the financial year 2024;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

53. proposal for a european parliament decision

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/126 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 January 2019 establishing the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 2062/94, and in particular Article 16 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Grants the Executive Director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2024;

2.Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Executive Director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

54. proposal for a european parliament decision

on the closure of the accounts of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for the financial year 2024;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

55. proposal for a european parliament decision

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/127 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 January 2019 establishing the European Foundation for the improvement of living and working conditions (Eurofound), and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 1365/75, and in particular Article 16 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Grants the Executive Director of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions discharge in respect of the implementation of the Foundation’s budget for the financial year 2024;

2.Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Executive Director of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

56. proposal for a european parliament decision

on the closure of the accounts of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for the financial year 2024;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

57. proposal for a european parliament decision

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EU) 2018/1727 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 November 2018 on the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust), and replacing and repealing Council Decision 2002/187/JHA, and in particular Article 63 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Grants the Administrative Director of the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2024;

2.Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Administrative Director of the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

58. proposal for a european parliament decision

on the closure of the accounts of the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation for the financial year 2024;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Administrative Director of the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

59. proposal for a european parliament decision

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EU) 2016/794 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 May 2016 on the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and replacing and repealing Council Decisions 2009/371/JHA, 2009/934/JHA, 2009/935/JHA, 2009/936/JHA and 2009/968/JHA, and in particular Article 60 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Grants the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2024;

2.Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

60. proposal for a european parliament decision

on the closure of the accounts of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation for the financial year 2024;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

61. proposal for a european parliament decision

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for the Space Programme for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Union Agency for the Space Programme for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/696 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 establishing the Union Space Programme and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme and repealing Regulations (EU) No 912/2010, (EU) No 1285/2013 and (EU) No 377/2014 and Decision No 541/2014/EU, and in particular Articles 85 and 86 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Grants the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for the Space Programme discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2024;

2.Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for the Space Programme, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

62. proposal for a european parliament decision

on the closure of the accounts of the European Union Agency for the Space Programme for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Union Agency for the Space Programme for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Union Agency for the Space Programme for the financial year 2024;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for the Space Programme, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

63. proposal for a european parliament decision

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 168/2007 of 15 February 2007 establishing a European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, and in particular Article 21 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Grants the Director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2024;

2.Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

64. proposal for a european parliament decision

on the closure of the accounts of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 168/2007 of 15 February 2007 establishing a European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, and in particular Article 21 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights for the financial year 2024;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Director of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

65. proposal for a european parliament decision

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Regulation (EU) 2019/1896 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 November 2019 on the European Border and Coast Guard and repealing Regulations (EU) No 1052/2013 and (EU) 2016/1624, and in particular Article 116 thereof,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Grants the Executive Director of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2024;

2.Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.Instructs its President to forward this decision, and the resolution forming an integral part of it, to the Executive Director of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

66. proposal for a european parliament decision

on the closure of the accounts of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to the Court of Auditors’ annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, together with the agencies’ replies,

–having regard to Article 319 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

1.Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency for the financial year 2024;

2.Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

67. motion for a european parliament resolution

with observations forming an integral part of the decisions on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union agencies for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

The European Parliament,

–having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Agency for Support for BEREC for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Banking Authority for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Chemicals Agency for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Fisheries Control Agency for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Institute for Gender Equality for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Labour Authority for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Medicines Agency for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Drugs Agency for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Maritime Safety Agency for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Railways for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the Euratom Supply Agency for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Securities and Markets Authority for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Training Foundation for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Asylum for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for the Space Programme for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to its decision on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency for the financial year 2024,

–having regard to Rule 102 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

–having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A10-0087/2026),

A.whereas Union decentralised agencies, executive agencies and other bodies are distinct legal entities set up to carry out specific technical, scientific or managerial tasks that help Union institutions to design and implement policies; whereas they are located in different Member States and have significant influence in areas of vital importance to Union citizens’ daily lives, such as health, safety, security, freedom and justice; recalls that the discharge procedure is not merely a technical accounting exercise, but a core instrument of democratic accountability through which Parliament assesses whether Union bodies act in line with the principles of sound financial management;

B.whereas this resolution contains, for each body within the meaning of Article 70 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509, and for the Euratom Supply Agency, cross-cutting observations accompanying the discharge decisions, in accordance with Article 268 of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/2509 and Article 3 of Annex V to Parliament’s Rules of Procedure;

C.whereas Union decentralised agencies and the Euratom Supply Agency should focus on missions with clear European added value and the organisation of such missions should be optimised to avoid overlaps in the best interests of the Union taxpayer;

D.whereas in the context of the discharge procedure, the discharge authority aims to emphasise the significant importance of enhancing the democratic legitimacy of Union institutions; whereas this involves enhancing transparency and accountability, as well as implementing performance-based budgeting and ensuring good governance of human resources;

E.whereas the Union’s action in the field of budgetary control is based on two principles: on the one hand, ensuring that the Union’s budget is properly and transparently spent, on the other, protecting the Union’s financial interests, and combating fraud;

F.whereas, in 2012, the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission adopted a ‘Joint Statement’ and a comprehensive set of guiding principles – a ‘Common Approach’ in its annex – to make the agencies more coherent, effective and accountable; whereas the Commission committed to follow-up on this agreement, where relevant in cooperation with the agencies;

G.whereas acknowledging the legally non-binding character of the Joint Statement and of the Common Approach in its annex, and without prejudice to their attributions in the legislative and annual budgetary procedures, the institutions will take the Common Approach into account in the context of all their future decisions concerning Union decentralised agencies, following a case-by-case analysis;

H.whereas, for the financial year 2024, the Court of Auditors issued unqualified opinions for almost all agencies; whereas maintaining high standards of sound financial management, effective internal control systems and budgetary discipline remains essential to ensure the proper and transparent use of Union funds and to strengthen citizens’ trust in the Union’s institutions;

I.whereas Union agencies have seen an increasing scope of responsibilities in recent years; whereas adequate and predictable resources, combined with robust governance structures and clear accountability mechanisms, are necessary to enable them to fulfil their mandates effectively and to safeguard the Union’s credibility;

J.whereas the cybersecurity incident affecting one of the agencies in 2024 demonstrates the vulnerability of Union bodies handling sensitive data; whereas strengthening cybersecurity, business continuity planning and internal control systems should be treated as a horizontal priority across all agencies;

General

1.Notes that there are three types of EU agencies, decentralised agencies, executive agencies and other bodies; recalls that this resolution covers 31 out of the 33 decentralised agencies and two of the other four bodies (the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), and the Euratom Supply Agency (ESA));

2.Points out that while the establishment or expansion of EU agencies is intended to enhance the Union's capabilities, it is important to ensure that this process is guided by thorough evaluations and rigorous analyses, impact assessments and a clear demonstration of added value; so that lessons can be learned and consideration can be given to terminating their mandate if necessary; highlights that this approach would not only ensure better regulation but also enhance the effectiveness, accountability, transparency and coherence of the Union’s institutional landscape; underlines that any consideration of mergers, consolidation or termination of agency mandates must be based on a comprehensive assessment, thus complementing budgetary or efficiency considerations;

3.Expresses concern regarding the Union's growing debt burden; notes that, according to the Annual Report of the European Court of Auditors (the ‘Court’), outstanding loans borrowed by the Union could exceed EUR 900 billion by 2027, which is almost ten times the level of debt from 2020; warns that rising borrowing costs pose a risk to future budgets and reduce the fiscal space for new priorities;

4. Stresses that transparency is not only a compliance obligation but a precondition for public trust in agencies exercising significant regulatory or operational powers; calls on agencies to proactively publish key documents of non-confidential content in a timely and user-friendly manner, while following the principle of proportionality, complying with data protection laws, taking into account security, legal, strategic and other relevant concerns and abiding by the regulation and mandate of the respective agency;

5.Recalls that point 60 of the Common Approach states that every agency should be evaluated every five years; urges the Commission to explore further synergies and consolidation in activities, and possible merging of agencies with complementary activities, in order to ensure cost-effectiveness and streamline agency functions, including potential mandate reviews where inefficiencies or redundancies exist; insists that, in accordance with the principles of proportionality, efficiency and fiscal responsibility, all EU agencies shall be subject to periodic performance reviews; encourages, where necessary, the application of the sunset/review clause to maintain efficiency and ensure the optimal use of resources; believes that budgetary efficiency is key to the functioning of the agencies; recalls in this regard the recommendation of the Court in the Special Report 22/20202 which advises the Commission to increase the use of cross-cutting evaluations of agencies in the context of the Commission’s fitness checks of the different policy areas; notes that the Court Special Report 22/2020 found that agencies’ measurable contribution to Union policy objectives is not always clearly demonstrated; underlines that the 33 decentralised agencies manage over EUR 4,1 billion and that, beyond compliance checks, Parliament could further consider how to assess their impact; encourages reporting on a limited set of outcome and impact indicators and calls on the EU Agencies Network, in cooperation with the Court, to explore and, where appropriate, develop a common performance framework for submission to the discharge authority;

6.Stresses that respect for fundamental rights and the rule of law constitutes a prerequisite for good performance and sound financial management; considers that only agencies ensuring full compliance with fundamental rights obligations can be regarded as performing satisfactorily, irrespective of budget execution rates;

7.Calls on all agencies to continue to ensure compliance with fundamental rights and data protection in their respective operations;

8.Highlights the importance of the discharge procedure, which is not only a treaty-based obligation but also promotes transparency, accountability, and open dialogue on the Union’s finances; considers that the practice of granting discharge through governance arrangements established in the founding acts of agencies such as the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO), the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO), and the Single Resolution Board (SRB), reflects their specific legal and financial frameworks and ensures appropriate evaluation and scrutiny, while supporting transparency and public accountability; recalls the Common Approach on fully self-financed agencies (point 58), which calls for exploring democratic accountability mechanisms, including annual reporting to Parliament, Council, and Commission, as well as consideration of their recommendations, in order to ensure public scrutiny over agencies implementing Union policies without recourse to the general Union budget; considers, nevertheless, that it would be desirable for fully self-financed agencies to become part of the discharge procedure for agencies under the responsibility of the Committee on Budgetary Control, or at least to be subject to enhanced reporting obligations before the Committee on Budgetary Control;

9.Notes with concern that over the years, Union decentralised agencies have been entrusted with an expanding number of tasks through revised regulations, new legislation or service-level and delegation agreements with the Commission often without corresponding structural resources or permanent posts; highlights that this recurrent pattern, creates operational pressure which in turn might contribute to budgetary management weaknesses and a growing structural dependence on external contractors, particularly in the area of information and communication technologies (ICT), cybersecurity and other operational-enabling functions; warns that such long-term dependence may undermine institutional capacity, continuity, and knowledge retention, while also weakening the Union’s digital sovereignty and the personal integrity of citizens; calls therefore on such long term dependence to be regularly assessed and to reduce structural dependency on external consultants, in particular for core functions; stresses that excessive outsourcing undermines institutional memory, accountability and value for money; calls on the Commission to ensure agencies are adequately staffed to perform their mandates in-house where possible;

10.Notes that rule of law deficiencies in certain Member States, including weakened judicial independence and prosecution capacity, can undermine agencies’ cooperation frameworks, data reliability and operational integrity; calls on the Commission to assess and address these risks;

11.Stresses that transparency, robust conflict-of-interest controls and clear rules governing interactions with stakeholders are essential safeguards for the independence, institutional credibility, and accountability of Union decentralised agencies as well as the public's trust in their strong and robust functioning; underlines that many agencies operate in sectors where close cooperation with industry, consultancies, technical experts, non-governmental organisations (NGOs) or external partners is necessary, but where the risks of undue influence, unbalanced consultations or opacity remain; highlights that transparent procedures, public disclosure of meetings, balanced and transparent expert selection, and continuous conflict-of-interest screening are indispensable to ensure that agency decisions are based solely on objective evidence and the Union’s general interest; urges all agencies to put in place and enforce such measures, calls for transparent safeguards, including clear and adequate cooling-off periods, proactive monitoring and transparency of stakeholder interactions; recommends regular independent reviews of conflict-of-interest frameworks, respecting the principle of proportionality, and invites the Commission and the EU Agencies Network to promote peer learning to enhance governance and transparency standards;

12.Acknowledges that decentralised agencies vary in their exposure to lobbying risks depending on their mandate and operational context; notes that transparency practices vary across Agencies; notes that for example, eu-LISA maintains a dedicated transparency register on its webpage covering all meetings of its senior management with economic operators, European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) provides on its website a register with information on meetings linked specifically to procurement-related matters, ECHA publishes information on the meetings held by senior managers with external stakeholder organisations; is of the opinion that, while a one-size-fits-all model would be neither proportionate nor operationally meaningful, establishing common minimum standards would enhance coherence and accountability; notes the replies provided by agencies in the previous discharge cycle, including their varying use of the Transparency Register and the fact that several agencies have already introduced internal transparency registers or conflict-of-interest systems tailored to their mandates; calls on the agencies to adopt minimum standards such as the implementation of the 4-eye-principle, clear code of conduct strategy including clear rules to avoid a conflict of interest and the implementation of specific internal transparency registers with clear standards reflecting their respective mandate and applicable data protection rules; highlights that such transparency registers should be accessible to auditors on a case by case basis; considers that their implementation should be progressive and make use of new digital possibilities in order to avoid creating unnecessary and/or additional administrative burden for agencies;

13.Notes that, in 2024, the 33 decentralised agencies reported that they employ a total of 11 491 members of staff (compared to 10 580 in 2023), comprising officials, temporary agents, contract agents and seconded national experts (SNEs), representing an increase of 8,61 % compared to 2023; notes that while gender balance in the Union decentralised agencies is improving, significant disparities remain; highlights that some agencies, such as ACER, EASA, EIGE, ERA, euLISA and Europol, have a higher percentage of male members staff, while agencies like CdT, EFSA, EMA, ETF, and Eurojust have more female members of staff; notes that the percentage is often sector-specific; calls on the agencies to adopt corrective strategies, including transparent promotion procedures and targeted leadership development; recalls that the Union’s commitment to promoting gender equality in management positions is still not fully realised; emphasises that the efforts of the Commission in this regard should be improved; recalls that Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 (Staff regulations3) states that recruitment should be on the basis of objective, transparent and merit-based criteria and also be based on the broadest geographical balance selected from Member States; notes that there is a natural tendency for to employ a higher percentage of staff stemming from the Member State in which the Agency is located; recalls that the agencies located in countries with relatively low correction coefficient are facing continuous challenges in attracting skilled and geographically diverse staff; encourages agencies to promote gender balance in HR strategies and management selection panels; invites the Commission and EU Agencies Network to provide best practices and benchmarking tools to support gender-balanced leadership;

14.Notes that, in 2024, the staff turnover rate was more than 5 % in 16 out of 33 agencies (namely the BEREC Office, CdT, Cedefop, CEPOL, ECDC, EEA, ELA, eu-LISA, EUOSHA, Eurofound, Eurojust, Europol, FRA) and that two of them exceeded the 10 % rate (namely EIT, ETF); commends the agencies that have taken targeted measures to prevent high staff turnover rates; calls on the Commission and the Member States to allow them to hire contract agents for longer periods or allow a higher number of temporary agents to guarantee a better continuity and knowledge preservation; considers that burnout, turnover and precarious employment pose risks to institutional integrity, internal controls and sound financial management; emphasises that Management Boards are responsible for agencies’ integrity and accountability, regrets insufficient action on serious findings, and calls for enhanced transparency vis-à-vis the discharge authority;

15.Welcomes the fact that in 2024 most agencies adopted and implemented the Charter on Diversity and Inclusion, which promotes equal treatment, diversity and inclusion in the workplace and in social life; strongly encourages those Agencies who have not joined yet to consider proceeding with the adoption and implementation without delay;

16.Highlights that establishing an effective complaint mechanism for staff in Union decentralised agencies requires combining strong confidentiality guarantees, including anonymous reporting channels, with clear, harmonised procedures aligned with the Staff Regulations and communicated through regular staff training; considers that agencies should appoint independent, professionally trained ethics or complaints officers, or utilise shared inter-agency structures for smaller agencies, to ensure impartial handling of Article 90 of the Staff Regulations requests, harassment reports, conflicts of interest, and whistleblowing disclosures; calls on the agencies to ensure that staff have access to an external escalation channel as well as strong, independent and effective protection against any retaliation through systematic follow-up checks, while transparency should be enhanced through anonymised annual reporting on complaints and outcomes, and impartiality improved through the use of inter-agency investigation panels for sensitive cases; calls on the implementation of protection mechanisms against false accusation and denunciation;

17.Notes the important role of the EU Agencies Network (EUAN) and in particular its ICT Advisory Committee (ICTAC) in supporting agencies’ preparedness for the implementation of the Cybersecurity Regulation through enhanced coordination, knowledge sharing and cooperation with DG DIGIT, CERT-EU and the Interinstitutional Committee for Digital Transformation; calls on EUAN and ICTAC to provide comprehensive and regular information on the state of implementation across all decentralised agencies, including common challenges, identified risks, resource needs, and planned mitigation measures, in order to enable effective oversight; stresses the need for robust cybersecurity and careful AI use, noting opportunities but also financial and operational risks; calls on agencies to assess AI-supported processes in financial, procurement, or decision-making functions, and to ensure transparency, documentation, auditability, and full compliance with Union data protection and cybersecurity rules;

18.Stresses the importance of developing clear, robust and meaningful key performance indicators (KPIs) in the Annual Activity Reports (AARs) of EU agencies, as these reports constitute a primary source of information for external users; notes that some KPI systems frequently lack continuity, standardisation, operational depth, documented methodology for selecting, updating, and retiring KPIs, transparency, comparability and multi-annual tracking, thereby reducing comparability and the capacity of external users to assess performance objectively; underlines that KPIs should be streamlined and well-designed, built on specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-bound (SMART) principles and applied consistently across reporting cycles, which are essential for evaluating efficiency, effectiveness and progress toward strategic objectives; stresses the need to enhance the use of results- and impact-oriented reporting by focusing on materiality and proportionality, to reduce administrative burden; underlines that performance indicators must be explicitly derived from the objectives of each agency's founding mandate and capture outputs, outcomes and, above all, impacts; calls on agencies to include cost-benefit analysis and transparent budgeting in their performance frameworks;

19.Acknowledges the cooperation with external partners such as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development and United Nations Strategic Planning Network on modernising KPI methodologies; highlights that some agencies, such as ACER, EASA and ECDC, have developed more robust and operationally relevant indicators; calls on agencies with inadequate or immeasurable KPI systems to draw on these stronger models and to systematically share best practices through EUAN, in order to improve comparability, enhance the usefulness of AARs for external users, and strengthen overall performance assessment across the agencies; calls on the Commission to require that all agency evaluations under point 60 of the Common Approach systematically assess the impact of each agency on its policy area, and that programmes or activities that have not demonstrated effectiveness within a reasonable timeframe be terminated, with funds reallocated to more effective measures;

20.Draws attention to the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) investigations affecting several agencies: ENISA (two 2024 cases, one ongoing, one dismissed, and a 2025 recruitment case), eu-LISA (conflict of interest and procurement probes), EIT (three KIC-related cases concluded with EUR 15-20 million recoveries), Frontex (two ongoing and eight concluded cases in 2023-2024), and ongoing investigations at ACER and EEA; urges all EU agencies to ensure full cooperation with OLAF, to strengthen internal controls, recruitment and procurement safeguards, and to provide further information to the discharge authority as soon as confidentiality restrictions are lifted;

21.Recalls that Frontex’s mandate was significantly expanded in 2019, when a revised regulation expanded its tasks and authorised a standing corps of 10 000 border guards with a corresponding increase in the budget; underlines that budget increases, irrespective of the Agency concerned, must always be matched by adequate accountability and transparency provisions;

22.Notes that the absence of opt-out (break-out) clauses that allow the early termination of lease contracts continues to pose a financial risk to EU agencies; recalls that the importance of including such clauses in rental agreements was highlighted by the difficult situation faced by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) following Brexit, which was unable to terminate its long-term lease in London and had to pay rent in both London and Amsterdam as a result; acknowledges that since 2019 several agencies have introduced break-out clauses, but regrets that not all agencies have done so, including cases where new or renewed leases were signed; urges agencies and the Commission to systematically introduce break-out clauses when negotiating or renewing lease contracts, taking into account the lessons learned from past experience, in order to limit financial exposure and ensure greater budgetary flexibility;

Budgetary and Financial Management

23.Notes that the total final revenue for 2024 (after amending budgets) and the comparative figures for 2023 for the 33 EU agencies that are part of this resolution had the following breakdown:

Table from the text: Name
Name	Revenue 2024	Revenue 2023	∆
ACER	€34.689.993,00	€29.582.967,00	17,26 %
BEREC Office	€7.932.805,00	€7.697.264,87	3,06 %
CDT	€45.346.300,00	€47.140.900,00	-3,81 %
CEDEFOP	€21.422.022,00	€20.140.610,00	6,36 %
CEPOL	€12.589.437,00	€14.211.723,00	-11,42 %
EASA	€183.306.903,00	€169.665.375,00	8,04 %
EBA	€56.906.201,00	€52.672.001,66	8,04 %
ECDC	€111.257.449,00	€102.526.724,00	8,52 %
ECHA	€128.712.666,00	€123.280.140,00	4,41 %
EEA	€101.655.603,00	€76.114.130,00	33,56 %
EFCA	€30.793.032,00	€30.862.554,00	-0,23 %
EFSA	€154.939.697,00	€148.954.729,00	4,02 %
EIGE	€9.432.057,00	€9.358.919,46	0,78 %
EIOPA	€37.561.192,00	€36.714.492,00	2,31 %
EIT	€463.576.047,00	€367.607.241,00	26,11 %
ELA	€48.693.555,00	€39.973.330,00	21,82 %
EMA	€491.862.000,00	€448.603.000,00	9,64 %
EMSA	€121.648.764,00	€111.954.231,00	8,66 %
ENISA	€42.219.801,00	€25.183.495,00	67,65 %
ERA	€41.936.376,00	€38.532.447,00	8,83 %
ESA	€270.000,00	€258.160,00	4,59 %
ESMA	€76.055.579,00	€72.509.657,00	4,89 %
ETF	€28.330.702,00	€28.542.956,00	-0,74 %
EUAA	€181.443.839,00	€170.135.127,00	6,65 %
EUDA (EMCDDA)	€32.723.728,00	€22.082.074,00	48,19 %
EU-LISA	€273.679.741,00	€300.524.142,00	-8,93 %
EU-OSHA	€17.618.795,00	€17.038.950,00	3,40 %
EUROFOUND	€24.965.993,00	€25.369.931,00	-1,59 %
EUROJUST	€65.355.970,00	€59.324.460,00	10,17 %
EUROPOL	€225.228.057,00	€212.925.809,00	5,78 %
EUSPA	€85.410.390,00	€76.922.866,00	11,03 %
FRA	€28.052.521,00	€26.191.030,72	7,11 %
FRONTEX	€922.074.136,00	€829.352.752,00	11,18 %
TOTAL	€4.112.799.136,00	€3.741.954.188,71	9,91 %

24.Notes that the budget of 33 EU agencies rose from EUR 3,6 billion in 2023 to 4,1 billion in 2024; calls on the Commission to analyse five-year cumulative costs, distinguishing mandate-driven growth from administrative expansion, and to justify further increases with demonstrable added value; emphasises that budget growth must be matched by stronger governance, internal controls, staffing and absorption planning to avoid irregularities, carryovers, and ineffective spending;

25.Notes that the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) and other EU agencies are assisting in supporting Union institutions in the area of fundamental rights-related implementation of Union law; calls on the Commission and the budgetary authority to provide all EU agencies with adequate and predictable resources;

26.Highlights that the increase in the revenue from 2023 to 2024 has been significant in some agencies, including the EEA, EIT, ELA, ENISA and EUDA with budget increases above 21 %;

27.Takes note that the EEA’s 2024 budget increase reflects the expansion of its legislative mandates and operational responsibilities, stemming from the implementation of the policies of the European Green Deal, such as the Nature Restoration Regulation (adopted late in 2024), a recast of the European Pollutant Release and Transfer (E-PRTR) Regulation, the EU Carbon Removals and Carbon Management Farming Certification (CRCF), and an initiative for expanded monitoring of emissions from heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) were supported by recruitment of staff; notes furthermore that the agency also implemented tasks under the revised Land-use, Land-use Change and Forestry Regulation (2023); is also aware that New Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with DG MARE, DG SANTE, and DG RTD expanded the Agency’s role in ocean/water restoration, health threats, and environmental data integration, providing data and analysis to inform Union environmental policy;

28.Observes that the EIT budget increase is explained by several factors including higher Horizon Europe appropriations (+10,25 %), EUR 24,6 million in new funding for the Higher Education Institutions (HEI) initiative and EUR 16,7 million from new contribution agreements with Commission DGs;

29.Takes note that ELA’s budget increase in 2024 is primarily explained by the agency’s transition towards full operational capacity, requiring significant reinforcement of human resources and operational capabilities; highlights that it includes staffing adjustments (EUR 9,5 million, 44 %), such as the conversion of 15 SNEs to TAs and salary adjustments, followed by operational expansions (EUR 7 million, 33 %) for the European Job Mobility portal’s upgrades and inspection activities, and inflation-related costs (EUR 1,2 million, 15 %) for ICT/cybersecurity and inflationary pressures;

30.Notes that the increase in ENISA’s budget is due to the first instalment received in February 2024 of EUR 16 million from a contribution agreement signed in late December 2023 between DG CONNECT and ENISA, which grants a total of EUR 20 million for the implementation of cyber support and situational centre actions during 2024–2026; is aware that for 2024, the Agency operated with a budget of EUR 26,2 million, compared to the 2023 budget of EUR 25,2 million;

31.Expresses concern that ENISA is in a critical position due to the growing complexity of Union cybersecurity needs, the continuous escalation of cyber threats and the lack of proportional funding and adequate staffing; echoes the Council’s conclusions on ENISA of December 2024 which highlight ENISA’s central role in the Union’s cybersecurity ecosystem and the need to align funding and resources with its expanded mandate; stresses, that additional resources must be accompanied by measurable performance targets and regular reporting on the concrete outcomes achieved;

32.Notes that as regards the EUDA, the increase is mainly due to the entry into force of Regulation (EU) 2023/1322, which provides for a targeted revision of the mandate of the Agency in order to play a more important role in identifying and addressing current and future challenges related to illicit drugs in the Union; takes note that this will entail a deepening of the current Agency’s mandate, new tasks and an increase in the resources allocated for the required implementation from 2024;

33.Notes the progressive expansion of Europol’s mandate, including recently adopted and proposed measures conferring enhanced capacities to combat serious and organised crime, such as migrant smuggling, trafficking of human beings, cybercrime and terrorism; recalls that these developments encompass, inter alia, strengthened cooperation with private actors through direct data exchanges, reinforced large-scale data analysis capabilities, and upgraded operational assistance to Member States via specialised support teams; emphasises that the effective implementation of those additional tasks requires a corresponding increase in Europol’s human resources, but also robust internal safeguards, sufficient compliance capacity and strengthened supervisory mechanisms; observes, that Europol’s budget increased by 5,78 % in 2024 compared to 2023; urges that Europol’s budget be further reinforced in order to address persistent staffing shortages and to ensure that its financial resources are commensurate with its expanding responsibilities; stresses Europol’s key role in combating migrant smuggling, trafficking in human beings, cross-border crime and terrorism; underlines that Frontex should focus on core operations; and welcomes Frontex’s ongoing efforts to strengthen its Fundamental Rights Officer;

