Budget for Europol for 2008 (1)

(2007/550/JHA)

Europol

Of this amount, EUR 2 000 000 shall only be called up once the Management Board decides to do so. See Article 100 and Annex C. This amount includes EUR 600 000 foreseen for consultancy for the OASIS project in 2008.

Of this amount, EUR 1 000 000 shall only be called up once the Management Board decides to do so. Included in this amount is an amount of EUR 10 000 foreseen for salary adjustments. See Article 100 and Annex C.

A fund has been setup for Appeals Costs from the 2004 and 2005 budget. The amount in the fund (currently EUR 170 000) is reviewed annually.

See Annex A. Under this Chapter also fall temporary staff recruited from agencies or consultancy firms in case this staff fills up a vacancy and trainees.

Of this amount, EUR 1 000 000 shall only be called up once the Management Board decides to do so. See Article 100 and Annex C. This amount includes EUR 250 000 for the New Headquarters Programme, specifically consultancy relating to the Tempest part.

Notwithstanding Article 35 of the Europol Convention and Article 16 of the Financial Regulation, the Management Board may, acting unanimously and on the basis of a proposal from the Director, amend the amount of appropriations provided the total revenue covers the total expenditure (see Article 122). Europol’s own contribution to any projects will be financed out of other Articles.

Notwithstanding Article 35 of the Europol Convention and Article 16 of the Financial Regulation, the Management Board may, acting unanimously and on the basis of a proposal from the Director, amend the amount of appropriations provided the total revenue covers the total expenditure (see Article 121). Europol’s own contribution to any projects will be financed out of other Articles. This Article is intended for expenditure in relation to projects funded from EU programmes.

EUR 520 000 foreseen for running costs for the new building has been included in Chapter 30 (EUR 510 000) and Chapter 21, training (EUR 10 000).

This Article was previously referred to as ‘Training’. The description has been changed in order to avoid misunderstandings between this Article and Article 211.

Of this amount, EUR 5 586 000 shall only be called up once the Management Board decides to do so. Included in this amount is an amount of EUR 380 000 foreseen for salary adjustments and EUR 286 000 for the implementation of the Draft Council decision. See Article 100 and Annex C.

See Annex A. Under this Chapter also fall temporary staff recruited from agencies or consultancy firms in case this staff fills up a vacancy and trainees.

Notwithstanding Article 35 of the Europol Convention and Article 16 of the Financial Regulation, the Management Board may, acting unanimously and on the basis of a proposal from the Director, amend the amount of appropriations provided the total revenue covers the total expenditure (see Article 322). This Article may also include contributions from participants. Europol’s own contribution to any projects will be financed out of other Articles.

Notwithstanding Article 35 of the Europol Convention and Article 16 of the Financial Regulation, the Management Board may, acting unanimously and on the basis of a proposal from the Director, amend the amount of appropriations provided the total revenue covers the total expenditure (see Article 321). This Article may also include contributions from participants. Europol’s own contribution to any projects will be financed out of other Articles.

Of the amount for 2008, EUR 9 586 000 shall only be called up once the Management Board unanimously decides to do so (not withstanding Article 38(1) of the Financial Regulation).

Host State

Note: Due to rounding off the 2006 totals might differ from the sum of the individual amounts.

Notwithstanding Article 35 of the Europol Convention and Article 16 of the Financial Regulation, the Management Board may, acting unanimously and on the basis of a proposal from the Director, amend the amount of appropriations provided the total revenue covers the total expenditure (see Article 701). The proposal from the Director shall be in accordance with an agreement between Europol and the Dutch Ministry of Justice.

Notwithstanding Article 35 of the Europol Convention and Article 16 of the Financial Regulation, the Management Board may, acting unanimously and on the basis of a proposal from the Director, amend the amount of appropriations provided the total revenue covers the total expenditure (see Article 700). The proposal from the Director shall be in accordance with an agreement between Europol and the Dutch Ministry of Justice.

Notwithstanding Article 35 of the Europol Convention and Article 16 of the Financial Regulation, the Management Board may, acting unanimously and on the basis of a proposal from the Director, amend the amount of appropriations provided the total revenue covers the total expenditure (see Article 810). The proposal from the Director shall be in accordance with an agreement between Europol and the Dutch Ministry of Justice.

Notwithstanding Article 35 of the Europol Convention and Article 16 of the Financial Regulation, the Management Board may, acting unanimously and on the basis of a proposal from the Director, amend the amount of appropriations provided the total revenue covers the total expenditure (see Chapter 80). The proposal from the Director shall be in accordance with an agreement between Europol and the Dutch Ministry of Justice.

(1) Adopted by the Council on 28 June 2007.

ANNEX A

Establishment Plan 2008

Title 2 — Europol staff

Scale Budget 2007 New posts/Reallocations 2008 Budget 2008 1 1 — 1 2 3 — 3 3 3 — 3 4 18 +2 20 5 63 –2 61 6 74 9 83 7 105 3 108 8 81 12 93 9 44 1 45 10 — — — 11 (1) 1 2 3 12 (1) 5 — 5 13 (1) — — — Total 398 27 (2) 425





Title 4 — Bodies and organs

Scale Budget 2007 New posts/Reallocations 2008 Budget 2008 1 — — — 2 — — — 3 — — — 4 2 — 2 5 2 — 2 6 — — — 7 2 — 2 8 2 — 2 9 — — — 10 — — — 11 (3) — — — 12 (3) — — — 13 (3) — — — Total 8 — 8





Total budget 2008

Scale Budget 2007 New posts/Reallocations 2008 Budget 2008 Total 406 27 433

(1) The posts in these scales will be local staff in so far as required by the Staff Regulations.

(2) Including one first officer, one second officer and one administrative assistant foreseen for the implementation of the draft Council Decision of Europol (COM 2006 (2006) 817 final). The funds needed for these posts will only be called up should there be a unanimous Management Board decision to do so. See Annex C and Article 100. Fourteen posts have additionally been foreseen for the IMT department, for which the funding necessary has been found within Title 6.

(3) The posts in these scales will be local staff in so far as required by the Staff Regulations.