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Statement of revenue and expenditure of the Community Plant Variety Office (CPVO) for the financial year 2005

(2005/286/EC)

REVENUE

TITLE 1

REVENUE

                        CHAPTER 1 0 —REVENUE FROM SERVICES RENDERED

                           1 0 0Fees received

Remarks

Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 of 27 July 1994 on Community plant variety rights (OJ L 227, 1.9.1994, p. 1), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2506/95 (OJ L 258, 28.10.1995, p. 3).

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1238/95 of 31 May 1995 establishing implementing rules for the application of Council Regulation (EC) No 2100/94 as regards the fees payable to the Community Plant Variety Office (OJ L 121, 1.6.1995, p. 31), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 329/2000 (OJ L 37, 12.2.2000, p. 19).

This Office revenue comprises the fees paid by applicants for Community plant variety rights and by other parties involved in proceedings.

TITLE 2

SUBSIDIES

                        CHAPTER 2 0 —REVENUE FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY

                           2 0 0Subsidy from Item B2-5 1 0 2

Remarks

Regulation (EC) No 2100/94, and in particular Article 108(3) thereof.

Subsidy under heading ‘Plant health measures’.

TITLE 3

RESERVE

                        CHAPTER 3 0 —RESERVE FOR DEFICIT

Remarks

The aim of this appropriation is to maintain a balance between revenue and expenditure.

TITLE 5

REVENUE ACCRUING FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATION OF THE OFFICE

                        CHAPTER 5 0 —REVENUE ACCRUING FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATION OF THE OFFICE

TITLE 6

CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES, REPAYMENT OF EXPENDITURE, REVENUE FROM SERVICES RENDERED AGAINST PAYMENT

                        CHAPTER 6 0 —OFFICIAL GAZETTE

Remarks

Revenue from the sales of the Official Gazette of the Office.

TITLE 9

MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

                        CHAPTER 9 1 —BANK INTEREST

Remarks

Bank interest.

                        CHAPTER 9 2 —GIFTS AND BEQUESTS

Remarks

Appropriations received from local French public authorities (region of Pays de la Loire, department of Maine-et-Loire and Angers municipal authorities) on the establishment of the CPVO in Angers.

EXPENDITURE

TITLE 1

STAFF

                        CHAPTER 1 1 —STAFF IN ACTIVE EMPLOYMENT

                           1 1 0Expenditure on staff in active employment

Remarks

In accordance with the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities and the establishment plan, this appropriation is intended in particular to cover:

                        CHAPTER 1 2 —FURTHER TRAINING

                           1 2 0Further training, language courses, retraining and information for staff

Remarks

In accordance with the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, this appropriation is intended in particular to cover the organisation of language courses, induction courses for new recruits, staff development courses, retraining courses, courses on the use of modern techniques, seminars, etc.

It also covers the purchase of equipment and documentation and the hiring of organisation consultants.

                        CHAPTER 1 3 —MISSIONS AND DUTY TRAVEL

                           1 3 0Mission expenses, travel expenses and other incidental expenditure

Remarks

In accordance with the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, this appropriation is intended in particular to cover transport costs, payment of daily subsistence allowances on mission and ancillary or special costs connected with missions, for Office staff employed under the Staff Regulations and for experts and national or international officials seconded to the Office.

                        CHAPTER 1 4 —SUPPLEMENTARY SERVICES

                           1 4 0Employment agency staff, technical and administrative assistance

Remarks

This appropriation is intended in particular to cover expenditure relating to:

                        CHAPTER 1 5 —SOCIAL WELFARE

                           1 5 0Special assistance grants, social contacts between members of staff, other social and welfare expenditure

Remarks

Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, in particular Article 76 thereof.

This appropriation is intended in particular to cover:

                        CHAPTER 1 7 —ENTERTAINMENT AND REPRESENTATION EXPENSES

                           1 7 0Entertainment and representation expenses

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover the reimbursement of costs incurred by authorised staff in meeting the Office's obligations in respect of entertainment and representation in the interests of the service.