34.Calls for an increase in Eurojust’s staffing levels in light of its foreseen enhanced mandate to include third countries , particularly following the 2022 Russian war of aggression against Ukraine, which enables it to gather, store, and analyse evidence of core international crimes (war crimes, genocide, crimes against humanity), share such evidence with national authorities and international bodies including the International Criminal Court, and create a dedicated Core International Crimes Evidence Database for this purpose, thereby moving beyond merely supporting investigations to actively safeguarding essential evidence for future investigation, while noting that the 2024 budget only reflected a modest percentage increase compared to the 2023 budget, and urges that personnel funding be raised accordingly along with the overall budget in view of the expected future mandate;

35.Recalls that the majority of EU agencies receive their funding entirely from contributions from the Union budget; notes, however, that some agencies are fully or partially financed through alternative sources of revenue, including issued certificates, authorisations, registration of substances, contributions, data collection, market surveillance, supervision and other services such as translation and terminology as provided by the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union (CdT);

36.Acknowledges, specifically, that:

–partially self-financed agencies include the Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER), the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), the European Medicines Agency (EMA), the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA);

–fully self-financed agencies include CdT;

–agencies partially co-financed by national public authorities include the European Banking Authority (EBA), European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA) and European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA);

37.Notes that for 2024 the source of finance for self-financed agencies that are part of this resolution had the following breakdown:

Table from the text: block 93
	Revenue 2024	EU contribution	%	Own revenue	%	Other
ACER	€34.679.976	€23.012.293	66%	€11.667.683	34%	€0
CDT	€45.346.300	€0	0%	€44.411.200	98%	€935.100
EASA	€183.306.903,00	€44.984.486	25%	€135.687.417	74%	€2.635.000
EBA	€56.906.201	€20.857.871	37%	€34.062.640	60%	€1.985.690
ECHA	€128.712.666	€88.028.813	68%	€34.117.052	27%	€6.566.801
EIOPA	€37.561.192	€13.886.130	37%	€23.035.010	61%	€640.052
EMA	€491.862.000	€35.826.000	7%	€441.910.000	90%	€14.126.000
ERA	€41.936.376	€29.000.626	69%	€11.913.156	28%	€1.022.594
ESMA	€76.055.579	€19.938.075	26%	€54.015.802	71%	€2.101.702
TOTAL	€1.096.367.193	€275.534.294		€790.819.960		€30.012.939

38.Recalls that the 2023 discharge resolution already noted the importance of strengthening the European supervisory authorities’ (EBA, EIOPA, and ESMA); is aware that their founding regulations do not mandate a separation between activities funded by Union contributions and national contributions and that the overall cost-sharing mechanism does not require differentiation at the level of individual activities, resulting in these authorities not differentiating between costs covered by the Union budget and those funded by Member States as highlighted by the Court in its Annual report in 2023;

39.Considers that enhancing transparency in budgeting and activity-based reporting would contribute to improved oversight and accountability, in particular for agencies financed by multiple revenue streams allowing stakeholders, including Member States, financial institutions and taxpayers to better assess efficiency and fairness; stresses that clarity regarding the link between revenue sources and activities strengthens confidence in the sound use of Union funds, while respecting the legal framework set out in the agencies’ founding regulations;

40.Notes the Commission proposal for the European Chemicals Agency Regulation, which introduces measures intended to strengthen the Agency’s financial sustainability, including the possibility to create a limited reserve designed to absorb volatility in fee income and reduce reliance on repeated budget amendments; stresses, however, that the creation of such a reserve requires robust safeguards, as it entails risks including structural over-recovery of fees and the possibility of using accumulated funds for purposes beyond short-term stabilisation; considers that this makes transparency of costs and of the link between fees and activities essential, including through activity-based reporting distinguishing fee-funded and Union-funded tasks; recommends that any reserve balance above the ceiling be returned to the Union budget, either via repayment or by reducing the following year’s Union contribution, in order to avoid accumulation and to uphold core budgetary principles;

41.Is concerned by CdT’s negative economic outcome of EUR 5,7 million and the continuous decline in operating revenue, mainly linked to the drop in invoiced pages by 11,4 % in 2024 and by 17,6 % in 2023; notes that the reserve for pricing stability, which was created in 2011 to offset fluctuations in business volume from clients and to help CdT ensure budget and price stability peaked at EUR 15,6 million in 2014 and dropped to EUR 8,9 million in 2024 (a decrease of 42,9 % since 2014); is aware that once the reserve is fully depleted, any further deficits would have to be covered by Union budget subsidies, as provided for by CdT’s founding regulation; takes note of CdT’s follow-up reply to the 2023 discharge and calls on the Management Board to continue reporting on the evolution of those plans to the discharge authority, given the continuous decline in revenue; encourages CdT to identify new services that they could provide and new revenues sources, given the prevalence of new free translation technologies which could affect the number of translation requests;

42.Insists that although the Financial Regulation does not set ceilings for carry-overs, recurrent and excessive levels of carry-overs undermine the budgetary principle of annuality and might be indicative of structural issues in the budget process and implementation cycle;

43.Notes that in 2024, 11 agencies (ACER, ECDC, EEA, EFCA, EIGE, ENISA, EUOSHA, Eurofound, EUSPA, FRA and Frontex) had carry-over levels exceeding 15 % across combined budget titles, with recurring patterns; notes that in the case of Frontex and ESA, carry-overs reached more than 40 % and 30 % respectively; calls on the agencies to improve multi-annual planning, procurement scheduling and commitment forecasting to support better implementation of appropriations within the financial year for which they are authorised; calls on the Commission to require agencies with recurrent carry-overs to submit corrective action plans; recalls that the Court, in its annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024, emphasised that recurrent high rates of carry-overs undermine the budgetary principle of annuality;

44.Is of the opinion that carry-overs could, in some cases, be justified by the multiannual nature of operations or caused by factors beyond the control of the agencies concerned; notes the Court’s statement during the hearing held on 1 December 2025 that, under its new audit approach, it will endeavour to provide a clearer overall overview of the nature of carry-overs in future reports, while acknowledging the Court’s clarification that an agency-by-agency differentiated breakdown of the causes of carry-overs is not feasible due to methodological and resource constraints; welcomes the Court’s readiness to highlight recurring patterns and systemic factors contributing to excessive carry-overs; stresses nevertheless that persistently high and recurrent levels of carry-overs may point to underlying structural challenges in planning, implementation or resource allocation; calls on the agencies to improve its budgetary forecasting and project scheduling to minimise unplanned carry-overs and ensure that appropriations are used efficiently within the financial year;

45.Recalls that the regulatory framework mandates that agencies make payments within specific deadlines; notes that any failure to meet those deadlines may generate additional costs such as late-payment interest; observes that, for 2024, the Court reports that for 11 agencies (ACER, Cedefop, CEPOL, EEA, ELA, ENISA, ETF, EUDA, Eurojust, FRA and Frontex) more than 5 % of payments were made after the applicable deadline; is concerned by the increase in late payments since 2022 representing a rise compared to 2023 (nine agencies) and 2022 (five agencies);

Recommendations

46.Insists on the need to ensure adherence to legal time limits for payments and notes that a high frequency of delayed payments may negatively impact the agencies’ reputations; calls on the agencies concerned to take measures to avoid future payment delays and interest on late payments and ensure a timely settlement of obligations; recalls that compliance with payment deadlines under the Financial Regulation constitutes a legal obligation and a core element of the financial management; calls on the agencies to implement corrective measures where late payments persist over several years ensuring systematic respect of statutory deadlines;

47.Calls on the European supervisory authorities’ (EBA, EIOPA, and ESMA) to strengthen transparency in their activities financed by different revenue streams in order to improve accounting oversight as recommended by the ECA in relation to revenue management and financing structures;

Main risks identified by the Court and Overview of the audit results

48.Notes the conclusion of the Court in its annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024 (the ‘Court’s report’), found that the Court’s audit had similar results as in previous years, with weaknesses in public procurement procedures noted as the main source of irregular payments; calls on the agencies concerned to reinforce their ex ante controls, improve the documentation of award criteria and ensure strict justification for negotiated procedures without publication; calls on the Commission to provide targeted guidance and training to agencies with recurring procurement deficiencies; further calls on the agencies to ensure full traceability, competitive procedures, and proper record-keeping in all procurement operations and invites the internal audit services of the agencies to prioritise procurement reviews;

49.Notes from the Court's report that the overall risk to the reliability of agencies' accounts remains generally low, and the risk related to the legality and regularity of revenue within the agencies' accounts is also low for most agencies; notes furthermore that this risk is assessed as medium for partly self-financed agencies due to the specific regulations governing the collection of fees and other revenue contributions, a situation that has also been observed in previous years;

50.Remarks that the Court considers the risk to the legality and regularity of payments underlying the agencies’ accounts overall to be medium, varying from low to high for specific budget titles; notes that the Court considers the risk for Title I (Staff Expenditure) to be generally low, for Title II (Administrative Expenditure) to be medium and for Title III (Operational Expenditure) to be low to high, depending on the agency in question and the nature of its operational expenditure; points out that the Court considers the risk as regards Title III to be similar to the risk of Title II, but since there are far higher amounts at stake under Title III, the impact is considered to be higher;

51.Notes that, as in previous years, the Court considers the risk to sound financial management to be medium and primarily associated with public procurement procedures;

52.Notes that the Court considers the risk to budget management to be low, with the Court’s audit reporting weaknesses relating mainly to automatic carry-overs of non-differentiated appropriations and late payments; highlights that weaknesses in management and control systems concern issues such as the absence of adequate ex-post/ex-ante checks, operational procurements launched without proper financing decisions, expenditure implemented without the proper delegation of power by an authorising officer, weaknesses in the management of grants and delays in an agency’s evaluation by the Commission; stresses that these weaknesses listed by the Court, undermine sound financial management and expose agencies to financial and reputational risks; calls on the agencies concerned to ensure full compliance with the Financial Regulation and to take the necessary corrective measures, and invites the Commission to closely monitor their implementation;

53.Takes note that in 2024 the Court made a total of 72 observations, referring to different issues in the areas of procurement (34 observations), management and control systems (11 observations) (other than procurement and HR issues), and budget management (27 observations);

54.Notes that the Court issued an unqualified audit opinion on the reliability of the accounts of all agencies; notes that the Court issued an unqualified opinion on the legality and regularity of the revenue underlying the accounts for all agencies;

55.Observes that an unqualified opinion on the legality and regularity of the payments underlying the accounts was issued for all agencies with the exception of the European Labour Authority (ELA);

56.Notes that, concerning the ELA, the qualification relates to payments amounting to EUR 2,6 million in 2024, representing 5,7 % of the total payment appropriations available; notes that this amount includes EUR 2,2 million related to a contract deemed irregular in the 2022 audit report due to the awarded value exceeding the established maximum contract limit contravening point 12.3(a) of Annex I to the Financial Regulation and EUR 0,4 million associated with deficiencies in ex ante checks on contract implementation; takes note of the ELA reply’s during the hearing held on 1 December 2025 that, notwithstanding the irregular award, actual payments made under the contract remained within the EUR 6 million ceiling established in the tender specifications, and that the contract was essential to ensuring the Authority’s continuity of operations during its initial establishment phase; further notes that the irregular contract ended in February 2024 and was not renewed; welcomes the Authority’s assurances that corrective measures have been implemented, including revised tender documentation, strengthened procurement procedures and updated internal checklists to prevent similar irregularities; urges the ELA to strengthen planning and prioritisation mechanisms to ensure efficient use of appropriations and timely implementation of operational activities in the future;

57.Highlights that the Court issued ‘emphasis of matter’ paragraphs to underline a matter presented or disclosed in the accounts which is of such importance that it is fundamental to the understanding of the accounts or the underlying revenue or payments; further notes that, for the 2024 financial year, the Court used ‘emphasis of matter’ paragraphs for the following agencies that are part of this resolution: CdT, CEPOL, EBA, EIT, EMA and ESMA;

58.Notes that “observations” in the agencies’ specific annual reports are in fact “not timed recommendations” by the Court; notes that the Court annually follows-up on those observations by assessing their status as “open” or “closed”; considers, however, that long-standing open observations should call for timely and concrete corrective measures, accompanied by reinforced oversight by the respective management boards in order to prevent recurrent weaknesses;

59.Notes that out of a total of 109 observations made by the Court corresponding to previous years of the agencies that are part of this resolution, a total of 66 were closed during 2024, with a total of 39 still open and two partially closed; observes that the number of ongoing observations varies among the agencies, with some having no open observations, as is the case for the BEREC Office, CdT, CEPOL, EASA, EBA, ECHA, EFSA, EMA, EMSA, ERA, ESA and ESMA, and the highest number of open observations remains in ACER (four), ELA (five), eu-LISA (five) and Frontex (four), compared to ACER (three), ELA (five), euLISA (eight) and Frontex (seven) in 2023; recognises the improvements and encourages the agencies to continue working to resolve the open issues;

60.Takes note that seven out of the 39 open observations (53 in 2023) refer to a high level of carry-overs (ACER, ECDC, EFCA, EIGE, Eurofound, FRA and Frontex); recognises that the ELA and euLISA have reduced the carry-over rate to 15 % which is the Court’s reporting threshold;

Agencies in the area of Economic and Financial Affairs

61.Takes note of the Court’s observations on ESMA’s contract management, particularly six incidents in 2024 where services were provided before contract signing, contravening Article 172(1) of the Financial Regulation; acknowledges that EUR 30 556 in prior payments were irregular, though ESMA highlights low materiality (0,04 % of total payments) and notes internal detection of the cases; notes that all payments (EUR 30 606) were made under existing Framework Contracts, mitigating legal risk;

62.Draws attention to the significant impact of the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA), and the Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR), on the European Banking Authority's (EBA) operational mandates and tasks; notes with concern that initial provisions did not adequately address the funding required for establishing these roles or for the preparatory and implementation phases of related policies; fully supports the view of the Authority that future Legislative Financial Statements must anticipate and provide adequate resources for the timely and effective setup of such complex mandates; urges adequate funding be provided to address this expansion of this mandate;

63.Notes that the procurement procedure led by ESMA, in which the EBA participated as a contracting authority, resulted in the award of a framework contract with a ceiling of EUR 40,2 million in December 2022; notes that a legal application concerning the outcome of the procedure was lodged in January 2023, seeking annulment of the award decision and compensation; welcomes that the judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union of 29 October 2025 rejected in its entirety the applicant’s requests for annulment and for compensation for damages;

Recommendations

64.Calls on the agencies, in particular to:

–ESMA, to strengthen ex ante controls, enhance monitoring tools, and provide training to prevent future recurrences;

Agencies in the area of Justice and Home affairs

65.Notes that in June 2024, CEPOL experienced a significant cyber-attack that impacted all business areas, leading to the cancellation of 10 onsite training activities and the suspension of all online training for the remainder of the year; notes furthermore that the event not only disrupted CEPOL’s operational activities but it also resulted in additional unplanned expenditures related to incident response, system recovery, and enhanced cybersecurity measures; notes that the security breach was the direct result of a sophisticated cyberattack that targeted CEPOL’s digital infrastructure, and that unauthorised actors gained access to a substantial volume of personal data, compromising its confidentiality, integrity, and availability; emphasises that due to the cyber incident, approximately 99 000 individuals had to be notified directly about the breach of their personal data and that the attack prompted a criminal investigation supported by CERT-EU and Europol; is concerned that despite some circumstantial evidence the threat actor has not been conclusively identified; draws attention to CERT-EU’s advice to rebuild the infrastructure, leading to the implementation of a zero-trust, full-cloud IT environment with new equipment by DG DIGIT within three weeks; notes that CEPOL is currently implementing 42 cybersecurity tasks and projects as part of its Cybersecurity Plan; highlights that ICT security awareness and training sessions have been rolled out to all staff, complemented by regular intranet notifications and updates, as part of standard practice; stresses that cybersecurity failures pose not only operational but also reputational, financial and legal risks for agencies; calls for binding minimum cybersecurity standards and adequate, stable funding to ensure their effective implementation;

66.Stresses that when agencies operate outside the territory of the Union or cooperate with third-country authorities, they remain fully bound by Union law; calls on the Commission to ensure that cooperation agreements, operational arrangements and data-sharing frameworks include enforceable safeguards, monitoring mechanisms and clear reporting obligations to the discharge authority;

67.Recalls that Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2023/284 establishes a binding and ambitious cybersecurity framework for all decentralised agencies covering financial mechanisms, operational platforms and sensitive data, as well as the implementation of robust technical and organisational measures across all ICT environments, the progressive transition towards zero-trust architecture, strengthened cooperation with CERT-EU, DG DIGIT and other relevant inter-institutional bodies as well as strict incident-reporting obligations; notes that several of these core requirements remain challenging given the current uneven levels of preparedness across agencies; stresses that the cybersecurity incident affecting CEPOL demonstrates the daily cyber threats to which the agencies are exposed and their vulnerability when handling sensitive data; calls for accelerated implementation in all agencies of Cyber security provisions of the Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2023/284, and regular stress-testing of agencies’ IT; urges agencies to enhance real-time threat monitoring, response capabilities, and staff cybersecurity training;

68.Notes the underrepresentation of men in the staff of EIGE at just 29 % and 21 % (8 men) in the management board, encourages EIGE to achieve a more balanced gender representation in the future hiring of staff;

69.Takes note of the Court’s observations on EIGE’s management and control systems, including:

–procurement irregularities: points out that in 2024, EIGE applied excessive financial capacity requirements and restrictive selection criteria in a tender procedure for cleaning services that, according to the Court, might have dissuaded or even prevented potential bidders from participating; acknowledges that EIGE highlights that the restrictive criteria was requested by co-contracting authorities (Commission and Parliament) and no potential bidders complained about the selection criteria;

–inadequate tender evaluation: notes that in two procurements (EUR 220 000 and EUR 193 175), EIGE’s evaluation committees failed to properly assess the ability of tenderers to manage expert teams because, in the tender specifications, EIGE had not required tenderers to provide appropriate evidence in this regard risking poor service delivery;

–weak contract oversight: acknowledges that EIGE paid invoices implemented under three "time and means" contracts without verifying the actual days worked, violating Article 45(5) of its financial regulation and exposing it to overpayment risks; notes that EIGE will strengthen ex ante checks accordingly;

70.Notes the Court’s findings concerning eu-LISA, most of which, relate to procurement irregularities initiated in previous years, resulting in irregular payments in 2024 that include:

–irregularities in a negotiated procedure initiated in 2019 and completed in 2020 for the rental of premises in Strasbourg, where the premises' surface area and number of workplaces were below the needs defined in the tender specifications, and the quality of the offer was assessed as very low but not rejected; notes furthermore that the award criteria were also subsequently negotiated with the tenderer, contravening Article 167(3) and point 6.5 of Annex I to the Financial Regulation; highlights that the negotiated procedure and the resulting rental contract are irregular as well as the associated payments that amounted EUR 850 000 in 2024;

–modifications to the financial offers of tenderers during a procurement procedure for electrical and civil works in Strasbourg, affecting the outcome of the procedure and resulting in an irregular contract and related payments amounting EUR 150 000 in 2024;

–changes in pricing elements of financial offers beyond the corrections allowed under Article 151 of the Financial Regulation, decisively affecting the outcome of a tender and resulting in irregular contracts and related payments totalling EUR 1,4 million in 2024;

–reopening of the competition for monitoring and maintenance services in relation to the Visa information system; is concerned by the fact that the winning tenderer (EUR 47,8 million) was five times lower than the second-cheapest (EUR 243,4 million) and 50 times lower than the highest (EUR 2,4 billion), raising concerns about its validity; draws attention to the fact that euLISA set up a working group to review this reopening of the competition that confirmed the assessment by financial officers but reported operational and contractual risks linked to the fact that the agency would have to pay the bulk of the contract price upfront; highlights that the Court has considered this risk to be significant;

–recalls that, following delays in the implementation of the Entry/Exit System (EES), a dispute arose in which the contractor refused to cover additional maintenance costs for certain IT products, leading to a lapse in maintenance coverage between November 2022 and April 2023 and exposing eu-LISA to operational risks; recalls that, to address the immediate risk to business continuity, eu-LISA amended the transversal operations framework contract (TOF) in 2023 to include reinstatement fees, penalties applied when maintenance is not renewed on time, and subsequently paid EUR 5,3 million in 2023 and EUR 1,3 million in 2024 for the renewal of software maintenance and related reinstatement costs which, according to the Agency’s interpretation, should have been borne by the EES contractor; further recalls that, despite the magnitude of the disputed amounts and the continued open status of the Court’s observation, eu-LISA had not initiated litigation against the EES contractor by the end of 2024;

71.Is concerned that persistent irregularities identified in euLISA’s procurement processes demonstrate systemic weaknesses in the agency’s procurement framework; notes euLISA’s acknowledgment of these issues and efforts to strengthen its practices, encourages eu-LISA to formulate a strategy on improving their procurement framework to be shared at the discharge hearings next year, encourages eu-LISA to provide clarity and transparency on the conditions under which re-tendering may not be considered appropriate; encourages eu-LISA to seek expert advice when formulating this new strategy and to consult with other agencies on best practices;

72.Acknowledges that eu-LISA is confronted with substantial challenges and emphasises the necessity to increase its staff to effectively address these challenges and ensure the continuity of its operations and that this should be funded accordingly;

73.Notes the Court’s procurement observation that, in 2020, Eurojust entered into a framework contract for vehicle leasing with a single economic operator, which was not appropriate for the nature of the services required acknowledges the specific contract awarded, as well as all related payments (EUR 64 000 in 2024), was therefore irregular; takes note of Eurojust’s reply that the framework contract referred to in the ECA 2020 report expired on 10 May 2024, and a new framework contract for vehicle leasing is in place since 25 November 2024;

74.Is concerned by the Court’s observations that Eurojust has not updated its business continuity plans since 2021, despite significant changes affecting resources and staff for key processes, including the introduction of SUMMA as a new budgetary, accounting, and financial system; highlights that Eurojust has also not followed the frequency of testing established in its last business continuity plan and currently lacks a coordinated and agreed disaster recovery plan for its IT systems;

75.Notes that Eurojust’s mandate is set to expand in the future, including to a third state and that the agency is handling an increasing number of criminal cases annually; acknowledges that, in view of these developments, Eurojust needs to increase its staffing levels in order to ensure comprehensive case coverage and the uninterrupted continuity of its operations and that corresponding funding should be made available;

76.In addition, notes the Court’s observation that Eurojust did not adopt a proper financing decision prior to launching procurement procedures for operational expenditure, undermining effective planning and oversight and contravening Articles 32(1) and 72(3)(b) of Eurojust’s financial rules; welcomes Eurojust’s commitment to publish an approved annual procurement plan of all procedures on its website, covering both operational and administrative expenditure, starting from 2026;

77.Notes that, in October 2025, the General Court of the European Union (‘General Court’) annulled two decisions by Eurojust rejecting a temporary staff member’s request for assistance due to alleged psychological harassment by ten colleagues including his Administrative Director; is aware that the Court ruled that Eurojust violated its duty of diligence under Article 24 of the Staff Regulations by splitting this staff member’s inquiry into two separate administrative processes, thereby failing to conduct a holistic, contextual investigation of interconnected harassment claims; notes that while the Court annulled the decisions to allow a proper reassessment, it dismissed the compensation claims;

78.Highlights that internal mechanisms should be developed within the agencies to ensure both the proper internal handling of complaints and the prevention of incidents, including cases of psychological harassment, particularly when multiple parties are involved;

79.Notes the Court’s observation that Europol irregularly reimbursed value-added tax (VAT) under operational grants paid to national police forces acting as public authorities, contrary to Article 186(4)(c) of the Financial Regulation, which does not allow VAT reimbursement to public entities acting in that capacity; takes note of Europol’s explanation that it followed Commission guidance at the time, which allowed VAT to be considered eligible under operational grants, and welcomes the decision to exclude VAT from all new grant agreements initiated by the end of 2024;

80.Welcomes that Europol’s Operational Task Forces (OTFs) and Joint Investigative Teams (JITs) mechanisms were instrumental in dismantling the encrypted communication platform Matrix, demonstrating their complementary yet distinct roles in combating transnational organised crime; notes that the operation began as an OTF in June 2024 between the Netherlands, France, Lithuania, Italy, and Spain, facilitating intelligence-sharing and monitoring of criminal activity; highlights that the transition to a JIT under Eurojust enabled formal investigative coordination, resulting in arrests, seizures, and the decryption of 2,3 million messages in 33 languages; observes that German authorities provided technical support, while Spanish, French, and Dutch police collaborated throughout the investigation; is of the opinion that this case underscores the effectiveness of cross-border cooperation in disrupting illicit networks and the need for sustained investment in law enforcement capabilities to address evolving criminal tactics;

81.Notes that in May 2025 the discharge of the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) was postponed due to findings by the OLAF regarding governance and stability; notes that a confidential investigation by OLAF found that senior management at the EUAA agency bypassed staff regulations and that OLAF investigators have noted that such hiring practices are in breach of the Union's Staff Regulations;

82.Takes note of the EUAA status report of 31 October 2025 on the implementation of corrective actions, as agreed between the Executive Director and the Management Board, as a follow-up to Parliament’s resolution; notes that the Management Board is addressing Parliament’s observations in line with its procedures and will review progress on outstanding measures at its meeting in November 2025; urges the Agency to fully clarify all open issues, to implement OLAF recommendations in a credible and transparent manner, and to establish robust internal control, ethical oversight and accountability mechanisms; calls on the Agency to inform the discharge authority of any remedial steps taken without undue delay; stresses that the conclusion of OLAF investigations does not in itself constitute closure of governance failures; reiterates that the discharge authority retains full oversight rights until structural weaknesses in management, transparency and conflict-of-interest handling are fully remedied and verified;

83.Notes that while improvements were made in 2024 to strengthen the Agency’s ethical framework, staff awareness, and internal conflict-of-interest procedures, the structural conflict of interest identified by OLAF regarding complaints against the Executive Director had not yet been addressed, as the Legal Unit responsible for preparing such cases continued to operate under the direct supervision of the Executive Director, undermining the independence of the complaints process; notes that most corrective actions are scheduled for 2025 and 2026, including organisational changes, an optimisation programme, training for staff and managers, improvements to governance documents, enhanced transparency in reporting irregularities, a review of internal guidance on requests and complaints under Article 90 of the Staff Regulations, strengthened cooperation with DG HR for handling complaints and a review of procedures for requests for assistance under Article 24 of the Staff Regulations;

84.Further stresses the need for continued vigilance regarding the EUAA’s turnover rates and staff satisfaction, the strict prevention of any nepotism or favouritism, and full transparency and merit-based procedures in recruitment and career progression;

85.Reserves the right to condition or postpone future discharge decisions where agencies fail to deliver full and verifiable structural reforms following serious findings;

Recommendations

86.Calls on the EU agencies to act on the Court's observations, in particular to:

(i)EIGE to enhance procurement practices by reviewing overly restrictive tender criteria, strengthening evaluation processes to assess the team management capabilities of tenderers, and implementing strict verification of "time and means" contracts to prevent overpayments;

(ii)eu-LISA to address systemic procurement weaknesses including irregular rental contracts and improper financial offer modifications, while enhancing transparency and risk mitigation in tender evaluations; calls on eu-LISA to provide detailed information on the dispute arising from the delays in the implementation of the Entry/Exit System (EES), in particular on the internal assessment that led the Agency to assume reinstatement and maintenance renewal costs amounting to EUR 6,6 million in 20232024 under the transversal operations framework contract, despite considering these costs contractually attributable to the EES contractor; requests clarification on the reasons why no legal proceedings were initiated by the end of 2024 and on whether alternative dispute-resolution or recovery actions were explored; recommends that eu-LISA strengthen its contract-enforcement and dispute-resolution mechanisms, establish clear escalation procedures, and ensure that similar disputes are addressed promptly and transparently in order to safeguard the Agency’s financial interests and operational continuity; encourages eu-LISA to provide an opinion on the conditions under which re-tendering may not be considered appropriate and in which situations it makes common sense to keep the same provider/s in order to ensure continuity of business;

