Text · Opinion parliamentary committee draft
On discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2021
Document ENVI-PA-754666 · 2023/2147(DEC)
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- Opinion parliamentary committee draft ENVI-PA-754666
- Date
- 25 October 2023
- Committee
- Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
- Rapporteur
- Pascal Canfin
- Dossier
- 2023-2147
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- 2023/2147(DEC)
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The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety gives its opinion on discharge for the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control's 2022 budget. It notes the Centre's budget, staffing and pandemic work, and recommends that discharge be granted to the Centre's Director. It notes the Centre's core budget for 2022 was to EUR 99,9 million, that 96,6% of total revenue comes from the Union budget, and that budget execution reached 98,86% in commitments and 73,61% in payments. It notes additional posts were filled in 2022, welcomes the Centre's reinforced mandate and its ASPIRE transformation programme, and calls on the Commission to grant the resources needed for the Strategy 2021-2027 and the revised founding Regulation. It notes the Centre ran its COVID-19 public health emergency plan and two further emergencies in 2022, supported member states after the Russian aggression in Ukraine, and delivered 89% of programmed outputs.
Position. The committee recommends that discharge be granted to the Director of the Centre for the 2022 financial year, and calls on the Committee on Budgets to incorporate its suggestions, including a call on the Commission to grant the Centre necessary resources.
Key points
- The committee calls on the Committee on Budgets to incorporate its suggestions into the proposal for a decision on discharge.
- It notes the Centre's core budget for 2022 was to EUR 99,9 million, a 40% decrease from 2021 due to changes in HERA grants, with 96,6% of total revenue from the Union budget.
- It notes commitment execution was 98,86% in 2022, a decrease of 0,49% from 2021, while payment execution rose by 9,5% to 73,61% of the total 2022 budget.
- It notes additional posts from the Centre's extended mandate were filled in 2022 and underlines the need for adequate staffing for the new tasks and increased workload.
- It welcomes the Centre's implementation of its reinforced mandate, in force since December 2022, and the ASPIRE transformation programme.
- It notes the Centre maintained its public health emergency plan for COVID-19, downgraded to 'maintenance phase' in June 2022, with workload remaining high and focus shifting to longer-term monitoring, prevention and control of SARS-CoV-2.
- It notes the Centre ran two additional public health emergencies in 2022, for monkey pox and hepatitis of unknown origin, putting severe demands on its expert capacity.
- It notes the Centre supported member states with technical and operational response activities for the influx of refugees following the Russian aggression in Ukraine.
- It notes the Centre delivered 89% of programmed outputs under its Strategy 2021-2027, including the Surveillance Atlas update, EpiPulse portal, 210 scientific outputs and 65 peer-reviewed articles.
- It calls on the Commission to grant the Centre the resources needed to meet the Strategy 2021-2027 objectives and implement its revised founding Regulation.
- It recommends, based on the facts available, that discharge be granted to the Director of the Centre for the 2022 financial year.
Who is affected
- The European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control: its 2022 budget implementation is reviewed and discharge is recommended.
- The Director of the Centre: discharge is recommended for the implementation of the Centre's 2022 budget.
- The Commission: asked to grant the Centre resources for its Strategy 2021-2027 and revised founding Regulation.
- Member states: received the Centre's support for technical and operational response to the influx of refugees.
Figures and deadlines
- EUR 99,9 million: the Centre's core budget for 2022.
- 40%: decrease in the Centre's core budget compared to 2021, due to changes in HERA grants.
- 96,6%: share of the Centre's total revenue deriving from the Union budget.
- 98,86%: overall budget execution in commitment appropriations in 2022.
- 0,49%: decrease in commitment execution compared to 2021.
- 9,5%: increase in payment execution compared to 2021.
- 73,61%: payment execution as a share of the total 2022 budget.
- 89%: share of outputs programmed for 2022 delivered under the Centre's Strategy 2021-2027.
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Suggestions
The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety calls on the Committee on Budgets, as the committee responsible, to incorporate the following suggestions into its proposal for a decision:
1.Notes that the core budget of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (the ‘Centre’) for 2022 was to EUR 99,9 million (the 40% decrease compared to 2021 being due to changes in HERA grants) and that 96,6% of the total revenue derives from the Union budget;
2.Notes that during the year 2022, the overall budget execution in terms of commitment appropriations was 98,86% (representing an decrease of 0,49% compared to 2021), while, in terms of payments, budget execution increased by 9,5% compared to 2021 and reached 73,61% of the total 2022 budget;
3.Notes that the additional posts allocated to the Centre following the extension of the Centre’s mandate have been filled in 2022; underlines the necessity of ensuring adequate staffing reflecting the needs of the new tasks and the Centre’s increased workload to maintain the quality of the Centre’s work;
4.Welcomes the Centre’s modalities for the implementation of the reinforced mandate of ECDC which came into force in December 2022, as well as the transformation programme ASPIRE (Anticipate, Support, Prepare, Inform, Respond and Empower) developed to aid the implementation;
5.Notes that in 2022, the Centre maintained its public health emergency (PHE) plan in response to the continuing COVID-19 pandemic, which, due to the relatively stable epidemiological situation, was downgraded to ‘maintenance phase’ in June 2022; notes that ECDC’s pandemic-related workload remained high throughout the year, although the focus shifted towards longer-term monitoring, prevention and control of SARS-CoV-2;
6.Notes that the Centre simultaneously operated two additional PHEs in 2022, for monkey pox and hepatitis of unknown origin, which put severe demands on the Centre’s expert capacity to cover the activities required for all three emergencies;
7.Notes that additional unforeseen tasks for the Centre arose following the Russian aggression in Ukraine, when the Centre supported Member States by actively coordinating and delivering technical and operational response activities related to the influx of refugees;
8.Notes that the Centre delivered 89% of the outputs programmed for 2022 under the Centre’s Strategy 2021-2027, including the update of its Surveillance Atlas of Infectious Diseases and Annual Epidemiological Report chapters, the new ECDC surveillance portal EpiPulse, and the publication of 210 scientific outputs as well as 65 peer-reviewed articles;
9.Calls on the Commission to grant to the Centre the necessary resources to fulfil the objectives of the Strategy 2021-2027 and to implement the Centre’s revised founding Regulation;
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European Parliament (2023). “DRAFT OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2021”. Text, 25 October 2023. docId ENVI-PA-754666. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/texts/ENVI-PA-754666 (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: EP Open Data API: document record, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/api/v2/documents/ENVI-PA-754666 (CC BY 4.0).
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title = {{DRAFT OPINION on discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2021}},
year = {2023},
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