TITLE 2

BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING EXPENDITURE

                        CHAPTER 2 0 —INVESTMENTS IN IMMOVABLE PROPERTY, RENTAL OF BUILDINGS AND ASSOCIATED COSTS

                           2 0 0Expenditure on buildings

Remarks

This appropriation is intended in particular to cover:

                        CHAPTER 2 1 —DATA PROCESSING

                           2 1 0Equipment, software and external services

Remarks

This appropriation is intended in particular to cover:

                        CHAPTER 2 2 —MOVABLE PROPERTY AND ASSOCIATED COSTS

                           2 2 0Furniture and technical, transport and library equipment

Remarks

This appropriation is intended in particular to cover:

                        CHAPTER 2 3 —CURRENT ADMINISTRATION

                           2 3 0Current administrative expenditure

Remarks

This appropriation is intended in particular to cover:

                        CHAPTER 2 4 —POSTAL CHARGES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS

                           2 4 0Postal and telecommunications charges

Remarks

This appropriation is intended in particular to cover:

                        CHAPTER 2 5 —MEETINGS

                           2 5 0Expenditure on formal and other meetings

Remarks

This appropriation is intended in particular to cover:

                        CHAPTER 2 6 —INTERNAL AUDIT AND EVALUATIONS

                           2 6 0Internal audit and evaluations

Remarks

This appropriation is intended in particular to cover expenditure on internal audits and evaluations.

TITLE 3

OPERATING EXPENDITURE

                        CHAPTER 3 0 —FEES FOR THE ACTIVITIES OF THE EXAMINATION OFFICES

                           3 0 0Fees payable to the competent agencies and offices in the Member States acting as examination offices

Remarks

This appropriation is intended in particular to cover:

                        CHAPTER 3 1 —MAINTENANCE OF REFERENCE COLLECTIONS

                           3 1 0Expenditure on the maintenance of reference collections of varieties at the examination offices

Remarks

This appropriation is intended in particular to cover the costs incurred by the competent agencies and offices in maintaining reference collections of plant varieties as a basis for technical examinations requested by the Office.

                        CHAPTER 3 2 —PROCUREMENT OF OTHER EXAMINATION REPORTS

                           3 2 0Expenditure on the procurement of other examination reports made available on the basis of an agreement between the Office and a competent authority in a Member State

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover the purchase, in accordance with the implementing rules, of examination reports made available to the Office relating to technical examinations already carried out or, in certain cases, already being carried out.

                        CHAPTER 3 3 —EXAMINATION OF VARIETY DENOMINATIONS

                           3 3 0Expenditure on the examination of variety denominations

Remarks

Examination of proposed variety denominations (Article 54(1) of Regulation (EC) No 2100/94), last modified by regulation (EC) No 2506/95.

                        CHAPTER 3 4 —PUBLICATIONS AND TRANSLATIONS

                           3 4 0Official, general and publicity publications and translation services

Remarks

This appropriation is intended in particular to cover:

                        CHAPTER 3 5 —TECHNICAL SURVEYS, STUDIES AND CONSULTATIONS

                           3 5 0Technical studies

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover the costs of specialised technical studies (technical studies, research and development, etc.).

                        CHAPTER 3 6 —SPECIAL ADVISERS

                           3 6 0Special advisers

Remarks

This appropriation is intended in particular to cover the remuneration, travelling expenses and subsistence expenses of members of the Board of Appeal.

TITLE 10

OTHER EXPENDITURE

                        CHAPTER 10 0 —PROVISIONAL APPROPRIATIONS

Remarks

The appropriations entered in this chapter are purely provisional.

                        CHAPTER 10 1 —CONTINGENCY RESERVE

Remarks

Following the introduction of the new way of presenting the budget, this chapter can be deleted, since the third part of the budget now includes the Office's reserve.

                        CHAPTER 10 2 —CONTRIBUTION TO THE TRANSLATION CENTRE

Remarks

Possible contribution to the start-up of the Translation Centre in Luxembourg (see Item 1 1 7 6).

                        CHAPTER 10 3 —REPAYMENT OF THE COMMUNITY SUBSIDY

Remarks

Repayment of subsidy: Regulation (EC) No 2100/94, and in particular Article 108 thereof.

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Establishment plan for 2005

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