(iii)Eurojust to urgently update business continuity plans within six months to reflect current operations including SUMMA implementation, conduct regular disaster recovery testing, and establish proper financing decisions prior to procurement procedures; requests Eurojust to present its new business continuity plans in the discharge follow up report;

87.Furthermore, calls on the following EU agencies:

(i)CEPOL and all EU agencies to urgently strengthen their internal cybersecurity governance, allocate adequate and stable resources, enhance detection and response capacities, and take concrete steps toward zero-trust architecture to reduce vulnerabilities and ensure resilience against increasingly sophisticated cyber threats;

(ii)Europol to maintain vigilance in ensuring compliance with eligibility rules in future funding cycles, following its swift corrective action on VAT reimbursements; urges the Commission to issue clear guidance on the implementation of Article 186(4)(c) of the Financial Regulation, given that questions regarding the eligibility of VAT have also arisen in other cases in former years, reflecting some ambiguities;

(iii)the EUAA to ensure rigorous monitoring of milestones, particularly those scheduled for 2026 which constitute the core of reform efforts, and report back to the Discharge Authority on the implementation of corrective actions;

(iv)EU agencies and in particular Eurojust to establish clear guidelines for handling complex harassment cases and ensure consistent application of Article 24 of the Staff Regulations;

(v)the EUAA to implement an effective complaint mechanism for handling complaints ensuring full impartiality and restoring confidence in its governance;

(vi)Frontex to strengthen the budget planning and execution to ensure compliance with the principle of annuality; stresses that the scale and complexity of the agency's mandate require robust internal mechanisms and invites the agency to reinforce oversight of procurement and contract management procedures; encourages Frontex to strengthen follow-up procedures on audit findings and to report measurable progress to the discharge authority;

(vii)Eurojust to share future budgeting needs with the Commission regarding the future expansion of the mandate and urges adequate funding and staffing be provided to address this expansion of the mandate;

Agencies in the area of Employment, education and social affairs

88.Highlights the ELA’s incorrect classification of an amending budget as external assigned revenue, in breach of Articles 6, 12, 20, 21 and 34 of the Financial Rules; takes note of the ELA’s reply explaining that the funds arrived late and for this reason the ELA temporarily reallocated its own budget to avoid payment delays, then recorded the Union funds as external revenue to ensure they were used only for salaries;

89.Takes note of the conclusions of the Evaluation of the ELA, which highlights the need for the Authority to improve its monitoring system based on SMART objectives and key performance indicators; notes with concern that this absence hindered the assessment of the cost-effectiveness of the ELA's activities and undermined the quality of performance monitoring; acknowledges that the ELA has the potential to strengthen its monitoring system through the implementation of structured approaches;

90.Notes with concern that the ELA continues to rely excessively on temporary workers, SNEs and interim staff, for core operational and financial functions; observes that at the end of 2022, temporary workers represented 58 % of the ELA’s workforce, and despite a slight reduction, the proportion remained very high at 47 % at the end of both 2023 and 2024; further notes that, contrary to Article 41(1) of the ELA’s Financial Rules, the Authority relied on an interim worker and a trainee to perform core financial activities related to budget implementation between November 2022 and March 2023, a practice that continued in 2023 and persisted in 2024 with the continued use of an interim worker for essential financial tasks;

91.Takes note of the explanation provided during the hearing held on 1 December 2025 by the Executive Director of the ELA regarding the structurally high share of temporary workers, in particular SNEs, who currently account for around 42-50 % of the ELA’s operational staff and are legally prevented from performing core functions, thereby creating concentration of responsibilities and a higher risk of errors; supports an adjustment of the establishment plan to replace SNE-based resourcing with additional Temporary Agent posts filled through open and competitive procedures within the existing budgetary ceiling; is of the opinion that the Labour Authority should be a role-model in labour standards and seek to offer longer contracts which would be in the interests of staff, the continuity of business, and knowledge retention; calls on the Authority to further enhance cooperation with national labour authorities in order to avoid duplication and to improve information exchange;

92.Draws attention to the conclusions of the Evaluation of EU agencies: Cedefop, EUOSHA, Eurofound, and the ETF; notes that the evaluation has not found evidence to change the conclusions from the previous 2019 evaluation which concluded that merger options present challenges in balancing benefits and drawbacks while efficiency improvements can be achieved through better cooperation; highlights the need for stronger collaboration with the Commission on high-value joint outputs, such as Eurofound-Cedefop cooperation on the European company survey and Cedefop-ETF alignment on VET policy monitoring; observes that better coordination between Cedefop, the ELA, and Eurofound is needed to avoid duplication in skills forecasting and labour-market analysis;

93.Observes that monitoring systems in all agencies, including SMART objectives and KPIs should be strengthened to improve performance assessment and stakeholder engagement; highlights that data gaps (particularly in the ETF), missing performance targets, and the absence of national-level indicators undermine effectiveness; observes that these challenges require improved data completeness, legally clear target-setting, and enhanced monitoring frameworks to ensure comprehensive performance assessments and alignment with stakeholder needs; stresses the importance of transparent governance structures and conflict-of-interest safeguards to support stakeholder confidence in their work;

94.Takes note that the four agencies (Cedefop, EUOSHA, Eurofound, and the ETF) have the potential to reduce the administrative burden and improve efficiency through shared services20; highlights that the agencies should reduce administrative burdens on staff to maintain sustainable workloads by sharing common services for HR, legal, IT, and technical functions; points out that this would enable agencies to decrease staff engaged in administrative activities and increase focus on core operations; calls on these agencies, in close coordination with the Court, to develop a structured shared-services implementation plan with concrete milestones, to facilitate mutual exchange of best practices and recommendations among the agencies concerned as well as across the broader EUAN, drawing on the Court's audit findings and cross-cutting evaluations; calls on the Commission to report annually to the discharge authority on the progress achieved under this plan;

95.Notes that Cedefop has been involved in a legal dispute with a former staff member whose contract was not renewed in 2017; recalls that, in 2020, the General Court annulled Cedefop’s decision and ordered the payment of financial compensation, which was implemented by Cedefop; notes that a subsequent action brought by the former staff member concerning the implementation of that judgment was dismissed by the General Court in February 2024; observes that the former staff member has appealed that judgment to the Court of Justice of the European Union (Case C-209/24 P) and that the final judgment is still pending; recalls that the General Court found breaches of fundamental procedural guarantees, including the right to be heard, the rights of the defence, the duty of care and the principle of good administration; underlines that following the non-compliance of the director with the code of conduct and with the administrative and procedural provisions the management board refused to renew the contract with the director; criticises the excessive length of the decision-making process, the excessive costs of the legal procedure and the legal advisors and the fact that the case remains pending; urges that staff-related decisions be taken in a transparent and traceable manner; calls on the Commission and the agencies to establish mechanisms granting agencies greater flexibility to address and resolve staff-related disputes at an early stage, including through amicable settlements where appropriate, in order to avoid lengthy and costly litigation; further calls on the Commission and the EU Agencies Network to create a shared legal service for agencies dedicated to handling the agencies’ legal affairs and providing timely legal guidance;

96.Notes the Court’s observation that EUOSHA paid for online courses without sufficient verification that invoiced hours matched services rendered, contrary to Article 73 of the Agency’s financial regulation; takes note of the Agency’s clarification that ex-ante verifications are routinely performed and that this case reflected a documentation lapse rather than a control failure; welcomes the additional measures introduced to ensure complete documentation of service delivery and stresses the importance of maintaining robust evidence trails for all payments to guarantee legality and regularity;

97.Observes that 75 % of work-related cancers are linked to asbestos exposure, acknowledges EU-OSHA’s contribution in 2024 to the Commission’s new guidelines on asbestos and encourages EU-OSHA to continue to allocate staffing and budget resources towards contributing to asbestos awareness and methods to address the widespread asbestos issue across Europe;

98.Recalls two of the ETF’s procurement irregularities, highlighted by the Court in 2022, that have resulted in irregular payments in 2024; notes that in one case, the ETF awarded a EUR 1 million contract for content support services to a tenderer that did not meet the required financial turnover threshold, thereby rendering the contract and related payments (EUR 186 175 in 2024) irregular; notes that in another instance, during a EUR 4 million open procurement for in-country support services, the winning bidder failed to demonstrate sufficient economic and financial capacity, resulting in further irregularities in payments (EUR 252 714 in 2024); notes furthermore that in a 2023 tender for LAN infrastructure on its premises, the ETF imposed excessive financial capacity requirements without proper justification, potentially discouraging competition; takes note that the ETF has acknowledged those issues and reviewed its methodology but insists that the ETF must implement stricter compliance mechanisms to prevent breaches of procurement rules in the future;

99.Is concerned that several procurement-related observations from previous years remain open for both the ELA (origin of qualified opinion in 2023 and 2024) and the ETF;

Recommendations

100.Calls on the agencies to act on the Court's observations, in particular to:

(i)the ELA to improve their budgetary management and formalise a contingency plan for salary adjustments, including early Union funding coordination;

(ii)the ELA, the ETF and EUOSHA to further strengthen their procurement and internal control systems by ensuring that all payments are supported by complete and verifiable evidence, that financial and technical capacity requirements are applied consistently and proportionately, and that ex-ante and ex-post checks are systematically documented;

101.Furthermore, calls on Cedefop, the ELA, the ETF, EU-OSHA and Eurofound to:

(i)significantly strengthen their monitoring and performance-measurement systems by fully embedding SMART objectives and robust, outcome-oriented key performance indicators, addressing data gaps and aligning metrics with operational priorities to enhance cost-effectiveness and stakeholder accountability;

(ii)adopt structured and coherent monitoring approaches, ensuring data completeness and comparability across reporting cycles, establishing consistent national-level indicators where relevant, and improving target-setting practices, while strengthening inter-agency cooperation to avoid duplication and reinforce evidence-based policy support;

(iii)intensify efforts toward a structured shared-services model covering HR, legal, ICT, administrative, and technical support to increase synergy, reduce administrative burdens, ensure sustainable workloads, and free up staff for core operational tasks; acknowledges that this will require a careful strategy as the agencies are located in different regions, namely the cities of Thessaloniki, Bratislava, Turin, Bilbao and Dublin respectively;

Agencies in the area of Health and food safety

102.Notes with concern that the issue regarding the EMA’s former premises in London persists, posing significant financial and operational challenges; is aware that despite the EMA's relocation due to Brexit, it remains financially responsible for these premises, a situation exacerbated by the subtenant's precarious financial position following the bankruptcy of WeWork's parent company in November 2023; takes note that the maximum exposure, including council tax liability payable by the EMA in the case of the premises being vacant for the remainder of the lease, amounts to EUR 543 million;

103.Notes that in October 2024, in accordance with the discussions held with the Union budgetary authorities and with the consent of its own landlord, the EMA agreed to amend the existing sublease with the subtenant, facilitating a rent reduction while maintaining full payments for service charges and landlord insurance; notes that it included provisions for either the EMA or the subtenant to terminate the sublease early, i.e. before the scheduled expiry date in June 2039, under certain conditions; is aware that in this respect, the EMA made a provision for an onerous contract, with a carrying amount of EUR 122,1 million at 31 December 2024; notes that in 2024 the EMA received a cash reimbursement from the Commission of EUR 11,2 million which has been recognised as income; commends the EMA's proactive steps, and prudent measures to mitigate some of the financial burden caused as a result of this issue;

104.Highlights that when the EMA issued its accounts, the subtenant had met its contractual obligations, with rental and service charge payments covering the period up to 30 June 2025;

105.Expresses support for the EMA’s Management Board’s request to resolve this matter at the highest political level, thereby enabling the EMA to concentrate its resources on its formal mandate and address public health priorities across the Union;

106.Recalls two of the EMA’s procurement irregularities, highlighted by the Court in 2020, that resulted in irregular payments in 2024; notes that the EMA exceeded the financial ceilings of several IT framework contracts, with increases ranging from 77 % to 124 %, in breach of Article 172(3)(a)(iii) of the Financial Regulation resulting in irregular payments amounting EUR 3,1 million in 2024; takes note of the EMA’s reply that the increases were necessary to respond to exceptional operational needs arising from unforeseen legislative and public health developments, and that all contract modifications were recorded in the register of exceptions;

107.Draws attention to the Commission Implementing Decision of 28 June 2024 revoking Commission Decision C(2018) 4831 (final), which had refused marketing authorisation under Regulation (EC) No 726/2004 for 'Aplidin (plitidepsin)', a medicinal product for human use; highlights that the revocation was based on the finding that a conflict of interest concerning one of the scientific advisers who participated in the advisory group had an active role in the development of a competing medicinal product, a circumstance that should have disqualified their participation under the principle of objective impartiality; highlights that the EMA has significantly reinforced its policy on handling competing interests for scientific committee members and experts adopted by the EMA’s Management Board in December 2024 and came into effect on 1 May 2025;

108.Lauds the work of the EMA in addressing the medication shortage of amoxicillin antibiotics in Europe and working together with national medicines agency to address the shortage with the result that Amoxicillin was removed from the shortages list in 2024; encourages the EMA to continue to apply staffing and budget resources for similar goals;

109.Notes that the ECA recommended in its Special Report 12/2024 that the EMA continues to work on making their communications readily accessible to the public, so the public has a better insight into the use of Union funds by this agency;

110.Notes that the ECA, in its December 2024 Special Report, recommended that the EMA coordinate with the ECDC and HERA to improve pandemic preparedness through clearer roles, more efficient use of Union funds, and review of the tools, procedures, and guidance developed during the pandemic to determine which should be retained or adapted in line with scientific and technological progress, and encourages adequate resources to support this effort;

111.Highlights that the EMA has flagged, inter alia, ongoing shortages of critical medicines in members states of the European Union and the EEA, including key cancer drugs (Fludarabine, Vindesine, Fluorouracil, Cisplatin, Topotecan, Methotrexate) for leukaemia, lymphoma, ovarian, and small-cell lung cancer, as well as essential diabetes treatments (various insulins, liraglutide, dulaglutide) needed for type 1 and type 2 diabetes management;

112.Expresses serious concern about the repeated breaches of the Financial Regulation identified in the EUDA’s procurement processes, taking note of the five irregularities flagged by the Court in 2024; stresses that those irregularities include:

–unauthorised contract splitting and improper use of negotiated procedures without justification for three Lisbon event contracts (venue and catering, totalling EUR 210 668), alongside lack of key documentation and the non-respect of requirements for procurement publicity;

–serious deficiencies in a EUR 410 000 contract for a drug trafficking reporting system, including lack of proper tender specifications, award criteria, and an evaluation committee, rendering both the contract and its EUR 60 000 payment irregular;

–excessive payments of EUR 14 007 above the agreed contract value for inauguration ceremonies, in breach of Article 73 of the EUDA’s financial regulation;

–flawed procurement for a EUR 10 000 data collection contract in Ukraine, which was missing award criteria and proper documentation;

–non-compliance with publicity requirements and conflict-of-interest declarations in a EUR 100 000 interim services procurement;

113.Takes note of the EUDA’s response, acknowledging both procedural shortcomings and the necessity for follow-up actions to ensure compliance;

114.Takes note of the ongoing implementation delays in the EUDA concerning the Internal Audit Service's recommendations on human resources management and ethics, particularly the open recommendation regarding workload and performance management, which remains unresolved in the area of implementation challenges in workload assessment and activity-based management methods for staff/FTE allocation and cost budgeting; is aware that the Agency has revised its target implementation deadline to 31 December 2025;

115.Notes the Court’s observation that three of the ECDC’s procurement procedures were launched without prior financing decisions, contrary to Article 72(3)(b) of its Financial Regulation; further notes control weaknesses in the evaluation of a EUR 2,8 million conference contract, including insufficient verification of selection criteria, and a lack of checks on abnormally low offers, breaching Articles 151 and 167 and section 23 of Annex I of the Financial Regulation; takes note of the Centre’s reply outlining corrective measures, including reinforced ex-ante verification and enhanced documentation for procurement evaluations;

116.Highlights that the ECA recommends the work of the ECDC with Member States to strengthen a harmonised Union-wide infectious disease surveillance system, improve internal processes to provide timelier and more practical guidance, and communicate more clearly with the public using plain language, to better reflect the use of Union funds, as noted by the ECA in its Special Report 12/2024;

Recommendations

117.Calls on the agencies to act on the Court's observations, in particular to:

(i)the EUDA to immediately address irregularities, strengthen internal controls, and ensure strict adherence to procurement rules to prevent further breaches;

(ii)the EMA to enhance its procedures for identifying and preventing possible conflicts of interest when selecting advisory board members;

(iii)the ECDC to ensure consistent implementation of procurement rules, including reinforced ex-ante verification;

(iv)to offer adequate training to staff in procurement rules;

118.Furthermore, calls on the following agencies:

(i)the EUDA to report back to the Discharge Authority on the details of its progress in implementing the Internal Audit Service's recommendations on human resources management and ethics, particularly the open recommendation regarding workload and performance management;

(ii)all agencies to take note of the ECA’s observations in particular in regard to procurement rules and to take action accordingly by implementing the ECA’s recommendations;

(iii)the ECDC and the EMA to apply some of their budget towards implementing the recommendations outlined by the Court in Special Report 12/2024 and listed above;

(iv)the EMA, the Commission and Member States to take immediate action to address ongoing shortages of critical medications listed above, and in this regard urges the EMA to collaborate closely with national authorities and the Commission to: i) allocate enough resources to address the problem ii) analyse and propose ways to address the causes of these shortages, including manufacturing, supply chain, distribution challenges, and internal market obstacles or national protectionism, including the necessity of production of European medicines iii) develop contingency plans to ensure uninterrupted patient access, including prioritisation of high-need cases; highlights that immediate and coordinated action is vital to prevent delays in treatment, avoid deterioration of patient outcomes, and protect public trust in European healthcare system; encourages the EMA to apply additional internal resources from their budget towards this goal;

Agencies in the area of Transport and mobility

119.Notes the Court’s observation that EASA made irregular payments in 2024 totalling EUR 43 000 under a contract for a service not covered by the contract; takes note of the Agency’s reply acknowledging the issue and stating that the Agency has taken corrective action and the service has been included in the Framework Contract as from 2025;

120.Takes note of the Court’s observations regarding the ERA’s management and control systems, including:

–poor documentation that prevented the agency from matching EUR 144 153 in payments for the 2024 European Rail Traffic Management System Conference, potentially risking the full collection of revenue;

–late issuance of debit notes in contravention of Article 43 of the ERA’s founding regulation, which requires debit notes to be issued within 60 days of service provision;

Recommendations

121.Calls on the agencies to act on the Court's observations, in particular to:

–the ERA, to establish and enforce a standardised tracking system for all fee-paying events and implement a system to automate invoicing processes to ensure debit notes are issued within 60 days of service delivery, reducing reliance on manual triggers, enforce internal controls and include invoicing timeliness as a Key Performance Indicator (KPI) in financial reporting;

Agencies in the area of Environment, and Energy

122.Notes the Court’s three observations concerning procurement irregularities in the EEA including:

–irregular payments under a framework contract for canteen and catering services, refunding EUR 6 514 without an invoice addressed to the Agency contrary to Article 111(2) of the Financial Regulation and increasing lunch prices by 34 % above the agreed indexation mechanism; takes note of the Agency’s reply that these were isolated incidents, with procedures since clarified and strengthened, and that the price adjustment was due to exceptional inflationary conditions;

–use of its internal Expert Meeting System to order catering services, instead of the order forms required by the framework contract, preventing reliable monitoring of cumulative expenditure and risking contract ceiling overruns in breach of Article 111(1) and (3) of the Financial Regulation; acknowledges the EEA’s reply that the Expert Meeting System provides a streamlined control process and that it will amend the framework contract accordingly; highlights that in order to fully address the Court's concerns, the Expert Meeting System should be integrated with the accounting system to ensure that all catering orders automatically generate legally binding commitments;

–type of contract: notes that the EEA failed to specify the type of specific contract (fixed price or time and means) for an IT consultancy contract for an amount of EUR 731 000, contrary to section 1.1 of Annex I to the Financial Regulation, making it impossible to reconcile the total contract amount with the price per consultant; takes note of the EEA’s explanation that the omission had no financial impact, and the commitment to ensure all future contracts include this information;

123.Notes the Court’s observation that ECHA signed a specific IT infrastructure contract valued at EUR 8,1 million, exceeding the authorising officer’s delegated limit by EUR 1,3 million; takes note of the Agency’s explanation that the contract was based on non-binding service volume estimates within the limits of annual appropriations and that actual budgetary commitments did not exceed delegated authority; encourages ECHA to ensure clear alignment between financial delegations and contractual commitments; calls on the Agency to introduce enhanced forward-looking screening mechanisms for external contractors involved in work related to the Agency's regulatory decision-making;

124.Draws attention to the concerns raised by several civil-society organisations regarding a potential professional conflict of interest in the case of Ramboll Germany GmbH, a consultancy that previously carried out technical studies for ECHA while also providing services to industry stakeholders seeking to influence upcoming PFAS restrictions; stresses that expert advisory structures should reflect balanced representation of scientific, industrial and civil-society expertise in order to strengthen legitimacy and evidence-based decision making; acknowledges the organisations’ claim that Ramboll’s parallel activities could have compromised the impartiality required under Articles 2(56) and 143(d) of the Financial Regulation; stresses that the principle of sound financial management requires the Agency to ensure that procurement and contract execution are conducted in a manner preserving institutional impartiality and public confidence; notes that unidentified conflicts of interest may affect the credibility of Union-funded activities even in the absence of procedural irregularity; calls for adequate safeguards addressing both actual and apparent risks;

125.Takes note, however, of ECHA’s clarification that the work carried out by Ramboll Deutschland for the Agency on PFAS was performed between 2020 and 2021, prior to the consultancy’s 2022 engagement with industry, and that conflict-of-interest assessments were performed in accordance with ECHA’s procedures at the time the contract was awarded; notes furthermore that under the current 2024 framework contract Ramboll has not submitted tenders for specific contracts; welcomes ECHA’s statement that it conducted a detailed internal review in response to access-to-documents requests and found no unmanaged conflict of interest; stresses nonetheless the importance of ensuring robust, proactive and forward-looking conflict-of-interest checks for all external contractors, particularly those involved in technical work feeding into sensitive regulatory decisions; emphasises that expert groups should contain a balance of members from various sectors including the private sector, science sectors and civil society to represent different competencies and viewpoints; invites the Agency to integrate contractor independence checks into its broader internal control and risk management framework; stresses the need to ensure robust and proactive procedures to prevent any risk of conflict of interest or undue influence;

126.Notes the Court’s observation that EFCA applied a procurement formula for IT services that resulted in the effective weighting of the price criterion falling below the 30 % minimum recommended by the Commission's guidelines (Annex I, point 21.2 of the Financial Regulation); takes note of EFCA's commitment not to apply this formula in future procurement procedures;

127.Notes the Court’s made two observations concerning ACER’s procurement irregularities that resulted in irregular payments in 2024; points out that following a vendor policy change, ACER ordered IT support services without a legal basis for six weeks before signing the amended contract, resulting in irregular payments of EUR 8 179 in breach of Article 172(1) of the Financial Regulation; takes note of the Agency’s reply that this exception was formally approved to avoid service disruption and that payments were for duly delivered and documented services;

128.Notes that ACER accepted a revised financial offer in a negotiated procedure, increasing the contract value from EUR 51 450 to EUR 79 450 after submission, in contravention of Articles 151, 160(1), and 170 of the Financial Regulation;

129.Recalls that the Court’s observation concerning ACER’s structural reliance on interim workers has remained open since 2019, with interim staff continuing to perform long-term tasks that should normally fall to directly employed staff; notes that, although the number of interim workers decreased from 18 in 2023 to 16 in 2024, the situation persisted and ACER intends to subcontract part of these activities; takes note of the Agency’s replies to the questionnaire, according to which extensive outsourcing is necessary due to insufficient in-house resources and specialised expertise; observes that ACER outsources a wide range of functions, including highly specialised consultancies and studies in energy regulation, legal services, event organisation, and various general services, but that the most significant dependency concerns the IT domain, where the design, development, implementation, support, maintenance and security of its systems are carried out largely by external service providers; highlights in this regard that more than 100 external IT experts (not necessarily full-time) are engaged in delivering IT services to ACER, compared with only 17 internal IT staff, creating a substantial structural imbalance; notes furthermore that ACER states that this outsourcing model was explicitly recommended by the Commission in view of the Agency’s limited establishment plan and resource constraints; underlines, however, that such persistent dependence on external providers for core IT capabilities, combined with the continued use of interim workers for permanent tasks, raises concerns regarding knowledge retention, operational continuity and long-term institutional capacity; stresses that the heavy IT dependency must be urgently addressed to safeguard knowledge retention and operational continuity; requests that the Commission and ACER report to the discharge authority on the corrective measures adopted;

Recommendations

130.Calls on the agencies to act on the Court's observations, in particular to:

(i)the EEA to strengthen its procurement and contract-management procedures to prevent similar irregularities, in particular by systematically enforcing the Financial Regulation’s invoicing and price-indexation requirements for all framework contracts, integrating the Expert Meeting System with the EEA’s accounting and commitment systems to ensure that catering orders generate legally binding commitments and allow reliable monitoring of cumulative expenditure in line with Article 111, mandating the inclusion of the contract type (fixed price or time and means) in all specific contracts in accordance with Annex I, and implementing regular checks, staff training and reinforced supervisory controls while fully documenting all corrective measures taken;

(ii)EFCA to ensure strict compliance with Union procurement rules by maintaining at least 30 % price weighting criteria, provide internal training on the proper application of procurement weightings, introduce mandatory documentary proof (e.g. rental contracts), conduct periodic residence audits, and strengthen controls to prevent improper allowance payments and report back to the discharge authority on implementation;

(iii)ACER to prevent future procurement irregularities and ensure full compliance with the Financial Regulation;

Agencies in other fields

131.Notes that in two negotiated procedures the BEREC Office did not specify selection criteria in the tender specifications, contrary to point 18.2 of Annex I to the Financial Regulation with risk to the BEREC Office that the contractor might not have the capacity to implement the contracts; takes note of the BEREC Office’s explanation that the contractors’ capacity was assessed through prior consultations and that it will ensure selection criteria are specified in all future tenders;

132.Draws attention to the fact that by December 2023, the Commission was required to complete a five-year evaluation of the BEREC Office under Article 48 of its founding regulation intended to assess potential structural or mandate changes for the BEREC office, along with any financial implications; notes that as of the end of 2024, the Commission had not yet finalised this evaluation and as per request by an MEP, the Commission informed the Parliament that the evaluation report will be submitted in December 2025;

133.Notes that the Court’s observation concerning the CdT’s procurement irregularity in a contract for IT equipment rack rentals, awarded in 2016 through a negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice; highlights that the contract was renewed 13 times, incorrectly relying on the building contract exemption under Article 134(1)(h) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 1268/2012, a provision the Court determined does not apply to IT rack rentals;

134.Notes that ENISA did not adopt a proper financing decision prior to launching procurement procedures for operational expenditure, undermining effective planning and oversight and contravening Articles 32(1) and 72(3)(b) of its financial rules; takes note of ENISA’s reply that it agrees with the observation and has taken necessary steps to address the issue;

135.Observes that for four conferences (20222024), ENISA’s average hotel rates exceeded applicable Union staff ceilings, with high cancellation fees (30 % of total costs) for two events; highlights the lack of guidelines or ex ante checks for conference organisation; takes note of ENISA’s reply that it agrees and will take corrective action;

