# EUR-Lex - 52007BP0136(02) - EN

Important legal notice

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# 52007BP0136(02)

**2. European Parliament decision of 24 April 2007 on closing the accounts of the European Agency for Reconstruction for the financial year 2005 (C6-0388/2006 - 2006/2155(DEC)) **

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Official Journal 074 E , 20/03/2008 P. 0343 - 0344 *

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European Parliament decision of 24 April 2007 on closing the accounts of the European Agency for Reconstruction for the financial year 2005 (C6-0388/2006 — 2006/2155(DEC))

The European Parliament,

- having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Agency for Reconstruction for the financial year 2005 [1],

- having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the final annual accounts of the European Agency for Reconstruction for the financial year 2005, together with the Agency's replies [2],

- having regard to the Council's recommendation of 27 February 2007 (5711/2007 — C6-0080/2007),

- having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 276 thereof,

- having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities [3], and in particular Article 185 thereof,

- having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000 of 5 December 2000 on the European Agency for Reconstruction [4], and in particular Article 8 thereof,

- having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 [5], and in particular Article 94 thereof,

- having regard to Rule 71 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

- having regard to the Report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A6-0116/2007),

1. Notes that the final annual accounts of the European Agency for Reconstruction for the financial years 2004 and 2005 are as follows:

Source: The Agency's data — This table summarises the data provided by the Agency in its annual accounts.

(in 1000 EUR) |

Revenue and expenditure account for the financial years 2004 and 2005 |

| 2005 | 2004 |

Revenue

EC subsidy | 261009 | 231909 |

Recovery of expenses (re-use Title III) | 546 | 1229 |

Revenues from administrative operations (re-use Titles I and II) | 210 | 181 |

Other operating revenue | 1076 | 6113 |

Total operating revenue | 262841 | 239432 |

Expenditure

Administrative expenses

— Staff expenses | 15727 | 17575 |

— Other administrative expenses | 7212 | 6290 |

Operational expenses

— Centralised direct management | 243442 | 268965 |

Total administrative and operational expenditure | 266381 | 292830 |

Surplus/(Deficit) from operating activities | -3540 | -53398 |

Extraordinary gains | 0 | 738 |

Extraordinary losses | 0 | -1269 |

Economic result of the year | -3540 | -53929 |

2. Approves closing the accounts of the European Agency for Reconstruction for the financial year 2005;

3. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the director of the European Agency for Reconstruction, 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).

[1] OJ C 266, 31.10.2006, p. 7.

[2] OJ C 312, 19.12.2006, p. 18.

[3] OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1995/2006 (OJ L 390, 30.12.2006, p. 1).

[4] OJ L 306, 7.12.2000, p. 7. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1756/2006 (OJ L 332, 30.11.2006, p. 18).

[5] OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72.

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