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European Parliament decision of 24 April 2007 on closing the accounts of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2005 (C6-0390/2006 — 2006/2157(DEC))

The European Parliament,

- having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2005 [1],

- having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the final annual accounts of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2005, together with the Centre'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 (EEC) No 302/93 of 8 February 1993 on the establishment of a European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction [4], and in particular Article 11a 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 and the opinion of the Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A6-0100/2007),

1. Notes that the final annual accounts of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial years 2004 and 2005 are as follows:

Source: Information supplied by the Monitoring Centre — This table summarises the data provided by the Monitoring Centre in its own annual accounts.

(in 1000 EUR) |

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

| 2005 | 2004 |

Revenue

Subsidies from the Commission | 12000 | 11730 |

Subsidies from Norway | 516 | 514 |

Assigned revenue | 190 | 211 |

Miscellaneous revenue | 93 | 33 |

Total revenue (a) | 12799 | 12488 |

Budgetary expenditure for the financial year

Staff — Title I of the budget

— Payments | 5762 | 5832 |

— Appropriations carried over | 154 | 122 |

Administration — Title II of the budget

— Payments | 1094 | 1088 |

— Appropriations carried over | 650 | 356 |

Operating activities — Title III of the budget (except assigned revenue)

— Payments against payment appropriations for the financial year | 4159 | 2342 |

— Appropriations carried over | | 1260 |

Assigned revenue (Phare and third countries) | 101 | 201 |

Total expenditure (b) | 11920 | 11200 |

Outturn for the financial year (a-b) | 879 | 1288 |

Balance carried over from the previous financial year | 1508 | 295 |

Appropriations carried over and cancelled | 1239 | 245 |

Sums for re-use from the previous financial year not used | -58 | 15 |

Refunds to the Commission | -1508 | -3 |

Refunds to Norway | -128 | 81 |

Exchange-rate differences | 1 | -1 |

Balance for the financial year (EC grant + Norway contribution) | 1933 | 1920 |

Norway Grant 2005 | -516 | |

Balance for the financial Year only EC Grant | 1417 | |

2. Approves closing the accounts of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction for the financial year 2005;

3. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the director of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, 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. 43.

[2] OJ C 312, 19.12.2006, p. 86.

[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 36, 12.2.1993, p. 1, Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1651/2003 (OJ L 245, 29.9.2003, p. 30).

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

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