136.Draws attention to a procurement procedure for research and development services that lacked sufficient documentation to justify the estimated contract value and failed to define specific and measurable selection criteria, as required by Article 167 and Annex I, point 18.2, of the Financial Regulation; notes ENISA’s reply that it has already addressed the concern;

137.Notes the Court’s observation concerning the EIT, in particular an external ex-post verification of a representative sample of cost items under grant payments resulted in an overall error rate of 0,4 %; observes that the court recalculated the overall error rate for the sample, incorporating an additional ineligible amount detected by them in its audit, and concluded that the grant payments were affected by an estimated error rate of 0,8 % which applied to the EUR 6 million of cleared EIT grant payments in 2024 and indicates that approximately EUR 50 000 may be affected by error;

138.Notes that, in 2023, the EIT transitioned its grant agreements from an annual to a multi-annual structure; draws attention to the fact that this change impacts the Court’s assessment of legality and regularity, which can only be performed during interim and final payments; notes that in 2024, the EIT paid EUR 412 million in pre-financing for multi-annual agreements, comprising 92,9 % of total payments for the year; takes note that these payments' legality and regularity will be assessed in future years; stresses that such a high share of pre-financing payments requires strengthened monitoring and control mechanisms in order to mitigate the risk of future financial corrections or recoveries;

139.Expresses concern regarding OLAF’s investigations on three different cases concluded in 2024 and its subsequent Financial and Administrative recommendations; notes that OLAF recommended that the EIT recover substantial amounts from the beneficiaries subject to the investigation; takes note that the amount to be recovered relates to grant agreements awarded from 2020 to 2023; notes that, in 2024, the EIT made a pre-financing payment of EUR 52,1 million in relation to the 2023 grant agreement and it was not part of the Court’s audit population of payments in 2024;

140.Takes note with particular attention to the explanations provided by the EIT Director during the hearing held on 1 December 2025 that the irregularities concern beneficiaries of EIT grants and not members of EIT staff, and that in the two major cases, the irregularities were detected and proactively reported by the Agency itself to OLAF; further notes that, following receipt of OLAF’s final reports, the EIT has taken immediate corrective action, in particular for the main irregularity, including the suspension of all payments to the concerned beneficiary, the premature termination of the ongoing grant agreement, and the launch of recovery procedures for past affected grants, as well as requiring the beneficiary to improve his processes and procedures; expects the EIT to fully implement all follow-up actions derived from OLAF’s recommendations and to ensure that strengthened control mechanisms effectively mitigate similar risks in future funding cycles;

141.Points out that due to the complexity of one of the three cases, the EIT is working closely with the Commission’s legal services, OLAF and DG BUDG and the estimated amount to be recovered is currently assessed to be in the region of EUR 1520 million;

142.Acknowledges that, in 2024, the EIT assessed its internal controls and identified three main risks with a high likelihood of occurrence and significant impact on its activities:

–Insufficient Human Resources: notes that the Court and the Commission’s Internal Audit Service acknowledge this risk, highlighting irregularities due to understaffing; urges that personnel numbers be increased and that funding is increased accordingly;

–KICs’ Strategic Progress: regrets that Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) may not achieve strategic objectives due to non-alignment, fraud, or other factors; is concerned that some KICs still lag in antifraud systems, with ongoing reviews of OLAF investigations related to KICs potentially requiring fund recovery;

–Cybersecurity Threats: cyber-attacks pose a very high risk, potentially impacting business continuity, causing data loss, and damaging reputation;

143.Draws attention to two budgetary irregularities in the EIT's 2025 amending budget:

–budgetary equilibrium: notes the original version showed EUR 463,6 million revenue vs. EUR 446,7 million expenditure, breaching Articles 8 and 16 of the Framework Financial Regulation; acknowledges corrected version on 31 March 2025;

–revenue classification error: notes that the EIT included EUR 16,7 million in external assigned revenue under Title 2 'Contributions' rather than creating a dedicated chapter, contravening Articles 8, 20, 21 and 25; notes that the EIT has since committed to restructuring its budget to properly classify such revenues in 2025;

144.Notes that the EIT's framework contract for travel services lacks compliance with contractual terms, as order forms or specific contracts are not used to order travel services; observes that the EIT relies on staff mission orders as legal commitments but fails to communicate them to the contractor, delegating instead full responsibility to travelling staff members who are required to order their travel services directly by email; highlights three instances where mission orders and cost claims were not approved by properly delegated staff, and that the EIT lacks a reliable system to monitor adherence to the contract ceiling; acknowledges the EIT’s reply confirming the contract ceiling has not been exceeded but calls on the Agency to ensure proper delegation of approval authority, and to implement a monitoring system to track contract ceiling compliance;

145.Observes that the EIT carried over EUR 118 697 in staff cost commitments to 2025 as C9 appropriations, despite Article 12(5) of the Framework Financial Regulation requiring cancellation of such commitments by year-end; notes the EIT's acknowledgment of the issue and commitment to strengthen internal controls to prevent recurrence;

146.Notes the strategic role of EUSPA as a key pillar of the EU Space Programme in reinforcing the Union’s industrial base, competitiveness and innovation; invites the Commission, when preparing the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), to ensure that EUSPA is adequately empowered and resourced to strengthen its performance and delivery capacity in support of the Union’s strategic autonomy and sovereignty, including through the implementation of new tasks under the EU Space Act; underlines the importance of prioritising European procurement in areas critical to the Union’s resilience, security and technological independence;

147.Calls on the agencies to act on the Court's observations, in particular to:

(i)the BEREC Office to ensure full compliance with procurement rules by systematically defining selection criteria in negotiated procedures and to strengthen capacity-assurance mechanisms;

(ii)the CdT to reinforce procurement controls to prevent recurrence of non-compliant with Union and internal financial rules;

(iii)ENISA to adopt financing decisions prior to procurement, introduce guidelines and ex-ante checks for conference organisation, and ensure complete documentation and measurable selection criteria in all procedures;

(iv)the EIT to strengthen the supervision of external verifiers and enhance its review checklists, ensure proper budgetary equilibrium and revenue classification, improve implementation of its travel-service framework contract, and reinforce internal controls to avoid irregular carry-overs;

148.Furthermore, calls on the following agencies:

(i)the BEREC Office to report to the Discharge Authority on the timely completion and follow-up of the Commission’s overdue five-year evaluation;

(ii)ENISA to inform the Discharge Authority of progress in implementing corrective actions on procurement planning, conference management, and research and development procedure documentation;

(iii)the EIT to update the Discharge Authority on the implementation of OLAF’s recommendations and strengthened control mechanisms to avoid recurrence in the future; to continue strengthening its cybersecurity governance in full compliance with Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2023/2841, to further enhance internal cyber-resilience capabilities;

149.Calls on the Commission:

(i)to identify systemic problems in all agencies with regards to the procurement of IT services, to explore whether new procurement calls are always necessary to ensure continuity of business, to explore whether to introduce specific, more flexible rules with regards to IT procurement, to provide support and oversight for the agencies in this regard;

(ii)to provide adequate training in procurement procedures; urges the Commission to analyse systemic issues in procurement procedures across all agencies, to ascertain specific problem areas and suggest solutions.

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Annex: declaration of input 2 blocks

The rapporteur declares under her exclusive responsibility that she did not include in her report input from interest representatives falling within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register, or from representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies, to be listed in this Annex pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure.

29.1.2026

Opinion of the committee on employment and social affairs 4 blocks

for the Committee on Budgetary Control

Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - Agencies

(2025/2156(DEC))

Rapporteur for opinion: Romana Tomc

Opinion 45 blocks

The Committee on Employment and Social Affairs calls on the Committee on Budgetary Control, as the committee responsible, to incorporate the following into its motion for a resolution:

– having regard to the European Court of Auditors’ Annual report on EU agencies for the financial year 2024,

– having regard to the Eurofound's Consolidated Annual Activity report 2024,

– having regard to the Cedefop's Consolidated Annual Activity report 2024,

– having regard to the ETF's Consolidated Annual Activity report 2024,

– having regard to the EU-OSHA's Consolidated Annual Activity report 2024,

– having regard to the ELA's Consolidated Annual Activity report 2024,

General comments

1.Expresses its satisfaction that the European Court of Auditors (ECA) has declared the transactions underlying the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound), the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA), the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop), the European Training Foundation (ETF), and the European Labour Authority (ELA) annual accounts for the financial year 2024 to be overall legal and regular, and that their financial position as at 31 December 2024 is fairly represented;

2.Appreciates the high-quality work performed by the agencies working in the area of employment, social affairs and inclusion and stresses the importance, autonomy and added value of the five agencies in their field of expertise; welcomes the continued and the growing cooperation among the five agencies and their closer collaboration with other EU bodies, enhancing coherence and complementarity while avoiding overlaps; further welcomes that this cooperation has become more structured and resulted in more joint initiatives; takes note of the Commission evaluation in 2024 of four EU agencies Eurofound, Cedefop, ETF and EU-OSHA, demonstrating more effective cooperation between the Agencies, and a higher level of coherence thereof; welcomes the joint action plan defining the actions the four agencies will take together to follow up on the recommendations of the evaluation;

3.Calls on the Commission to make better use of the expertise and analytical capacity of the agencies regarding employment and social affairs, stressing that relying on their in-house knowledge would increase coordination and the efficient use of Union budget resources; stresses the unused potential in providing specific, relevant information and the same quality products as external consultants, when their mandates allow it;

4.Notes the Court’s observations for agencies concern shortcomings in public procurement procedures, management and control systems and budgetary management and that weaknesses in public procurement procedures remain the largest source of irregular payments;

5.Acknowledges that consequences of the exceptionally high inflation rates in 2022 and 2023, together with rising staff, utility and service costs, have significantly reduced the share of funding available for core operational activities in 2024; notes that this situation, particularly for agencies with expanding mandates, risks undermining their ability to effectively deliver on their missions; stresses the importance of safeguarding the agencies’ business continuity by periodically reviewing the adequacy of their operational budgets to ensure they are commensurate with their tasks and with a sufficient number of staff; recognises that the agencies’ flexibility to adapt to changing circumstances has helped them to deliver on their mandates despite shrinking operational budgets; reminds that expanding mandates must be simultaneously supported by adequate financial resources;

6.Stresses the importance of all the agencies for their ongoing commitment to integrating environmental responsibility into their operations and decision-making; welcomes further steps to put in place a formal environmental management system by those agencies which do not have it as yet;

7.Reminds that horizontal principles, such as gender equality, should be integral to the budgeting, operations, policies and programmes of the agencies: welcomes their efforts in this respect; calls for comprehensive gender responsive budgeting to be put in place to monitor and measure gender budget allocations;

European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Eurofound)

8.Appreciates the Foundation’s continued high-quality work to enhance and disseminate knowledge and to provide evidence-based expertise supporting the development of better-informed social, employment and work-related policies in Europe; highly values its expertise on topics relevant to the European Pillar of Social Rights including the Directives on transparent and predictable working conditions, on work–life balance for parents and carers, on adequate minimum wages, on improving working conditions in platform work, and on pay transparency, as well as the European Child Guarantee; welcomes Eurofound’s key research in policy-relevant areas, including its 2024 work on the unaffordable and inadequate housing in Europe, adequate minimum wages, poverty, income inequality and the middle class, labour shortages and the political dimension of social cohesion in Europe; welcomes Eurofound’s involvement in the European Parliament elections campaign to raise voting awareness;

9.Welcomes the ECA’s positive opinion on the Foundation’s annual accounts and invites the Foundation to address the ECA’s recommendations;

10.Highlights the 15.1 % carry-over rate of non-differentiated appropriations, representing a continued issue although a decrease compared with the previous year, and takes note of the Foundation’s clarification distinguishing between planned and unplanned carry-overs, the former being linked to multiannual projects and not creating budgetary uncertainties; encourages the Agency to continue its efforts to further reduce unplanned carry-over rates in the coming years;;

European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (EU-OSHA)

11.Appreciates the Agency’s activities to develop, gather and provide reliable and relevant information, analyses and tools to advance knowledge, raise awareness and exchange occupational safety and health (OSH) that contribute also to the development of EU legislation in this field; Values the information and good practice in order to promote healthy and safe workplaces in Europe in particular their work on the health and social care sector and psychosocial risks at the workplace; recalls the importance of safety and health at work, which cannot be put at risk by increased inflation and cost of living; calls on all EU agencies to meet the highest standards of OSH; welcomes its 2024 achievements, including the publication of Occupational Safety and Health overviews on cardiovascular diseases and psychosocial risks, progress in research in the health and social care sector, and the completion of fieldwork for the European Survey of Enterprises on New and Emerging Risks and new OiRA tools;

12.Welcomes the Agency’s performance in 2024, achieving 99% budget implementation and 93% work programme implementation; takes note of the new strategy adopted by EU-OSHA at the end of 2024, ensuring the ability of its services to respond to new needs and challenges in the field; underlines the important role of the Agency in providing data to other research services, such as the EPRS;

13.Welcomes the ECA’s positive opinion on the Agency’s annual accounts and invites the Agency to address the ECA’s observations, in particular concerning management and control systems;

14.Notes with concern the high carry-over rate of 22.6 %, which has improved compared with the previous year but remains well above the 15 % benchmark; recalls that recurrently high carry-over rates undermine the budgetary principle of annuality; takes note of the Agency’s clarification distinguishing between planned and unplanned carry-overs, the former being linked to multiannual projects and not creating budgetary uncertainties; welcomes the measures taken by EU-OSHA to strengthen its budgetary planning process and encourages the Agency to continue its efforts to further reduce unplanned carry-over rates in the coming years;

15.Acknowledges with appreciation the progress made by EU-OSHA in reducing late payments compared with 2023 through the implementation of an action plan;

European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop)

16.Appreciates Cedefop’s research, analyses and technical expertise in vocational education and training (VET), qualifications and skills policies; welcomes its 2024 achievements, including the expansion of its skills intelligence portfolio, support for inclusion, and analysis of key VET policy developments in Member States; highlights in particular the first EU-wide AI skills survey and the launch of the Labour and Skills Shortage Index (CLSSI) and the Short-Term Anticipation of Skill Trends (STAS);

17.Welcomes the ECA’s positive opinion on the Agency’s annual accounts and invites the Agency to address the ECA’s observations, in particular regarding the increase in the share of late payments compared with 2023;

18.Commends Cedefop for its exemplary commitment (100%) and payment (98.89%) appropriations rates successfully demonstrating the optimal use of resources entrusted to Cedefop;

19.Encourages Cedefop to promptly amend its internal rules to ensure that Greek seconded national experts required to relocate to Thessaloniki are eligible for daily subsistence allowances, in line with principle of equal treatment;

European Training Foundation (ETF)

20.Appreciates the ETF’s contribution to strengthening human capital in the EU’s neighbouring countries, while often operating in a challenging geopolitical context; acknowledges its key role in enhancing employability through reforms in education, vocational training, skills, lifelong learning and labour market systems; appreciates its focus on the green and digital transition and skills anticipation, development and validation as horizontal issues; notes that 2024 marked the 30th anniversary of the Foundation, celebrating three decades of expertise and partnership in promoting inclusive and effective education and skills development;

21.Welcomes the ECA’s positive opinion on the Agency’s annual accounts and invites the ETF to address the ECA’s observations, in particular regarding the increase in the share of late payments compared with 2023;

22.Notes the ETF’s corrective actions to address irregularities identified in open procurement procedures from previous years’ audit exercises;

23.Underlines the ETF’s progress in improving gender balance, with women now representing 57 % of managers, and acknowledges efforts to enhance geographical balance;

European Labour Authority (ELA)

24.Appreciates the Authority’s work to assist Member States and the Commission in ensuring a fair and effective enforcement of Union rules on labour mobility and coordination of social security systems, including by supporting 117 joint concerted inspections (CJIs) in 2024, in facilitating effective labour mobility in Europe through European Employment Services (EURES) activities, and to raising awareness, through training and information campaigns, notably #FairHORECAinEU and #Road2FairTransport, about the rights and obligations of workers and employers in mobile sector, making it easier for citizens and businesses to reap the benefits of the internal market; welcomes that the Authority entered its first year at full operational capacity in 2024, enabling it to fully implement its mandate across all areas of activity;

25.Commends the Agency for achieving 95% of its annual workplan, while considerably increasing its activities from the previous year, including a 54% increase in concerted and joint inspections; calls for further support to ELA, including financial resources, to ensure its added value to national enforcement authorities, and to enable it to initiate and conduct inquiries of cross-border cases on its own initiative;

26.Expresses its satisfaction with the overall positive opinion of the ECA on the Authority’s accounts; notes, however, that the ECA issued a qualified opinion on the legality and regularity of payments, as it did in 2023;

27.Takes note in this context of the ECA’s qualification regarding payments amounting to EUR 2.6 million made in 2024, representing 5.7 % of the total payment appropriations and exceeding the materiality threshold; point out that these payments were linked to a contract awarded through an open procedure previously assessed as irregular in the 2022 report (EUR 2.2 million), as well as to shortcomings identified in ex-ante checks related to contract implementation (EUR 0.4 million);

28.Recognises the progress achieved in reducing the number of temporary staff (seconded national experts and interim workers) since 2022, when they represented 58 % of the workforce; regrets, however, that their proportion remained high at 47 % in both 2023 and 2024; encourages ELA and the Commission to continue increasing the share of permanent staff by creating the possibility to convert SNEs in temporary staff posts;

29.Notes with satisfaction that in 2024 the Authority reduced its carry-over rate to 15 %, reflecting improved budget implementation and financial planning; takes note of certain shortcomings in budgetary management, such as late payment interest on 11.8 % of payment requests and the incorrect booking of a budgetary amendment of EUR 266 861;

Conclusion

30.Asks the Agencies and the Commission to implement as soon as possible all outstanding ECA's recommendations;

31.Recommends, based on the facts available, that discharge be granted to the Executive Directors of the Eurofound, EU-OSHA, the CEDEFOP, the ETF, and the ELA in respect of the implementation of the Authorities’ budget for the financial year 2024.

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Pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure, the rapporteur for opinion declares that she included in her opinion input on matters pertaining to the subject of the file that she received, in the preparation of the opinion, from the following interest representatives falling within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register, or from the following representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies:

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Opinion of the committee on the environment, climate and food safety 4 blocks

for the Committee on Budgetary Control

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union agencies for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

Rapporteur for opinion: Antonio Decaro

Opinion 55 blocks

The Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety calls on the Committee on Budgetary Control, as the committee responsible, to incorporate the following into its proposal for a decision:

General considerations

1. Welcomes the constructive cooperation between the European Parliament and the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), illustrated, inter alia, by the annual exchange of views with the Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI) and the presentation of the agencies to the Committee in December 2024;

2. Welcomes the strengthened cooperation between ECHA, EFSA and the EEA under the One Health Approach, enabling them to better address challenges to human, animal, plant and environmental health;

3. Expresses its satisfaction that the European Court of Auditors (ECA) has declared the transactions of the Agencies underlying the annual accounts for the financial year 2024 to be legal and regular in all material respects, and that their financial position is fairly represented in all material respects;

4.Welcomes the measures taken by the agencies in light of the European Parliament recommendations in its discharge for the financial year 2023; stresses the importance of maintaining the Agencies’ efforts in terms of cooperation with other agencies and international organisations, for increased digitalisation, and gender and geographical balance in management positions; calls on all Union agencies to include in their next Annual Activity Reports updated gender-disaggregated data by grade, as well as data on the geographical distribution of staff, in order to enhance transparency and enable effective parliamentary oversight of equality and diversity across the agency workforce;

5.Welcomes the fact that the Agencies took effective corrective actions following most of the 2023 observations from the ECA; notes with concern the 2024 observations for the Agencies, in particular those related to budgetary management, late payments and carry-overs; calls on the Agencies to ensure that corrective and targeted action continues for the benefit of implementing EU policy;

6.Recalls that the discharge procedure assesses not only the legality and regularity of budgetary management, but also the principles of economy, efficiency and effectiveness in the use of public funds; underlines the added value for citizens, public authorities and economic operators of the scientific and regulatory work of ECHA, EEA and EFSA; calls on them to focus on providing timely, predictable and high-quality outputs that allow efficient planning and compliance;

Part I – Discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Chemicals Agency for the financial year 2024

7.Acknowledges the crucial role of ECHA in implementing a growing number of Union legislation; notes that in recent years, ECHA has been tasked with additional responsibilities related to new legislation on batteries, drinking water and serious cross- border threats to health; welcomes ECHA’s efforts to address emerging challenges and legislative changes and to support decision-makers; emphasizes that ECHA should ensure that its procedures and guidance are proportionate, predictable, simple and user-friendly for users, in particular SMEs, while fully safeguarding a high level of protection for citizens and the environment;

8. Notes that in 2024, ECHA started the implementation of its new Strategy 2024-2028; expects ECHA to closely monitor the implementation of the new strategy to achieve its full potential;

9.Welcomes the organisational review that ECHA undertook to address the evolving nature and increasing complexity of its tasks and mandates; calls on ECHA to follow-up on the implementation of the recommendations stemming from the review which addressed ways of working, strategic prioritisation and organisation structure; regrets the continued gender imbalance at the middle and senior management levels; notes that the Agency's senior management is currently composed of 70% men and 30% women, according to the figures communicated; welcomes the measures taken by ECHA to increase the number of female applicants but invites ECHA to strengthen its effort to achieve gender balance;

10.Notes that 32.3% of its staff are nationals of the Member State where the Agency is located, which is an increase from the previous financial year; recalls the importance of geographical balance and encourages the Agency to continue to take the necessary measures to ensure balanced and fair geographical representation;

11. Welcomes the good performance of ECHA in implementing its budget, with a 99.5% commitment rate and 0.5% of cancelled payment appropriation rate, and a processing of 99.8% of payments within legal deadlines;

12.Observes that the Agency’s budget relies on collected fees and a contribution from the Union’s general budget; reiterates its call to address the limited predictability of ECHA’s fee income and to improve the Agency’s budgetary certainty, including by strengthening its governance in line with the commitments set out in the Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability; notes that the ongoing revision of ECHA’s Basic Regulation provides a timely opportunity to enhance the Agency’s financial and organisational stability and to support effective long-term planning;

13. Notes that in 2024, 178 outputs were delivered out of the planned 200; recognises the strong performance of ECHA’s Committees in delivering opinions to the Commission and welcomes the progress made in increasing their capacity; notes, however, that difficulties persist in recruiting sufficient experts from Member States, which may affect the Committees’ overall capacity and expertise; invites ECHA to continue reviewing the Committees’ working methods to ensure they can meet current and future tasks, and calls for reinforced cooperation with Member States and targeted measures to help secure the necessary scientific expertise;

14. Welcomes the ECHA’s efforts to promote the use of alternatives to animal testing for the regulatory assessment of chemicals and to foster understanding of the opportunities and challenges in moving away from animal testing while ensuring a high level of protection of human health and the environment; stresses the need for ECHA to continue supporting the Commission and Member States in developing non-animal methodologies (NAMs), and to facilitate their systematic integration and regulatory acceptance across all hazard categories (including endocrine disruptors and chronic toxicity), in particular for regulatory hazard identification and risk management;

15.Underlines the importance of strictly avoiding conflicts of interests in the work of the Agency and its Committees ensuring full transparency of ECHA’s activities; welcomes in this regard ECHA’s efforts to increase public access to information, in particular with the launch of the first version of the ECHA Chem portal, enabling public access to chemical safety information; encourages ECHA to further develop this tool by increasing its visibility and making it as user friendly as possible;

16. Encourages ECHA to continue its efforts in strengthening its relationships with Member States and stakeholders; welcomes in this regard the launch of a new External Communications Strategy and Stakeholder Engagement Approach and the adoption of an Action Plan to increase support to SMEs;

17. Commends the increased collaboration with other EU Agencies and the signature of the One Health framework of action together with EFSA, EMA, the EEA and ECDC; welcomes in particular the continuous cooperation with EFSA, with which a joint guidance on risk assessments on bees from the use of biocides was delivered; invites ECHA to continue to pursue those efforts;

Part II – Discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2024

18. Stresses that the EEA provides sound, independent scientific information on the environment; welcomes the quality of its output released in 2024, such as European Climate Risk, Accelerating the circular economy in Europe, Europe’s state of water 2024 - the need for improve water resilience, Europe’s sustainability transition outlook, Zero pollution monitoring assessment; welcomes the introduction of a flagship approach to selected publications aiming to prioritise and put extra effort into communicating those outputs;

19. Commends the European Environment Agency for the work that resulted in its highly informative report on Europe’s environment 2025 which noted that Europe’s biodiversity is in a poor state and that the outlook for biodiversity is negative, as efforts to protect and restore nature require time to deliver and persistent pressures remain;

20. Notes that the EEA is tasked with tracking progress towards the 8th Environment Action programme (‘8th EAP’), which builds on the European Green Deal and sets the framework for Union environmental policy until 2030, with a long-term priority objective for 2050 of living well within planetary boundaries; welcomes the release of its second annual monitoring report;

21. Notes that in 2024, EEA’s budget execution rate was of 100% of the annual budget and the delivery rate of key reports and assessments of 97%; commends the high delivery rates for the EEA key performance indicators (KPIs) in 2024 and encourage the EEA to maintain its efforts towards fulfilling its KPIs;

22. Acknowledges the results of the European Commission evaluation of the EEA-Eionet for the period 2017-2021, which was concluded in July 2024, and which found that while the EEA-Eionet has effectively contributed to the development and implementation of EU environmental and climate policies, assessing the efficiency of resource use was challenging due to a lack of adequate monitoring and data; points out that the evaluation also stressed the need to adapt the working procedures to effectively respond to the current complex environmental context; welcomes, in this context, the launch of a revision process of EEA’s KPIs to reflect the outcomes of the EEA-Eionet evaluation 2017-2021; stresses that these KPIs should capture the efficiency of resource use and the policy impact for Member States, regional and local authorities and economic operators;

23. Welcomes the EEA-Eionet Digital Capability Strategy 2025-2030; reiterates its call for additional funds to be allocated for digitalisation in the EEA, in order to modernise systems and increase effectiveness, respond to increased demands and improve user-friendliness, and ensure continued strong cybersecurity within an environment of rapidly changing cyber risks;

24. Reiterates its concern that despite the multi-year nature of the EEA’s tasks, an imbalance continues to exist concerning the numbers of permanent versus contractual posts, as well as operational staff versus support staff, leading to a constant need for reskilling as well as an overload of administrative work for scientists; considers that taking into account the substantial increase of workload, and in order to properly perform its tasks, the EEA should optimise the internal allocation of staff, make full use of digital tools and services and be enhanced with sufficient staff numbers in the years to come;

25. Notes that in 2024, the EEA launched an update of its organisational structure, with the aim of enhancing the Agency's capacity to deliver trusted and actionable knowledge, foster internal collaboration, and improve strategic engagement with stakeholders; notes that this update is based on three objectives: (1) Optimising Work Programme Structure and Service Delivery, (2) Structural Adaptation and Organisational Alignment and (3) Enhancing Management and Leadership Structure; notes that these changes took effect on 1 January 2025; encourages the EEA to closely monitor the implementation of the update;

26.Notes that the work of the EEA is by nature trans-boundary and that the quality and usefulness of the EEA research and activities is significantly enhanced by the inclusion of non-EU EEA member countries and non-EU EEA cooperating countries, for example demonstrated by the excellent standing cooperation with the Western Balkan countries; hopes in the context of enlargement that the EEA will soon be able to welcome Moldova and Ukraine as cooperating or member countries; regrets also in this context that the UK has not yet returned as an EEA member or cooperating country following its exit from the European Union;

27. Stresses that the work of EEA on climate, water resilience, pollution and the circular economy are particularly important for agriculture, rural areas and regions most exposed to climate change and water stress; calls on the EEA to ensure that its work programme clearly addresses the information needs of farmers, rural communities and regional authorities, so that environmental and climate objectives are pursued in compatibility with food security and the competitiveness of the agricultural sector;

Part III – Discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year 2024

28. Welcomes EFSA's contribution to the safety of the Union food and feed chain and its considerable efforts in providing risk managers with comprehensive, independent and up-to-date scientific advice on questions linked to the food chain and safety; highlights the need to improve efficiency and transparency in the EFSA’s process architecture and therefore welcomes EFSA’s efforts to adapt its communication strategy to ensure transparency and public engagement in a context of challenging societal changes;

29. Notes that in recent years EFSA has been assigned additional responsibilities related to increasing detailed and expanded risk assessments aimed at reducing anthropogenic pressures on flora and fauna; stresses that this widening mandate should not compromise EFSA’s broader societal goals to enable innovation and keeping European scientists and companies at the forefront of scientific and technological development while safeguarding human, animal and plant health.

30. Welcomes the continuous involvement of EFSA in the work of the ENVI Committee and more generally its engagement in initiatives related to food safety;

31.Notes that, in order to preserve its relevance and credibility in addressing future challenges, EFSA should continue to strengthen its investments in preparedness activities in clearly defined priority areas, with a particular focus on supporting innovation, scientific excellence and measures that enhance the sustainability and resilience of the agri-food system;

32. Notes that 2024 has been a year of change for EFSA with the renewal of its scientific panels which took effect on 1 July 2024 for a new 5-year term; welcomes the increase of applications received which resulted in the increase in number of suitable experts;

33.Regrets, however, that the geographical balance of new hires fell short of the Agency’s own objectives, with only 38% of newcomers recruited from outside the host Member State; calls on the Agency to strengthen outreach and recruitment efforts to improve geographical representation across its workforce, in line with the principles of diversity, inclusiveness and the European character of the EU agencies;

34.Notes that EFSA has not yet published updated gender-balance data for senior and managerial positions for 2024; notes, however, that according to EFSA’s Programming Document 2024–2026, women accounted for only 37.5% of senior management posts (Directors and Heads of Department/Unit) in 2023; calls on EFSA to systematically publish comprehensive gender-disaggregated data for all staff categories, including senior and middle management, in its Annual Activity Report, in order to ensure transparency and enable Parliament to monitor progress towards gender balance at all hierarchical levels;

35.Stresses the need for EFSA to include ecotoxicologists, entomologists, and biodiversity experts in all working groups assessing pesticides and biocontrols in order to protect non-target organisms and ecosystems; notes with concern that the EFSA working group preparing the new insecticide guidelines reportedly included no entomologist, undermining the credibility of the assessments of the impacts on insect and ecosystems; encourages EFSA to ensure that all working groups include independent experts;

36.Notes with concern that EFSA closed only 550 scientific questions in 2024, below the target of 626 and below the results of 2023 (660); notes that according to EFSA, this decrease can be explained by a number of factors including the renewal of experts in scientific panels, the low quality of application dossiers, especially on novel food, the inconsistent use of submission advice mechanisms by applicants and the increased number of confidentiality requests; underlines that timely risk assessments are crucial for citizens, authorities and economic operators and that delays create uncertainty and unnecessary costs; highlights the need to address this underachievement and expects EFSA to reach its set targets;

37.Highlights the need to step up efforts to optimise the balance between efficiency and quality in confidentiality assessments, ensuring that procedures remain proportionate, transparent and supportive of high scientific standards;

38. Welcomes the improvement in EFSA’s timeliness of adoption, which increased to 89% compared to 85% in the previous year;

39.Highlights that, in a period of rapid scientific development in biotechnology, a well-resourced EFSA is essential to enable safe innovation, ensure legal certainty for applicants and maintain public trust; expresses concern that the persistent and growing backlog in recent years indicates structural capacity constraints that risk weakening the Union’s position in emerging food and feed technologies, undermining the competitiveness of EU companies and making the EU a less attractive environment for international talent and scientific exchange; regrets the perceived lack of urgency of the Commission in the absence of proposals, funding and prioritization to effectively address the challenges EFSA is facing;

40.Recalls that since 2015, the Parliament has adopted 95 resolutions objecting to the placing on the market of GMOs for food and feed; highlights that one reason for these objections is the gaps in the risk assessment undertaken by the Authority's Panel on Genetically Modified Organisms; urges the Authority to address and close these gaps as a matter of urgency;

41.Takes note that, according to the Annual Strategy Survey launched by EFSA to gather feedback from its customers, partners and stakeholders directly or indirectly involved in the delivery of EFSA’s scientific opinions, EFSA’s ability to provide advice in a timely manner remains a point of attention, as in previous years; welcomes the measures taken by EFSA to increase the speed of risk assessment and the inclusion of ‘increased speed in RA’ in its updated performance framework; underlines that improvements in timeliness must not come at the expense of scientific rigour, and welcomes ongoing efforts to streamline procedures while encouraging further targeted enhancements that preserve the overall quality of EFSA’s work;

42. Stresses that while increasing the speed of risk assessment is welcomed, this must not compromise the quality, independence, or transparency of the scientific input provided;

43.Highlights the need for EFSA to develop strong cooperation with all its stakeholders, including the other Agencies for better connection and outputs dissemination; welcomes the cooperation with ECHA for the implementation of the Chemical Strategy for sustainability and the One substance-one assessment approach; welcomes EFSA’s strengthened cooperation with Member States, including with the continued support of focal points; encourages the EFSA to even further increase its efforts to protect animal welfare and promote the use of non-animal testing methods, also in its cooperation with other institutions;

44. Highlights the key role played by micro, small and medium-sized enterprises throughout the EU agri-food chain and recalls that climate and environmental policies should support farmers and food producers; calls on EFSA to pay particular attention to user-friendliness, proportionality and cost-effectiveness for smaller operators, while maintaining a high level of consumer, animal and plant-health protection;

45.Acknowledges the structural challenges EFSA faces in attracting talent, including constraints linked to EU-wide recruitment rules, limited flexibility of contractual and salary frameworks, shortages of specialists in certain scientific fields, and administrative or language requirements that narrow the applicant pool; notes the progress made in increasing EFSA’s visibility in the job market and encourages continued efforts to broaden and diversify recruitment;

46.Notes the continuing challenges in attracting and retaining top scientific talent; underlines that an overreliance on temporary contract stat-term staff hampers long-term capacity building, continuity of expertise and the development of a committed and stable scientific talent pool; Calls the Commission to reserve the necessary means to develop EFSA into the centre of European biotech innovations with positive spill-overs on innovation and entrepreneurship and the EU's academic institutions;

47. Notes that EFSA exceeded its 2024 occupancy rate target and the 2023 result of 98.3% by achieving a 99.6% rate, thus optimising human resources availability;

48. Notes that a new call for the next Executive Director was launched in September 2024; invites EFSA to ensure a smooth transition following the appointment of the new Executive Director;

Conclusion

49. Recommends, based on the facts available, that discharge be granted to the Executive Directors of the Agencies in respect of the implementation of the Agencies’ budget for the financial year 2024.

Annex: declaration of input 1 block

The Chair in his capacity as rapporteur for opinion declares under his exclusive responsibility that he did not include in his opinion input from interest representatives falling within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register, or from representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies, to be listed in this Annex pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure.

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Date adopted	28.1.2026
Result of final vote	+: –: 0:	58 12 11

Opinion of the committee on public health 4 blocks

for the Committee on Budgetary Control

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the EU agencies for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

Rapporteur for opinion: Kateřina Konečná

Opinion 30 blocks

The Committee on Public Health calls on the Committee on Budgetary Control, as the committee responsible, to incorporate the following into its motion for a resolution:

1. Welcomes the fruitful cooperation between the European Parliament, the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA) the (Agencies), shown, inter alia, by the annual exchanges of views that took place in 2024 in the Committee of Public Health (SANT);

2. Considers that regular visits to and from the Agencies are a key aspect of the scrutiny exercised by the European Parliament over them, since they facilitate constructive dialogue, enhance transparency, and strengthen the Parliament's oversight role;

3. Expresses its satisfaction that the European Court of Auditors (ECA) has confirmed the legality and regularity, in all material respects, of the transactions underlying the Agencies' annual accounts for the financial year 2024, as well as the fair representation of their financial position as of 31 December 2024

Part I – Discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2024

4. Takes note that the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) core budget for 2024 amounted to EUR 93.9 million, representing an increase of 4.2% compared with the 2023 budget; notes further that the implementation rate of commitment appropriations reached 99.1%, while 74.7% of the total budget was paid during the year; observes that EUR 22.8 million was carried forward from 2023 into 2024, of which EUR 21.9 million was paid, corresponding to a utilisation rate of 95.8%; considers that these figures show a high level of budget execution; notes that the persistently high level of carry-overs highlighted by ECA point to structural planning challenges that should be addressed;

5. Notes that, in 2024, the ECDC successfully completed or was in the process of completing 99% of the outputs set out in its Single Programming Document (SPD) 2024–2026; observes that, out of a total of 122 defined outputs, 76 were completed, 45 were ongoing, and one output was postponed; considers this to reflect a high level of implementation and effective operational planning; emphasizes that future Single Programming Documents should systematically include performance indicators on health equity, the protection of vulnerable groups and environment-related communicable disease risks, in line with ECDC’s One Health approach;

6. Notes with concern ECA’s findings on ECDC’s management and control systems, in particular for certain operational expenditure procurements launched without a proper prior financing decision; calls on the Agency to strengthen ex-ante checks, staff training and documentation of tender evaluations, and to report on corrective measures taken;

7. Notes that, as part of the review of its mandate, the ECDC received an additional 73 posts (comprising both Temporary Agents and Contract Agents) during the period 2021–2024; observes that 2024 was again characterised by a high level of recruitment activity, driven by the increase in authorised posts, the implementation of the Early Warning and Response System (EWRS) project, and a significant number of replacement recruitments;

8. Notes that, in August 2024, the ECDC activated its Public Health Emergency (PHE) plan for a period of approximately five weeks, in response to the expansion of mpox caused by MP clade II in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC); acknowledges that the activation of the PHE plan enabled the Centre to reallocate essential resources in order to support the European Union (EU) Member States and the European Commission; notes that, during this period, ECDC published multiple epidemiological updates, including the development of a methodology for assessing mpox clade II transmission patterns at both the national and global levels; highlights the extensive risk communication activities undertaken by the ECDC in 2024 in response to emerging outbreaks and large-scale events, including the UEFA European Football Championship and the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games, as well as outbreaks of Marburg, mpox and pertussis; notes ECDC’s use of digital engagement strategies, notably the five influencer campaigns deployed in 2024, involving 96 influencers across all EU Member States and reaching more than 10 million citizens with evidence - based messages on vaccination, antimicrobial resistance, HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections and respiratory viruses;

9. Recalls that ECDC performs a range of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) related tasks; acknowledges that the Commission and ECDC support to Member States, while having a potential positive impact, has not yet delivered demonstrable results in reducing AMR; Recalls the need to give the ECDC the necessary tools and data to better monitor AMR and antimicrobial consumption across Europe, assess related public health risks, estimate the burden of resistant infections, integrate the One Health approach to address environmental health risks, and enhance collaboration with the agricultural and veterinary sectors to tackle AMR at all levels, to meet the EU AMR 2030 targets;

10. Notes that in its 2024 Special Report on the EU’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the European Court of Auditors found that the ECDC generally managed its response well, while identifying areas for improvement that the Agency is addressing to strengthen future preparedness; notes that ECDC communications were often aimed primarily at experts and not always accessible to the wider public; acknowledges the emphasis placed by the new Director, Pamela Rendi-Wagner, on improving public engagement, as well as the positive steps taken in diversifying campaigns, increasing its audience, engaging with journalists, and using influencers; calls on the Centre to co-design communication strategies with civil society and affected communities, publish plain-language summaries in all EU languages, and cooperate with Union bodies to promote accurate and reliable health information;

11. Underlines the importance of efficient ECDC cooperation between the Agencies and with the Member States to an optimal performance of ECDC and in order to further develop a robust European surveillance system for infectious diseases, based on EU-wide harmonised case definitions, thereby enabling the ECDC to collect comparable and reliable data by country and by region; welcomes the development of the One Health Framework and recalls the need to continuously strengthen the One Health approach;

12. Welcomes that ECDC has accepted all recommendations of the Court made in the 2024 Special Report regarding the modernisation of the European surveillance system and the improvement of data comparability; expects ECDC to deliver on its commitment to review its internal editorial and consultation procedures to ensure more accessible and plain-language public communication, as announced in its reply;

13. Stresses that gender balance in the composition of the top management of EU’s agencies and institutions must be a guideline; regrets that the Centre’s senior management is currently composed of 67% men and 33% women (the same as it was in 2023), according to the figures communicated; calls on the ECDC to take this into consideration in future recruitments; calls on the Centre to adopt and implement a comprehensive equality, diversity and inclusion strategy, including concrete targets for balanced geographical representation, and the inclusion of staff with disabilities;

14 Calls on the ECDC to pursue continuous improvements in efficiency, including by optimising internal processes, making full use of digital tools and better aligning staffing and budgetary resources so as to ensure that high-quality results are delivered without unnecessary delay;

Part II – Discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Medicines Agency for the financial year 2024

15. Notes that the total budget for 2024 (revenues and expenditure) amounted to EUR 478,482,000, representing a 6.8% increase compared with the 2023 budget (EUR 448,003,000); notes further that four amending budgets were adopted during the year, increasing the budget appropriations by EUR 13,380,000 to cover the rent for the London premises, as well as part of the salary adjustment applicable from July 2024; observes that the draft financial outturn for 2024 shows a surplus of EUR 4,594,984.37, corresponding to 0.9% of the approved budget (EUR 491,862,000, including amending budgets), compared with a surplus of EUR 20,939 (0.005%) in 2023;

16. Notes with concern that the situation regarding Agency’s premises in London continues to be challenging; stresses that three of the four amending budgets processed in 2024 were required to increase the EC contribution and the miscellaneous revenue to cover part of the rent for the London premises; regrets that the matter has a budgetary impact on the Agency's capacity to focus on its core activities and to deliver its public and animal health objectives; calls on the Commission to secure a long-term resolution of this issue in order for the Agency to fully focus its resources on implementing its public health mission and the recently expanded mandate, addressing public health crises and report to Parliament about corrective action taken;

17. Notes that the EMA is a largely fee-funded agency, with 89.78% of its 2024 C1 revenue stemming from fees paid by the pharmaceutical industry for services provided which is a further increase from 88.21% in 2023; highlights the need to ensure full transparency of these revenues;

18. Notes that in 2024, the EMA recommended 114 new human medicines for marketing authorisation, which constitutes an increase in activity of 48% compared to 2023, including 46 new active substances, representing an increase in 17% of their evaluation compared to 2023, and 25 new veterinary medicines, including 2 new active substances, and one positive opinion adopted recommending one new maximum residue limit (MRL); notes that 6 PRIME-designated medicines were recommended for approval, helping patients to benefit as early as possible from promising medicines that target unmet medical needs; welcomes the Agency’s maintenance of 15 orphan status designations (in 2023, 17) under the EU framework for orphan medicines, the purpose of which is to encourage the development and marketing of medicines for patients with rare diseases;

19. Notes that, according to the European Court of Auditors’ 2024 Special Report, the most important clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines were conducted outside the Union and authorised by non-EU regulators, requiring the EMA to rely heavily on external data; stresses the need to strengthen the Union’s capacity to generate its own clinical evidence in order to reduce dependency and enhance strategic autonomy in health research, while ensuring that the resulting medicines and vaccines are accessible and affordable to everyone; recalls that, in the same report on the EU’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Court concluded that the EMA generally managed its crisis response well within the limits of its mandate and resources, while identifying areas for improvement; acknowledges that the Agency is implementing lessons learned to reinforce preparedness for future public health emergencies, while noting that the Court considers it premature to assess their effectiveness; underlines the need for the EMA to ensure full transparency in regulatory decision-making, safeguard the independence of scientific assessments, and prevent any external political, commercial or geopolitical influence on authorisations; calls for enhanced cybersecurity measures, clearer public communication on quality-assurance processes, and regular reporting to Parliament on cyber incidents affecting EU health agencies);

20. Notes that the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2024/568 on fees and charges payable to the EMA represents an important milestone in strengthening the financial sustainability of the European medicines regulatory network; notes that the transition to the new fee system required extensive collaboration across the Agency, involving over 100 experts to optimise processes, integrate regulatory and fee systems, and provide comprehensive stakeholder support;

21. Takes note of the number of judicial challenges against the EMA and/or the EC, relating to alleged breaches of Union pharmaceutical law or procedural irregularities; observes that, during 2024, EMA was involved in 12 court cases, without the assistance of external counsel; notes further that five judgments/orders were delivered by the Court of Justice of the European Union in the course of the year; calls on EMA to reduce litigation risks by further increasing transparency, including through proactive publication of clinical data and assessment reports, improved stakeholder consultation when developing guidelines and policies, and timely, accessible explanations of its decisions for patients and healthcare professionals;

22. Stresses that gender balance in the composition of the top management of EU’s agencies and institutions must be a guideline; notes that the Agency's senior management is currently composed of 56% men and 44% women, according to the figures, in a positive increment from 2023; calls on the Agency to adopt a comprehensive equality, diversity and inclusion strategy with concrete targets and monitoring, including gender-balanced and geographically diverse decision-making bodies and to maintain a zero-tolerance approach to harassment and discrimination;

23. Calls for consistent application of EU and EMA rules on post-employment activities, cooling-off periods, and transparency; calls on EMA to regularly report on their implementation; emphasizes adopting measures to prevent conflicts of interest and ensure transparency in expert assessments; underlines that managing conflicts of interest is crucial for accountability, scientific integrity, and public trust; stresses that inadequate screening of competing interests risks undermining EMA’s impartiality; calls on EMA to strengthen and clarify conflict-of-interest rules, safeguard expert independence, and ensure full transparency in expert selection and scientific advice.

24. Supports the activities related to the establishment and maintenance of the Union list of critical medicines, as well as the collection of data related to critical shortages and stocks of critical medicines; recalls the need to give the EMA the necessary tools to prevent and mitigate critical shortages in cooperation with Member States; emphasizes the Agency's role in supporting the European Health Union, including addressing medicine shortages in the EU;

25. Calls on EMA to pursue continuous improvements in efficiency, including by optimising internal processes, making full use of digital tools and better aligning staffing and budgetary resources so as to ensure that high-quality results are delivered without unnecessary delay;

Conclusion

Recommends, based on the facts available, that discharge be granted to the Executive Directors of the Agencies in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agencies for the financial year 2024.

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The rapporteur for opinion declares under his exclusive responsibility that he did not include in his opinion input from interest representatives falling within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register, or from representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies, to be listed in this Annex pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure.

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Opinion of the committee on transport and tourism 4 blocks

for the Committee on Budgetary Control

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the EU agencies for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

Rapporteur for opinion: Gheorghe Falcă

Opinion 40 blocks

The Committee on Transport and Tourism calls on the Committee on Budgetary Control, as the committee responsible, to incorporate the following into its motion for a resolution:

1.Welcomes the ‘clean’ opinions for the 2024 financial year provided by the European Court of Auditors (‘the Court’) in relation to the reliability of the annual accounts as well as the legality and regularity of the revenue and payments underlying the accounts of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA), and the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA);

2.Highlights the Agencies’ expanding mandates across their areas of activity, underscoring their consistent performance despite staff and funding constraints;

3.Takes notice of the high 2024 budget implementation rates in all three Agencies, observing that the overall value of automatic carryovers of voted non-differentiated appropriations in all three Agencies was far below the 15 % benchmark established by the Court;

4.Notes that following the assessment by DG MOVE, which ensures supervision of the three Agencies, their 2024 performance was in full alignment with the agreed objectives of the Commission: the regular monitoring and oversight activities did not identify any particular issues that could have a material impact on the assurance, furthermore, the reports from the external and internal auditors did not highlight any major issues that could raise additional concerns for DG MOVE;

5.In view of the above, encourages the Agencies to enhance the visibility and effectiveness of communicating their results and successful projects to the public;

Part I – Discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for the financial year 2024

6.Overall, is pleased to note that the revenue and payments underlying EASA’s accounts for the year that ended on 31 December 2024 are legal and regular in all material respects; yet draws attention to the Court’s observation on one irregular payment for the service not covered by the price list in the existing framework contract; notes that while it does not call the Court’s opinion into question, the Agency is encouraged to strengthen its ex ante verification and contract management procedures to ensure full compliance with the applicable procurement rules; calls upon the Agency to exercise greater caution to ensure legality and regularity of its transactions;

7.Recalls that 2024 was a year of substantial transition for EASA: under the leadership of its new Executive Director, appointed in April 2024, the Agency underwent a major reorganisation to reinforce its technical and corporate competences, including internal audit, IT and digital transformation, as well as quality and planning functions; commends that, in a move to create greater synergy, mature domains like drones and air traffic management were integrated into the Agency’s operational directorates, with the Management Board endorsing this new, more effective structure in December 2024; points out that under its reinforced resilience strategy, EASA successfully managed a significant number of recruitments, enrolling 49 new staff members, filling 39 internal positions and reaching a 97.5 % occupancy rate on its establishment plan by the end of the year;

8.Notes with satisfaction that EASA’s 2024 Annual Work Programme outlined 60 key performance indicators to measure its accomplishments in core areas, such as overseeing market safety, approving safe market access, setting international standards, analysing safety data and enabling core business, as well as 162 business development objectives for process improvement, pointing out that the Agency successfully addressed 92 % of these targets, with 68 % completed in full;

9.Remarks that in 2024, EASA handled a similar number of procedures as in previous years, noting that the reduction in framework contracts results from the Agency’s streamlining efforts; recalls that it manages a large portfolio of projects on behalf of the Commission and occasionally other bodies, for which it receives specific funding, predominantly in the field of international technical cooperation, but also safety intelligence, research, environmental protection, as well as collaboration with other joint undertakings such as SESAR; points out that during 2024 it managed 47 such projects, with a total (maximum agreement) value of approximately EUR 109 million over 3–5 years, resulting in financial commitments of around EUR 26 million (compared to EUR 15 million in 2023);

10.Encourages EASA to strengthen its capacity for identifying emerging technical and operational risks in line with the Court’s recommendations, by enhancing oversight, improving airworthiness reporting, updating technical specifications and addressing software vulnerabilities;

11.Stresses the critical role of EASA in ensuring aviation safety, commends its dedication to this priority and welcomes its measures taken in response to the growing number of GNSS jamming and spoofing occurrences in the Eastern Europe, Middle East, and Baltic Sea; underlines that these hostile activities, in the broader regional security context, directly jeopardise aviation safety and demand continued EU level coordination, enhanced conflict-zone information exchange and close collaboration with national authorities to preserve the integrity and resilience of air navigation services; welcomes the update of its Safety Information Bulletin to inform stakeholders and suggest ways to mitigate the issue, and its continuous efforts to tackle these challenges through cybersecurity and conflict zone activities, as well as collaboration with state, institutional and military partners; welcomes the Agency’s first-ever proposal to regulate ground handling at EU airports, which was published in January 2024, aiming to boost safety, cybersecurity and consistency for all ground-based actions before and after a flight;

12.Welcomes the Agency’s enhanced cooperation with the European Defence Agency (EDA) and NATO to align regulatory approaches across civil and military aviation; notes that, with EASA’s active support, both EDA and NATO have urged their Member States to adopt a military Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) regulatory framework conforming to EASA standards, facilitating dual-use safety demonstrations as outlined in the Drone Strategy 2.0; commends the Agency’s contribution to promoting mutual recognition between National Military Aviation Authorities (NMAA) and its work on flexibility provisions related to airworthiness in wartime conditions; acknowledges the Agency’s valuable technical input to the development of the Military Air Traffic Controller training and licensing syllabus, which represents a further step towards interoperability and shared safety culture across Europe’s defence aviation community;

13.Moreover, welcomes EASA’s support to the group of Member States in developing guidelines for the deployment of military equipment on civil aerodromes, including arresting systems and tactical radars, thereby facilitating rapid military deployment close to conflict zones while ensuring the same high level of safety for civil air transport; notes that these actions demonstrate the Agency’s growing role in supporting Europe’s defence readiness, resilience and strategic autonomy within a coherent safety framework;

14.Acknowledges the Agency’s 2024 achievements under its Sustainable Aviation Programme, including the publication of the first State of the EU SAF Market Report, paving the way to the implementation of the RefuelEU Aviation legislation, the establishment of the Sustainability Portal as its key reporting vehicle and adoption of the Flight Emission Label;

15.Recalls that, in 2023, the European Parliament responded to the publication of the Roadmap on Higher Airspace Operations by proposing a preparatory action valued at EUR 2 million to support the development of the EU regulatory framework in the field; welcomes the 2024 contribution agreement signed between EASA and DG MOVE to address the action over the next 3 years;

Part II – Discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) for the financial year 2024

16.Acknowledges that the revenue and payments underlying EMSA’s accounts for the year that ended on 31 December 2024 are legal and regular in all material respects;

17.Takes notice of the Court’s finding related to the acceptance of more than one tender from the same bidder in a procurement procedure for aircraft systems; welcomes that EMSA has clarified the corresponding tender specifications and welcomes its efforts to ensure that all procurement procedures remain transparent, fair and compliant with EU financial rules; encourages the Agency to continue improving its internal controls;

18.Highlights the extension of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) to maritime transport as one of EMSA’s key achievements in 2024 – a move that positioned the EU as the world’s first jurisdiction to set a carbon price on greenhouse gas emissions from ships; notes with satisfaction that, to support the inclusion of maritime transport in the EU ETS, EMSA upgraded the THETIS-MRV system to introduce new functionalities for the approval of monitoring plans, submitting ETS data and reporting partial emissions following ship ownership changes;

19.Appreciates the Agency’s support for the implementation of the FuelEU Maritime Regulation – the first legislative effort that aims to incentivise the maritime industry’s transition away from fossil fuels and increase the use of low and zero-carbon alternatives; recalls that while the Regulation took full effect on 1 January 2025, part of its provisions entered into force in August 2024;

20.Notes that EMSA’s safety activities throughout 2024 encompassed fire safety, marine equipment, maritime safety requirements and accident investigation (EPP 19); acknowledges the Agency’s support to the Commission, Member States and industry in the emerging areas, such as alternative fuels, power systems, and autonomous vessels, through the provision of technical expertise, state of the art tools, databases and research;

21.Highlights that in 2024, EMSA’s Earth Observation services – CleanSeaNet and Copernicus Maritime Surveillance – continued to develop and deliver advanced surveillance capabilities; welcomes the Agency’s work in supporting joint multipurpose maritime operations and reinforcing regional Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS) strategy across different countries as well as promoting more efficient use of resources in the execution of coast guard functions; furthermore, underlines that these activities significantly strengthen resilience against hybrid threats and risks to critical subsea infrastructure;

22.Welcomes the Agency’s accomplishments in strengthening maritime security and improving situational awareness across multiple sea basins, notably through its monitoring and analytical efforts in the Black Sea, Adriatic Sea, and Baltic Sea, and its contribution to assessing developments in the Red Sea affecting EU Member States’ merchant fleets; commends the Agency’s assistance to the Commission and Member States in overseeing sanctions against the Russian Federation, identifying ship-to-ship transfer hotspots, and maintaining the efficient exchange of maritime information; highlights the successful coordination of the Adriatic Sea Search and Rescue exercise, carried out jointly with Italy, Slovenia, and Croatia, which reinforced cross-border operational cooperation; acknowledges the fruitful inter-agency collaboration between EMSA, Frontex, and the European Fisheries Control Agency (EFCA) within the framework of the multipurpose maritime operations, particularly in the Western Black Sea, which significantly contribute to the Union’s maritime security architecture, border protection, and environmental safety;

23.Draws attention to the publication of the European Maritime Single Window environment (EMSWe) Message Implementation Guide that will enable consistent reporting obligations for ship operators across all EU ports; further to this, welcomes the finalisation of the basic modules for the EU Seafarers’ eCertification platform, underscoring that EMSA’s centralised development, hosting and operation of this platform will deliver economies of scale, reduce costs and streamline processes for participating Member States;

Part III – Discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Railways (ERA) for the financial year 2024

24.Recalls that in 2024, ERA celebrated its 20th anniversary, marking two decades of improving European railway safety and interoperability as detailed in its “20 Years of ERA” report; further recalls that in December 2024, the Agency’s second Executive Director concluded his 10-year tenure, stressing that his leadership was instrumental to numerous achievements, particularly the successful implementation of the 4th Railway Package and stable management during this transformative period for ERA; welcomes the appointment of the new Executive Director and the beginning of the new mandate for ERA; believes that this transition represents an opportunity to strengthen the Agency’s strategic direction, reinforce its role in supporting railway safety and interoperability, and ensure the effective implementation of the Single European Railway Area objectives;

25.Points out that the revenue and payments underlying the Agency’s accounts for the year that ended on 31 December 2024 are legal and regular in all material respects;

26.Highlights that in 2024, ERA achieved an all-time high budget implementation rate, with 99.99 % of commitment appropriations and 96.68 % of payment appropriations executed; welcomes the Agency’s financial discipline, which includes regular monitoring of budget execution to meet expenditure targets and proactive fund redeployments to cover the identified gaps;

27.This notwithstanding, takes notice of the Court’s observations with regard to the management and control systems, notably related to failure to collect a full revenue due to poor documentation in relation to the organised event and contravention of the rules applicable under the Agency’s founding regulation; expresses regret over shortcomings detected in procurement and contract management; yet welcomes the Agency’s efforts to address these issues by improving documentation and strengthening contract monitoring; stresses the importance of setting clear selection criteria in future procurement procedures and establishing a formal process for assessing abnormally low bids, in order to prevent any recurrence of irregularities; welcomes the improvement achieved by ERA in reducing the average invoice-issuing time from 47 days in 2023 to 22 days in 2024, and encourages it to ensure consistent compliance with the 30-day deadline;

28.Draws attention to the Internal Audit Service recommendations on strengthening IT governance and invites the Agency to implement the proposed improvements to ensure timely revenue collection and a more structured approach to IT planning and management;

29.Reaffirms the paramount importance of an interconnected, efficient and safe EU railway network that delivers accessible and high quality services for all; in this context, takes notice of DG MOVE’s assessment that the resources allocated to ERA have not kept pace with the expansion of its responsibilities under the 4th Railway Package; furthermore, points out that ERA’s competences have significantly expanded due to military mobility needs and the forthcoming Infrastructure Capacity Regulation; expresses concern regarding the exacerbated pressure on both the Agency’s staffing and budget driven by inflation and the constant increase of tasks without corresponding support; specifically expresses concern that the Agency’s EU subsidy is the lowest among the three EU Transport Agencies, inherently limiting its ability to address rising operational demands;

30.Commends ERA for the continuous implementation of its Strengthening Action Plan 2023-2027 to ensure sufficient resources for priority policies and efficiency gains throughout all Agency’s processes;

31.Welcomes the achievement rates of ERA’s work programme in 2024, which improved by 5.87% compared with 2023, showcasing improved working methods and better planning;

32.Points out that ERA successfully completed its three-year audit cycle for National Safety Authorities and will start a new monitoring approach in 2025, noting that the Agency continued to monitor Notified Bodies, providing consistent support to Notifying Authorities and National Accreditation Bodies;

33.Welcomes ERA’s work on rail cybersecurity, including its cooperation with the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity (ENISA), and its efforts to develop common safety methods, such as the Common Safety Methods on Assessment of Safety Level & Safety Performance (CSM ASLP) for data-driven safety performance assessment; stresses that a harmonised and cyber-resilient safety framework is particularly important for the Baltic rail networks, given their role as a strategic east-west corridor linking the EU to its Eastern neighbours and candidate countries;

34.Acknowledges the key importance of the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) for safety and capacity, and appreciates the work delivered by the Agency in this area; observes that, despite a surge in applications, the authority tasks in vehicle authorisation, single safety certification and European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS) trackside approval were delivered on time; commends ERA for the strong 2024 results: 1 888 decisions on vehicle authorisations (a 2.7 % increase compared to 2023), 81 Single Safety Certificates (a 6.5 % increase compared to 2023), and 14 ERTMS trackside approvals (a record 40 % increase compared to 2023); hopes for further harmonisation, including through coordinated deployment aimed at improving cross-border interoperability, removing persistent cross-border blockages and reducing complex testing across Europe; reiterates the particular importance of cross-border interoperability for the Military Mobility package;

35.Underlines ERA’s essential contribution to EU level capacity building, evidenced by its successful 2024 activities on safety and interoperability dissemination; stresses that this crucial function should be strategically directed to areas with the greatest needs and backed by sufficient resources to ensure that basic training remains accessible and free of charge across the Union;

36.Notes the entry into force of the Interoperable Europe Act in April 2024 and welcomes the Agency’s decision to appoint a dedicated rapporteur on this matter beginning in 2025; considers that this proactive step reflects the Agency’s commitment to strengthening interoperability, safety, reduction of barriers, data governance, and digital transformation within the European railway system; including through the System Pillar of Europe’s Rail Joint Undertaking; expects ERA to contribute effectively to the Commission’s High-speed rail plan, enabling the removal of redundant national rules and the streamlining of authorisation and certification processes to facilitate innovation; endorses the Agency’s strategic focus on advancing cross-border data exchange, harmonising digital standards, and integrating automation and artificial intelligence, which are key enablers for realising a fully digital and interconnected Single European Railway Area; stresses that this work is essential for the successful deployment and long term operation of flagship cross border projects as well as for building an efficient, reliable and competitive European rail network that supports dual use needs and strengthens Europe’s economic resilience and green transition.

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Opinion of the committee on fisheries 4 blocks

for the Committee on Budgetary Control

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the EU agencies for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

Rapporteur for opinion: Giuseppe Lupo

Opinion 28 blocks

The Committee on Fisheries calls on the Committee on Budgetary Control, as the committee responsible, to incorporate the following into its motion for a resolution:

1.Takes note of the report of the Court of Auditors (the ‘Court’) on the annual accounts of the European Fisheries Control Agency (the ‘Agency’) for the financial year 2024, the Agency’s 2024 annual activity report and the analysis and assessment of that report by the Agency’s Administrative Board;

2.Expresses its satisfaction concerning the activities carried out by the Court and the Court’s statement that the Agency’s accounts for the year ended 31 December 2024 are in compliance with the Union’s Financial Regulation and with the accounting rules adopted by the Commission’s accounting officer; notes the observations of the Court regarding management and control systems and the reiterated use of carry-overs; welcomes the Agency's explanations and its commitment to address these issues;

3.Notes that the Agency initially received a EUR 30,58 million contribution under the general budget of the Union in 2024, representing an increase of 1,61 % in respect of 2023; the final general budget contribution received by the Agency, after the amending budget was approved, amounted to EUR 30,79 million, representing a final increase of 2,31% in respect of 2023; points out that both the Agency’s annual budget and its complement of staff are among the lowest among Union agencies; stresses that, meanwhile, the activities of the Agency increased, in particular its efforts to tackle IUU fishing and its impact on the sustainability of fish stocks, the economy, sovereignty and the security of the Union and its outermost regions;

4.Stresses that the Agency received ‘other revenue’ for a value of EUR 1,23 million, therefore, the total revenue of the Agency amounted to EUR 32,02 million;

5.Acknowledges that in the financial year 2024 the Agency was able to implement 99,5 % of its annual work programme compared to 98% in 2023; notes that the Agency was able to carry out its operations and implement its budget as planned; congratulates the Agency for the budget implementation of 100 % in terms of commitments and 76,6 % in terms of payments, representing a 4 % increase compared to 2023; notes that, when taking into account the assigned revenue, the Agency achieved an implementation of 92,3 % in terms of commitments and 76,9 % in terms of payments; takes the view that this level of implementation and efficiency in the use of public funds is an example of good management that should be an inspiration to other EU agencies, particularly at a time when budgetary discipline and the responsible use of funds must be a priority;

6.Recalls the Union’s ‘zero tolerance’ approach to illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing and the Agency’s vital role in the fight against IUU fishing as well as the Agency’s contribution to the implementation of the common fisheries policy (CFP); deplores, in this regard, the fact that due to the expiry of the framework contract and the delay in the joint procurement contract with Frontex, no fixed-wing aerial assets could be chartered; warns that the expiry of these aerial assets is restricting the Agency’s real operational capacity when it comes to effectively fighting IUU fishing; calls for these procedures to be reviewed to prevent disruption that might give rise to illegal fishing activities in European waters; notes that expenses for chartering Off-Shore Patrol Vessels decreased by 2,5 %;

7.Stresses that, despite ongoing efforts, IUU fishing remains a serious challenge within EU waters, distorting competitiveness, undermining the sustainability of fish stocks, and threatening the economic viability of the EU fishing sector and coastal communities; highlights the urgent need to reinforce aerial and maritime surveillance and monitoring capabilities, to ensure effective and proportionate control and inspection systems, and to provide targeted support and training for national authorities and local coastal communities, in order to effectively detect, prevent, and combat IUU activities throughout EU waters;

8.Stresses the importance of the Agency’s reliance on external sources of revenue with a view of securing funds to fulfil its statutory objectives;

9.Recalls that it is the Member States that are primarily responsible for the control of fishing activities, while the Agency’s tasks are limited to support, coordination and providing assistance in this area to the Member States; highlights especially the importance of the Agency contributing to harmonising control with uniform, predictable and transparent supervision, avoiding divergent interpretations among Member States that risk creating unequal treatment, in order to ensure a level playing field and equality in controls; insists that the lack of control of fishing activities must not be compensated by the increase of additional burdens to operators, or in the loss of level playing field;

10.Stresses that the newly adopted revision of the Fisheries Control Regulation increased the Agency’s workload in particular to enable a more harmonised application of the rules among Member States; emphasises that growing obligations without sufficient resources to do so would impair the agency in its ability to carry out its important tasks;

11.Calls on the Commission to collaborate with the Agency when drawing up the delegated and implementing acts for the recently adopted Fisheries Control Regulation and on the regulations relating to its activities; recalls the need to guide the sector in implementing this framework by establishing projects that support fisheries stakeholders and administrations in transitioning to digital tools and updated rules;

12.Stresses, therefore, that the financial and human resources available to the Agency must be guaranteed and coherent with the tasks assigned to it and the activities to be carried out and avoid any additional pressure on the staff's activity and the quality of their working conditions; invites the Agency to continue its efforts to ensure the optimal use of the allocated appropriations;

13.Calls on the Agency to support Member States' monitoring and identifying serious infringements as defined in Regulation (EU) 2023/2842 and especially infringements referred to in Article 90(2), point (p) concerning forced labour; points out the importance of providing adequate training for EU inspectors in relation to monitoring and identifying serious infringements;

14.Notes that, in 2024, the Agency reported a total number of 45 734 inspections, a 1,65% increase in comparison with 2023; underlines that, while inspection numbers have risen, indicating a more efficient resource allocation, it also shows the need for effective monitoring and enforcement remains essential across all EU waters; considers that the 14% increase in inspections with at least one suspected infringement compared with 2023 offers valuable insight for further strengthening compliance and ensuring effective oversight; emphasises that the Agency should sustain the increase of its inspection activities to strengthen enforcement, protect fish stocks, and safeguard the livelihoods of fishers;

15.Reconfirms our commitment to a rule based international system and highlights the important role of the Union in International Ocean Governance and Diplomacy; highlights, in this regard and in relation to the fight against IUU fishing, that the agency has an important role to encourage an increased and harmonised application of the EU control systems in place as well as collaboration with third countries in order to contribute to strengthen a global rules based order and amongst others to combat illegal fishing and ensure that the human rights, including social rights, of those working on fishing vessels are respected;

16.Emphasises that the credibility of the rule-based sustainable fisheries international governance system also depends on the Union’s ability to guarantee that fisheries products imported from third countries to the European market have been produced meeting the same requirements as those for the EU fleets; warns that there is a risk of unfair competition if this coherence is not strictly ensured;

17.Welcomes the support provided by EFCA to the work of the Union within Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) and cooperation with non-EU countries to improve compliance, level playing field and deliver capacity-building; underlines the crucial role of the agency in supporting Member States in the coordinated monitoring of Fisheries Restricted Areas (FRAs) established by the General Fisheries Commission for the Mediterranean (GFCM);

18.Notes with appreciation the Agency’s continued cooperation with the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (FRONTEX) and the European Maritime Safety Agency (EMSA) to support national authorities carrying out coastguard functions in line with Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2019/473; considers this cooperation to be a good example of cooperation and synergies between Union agencies that should be encouraged and inspire agencies in other areas; calls on the Agency to continue its efforts in that regard;

19.Express its conviction that increasing the cooperation between the Agency and the European Environment Agency (EEA), especially on data sharing, and the European Space Agency (ESA) provides cumulative benefits; welcomes in that regard the signature of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the EEA to exchange information, knowledge and conduct pilot projects at sea, notably a project dedicated to marine litter including monitoring, retrieval, collection, and recycling of abandoned or lost fishing gear in designated maritime areas;

20.Highlights the role of the Agency in offering capacity-building and training to third countries and the Agency’s crucial role in securing a level playing field with all coastal states;

21.Notes that, while IUU fishing remains a serious challenge within EU waters, targeted support and strengthened capacities can enhance compliance and enforcement; emphasises, therefore, that EFCA should continue to reinforce training and support for national authorities, inspectors, and local EU coastal communities to better detect, prevent and combat IUU activities;

22.Underscores the Agency’s vital role in promoting compliance with international fisheries rules and to ensuring a genuine level playing field between the Union and all coastal states, particularly in shared or jointly managed fisheries; notes that coordinated engagement, both externally and within the Union, is essential for safeguarding sustainable fisheries, upholding fair competition, and protecting the long-term social and economic viability of our coastal regions;

23.Notes that, on 31 December 2024, the establishment plan was 97% fulfilled, with 75 temporary agents appointed out of 77 temporary agents authorised under the Union budget; takes note of the increase of staff expenses of 6,7% in comparison with 2023;

24.Highlights the Agency’s commitment to ensure equal treatment for all staff and to achieving gender equality across all grades and responsibility levels; is concern that women continue to represent only 39 % of staff employed at grade AD 8 or higher, a figure that has stagnated since 2021, although the overall percentage of female staff members is 50%; therefore, notes that more must be done to attain parity at management level; reiterates its call for the Agency to implement and strengthen its gender parity strategy and inclusivity policy;

25.Reaffirms its belief that insufficient funding and the absence of a dedicated ring-fenced and autonomous fisheries and aquaculture fund in Commission´s proposal for the Multiannual Financial Framework 2028-2034 will increase difficulties for dedicated collaboration between the Agency and Member States; points out that the lack of sufficient dedicated funding would also have severe negative effects on the EU fishing fleet and its capacity to ensure compliance with the revised Fisheries Control Regulation and by extension might impar the needed implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy;

26.Is also concerned that the lack of sufficient and dedicated fisheries funds in the future MFF will undermine the Agency´s capacity to support the implementation of the CFP, in particular in the harmonisation of fisheries control among Member States, undermine the fight against IUU fishing and reduce level playing field among EU fleets and EU fleets with third countries fleets; regrets the lack of sufficient funding and, therefore, calls on the Commission and Member States to foresee at least identical amounts of constant prices for the Agency's budget in the next MFF;

27.Proposes that discharge be granted to the Executive Director of the Agency in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2024.

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Opinion of the committee on civil liberties, justice and home affairs 4 blocks

for the Committee on Budgetary Control

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the EU agencies for the financial year 2024

(2025/2156(DEC))

Rapporteur for opinion: Evin Incir

Opinion 80 blocks

The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs calls on the Committee on Budgetary Control, as the committee responsible, to incorporate the following into its motion for a resolution:

1.Calls on all JHA agencies to reinforce internal efficiency audits and avoid duplication of administrative structures; insists that every increase in budget or staff must be accompanied by measurable performance indicators

(Note that his addition comes before Part I)

Part I –Discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation for the financial year 2024

2. Notes a steady increase of the operational activity of the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust), which involved handling of 12.972 cases in 2024, over 640 coordination meetings, 32 coordination centres and 361 Joint Investigation Teams (‘JIT’) (annual increase of 25%), facilitating the execution of 452 European Arrest Warrants and the use of 2668 European Investigation Orders;

3. Commends the efficiency gains Eurojust has achieved by implementing 99.94% of its budget and 98.35% of its establishment plan; notes these results have been achieved against important budgetary constraints stemming from increased operational workload and high inflation;

4.Welcomes the support of Eurojust to activities relating to the war of aggression against Ukraine, the JIT investigating alleged core international crimes, the implementation of the Core International Crimes Database (CICED) and the support the development of the International Centre for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression hosted by Eurojust; insists on the need to dedicate adequate financial and human resources to those activities and their development;

5. Welcomes the launch of the European Judicial Organized Crime Network (EJOCN) in September 2024 and hosted by Eurojust, as unique hub of exchange of expertise between judicial authorities involved in the investigation and prosecution of the organized crime; points to the need to define a coherent development strategy for EJOCN to increase its relevance for practitioners;

6. Welcomes the conclusion by Eurojust of working arrangements with third countries and the adoption of a strategy on cooperation with international partners (2024-2027); calls for strengthening its international cooperation activities through further development of working arrangements, conclusion of partnerships and cooperation agreements;

7.Welcomes the close cooperation of Eurojust with European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol) and setting of the inter-agency working group to further explore cooperation opportunities; insists that the legislative review cycle of Eurojust, Europol and European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) offers a unique opportunity to further enhance synergies between them in particular in the operational cooperation, data and information exchange, while ensuring complementarity and avoiding duplication or overlap in their legal remit;

8.Calls on Europol to designate a dedicated contact point for Eurojust, responsible for facilitating information exchange, ensuring liaison in joint cases and improving coordination between Eurojust’s Joint Investigation Teams (JITs) and Europol’s operational task forces;

9.Further calls for targeted interoperability between Eurojust and Europol, ensuring proportionality, legal certainty and confidentiality, in order to improve the early detection of links between judicial and law enforcement investigations;

10.Notes with a serious concern important delays in the implementation of the new Case Management System; highlights the risk of impact of these delays on the admissibility of evidence in cases handled by Eurojust, including those stored in CICED; calls on the European Commission and Eurojust to jointly establish a transparent timeline and risk management plan for the Case Management System, ensuring operational continuity and data integrity in all ongoing investigations; calls on the European Commission to carry out systematic impact assessments and effort estimates in the development of complex IT systems, especially when deadlines for their set up and operation are introduced in the legislative proposals;

Part II – Discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights for the financial year 2024

11. Welcomes that European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) was able to fulfil its objectives and to deliver on the activities foreseen in its Annual Work Programme despite the continuous shortage on human and financial resources especially since the FRA mandate has been substantially expanded; notes and reiterates its concern that FRA continues to suffer from financial and staff resources constraints; And calls for additional resources to be allocated to FRA both in terms of budget and staff notes that the number of publications produced was 102 compared to the set target 50, the number external meetings and events where FRA presented/spoke/formally intervened was 223 compared to the set target of 120, the number of written/verbal inputs delivered was 520 compared to the set target 120, and that the number of communication materials produced was 3 617 compared to the set target of 1 000; notes with satisfaction that FRA has a very high level of outturn which is above 99%; considers it an important indicator of sound financial management and respect of the budgetary principles; welcomes the cooperation with other EU agencies; international and national human rights bodies and civil society in order to ensure there is compliance with fundamental rights; underlines that the lack of resources can affect the quality of the work that the agency has provided which has been very important for ensuring that EU policy and legislation takes fundamental rights into account;

12.Highlights the role of FRA as a key actor in the field of fundamental rights and the rule of law, as enshrined in the Charter of Fundamental Rights which is primary EU law, and commends its support to ensure the respect, protection, and fulfilment of fundamental rights in existing EU laws and policies, including its contributions to equality and anti-discrimination initiatives, such as combating sexism, racism, antisemitism, and islamophobia, supporting the collection of equality data, assisting in the implementation of national Roma strategic frameworks, and providing input to Commission reports on the 2020–2025 EU Anti-Racism Action Plan and related national action plans, the 2020–2025 LGBTIQ Equality Strategy, and the first progress report on the EU Strategy on Combating Antisemitism and Fostering Jewish Life; acknowledges the important role of FRA in the preparation of the annual Commission Rule of Law Report ; stresses the important role of FRA in promoting the protection of civil society and safeguarding human rights defenders at risk; in providing research and capacity-building support related to the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union and international human rights standards; and the annual Fundamental Rights Report; considers however, that the expansion of the FRA’s mandate must remain proportionate to its core mission;

13. Welcomes the FRA first project to provide strategic foresight in the area of fundamental rights, aiming to anticipate future challenges to fundamental rights and enabling the agency to better support EU policymaking and Member States in addressing emerging issues;

14.Emphasises FRA’s guidance and engagement in the area of asylum and migration, borders and interoperability and its important focus on fundamental rights, Member States’ international obligations and EU human rights law in this area, including the Agency’s work regarding migration policies aiming for them to be designed and implemented with full respect for fundamental rights, and the training sessions conducted for national authorities, including a focus on fundamental rights safeguards in migration and asylum;

15. Welcomes the FRA contribution to the Artificial Intelligence Act, the expertise provided on the implementation of the Digital Services Act, and the report published by the Agency on the challenges of implementing the general data protection regulation (GDPR), informing the European Commission’s evaluation of the regulation; notes with satisfaction the work provided by FRA on harmful content online and moderation practices, enhancing data collection on online hate speech and on cybercrime and fundamental rights;

Part III – Discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Asylum Agency for the financial year 2024

16.Notes that on 7 May 2025, the European Parliament decided to postpone its decision on granting the Executive Director of the European Union Agency for Asylum discharge in respect of the implementation of the Agency’s budget for the financial year 2023 due to an impending OLAF investigation involving allegedly issues affecting its financial management; notes that on 22 October 2025, the European Parliament granted discharge to the EUAA, providing the Agency with several recommendations; reiterates the importance of full implementation of all recommendations issued by the Parliament in view of the 2024 Discharge procedure;

17.Notes that in 2024, over 1 million applications for international protection (-11 % compared to 2023) were submitted, and still 746 000 decisions granting temporary protection were issued by the EU+ countries; highlights the continued operational and technical support European Union Asylum Agency (EUAA) has provided to Member States in that context, in particular with operational plans in 13 Member States[1], adding to their national capacity to process asylum applications and provide reception; notes further with satisfaction that EUAA operations develop according to the needs on the ground; welcomes that in the area of resettlement, the EUAA Resettlement Support Facility in Turkey is increasingly used by Member States resulting in the support of 34 resettlement missions, assisting 4100 persons in that context;

18.Appreciates that 1 200 training sessions were delivered by EUAA, attended by 18 000 participants, signalling an increase of 28% compared with 2023; notes with satisfaction that, after long preparative and committed work, the EUAA received official recognition as a further and higher education provider, in cooperation with the Maltese authorities; is convinced that this is a milestone in transforming the training curriculum into a unique tool fostering a common approach to asylum and migration management within the EU; welcomes the adoption of the multiannual monitoring programme, establishing the order of the first monitoring cycle for the operational and technical application of the Common European Asylum System, between 2026 and 2030; welcomes as well the establishment of a common methodology for these monitoring exercises;

19. Recognizes the major contributions by the EUAA in the area of country of origin information and guidance, as well as situational awareness and connected data collection;

20.Welcomes the efforts of the EUAA to timely update all its support materials following the new legislation and the adoption of the Pact on Migration and Asylum and strongly appreciates the contribution and support the EUAA provided in the preparation of the entry into application of the Pact, inter alia by 11 Pact-related products, key in guiding Member States and practitioners in their work; requests however that those documents be shared with the Parliament in a non-confidential settings both for transparency and efficiency purpose;

21. Notes the EUAA’s budget in 2024 of EUR 172 million and its staff posts of 592 (compared to 529 in 2023); calls for appropriate levels of funding and staffing to the EUAA, taking into account the significant increase of the tasks entrusted to the agency in the context of the implementation of the Pact on Migration and Asylum; regrets that the filled positions in 2024 only attained the number of 508 posts; commends the staff of the EUAA for their commitment and the output of their work, despite considerable number of posts being vacant combined with a high workload for those at work; stresses the importance to foster a positive work environment facilitated by open communication channels and a merits-based rewarding; urges the EUAA to speed up recruitment processes to fill all open positions;

22.Notes the EUAA’s improvement with the 99% of commitment and 95% of payment appropriations implemented, and encourages the EUAA to further elaborate and increase the quality of the internal control mechanisms; urges the EUAA to report to the Parliament periodically on the implementation of the written recommendations issued by the Management Board in 2025, on the corrective actions the Executive Director announced in her “Vision Statement on leadership implementing the changes in EUAA”; repeats the importance of the proactive engagement from the Management Board in steering the orientation for the EUAA’s activities, and recalls the importance of ensuring efficient and transparent procedures and structure to be set up in view of communicating with the Management Board allowing the exercise of timely and effective oversight; calls on the Commission to support and assist the Management Board Members in executing their oversight role;

23.Calls on the EUAA to establish an independent internal ethics function; encourages the EUAA to firmly address the weaknesses in human resources management revealed in the OLAF report, which was discussed in the CONT committee on 15 July 2025, in view of maintaining the integrity and trust within the organisation;

24.Recalls the importance of strengthening the parliamentary overview in view of enhancing the EUAA’s accountability and reiterates the call on the agency to share the minutes of the Management Board deliberations; given the involvement of the European Parliament in the matters governed by the EUAA Regulation; calls on the management board to systematically invite an expert of the European Parliament to attend the meetings of the management board;

25. Welcomes the adoption of the EUAA’s first fundamental rights strategy and the actions plans to follow; welcomes the setup of a complaints mechanism and the dedicated webpage to facilitate access to the mechanism; appreciates the 24 observations delivered by the fundamental rights officer (FRO) following analysis of operational plans, evaluations of the implementation of operational plans and field visits to EUAA operations; welcomes the first Annual Report of the Office of the FRO, providing an overview of activities in 2024;

Part IV – Discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice for the financial year 2024

26.Welcomes the operational achievements of the European Union Agency for the Operational Management of Large-Scale IT Systems in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice (eu-LISA) in 2024, including the consolidation of SIS, VIS and Eurodac operations, the connection of Frontex to SIS, enabling full access to VIS for Bulgaria and Romania, and the formal takeover of the operational management of the e-CODEX system; notes also the agency’s preparations for the new Eurodac system, to be delivered by June 2026 for key functionalities, and the start of development of the Joint Investigation Teams Collaboration Platform (JITs CP); reminds that the applicable data protection acquis needs to be fully complied with;

27. Notes with satisfaction that in 2024, eu-LISA executed 100 % of its commitment appropriations amounting to EUR 307,39 million and fully implemented its payment appropriations of EUR 260,11 million, including carry-forwards; welcomes the significant reduction of carry-overs from 2024 to 2025 by approximately 50 % compared to the previous year, thereby addressing Parliament’s earlier concerns, but regrets that the cancellation rate of payment appropriations remained high at 14,5 %;

28. Underlines the urgency of delivering the interoperability architecture, taking into account the lessons of the joint rehearsal exercise, and stresses that swift and reliable information exchange is vital for the Union’s area of freedom, security and justice;

29.Regrets that the Entry/Exit System (EES) could not enter into operation in November 2024 but welcomes the measures adopted by the eu-LISA to accelerate progress and guarantee the progressive entry into force of the system starting from 12 October 2025;

30. Welcomes eu-LISA’s strengthened focus on cybersecurity, including the operation of 24/7 monitoring, incident-response and exercises in cooperation with the JHA Agencies Network (JHAAN); stresses the importance of implementing the new Union cybersecurity and information security regulations in a timely manner;

31. Notes the efforts by EU-LISA in 2024 to make effective use of its financial and human resources; acknowledges the importance of further improving occupancy rates and the need to reduce reliance on external contractors by strengthening in-house capacities; welcomes the strategic management action plan to enhance system delivery, build in-house development capability, improve talent management and strengthen stakeholder relations; calls on the Commission and Member States to ensure that eu-LISA is provided with adequate resources to match its growing mandate;

32.Highlights the importance of eu-LISA’s capacity increase programme to ensure sufficient data-centre resources for both new and existing IT systems and welcomes the ongoing measures for enhancing reliable budget planning and monitoring; stresses the importance of finalising the sourcing strategy and increasing internal capacity to reduce dependence on external contractors; calls in the meantime for increasing oversight over contractors, considering also the sensitivity of data handled by the agency;

Part V – Discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Border and Coast Guard Agency for the financial year 2024

33.Recalls that the Agency’s budget has increased from EUR 118 million in 2011 to EUR 922 million in 2024 as a result of the revised mandate and in line with budgetary decisions adopted in this period; notes that the increased competences and budget need to be accompanied by accountability and transparency, while ensuring the Agency’s full operational capacity to effectively fulfil its mandate, including the respect for fundamental rights;

34. Recognises that in 2024, the European Border Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) took significant steps to align its strategic direction and operational capabilities with the Pact on Migration and Asylum by implementing an internal action plan to support Member States in rolling out the Pact, by contributing to the EU mechanism for Preparedness and Management of Crises related to migration (Migration Preparedness and Crisis Blueprint), and by adopting the Frontex International Cooperation Strategy 2024–2026;

35. Welcomes that in 2024, Frontex implemented the new chain of command, allowing for decentralised decision-making and faster reaction to emerging operational needs at the local level; recognizes that the new organisation and business model can ensure a more flexible, adaptive and cost-efficient management of operations compared with the previous system; calls on the agency to benchmark the new arrangements, setting quantitative and qualitative objectives and reporting on progress; further welcomes the adoption of the Strategic Risk Analysis 2024;

36. Further welcomes that Frontex also deepened its partnership with EUAM Ukraine, reinforcing integrated border management and security at the EU-Ukraine border amidst the ongoing conflict;

37. Highlights the key role of Frontex in protecting the Union’s external borders; acknowledges its role in Search and Rescue (SAR) operations, with maritime and aerial assets deployed in joint operations that have responded to 1 599 incidents and assisted 65 919 migrants; reiterates its call for the establishment of a comprehensive EU SAR mission implemented by the Member States’ competent authorities and Frontex, which could significantly decrease deaths at sea;

38.Welcomes the proactive follow-up by Frontex on complaints related to fundamental rights; highlights the importance of close cooperation with national authorities to ensure appropriate follow-up on alleged fundamental rights violations in line with national mechanisms; however, recommends that the complaint mechanism should be improved to strengthen its effectiveness, as a number of complaints related to fundamental rights are still being dismissed for non-admissibility; notes that the “Article 46 Working Group”, established on 27 September 2022 to facilitate the decision-making process of the Executive Director, concluded its work on 22 September 2024; stresses that Frontex officers must avoid involvement in any actions that could directly or indirectly violate fundamental rights; welcomes Frontex's reinforced commitment to transparency and accountability; stresses the need for more detailed post-operation information;

39.Welcomes the establishment of the Fundamental Rights Compliance Panel, confirming that compliance with fundamental rights in all Frontex activities is a responsibility shared across the agency and recognises the progress made in the implementation of the Fundamental Rights Action Plan;

40. Recognises the progress made in the implementation of the Fundamental Rights Action Plan and encourages Frontex to continue proactive efforts to involve national authorities in implementation and regular stocktaking, given its relevance for all components of the European Border and Coast Guard (EBCG);

41.Notes that the occupancy rate of 85.3% (2 773 occupied posts) was below the targeted 93% and invites Frontex to continue its recruitment efforts to reduce the vacancy rate as soon as possible; strongly encourages the agency to continue its efforts towards geographical and gender balance;

42.Welcomes that the tendering procedure for the False and Authentic Documents Online system (FADO) implementation was completed, a contractor selected, the contract signed, and the implementation phase has started; however, deplores the delay of implementation of FADO, since the FADO Regulation entered into force already in April 2020, calls on Frontex to fully implement FADO;

43.Notes the increased role of Frontex in third countries, notably through the conclusion and upgrading of several Status Agreements and Working Agreements, as well as increased political commitment; underlines the need to carefully consider proportionality and fundamental rights obligations in activities involving non-EU countries, in light of the diverse operational environments ;

44.Notes the ongoing implementation of three OLAF financial recommendations and the recommendations of the European Ombudsman having as a deadline for the implementation May 2025; urges Frontex to ensure, without further delay, the full implementation of all recommendations from European audit and scrutiny bodies, particularly OLAF and those from the European Parliament’s Frontex Scrutiny Working Group, the European Ombudsman, the Court and the Frontex Working Group on Fundamental Rights and Legal Operational Aspects of Operations (WG FRaLO); notes with satisfaction that since December 2023 no cases related to the FSWG recommendations are pending specifically, 39 recommendations have been implemented and 3 were closed as not feasible; furthermore, as of October 2024, no actions remain pending in relation to the OLAF report, as 100% of the actions have been implemented; requests the Commission to ensure that OLAF and EPPO findings concerning Frontex are followed up by clear timelines for implementation and, where necessary, by disciplinary measures; calls on the European Commission to reflect the legislative and governance related recommendations of all aforementioned reports in its proposal for a new Regulation;

45.Notes that in 2024, the FRO spent around 1 850 days in the field, an increase of more than 10% compared with the previous year, monitoring Frontex activities in 24 countries; notes the improvements observed in the FRO’s access to operational areas, activities and documents; highlights, however, that the FRO continued to report limitations in accessing operational areas or activities; calls on Member States as well as third countries to provide the FRO with full access to operational areas and activities; urges Frontex to immediately ensure such full access, as condition for engagement in joint operation;

Part VI – Discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training for the financial year 2024

46. Notes that the 2024 European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Training (CEPOL) operating budget amounted to EUR 12 589 437, reflecting a 12.3 % increase compared to the final budget for 2023; welcomes that, in 2024, the implementation rate of the commitment appropriations by CEPOL was 100%, making the third consecutive year of reaching full implementation;

47. Acknowledges that CEPOL provides a comprehensive training portfolio on all areas of the European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats (EMPACT); notes that EMPACT topics and Cybercrime were the most popular topics attended by almost 64% of total number of participants in 2024; praises CEPOL for the fact that the quality of the agency’s products as measured by the customers’ satisfaction rate remained high in 2024, with overall 97% participants stating that they were very satisfied or satisfied with the activities;

48. Acknowledges that on 30 May 2024 the agency was the victim of a massive cyberattack, with its ICT infrastructure on-premises as well as the e-learning platform LEEd considered as fully compromised; welcomes the coordinated approach taken by the agency in close cooperation with CERT-EU and the Commission as regards building a new and secure IT infrastructure; notes that CEPOL received an additional EUR 1 153 938 in funding destined to support the extra costs in the IT domain (EUR 1 064 000) and salary reinforcement (EUR 89 938);

49. Acknowledges that the cyberattack caused a significant decrease in terms of outreach of trained law enforcement officials from EU Member States; acknowledges that, despite the cyberattack, the agency implemented 350 activities attended by around 21 600 participants in 2024, compared to 490 activities (-29 %) and 46 431 participants (-54 %) in 2023;

50.Notes that, while CERT-EU has completed their investigation on the cyberattack, the criminal investigation launched by Hungarian law enforcement, supported by Europol, is ongoing; stresses that the European Parliament expects to be informed about the results of the investigation;

51. Welcomes the fact that CEPOL continued to provide a cyber training portfolio through its CEPOL Cybercrime Academy; welcomes the fact that the dedicated training activities improved cybercrime knowledge and cyber capacities in Europe in the fields of the fight against child sexual exploitation, online fraud schemes and cyber-attacks;

52. Notes with regret that the training activities in the area of fundamental rights decreased in 2024 (when 10 activities were implemented with 427 participants) in comparison to 2023 (19 activities with 2 063 participants); underlines that the core objective of CEPOL is to support, develop, implement and coordinate training for law enforcement officials, while putting particular emphasis on the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the context of law enforcement;

Part VII – Discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Drugs Agency for the financial year 2024

53. Notes that on 2 July 2024, the new European Union Drugs Agency (EUDA) officially replaced the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction; recalls that the EUDA Regulation aims at addressing the drugs phenomenon in a holistic and evidence-based approach;

54. Notes that, to fulfil its new tasks, EUDA has benefitted in 2024 of an increase of more than 80 % in the annual budget and the recruitment of staff to fill 28 new posts; calls on EUDA to ensure the full implementation of its new mandate;

55. Notes that the 2024 EUDA operating budget amounted to EUR 32 723 728; welcomes that, in 2024, the implementation rate of the commitment appropriations by EUDA was 100%; however, notes with concern that the rate of cancellation of 2024 payment appropriations amounted to 10.49 %, corresponding to the cancellation of EUR 3 401 035; acknowledges that this cancellation rate is the result of the constraints that affected the EUDA’s capacity to spend its 2024 budget until the agency’s new mandate began on 2 July 2024;

56. Welcomes the contribution of EUDA to the EMPACT and to the operational action plans (OAPs) of the EU policy cycle on organised and serious international crime; appreciates the development of the European Drug Alert System (EDAS) to issue alerts when serious drug-related risks appear on the market; welcomes the launch of the European Network of Forensic and Toxicological Laboratories and the European Threat Assessment System (ETAS);

57. Welcomes the continuous efforts from EUDA to implement the EU Early Warning System (EWS) in collaboration with partners in Member States; notes that 47 new psychoactive substances (NPS) were notified and that the total number of NPS currently monitored is approximately 1 000; appreciates the technical reports published by the agency;

58. Acknowledges that EUDA produced 33 scientific and institutional publications in 2024, and also authored or co-authored 16 scientific articles and book chapters, appreciates the scientific and evidence-based expertise provided by the agency;

59. Welcomes the launch of the European Drug Report 2024 and its focus on potent synthetic substances, new drug mixtures and changing patterns of use;

60. Notes with satisfaction that EUDA provided regular valuable support and information on drug policies to national policymakers and coordinated preparatory scientific reviews of drug-related harm, treatment and harm-reduction practices; emphasizes the importance of continuing this essential work to address evolving trends and challenges and calls for further strengthening of these activities by fostering closer collaboration with Member states and ensuring the proper dissemination of findings to a wider audience, including healthcare professionals and the general public;

61. Highlights that EUDA trained more than 11 700 professionals working in the drugs field, including health workers, law enforcement officers and policymakers within and outside the Union and that the eight webinars organised by EUDA were attended by approximately 1 400 professionals; welcomes the cooperation with other EU Agencies;

Part VIII – Discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation for the financial year 2024

62. Highlights that in 2024, Europol supported 3,324 operations, 65 operational task forces, and 432 action days; underlines the role of the agency as the EU criminal information hub, as SIENA (Secure Information Exchange Network Application) was used to exchange over 2 million messages, while the agency accepted 114,459 operational contributions in 2024 through the network;

63. Further notes that Europol provided 366 operational analysis reports and 29 strategic analysis reports: welcomes the high degree of stakeholder satisfaction that has been expressed/noted in relation to its analytical products;

64.Calls on Calls on Europol to implement the remaining recommendations issued by the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS), notably in the context of its Supervisory Opinions; notes that a number of shortcomings were found as part of the EDPS inspection carried out in October 2023;further calls further calls Europol to swiftly implement the remaining 23 recommendations issued to ensure or to improve Europol’s compliance with the data protection legal framework; noting that around 75% of recommendations, mainly relating to the VIS and PNR data processing are meanwhile considered implemented by Europol;

65.Following the reprimand issued to Frontex in 2024, which refers to exchange of data between Europol and Frontex relating to migrants and activists without performing any kind of assessment of the necessity of such sharing of information, calls on both Europol and Frontex to work closely with the EDPS to ensure that any exchange of personal data of cross border crimes’ suspects complies with applicable data protection rules and the Agencies' respective mandates, while allowing them to properly carry out their investigations; notes in this context the update provided by Europol, highlighting that between 2020 and the end of 2024, Europol processed on average 260 suspects per year from the contributions received by Frontex;

66.Expresses concern regarding a security incident which occurred at Europol in which the administrative personnel files of several Europol staff members and management went missing; calls on the agency to put in place appropriate measures to prevent such incidents from reoccurring; takes note that following the briefing that Europol provided to the LIBE Committee on 9 April 2024, it was established that no third party outside Europol was responsible for the incident, while additional measures to uphold responsibility for the incident were taken and processes were strengthened, with 98% of all personnel files meanwhile having been digitalised;

67.Commends Europol for its report on “Decoding EU’s most threatening criminal networks”, a new flagship product describing how the most threatening criminal networks are organised, which criminal activities they engage in, and how and where they operate; welcomes the recent establishment of Europol’s Operational Taskforce (OTF) GRIMM, aimed at countering the recruitment of young people into organised crime and tackling the emerging “violence-as-a-service” phenomenon; encourages Europol and Member States to continue developing such dedicated operational task forces to address evolving criminal trends through enhanced cross-border cooperation, intelligence sharing and preventive action;

68.Welcomes the results laid out in the Joint Europol-Eurojust Annual Report 2024, detailing the successful cooperation achieved by the agencies in the fields of organised crime, migrant smuggling, financial and economic crimes, cybercrime, and terrorism and core international crimes; considers that all relevant EU agencies - including Europol, Eurojust, CEPOL, OLAF, EPPO and others - should produce a regular joint annual report outlining their coordinated actions, shared operations and cross-agency achievements, in order to enhance transparency, coherence and mutual learning across the Union’s justice and home affairs architecture; notes with satisfaction that the Europol and Eurojust pursued further collaboration and increased synergies, including by holding a Joint Meeting of the College of Eurojust and the Management Board of Europol “Reflections on cooperation”, convened on 9 October 2024, at Eurojust Headquarters;

69.Acknowledges the report of the agency on 'AI and policing – The benefits and challenges of artificial intelligence for law enforcement’, published in September 2024; and welcomes the its insights into present and future AI capabilities, projecting a course towards a more efficient, responsive and effective law enforcement model while underscoring concerns about data bias, fairness, and potential threats on privacy, accountability, human rights protection and discrimination; calls on Europol to fully respect the Artificial Intelligence Act’s provisions for law enforcement; calls on Europol to ensure a full implementation of EDPS guidance in this regard, including by ensuring that strong oversight policies are put in place and enforced for processes that rely on AI, guaranteeing that all AI generated results are subject to human control before being used or passed on to Member States or cooperation partners;

70.Notes the conclusions of the EU Ombudsman inquiry concerning the moves of two former staff members to positions related to combatting online child sexual abuse; reminds that the Ombudsman found that how Europol had dealt with the move of one staff member amounted to maladministration;

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Information on adoption by the committee asked for opinion 10 blocks

Table from the text: Date adopted
Date adopted	3.12.2025
Result of final vote	+: –: 0:	48 14 9
Members present for the final vote	Magdalena Adamowicz, Abir Al-Sahlani, Giuseppe Antoci, Jaume Asens Llodrà, Pernando Barrena Arza, Nikola Bartůšek, François-Xavier Bellamy, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Saskia Bricmont, Jaroslav Bžoch, Damien Carême, Susanna Ceccardi, Caterina Chinnici, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Alessandro Ciriani, Lena Düpont, Marieke Ehlers, Estrella Galán, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Paolo Inselvini, Irena Joveva, Erik Kaliňák, Marina Kaljurand, Mariusz Kamiński, Fabienne Keller, Mary Khan, Alice Kuhnke, Murielle Laurent, Fabrice Leggeri, Jeroen Lenaers, Lukas Mandl, Michael McNamara, Ana Catarina Mendes, Verena Mertens, Nadine Morano, Matjaž Nemec, Ana Miguel Pedro, Ilaria Salis, Birgit Sippel, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Petra Steger, Cecilia Strada, Alice Teodorescu Måwe, Tomas Tobé, Milan Uhrík, Tom Vandendriessche, Kristian Vigenin, Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik, Alessandro Zan, Javier Zarzalejos, Tomáš Zdechovský
Substitutes present for the final vote	Katarina Barley, Anna Maria Cisint, Markéta Gregorová, Monika Hohlmeier, Nikola Minchev, Javier Moreno Sánchez, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Leoluca Orlando, Oliver Schenk, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Alexandre Varaut, Maciej Wąsik
Members under Rule 216(7) present for the final vote	Stefano Cavedagna, José Cepeda, Pietro Fiocchi, Andrey Kovatchev, Marcos Ros Sempere, Michał Szczerba, Catarina Vieira

FINAL VOTE BY ROLL CALL

BY THE COMMITTEE ASKED FOR OPINION

48 · For

EPP: Magdalena Adamowicz, François-Xavier Bellamy, Ioan-Rareş Bogdan, Caterina Chinnici, Lena Düpont, Monika Hohlmeier, Andrey Kovatchev, Jeroen Lenaers, Lukas Mandl, Verena Mertens, Nadine Morano, Ana Miguel Pedro, Oliver Schenk, Michał Szczerba, Alice Teodorescu Måwe, Tomas Tobé, Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi, Isabel Wiseler-Lima, Javier Zarzalejos, Tomáš Zdechovský
Patriots: Tom Vandendriessche
Renew: Abir Al-Sahlani, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Irena Joveva, Fabienne Keller, Michael McNamara, Nikola Minchev, Jan-Christoph Oetjen
S&D: Katarina Barley, José Cepeda, Marina Kaljurand, Murielle Laurent, Ana Catarina Mendes, Javier Moreno Sánchez, Matjaž Nemec, Marcos Ros Sempere, Birgit Sippel, Krzysztof Śmiszek, Cecilia Strada, Kristian Vigenin, Alessandro Zan
Greens: Jaume Asens Llodrà, Saskia Bricmont, Markéta Gregorová, Alice Kuhnke, Leoluca Orlando, Catarina Vieira

14 · Against

ECR: Mariusz Kamiński, Sebastian Tynkkynen, Maciej Wąsik
ESN: Mary Khan, Milan Uhrík, Ewa Zajączkowska-Hernik
No group: Erik Kaliňák
Patriots: Nikola Bartůšek, Susanna Ceccardi, Anna Maria Cisint, Marieke Ehlers, Fabrice Leggeri, Petra Steger, Alexandre Varaut

9 · Abstained

ECR: Stefano Cavedagna, Alessandro Ciriani, Pietro Fiocchi, Paolo Inselvini
Patriots: Jaroslav Bžoch
The Left: Pernando Barrena Arza, Damien Carême, Estrella Galán, Ilaria Salis

+ : in favour

- : against

0 : abstention

28.1.2026

Opinion of the committee on women's rights and gender equality 4 blocks

for the Committee on Budgetary Control

on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the EU agencies for the financial year 2024 – Agencies

(2025/2156(DEC))

Rapporteur for opinion: Raquel García HermidaVan Der Walle

Opinion 18 blocks

The Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality calls on the Committee on Budgetary Control, as the committee responsible, to incorporate the following into its motion for a resolution:

A.whereas gender equality is one of the founding values of the Union and the Union is committed to promoting gender equality in all its activities as enshrined in Article 8 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), thus establishing the principle of gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting; whereas gender equality must be incorporated into all EU policies and activities;

B.whereas European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) was established in order to contribute to and strengthen the promotion of gender equality in the Union, including gender mainstreaming in all Union policies and the resulting national policies, the fight against discrimination based on gender, and raising Union citizens’ awareness of gender equality, a task in which it has proven to be vital and effective; whereas EIGE’s annual and multiannual programming has consistently aligned with current Union priorities; whereas EIGE has increasingly supported EU agencies and bodies in integrating gender perspectives into their programming and operations;

C.whereas the next MFF needs to embed gender equality objectives, gender mainstreaming and gender budgeting across all funding programmes;

D.whereas since 2010 the EU’s overall Gender Equality Index has increased by 7.9 points, despite this long-term upward trend, the 2025 Gender Equality Index demonstrates that Member States have made limited progress with a score for the EU of 63.4 and only a 0.8 increase in the 2024 Gender Equality Index; whereas according to the 2025 Index gender equality in the EU remains at least another 50 years out of reach; whereas in other areas such as women's health and education progress has stagnated and even seen setbacks; whereas the 2024 Index shows large disparities among Member States (top score: 82.0; lowest: 57.5), underscoring persistent inequalities across the Union and the need for continued monitoring and support by agencies such as EIGE;

E.whereas gender equality in the Union has been particularly impacted by the consequences of the war in Ukraine, the cost-of-living crisis, which women are disproportionately affected by, and the backlashes against gender equality and women’s rights, especially around sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) in several Member States; whereas this further deepens inequalities and hampers gender equality;

F.whereas both inflation and long-standing underfunding has put increasing pressure on EIGE's budget, and has reduced the operational capacity of EIGE causing the agency to be understaffed and under permanent financial strain; whereas the 2022 external evaluation highlighted severe understaffing in gender mainstreaming, with EIGE able to respond to only one quarter of technical assistance requests; whereas EIGE has a central role in supporting Union institutions and Member States in achieving gender equality; whereas it is therefore underlined that EIGE needs to be provided with sufficient and stable financial and human resources to fulfil its tasks;

G.whereas rising inflation and the increase of the correction coefficient for Lithuania have been affecting EIGE’s salary-related costs, creating a significant challenge in core operational areas such as the provision of technical assistance for gender mainstreaming to EU institutions and Member States, as well as in its data collection activities;

H.whereas EIGE’s core mission focuses on achieving gender equality in the EU by providing research, collecting and communicating data, and developing methods to improve statistics and data collection, measuring the state of gender equality at both EU and Member State levels; whereas EIGE has continued to enhance the quality and comparability of gender-disaggregated data across the Union, strengthening the evidence base available to EU institutions and Member States; whereas EIGE has expanded its digital tools and online platforms, improving access to statistics, methodological guidance and practical resources for policymakers and stakeholders; whereas EIGE has strengthened its cooperation with national statistical offices and competent authorities; whereas EIGE’s work on gender-based violence, such as the EU gender-based violence survey, which presented key results based on data from all 27 Member States, has supported the Union’s objective of improving prevention, data collection and policy coordination in this area;

I.whereas EIGE has been assigned additional tasks linked to the implementation and monitoring of newly adopted EU Directives, including Directive (EU) 2022/2381 on improving gender balance among directors of listed companies, Directive (EU) 2023/970 on equal pay for equal work or work of equal value, Directive (EU) 2019/1158 on work-life balance for parents and carers, Directives (EU) 2024/1499 and 2024/1500 on binding standards for equality bodies and Directive (EU) 2024/1385 on combating violence against women and domestic violence, as well as EU accession to the Council of Europe Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence, so called as the Istanbul Convention;

J.whereas these new obligations require strengthened capacity for legislative monitoring, compliance reporting and data collection, including at least five additional Temporary Agent posts and four Contract Agent posts as identified by EIGE, notably to restore posts cut in earlier budget cycles; whereas the new EU Cybersecurity Regulation requires EIGE to strengthen its cybersecurity systems, including appointing a Cybersecurity Officer and conducting regular assessments and audits; whereas EIGE would need one Contract Agent (FG IV) for a Cybersecurity Officer and reinforced budgetary resources to fulfil these requirements; whereas EIGE is obliged to pay 200 000 for the acquisition of mandatory new financial software SUMMA, which represents almost 15% of its title II budget; whereas this budgetary demand disproportionally affects smaller agencies; whereas gender balanced representation within staff should always be promoted in all EU agencies as well as within EIGE through gender-sensitive recruitment procedures;

1.Recalls that EIGE was established to contribute to and strengthen the promotion of independent gender equality research, produce data and tools to help the EU and it’s Member States to design inclusive and gender-transformative policies, which are policies that tackle the root causes of gender inequality by challenging discriminatory norms, unequal division of power and harmful practices and aim to shift societal attitudes and behaviours towards real gender equality, and to mainstream gender equality into all their policies; notes the importance of availability of reliable gender-disaggregated data in order allow for evidence-based policy making; highlights the urgency for the Union to advance on gender equality in the light of ongoing crisis such as wars and climate crisis; further highlights the backlashes against gender equality by anti-gender and anti-democratic movements;

2.Welcomes the ongoing cooperation between the EIGE and the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM), in particular the Institute’s contribution to the ongoing efforts of the Committee concerning gender-based violence, work-life balance, the gender pay and pension gap, impact of crises on women, gender mainstreaming and budgeting; notes the valuable contribution the EIGE can make to all the European Parliaments’ Committees and other EU agencies in order to better integrate gender mainstreaming in all EU policies;

3.Reiterates Parliament's call for increased funding and staff for EIGE, in line with rising requests for technical assistance and higher operational costs; calls therefore on the Commission to propose the necessary resources for the Agency to enable it to fulfil its tasks and to respond to increased demands for expertise, ensuring operational continuity and reinforcing the agency’s analytical and coordination capacities; calls for a 17% increase of its current Establishment Plan to account for the need for at least five additional Temporary Agent (AD) posts and four additional Contract Agent posts, as well as dedicated posts for cybersecurity, data protection and implementation of new legislative obligations; stresses the need to reduce excessive workloads currently borne by EIGE staff; calls for a predictable and stable multiannual budget for EIGE, reducing recurrent carry-overs and enabling long-term planning and research work and ensuring a healthy and productive working environment;

4.Notes EIGE’s continuous 95 % budget execution of its work programme and achievement of targets in the amended 2024–2026 programming document, despite understaffing and high carry-overs, and that the European Court of Auditors confirmed its accounts present fairly its financial position;

5.Highlights that in 2024, EIGE achieved its strategic objectives to contribute to better-informed and evidence-based policy and decision-making to achieve gender equality and fight discrimination based on sex; to support the integration of a gender perspective in EU policies and the resulting national policies; and to effectively promote gender equality to key stakeholders and target groups; further highlights that these achievements were made despite structural understaffing, confirming the necessity of additional resources to safeguard future performance;

6.Warns that without targeted additional staffing and investment, EIGE risks not being able to meet its obligations stemming from newly adopted legislations or sustain increased demands arising from new Union policy initiatives; stresses that budget demands such as the acquisition of SUMMA further stresses the EIGE budget; underlines that further budget allocations have to take into account mandatory expenditure agencies are expected to make; calls for a stable and reinforced budget for EIGE as one of the priorities related to gender equality in the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), ensuring that the agency can continue delivering high-quality research, data, and policy support across all Union priorities;

7.Is of the opinion, that discharge can be granted to the Director of the European Institute for Gender Equality discharge in respect of the implementation of the Institute’s budget for the financial year 2024.

Annex: declaration of input 1 block

The rapporteur for opinion declares under her exclusive responsibility that she did not include in her opinion input from interest representatives falling within the scope of the Interinstitutional Agreement on a mandatory transparency register, or from representatives of public authorities of third countries, including their diplomatic missions and embassies, to be listed in this Annex pursuant to Article 8 of Annex I to the Rules of Procedure.

Information on adoption by the committee asked for opinion 1 block

Table from the text: Date adopted
Date adopted	27.1.2026
Result of final vote	+: –: 0:	24 9 1

Information on adoption by the committee responsible 104 blocks

Table from the text: Date adopted
Date adopted	24.3.2026
Result of final vote	+: –: 0:	22 2 4

FINAL VOTES BY ROLL CALL BY THE COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE

25 · For

ECR: Bert-Jan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza
EPP: Georgios Aftias, François-Xavier Bellamy, Caterina Chinnici, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Andreas Schwab, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský
Patriots: Tamás Deutsch, Ondřej Knotek, Pierre Pimpie
Renew: Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Andi Cristea, Maria Guzenina, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
The Left: Rudi Kennes, Pasquale Tridico
Greens: Daniel Freund, Erik Marquardt

3 · Against

ECR: Dick Erixon
ESN: Arno Bausemer
Patriots: Virginie Joron

0 · Abstained

23 · For

ECR: Bert-Jan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza
EPP: François-Xavier Bellamy, Caterina Chinnici, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Andreas Schwab, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský
Patriots: Tamás Deutsch, Ondřej Knotek
Renew: Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Andi Cristea, Maria Guzenina, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
The Left: Pasquale Tridico
Greens: Daniel Freund, Erik Marquardt

5 · Against

ECR: Dick Erixon
ESN: Arno Bausemer
Patriots: Virginie Joron, Pierre Pimpie
The Left: Rudi Kennes

0 · Abstained

21 · For

ECR: Bert-Jan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza
EPP: Georgios Aftias, François-Xavier Bellamy, Caterina Chinnici, Niclas Herbst, Andreas Schwab, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský
Patriots: Ondřej Knotek
Renew: Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Andi Cristea, Maria Guzenina, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
Greens: Daniel Freund, Erik Marquardt

3 · Against

ECR: Dick Erixon
Patriots: Virginie Joron, Pierre Pimpie

1 · Abstained

Patriots: Tamás Deutsch

24 · For

ECR: Bert-Jan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza
EPP: Georgios Aftias, François-Xavier Bellamy, Caterina Chinnici, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Andreas Schwab, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský
Patriots: Tamás Deutsch
Renew: Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Andi Cristea, Maria Guzenina, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
The Left: Rudi Kennes, Pasquale Tridico
Greens: Daniel Freund, Erik Marquardt

4 · Against

ECR: Dick Erixon
Patriots: Virginie Joron, Ondřej Knotek, Pierre Pimpie

0 · Abstained

23 · For

ECR: Bert-Jan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza
EPP: Georgios Aftias, François-Xavier Bellamy, Caterina Chinnici, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Andreas Schwab, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský
Renew: Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Andi Cristea, Maria Guzenina, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
The Left: Rudi Kennes, Pasquale Tridico
Greens: Daniel Freund, Erik Marquardt

4 · Against

ECR: Dick Erixon
Patriots: Virginie Joron, Ondřej Knotek, Pierre Pimpie

0 · Abstained

26 · For

ECR: Dick Erixon, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza
EPP: Georgios Aftias, François-Xavier Bellamy, Caterina Chinnici, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Andreas Schwab, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský
Patriots: Tamás Deutsch, Ondřej Knotek
Renew: Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Andi Cristea, Maria Guzenina, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
The Left: Rudi Kennes, Pasquale Tridico
Greens: Daniel Freund, Erik Marquardt

3 · Against

ESN: Arno Bausemer
Patriots: Virginie Joron, Pierre Pimpie

0 · Abstained

24 · For

ECR: Bert-Jan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza
EPP: Georgios Aftias, François-Xavier Bellamy, Caterina Chinnici, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Andreas Schwab, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský
Patriots: Ondřej Knotek
Renew: Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Andi Cristea, Maria Guzenina, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
The Left: Rudi Kennes, Pasquale Tridico
Greens: Daniel Freund, Erik Marquardt

3 · Against

ECR: Dick Erixon
ESN: Arno Bausemer
Patriots: Pierre Pimpie

1 · Abstained

Patriots: Tamás Deutsch

24 · For

ECR: Bert-Jan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza
EPP: Georgios Aftias, Caterina Chinnici, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Andreas Schwab, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský
Patriots: Tamás Deutsch, Ondřej Knotek
Renew: Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Andi Cristea, Maria Guzenina, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
The Left: Rudi Kennes, Pasquale Tridico
Greens: Daniel Freund, Erik Marquardt

4 · Against

ECR: Dick Erixon
ESN: Arno Bausemer
Patriots: Virginie Joron, Pierre Pimpie

0 · Abstained

24 · For

ECR: Bert-Jan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza
EPP: Georgios Aftias, François-Xavier Bellamy, Caterina Chinnici, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Andreas Schwab, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský
Patriots: Tamás Deutsch, Ondřej Knotek
Renew: Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Andi Cristea, Maria Guzenina, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
The Left: Pasquale Tridico
Greens: Daniel Freund, Erik Marquardt

4 · Against

ECR: Dick Erixon
ESN: Arno Bausemer
Patriots: Virginie Joron, Pierre Pimpie

1 · Abstained

The Left: Rudi Kennes

24 · For

ECR: Bert-Jan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza
EPP: Georgios Aftias, François-Xavier Bellamy, Caterina Chinnici, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Andreas Schwab, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský
Patriots: Tamás Deutsch
Renew: Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Andi Cristea, Maria Guzenina, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
The Left: Rudi Kennes, Pasquale Tridico
Greens: Daniel Freund, Erik Marquardt

4 · Against

ECR: Dick Erixon
ESN: Arno Bausemer
Patriots: Virginie Joron, Pierre Pimpie

1 · Abstained

Patriots: Ondřej Knotek

24 · For

ECR: Bert-Jan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza
EPP: Georgios Aftias, François-Xavier Bellamy, Caterina Chinnici, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Andreas Schwab, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský
Patriots: Tamás Deutsch, Ondřej Knotek
Renew: Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Andi Cristea, Maria Guzenina, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
The Left: Rudi Kennes, Pasquale Tridico
Greens: Daniel Freund

4 · Against

ECR: Dick Erixon
ESN: Arno Bausemer
Patriots: Virginie Joron, Pierre Pimpie

0 · Abstained

23 · For

ECR: Bert-Jan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza
EPP: Georgios Aftias, François-Xavier Bellamy, Caterina Chinnici, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Andreas Schwab, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský
Patriots: Tamás Deutsch, Ondřej Knotek
Renew: Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Andi Cristea, Maria Guzenina, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
The Left: Pasquale Tridico
Greens: Daniel Freund, Erik Marquardt

4 · Against

ECR: Dick Erixon
ESN: Arno Bausemer
Patriots: Virginie Joron, Pierre Pimpie

1 · Abstained

The Left: Rudi Kennes

22 · For

EPP: Georgios Aftias, François-Xavier Bellamy, Caterina Chinnici, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Andreas Schwab, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský
Patriots: Tamás Deutsch
Renew: Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Andi Cristea, Maria Guzenina, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
The Left: Rudi Kennes, Pasquale Tridico
Greens: Daniel Freund, Erik Marquardt

7 · Against

ECR: Dick Erixon, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza
ESN: Arno Bausemer
Patriots: Virginie Joron, Ondřej Knotek, Pierre Pimpie

0 · Abstained

24 · For

ECR: Bert-Jan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza
EPP: Georgios Aftias, François-Xavier Bellamy, Caterina Chinnici, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Andreas Schwab, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský
Patriots: Tamás Deutsch
Renew: Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Andi Cristea, Maria Guzenina, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
The Left: Rudi Kennes, Pasquale Tridico
Greens: Daniel Freund, Erik Marquardt

4 · Against

ECR: Dick Erixon
ESN: Arno Bausemer
Patriots: Virginie Joron, Pierre Pimpie

1 · Abstained

Patriots: Ondřej Knotek

23 · For

ECR: Bert-Jan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza
EPP: Georgios Aftias, François-Xavier Bellamy, Caterina Chinnici, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Andreas Schwab, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský
Patriots: Ondřej Knotek
Renew: Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Andi Cristea, Maria Guzenina, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
The Left: Pasquale Tridico
Greens: Daniel Freund, Erik Marquardt

4 · Against

ECR: Dick Erixon
ESN: Arno Bausemer
Patriots: Virginie Joron, Pierre Pimpie

1 · Abstained

The Left: Rudi Kennes

21 · For

EPP: Georgios Aftias, François-Xavier Bellamy, Caterina Chinnici, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Andreas Schwab, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský
Renew: Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Andi Cristea, Maria Guzenina, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
The Left: Rudi Kennes, Pasquale Tridico
Greens: Daniel Freund, Erik Marquardt

5 · Against

ECR: Dick Erixon
ESN: Arno Bausemer
Patriots: Tamás Deutsch, Virginie Joron, Pierre Pimpie

3 · Abstained

ECR: Bert-Jan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza
Patriots: Ondřej Knotek

23 · For

ECR: Bert-Jan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza
EPP: Georgios Aftias, François-Xavier Bellamy, Caterina Chinnici, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Andreas Schwab, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský
Patriots: Ondřej Knotek
Renew: Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Andi Cristea, Maria Guzenina, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
The Left: Pasquale Tridico
Greens: Daniel Freund, Erik Marquardt

4 · Against

ECR: Dick Erixon
ESN: Arno Bausemer
Patriots: Virginie Joron, Pierre Pimpie

2 · Abstained

Patriots: Tamás Deutsch
The Left: Rudi Kennes

24 · For

ECR: Bert-Jan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza
EPP: Georgios Aftias, François-Xavier Bellamy, Caterina Chinnici, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Andreas Schwab, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský
Patriots: Tamás Deutsch, Ondřej Knotek
Renew: Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Andi Cristea, Maria Guzenina, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
The Left: Pasquale Tridico
Greens: Daniel Freund, Erik Marquardt

5 · Against

ECR: Dick Erixon
ESN: Arno Bausemer
Patriots: Virginie Joron, Pierre Pimpie
The Left: Rudi Kennes

0 · Abstained

25 · For

ECR: Bert-Jan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza
EPP: Georgios Aftias, François-Xavier Bellamy, Caterina Chinnici, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Andreas Schwab, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský
Patriots: Tamás Deutsch, Ondřej Knotek
Renew: Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Andi Cristea, Maria Guzenina, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
The Left: Rudi Kennes, Pasquale Tridico
Greens: Daniel Freund, Erik Marquardt

4 · Against

ECR: Dick Erixon
ESN: Arno Bausemer
Patriots: Virginie Joron, Pierre Pimpie

0 · Abstained

24 · For

ECR: Bert-Jan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza
EPP: Georgios Aftias, François-Xavier Bellamy, Caterina Chinnici, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský
Patriots: Tamás Deutsch, Ondřej Knotek
Renew: Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Andi Cristea, Maria Guzenina, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
The Left: Rudi Kennes, Pasquale Tridico
Greens: Daniel Freund, Erik Marquardt

3 · Against

ECR: Dick Erixon
ESN: Arno Bausemer
Patriots: Pierre Pimpie

0 · Abstained

25 · For

ECR: Dick Erixon, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza
EPP: Georgios Aftias, François-Xavier Bellamy, Caterina Chinnici, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Andreas Schwab, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský
Patriots: Tamás Deutsch, Ondřej Knotek, Pierre Pimpie
Renew: Gilles Boyer, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Andi Cristea, Maria Guzenina, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
The Left: Pasquale Tridico
Greens: Daniel Freund, Erik Marquardt

3 · Against

ESN: Arno Bausemer
Patriots: Virginie Joron
The Left: Rudi Kennes

0 · Abstained

23 · For

ECR: Bert-Jan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza
EPP: Georgios Aftias, François-Xavier Bellamy, Caterina Chinnici, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Andreas Schwab, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský
Renew: Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Andi Cristea, Maria Guzenina, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
The Left: Rudi Kennes, Pasquale Tridico
Greens: Daniel Freund, Erik Marquardt

4 · Against

ECR: Dick Erixon
ESN: Arno Bausemer
Patriots: Virginie Joron, Pierre Pimpie

1 · Abstained

Patriots: Tamás Deutsch

24 · For

ECR: Bert-Jan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza
EPP: Georgios Aftias, François-Xavier Bellamy, Caterina Chinnici, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Andreas Schwab, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský
Patriots: Tamás Deutsch
Renew: Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Andi Cristea, Maria Guzenina, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
The Left: Rudi Kennes, Pasquale Tridico
Greens: Daniel Freund, Erik Marquardt

5 · Against

ECR: Dick Erixon
ESN: Arno Bausemer
Patriots: Virginie Joron, Ondřej Knotek, Pierre Pimpie

0 · Abstained

19 · For

EPP: Georgios Aftias, Caterina Chinnici, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Andreas Schwab, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský
Patriots: Tamás Deutsch
Renew: Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Andi Cristea, Maria Guzenina, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
Greens: Daniel Freund, Erik Marquardt

7 · Against

ECR: Dick Erixon, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza
ESN: Arno Bausemer
Patriots: Virginie Joron, Ondřej Knotek, Pierre Pimpie

2 · Abstained

The Left: Rudi Kennes, Pasquale Tridico

25 · For

ECR: Bert-Jan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza
EPP: Georgios Aftias, François-Xavier Bellamy, Caterina Chinnici, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Andreas Schwab, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský
Patriots: Tamás Deutsch, Ondřej Knotek
Renew: Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Andi Cristea, Maria Guzenina, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
The Left: Rudi Kennes, Pasquale Tridico
Greens: Daniel Freund, Erik Marquardt

3 · Against

ESN: Arno Bausemer
Patriots: Virginie Joron, Pierre Pimpie

1 · Abstained

ECR: Dick Erixon

24 · For

ECR: Dick Erixon, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza
EPP: Georgios Aftias, François-Xavier Bellamy, Caterina Chinnici, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Andreas Schwab, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský
Patriots: Tamás Deutsch
Renew: Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Andi Cristea, Maria Guzenina, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
The Left: Pasquale Tridico
Greens: Daniel Freund, Erik Marquardt

4 · Against

ESN: Arno Bausemer
Patriots: Virginie Joron, Pierre Pimpie
The Left: Rudi Kennes

1 · Abstained

Patriots: Ondřej Knotek

24 · For

ECR: Bert-Jan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza
EPP: Georgios Aftias, François-Xavier Bellamy, Caterina Chinnici, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Andreas Schwab, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský
Patriots: Tamás Deutsch
Renew: Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Andi Cristea, Maria Guzenina, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
The Left: Rudi Kennes, Pasquale Tridico
Greens: Daniel Freund, Erik Marquardt

5 · Against

ECR: Dick Erixon
ESN: Arno Bausemer
Patriots: Virginie Joron, Ondřej Knotek, Pierre Pimpie

0 · Abstained

24 · For

ECR: Bert-Jan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza
EPP: Georgios Aftias, François-Xavier Bellamy, Caterina Chinnici, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Andreas Schwab, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský
Patriots: Tamás Deutsch
Renew: Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Andi Cristea, Maria Guzenina, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
The Left: Rudi Kennes, Pasquale Tridico
Greens: Daniel Freund, Erik Marquardt

5 · Against

ECR: Dick Erixon
ESN: Arno Bausemer
Patriots: Virginie Joron, Ondřej Knotek, Pierre Pimpie

0 · Abstained

28 · For

ECR: Dick Erixon, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza
EPP: Georgios Aftias, François-Xavier Bellamy, Caterina Chinnici, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Andreas Schwab, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský
Patriots: Tamás Deutsch, Virginie Joron, Ondřej Knotek, Pierre Pimpie
Renew: Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Andi Cristea, Maria Guzenina, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
The Left: Rudi Kennes, Pasquale Tridico
Greens: Daniel Freund, Erik Marquardt

1 · Against

ESN: Arno Bausemer

0 · Abstained

28 · For

ECR: Dick Erixon, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza
EPP: Georgios Aftias, François-Xavier Bellamy, Caterina Chinnici, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Andreas Schwab, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský
Patriots: Tamás Deutsch, Virginie Joron, Ondřej Knotek, Pierre Pimpie
Renew: Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Andi Cristea, Maria Guzenina, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
The Left: Rudi Kennes, Pasquale Tridico
Greens: Daniel Freund, Erik Marquardt

1 · Against

ESN: Arno Bausemer

0 · Abstained

24 · For

ECR: Bert-Jan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza
EPP: Georgios Aftias, François-Xavier Bellamy, Caterina Chinnici, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Andreas Schwab, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský
Patriots: Tamás Deutsch, Ondřej Knotek
Renew: Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Andi Cristea, Maria Guzenina, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
The Left: Pasquale Tridico
Greens: Daniel Freund, Erik Marquardt

3 · Against

ESN: Arno Bausemer
Patriots: Virginie Joron, Pierre Pimpie

2 · Abstained

ECR: Dick Erixon
The Left: Rudi Kennes

20 · For

EPP: Georgios Aftias, Caterina Chinnici, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský
Patriots: Tamás Deutsch
Renew: Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Andi Cristea, Maria Guzenina, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
The Left: Rudi Kennes, Pasquale Tridico
Greens: Daniel Freund, Erik Marquardt

7 · Against

ECR: Dick Erixon, Bert-Jan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza
ESN: Arno Bausemer
Patriots: Virginie Joron, Ondřej Knotek, Pierre Pimpie

0 · Abstained

24 · For

ECR: Bert-Jan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza
EPP: Georgios Aftias, François-Xavier Bellamy, Caterina Chinnici, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský
Patriots: Tamás Deutsch, Virginie Joron, Ondřej Knotek, Pierre Pimpie
Renew: Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Andi Cristea, Maria Guzenina, Giuseppe Lupo, Marit Maij, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
Greens: Daniel Freund, Erik Marquardt

2 · Against

ESN: Arno Bausemer
The Left: Rudi Kennes

2 · Abstained

ECR: Dick Erixon
The Left: Pasquale Tridico

22 · For

ECR: Bert-Jan Ruissen, Şerban Dimitrie Sturdza
EPP: Georgios Aftias, François-Xavier Bellamy, Caterina Chinnici, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Andreas Schwab, Marion Walsmann, Tomáš Zdechovský
Renew: Gilles Boyer, Olivier Chastel, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Andi Cristea, Maria Guzenina, Giuseppe Lupo, Thomas Pellerin-Carlin
The Left: Rudi Kennes, Pasquale Tridico
Greens: Daniel Freund, Erik Marquardt

2 · Against

Patriots: Virginie Joron, Pierre Pimpie

4 · Abstained

ECR: Dick Erixon
ESN: Arno Bausemer
Patriots: Tamás Deutsch, Ondřej Knotek

Procedure pages and committee votes

How the committees handled the text and how their members voted on it. Collapsed.

Final vote by roll call by the committee asked for opinion 4 blocks

35 · For

No group: Branislav Ondruš
EPP: Pascal Arimont, Andrzej Buła, David Casa, Henrik Dahl, Gheorghe Falcă, Sérgio Humberto, Martine Kemp, Miriam Lexmann, Jagna Marczułajtis-Walczak, Eleonora Meleti, Giusi Princi, Dennis Radtke, Liesbet Sommen, Romana Tomc
Renew: Hristo Petrov, Jana Toom, Brigitte van den Berg
S&D: Francisco Assis, Gabriele Bischoff, Vilija Blinkevičiūtė, Vivien Costanzo, Johan Danielsson, Marit Maij, Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, Evelyn Regner, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Raffaele Topo
The Left: Li Andersson, Konstantinos Arvanitis, Per Clausen, Kathleen Funchion, João Oliveira
Greens: Katrin Langensiepen, Maria Ohisalo

6 · Against

ESN: Christine Anderson, Petar Volgin
Patriots: Jaroslav Knot, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Pál Szekeres, Séverine Werbrouck

5 · Abstained

ECR: Elena Donazzan, Chiara Gemma, Marlena Maląg, Francesco Torselli, Mariateresa Vivaldini

30.1.2026

Final vote by roll call by the committee asked for opinion 4 blocks

58 · For

EPP: Bartosz Arłukowicz, Salvatore De Meo, Michalis Hadjipantela, Niels Flemming Hansen, Esther Herranz García, Adam Jarubas, Seán Kelly, Stefan Köhler, Ewa Kopacz, Peter Liese, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Danuše Nerudová, Jessica Polfjärd, Virgil-Daniel Popescu, Massimiliano Salini, Oliver Schenk, Christine Schneider, Sander Smit, Susana Solís Pérez, Ingeborg Ter Laak, Tomas Tobé, Pekka Toveri, Dimitris Tsiodras
Renew: Stine Bosse, Sigrid Friis, Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy, Andreas Glück, Anna Stürgkh, Ana Vasconcelos, Michal Wiezik
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Sakis Arnaoutoglou, Thomas Bajada, Mohammed Chahim, Christophe Clergeau, Annalisa Corrado, Antonio Decaro, Heléne Fritzon, Romana Jerković, César Luena, Javier Moreno Sánchez, Maria Noichl, Elena Sancho Murillo, Marta Temido, Bruno Tobback, Kristian Vigenin, Tiemo Wölken
The Left: Lynn Boylan, Sebastian Everding, Nikolas Farantouris, Martin Günther, Catarina Martins, Jonas Sjöstedt
Greens: Martin Häusling, Pär Holmgren, Ignazio Roberto Marino, Jutta Paulus, Kai Tegethoff

12 · Against

ESN: Ivan David, Siegbert Frank Droese, Mary Khan
No group: Ondřej Dostál, Fernand Kartheiser
Patriots: Barbara Bonte, Paolo Borchia, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Angéline Furet, Philippe Olivier, Raffaele Stancanelli

11 · Abstained

ECR: Stefano Cavedagna, Pietro Fiocchi, Emmanouil Fragkos, Michele Picaro, Nicola Procaccini, Beatrice Timgren, Aurelijus Veryga, Alexandr Vondra
Patriots: Tomáš Kubín, Jana Nagyová, Jaroslava Pokorná Jermanová

28.1.2026

Final vote by roll call by the committee asked for opinion 4 blocks

31 · For

ECR: Michele Picaro, Ruggero Razza, Aurelijus Veryga
No group: Monika Beňová, Kateřina Konečná
EPP: Bartosz Arłukowicz, Michalis Hadjipantela, Adam Jarubas, András Tivadar Kulja, Peter Liese, Elena Nevado del Campo, Jessica Polfjärd, Oliver Schenk, Tomislav Sokol, Ingeborg Ter Laak
Renew: Stine Bosse, Veronika Cifrová Ostrihoňová, Vlad Vasile-Voiculescu
S&D: Vytenis Povilas Andriukaitis, Christophe Clergeau, Nicolás González Casares, Romana Jerković, Camilla Laureti, Victor Negrescu, Nikos Papandreou, Marta Temido
The Left: Sebastian Everding, Catarina Martins, Valentina Palmisano
Greens: Martin Häusling, Ignazio Roberto Marino

5 · Against

Patriots: Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Laurent Castillo, Viktória Ferenc, Gerald Hauser, Ondřej Knotek

0 · Abstained

27.1.2026

Final vote by roll call by the committee asked for opinion 4 blocks

32 · For

ECR: Adrian-George Axinia, Carlo Ciccioli, Carlo Fidanza, Roberts Zīle
EPP: Nikolina Brnjac, Nina Carberry, Gheorghe Falcă, Jens Gieseke, Borja Giménez Larraz, Sérgio Humberto, Dariusz Joński, Norbert Lins, Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska, Flavio Tosi, Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi
Renew: Jeannette Baljeu, Valérie Devaux, Jan-Christoph Oetjen, Ana Vasconcelos
S&D: Daniel Attard, Vivien Costanzo, Johan Danielsson, Sérgio Gonçalves, François Kalfon, Matteo Ricci, Andreas Schieder, Rosa Serrano Sierra, Marianne Vind
The Left: Merja Kyllönen
Greens: Tilly Metz, Virginijus Sinkevičius, Kai Tegethoff

2 · Against

Patriots: Mathilde Androuët, Philippe Olivier

6 · Abstained

ESN: Milan Mazurek, Volker Schnurrbusch, Stanislav Stoyanov
Patriots: Rachel Blom, Roman Haider
The Left: Arash Saeidi

27.1.2026

Final vote by roll call by the committee asked for opinion 4 blocks

21 · For

ECR: Stephen Nikola Bartulica, Nora Junco García, Giuseppe Milazzo, Bert-Jan Ruissen
EPP: Carmen Crespo Díaz, Marco Falcone, Isabelle Le Callennec, Francisco José Millán Mon, Jessica Polfjärd, Sander Smit, Željana Zovko
Renew: Barry Cowen, Elsi Katainen, Ciaran Mullooly
S&D: Sakis Arnaoutoglou, Thomas Bajada, Giuseppe Lupo, André Rodrigues, Eric Sargiacomo
The Left: Luke Ming Flanagan
Greens: Ana Miranda Paz

2 · Against

ESN: Siegbert Frank Droese
Patriots: France Jamet

4 · Abstained

Patriots: Ton Diepeveen, António Tânger Corrêa
The Left: Emma Fourreau
Greens: Isabella Lövin

7.4.2026

Final vote by roll call by the committee asked for opinion 3 blocks

24 · For

EPP: Rosa Estaràs Ferragut, Arba Kokalari, Ewa Kopacz, Verena Mertens, Mirosława Nykiel, Giusi Princi, Maria Walsh
Renew: Abir Al-Sahlani, Raquel García Hermida-Van Der Walle, Lucia Yar, Dainius Žalimas
S&D: Gabriela Firea, Heléne Fritzon, Lina Gálvez, Maria Noichl, Joanna Scheuring-Wielgus, Cecilia Strada, Marko Vešligaj
The Left: Hanna Gedin, Irene Montero, Carolina Morace
Greens: Mélissa Camara, Alexandra Geese, Benedetta Scuderi

9 · Against

ECR: Chiara Gemma, Beatrice Timgren
ESN: Christine Anderson
No group: Fernand Kartheiser
Patriots: Mathilde Androuët, Mireia Borrás Pabón, Elisabeth Dieringer, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Anders Vistisen

1 · Abstained

No group: Judita Laššáková

Connections

The dossier, the decisions on this text and its other versions.

Its dossier

Dossier Discharge 2024: General budget of the EU - Agencies 2025/2156(DEC) · Discharge procedure 29 Apr 2026 Discharge decision adopted

Decisions on this text

Decision Discharge 2024: Agencies Budget decision · report by Monika Hohlmeier 29 Apr 2026 Discharge decision adopted

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European Parliament (2026). “REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union agencies for the financial year 2024”. Text, 29 April 2026. docId A-10-2026-0087, reference A10-0087/2026, procId 2025-2156. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-10-2026-0087 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Official source: The text on the European Parliament’s website, https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-10-2026-0087_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: document record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/documents/A-10-2026-0087 (CC BY 4.0).

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@misc{epw-text-a-10-2026-0087,
  author = {{European Parliament}},
  title = {{REPORT on discharge in respect of the implementation of the budget of the European Union agencies for the financial year 2024}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-04-29},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-10-2026-0087}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/A-10-2026-0087},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Text. docId A-10-2026-0087, reference A10-0087/2026, procId 2025-2156. Official source: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/A-10-2026-0087\_EN.html. Data: EP Open Data API: document record (CC BY 4.0)}
}