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European Parliament decision of 24 April 2007 on closing the accounts of the European Training Foundation for the financial year 2005 (C6-0396/2006 — 2006/2163(DEC))

The European Parliament,

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

- having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the final annual accounts of the European Training Foundation for the financial year 2005, together with the Foundation'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 1360/90 of 7 May 1990 establishing a European Training Foundation [4], and in particular Article 11 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 Employment and Social Affairs (A6-0113/2007),

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

Source: Foundation data — This table summarises the data supplied by the Foundation in its annual accounts.

(in 1000 EUR) |

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

| 2005 | 2004 |

Revenue

Commission subsidies | 18500 | 17600 |

Other donors — Italian Ministry Foreign Affairs | 479 | 800 |

Other donors — CE — ETE MED convention | 2500 | 0 |

Other donors — CE — Tempus TA 2004/05 convention | 1739 | 0 |

Miscellaneous revenue | 34 | 80 |

Total revenue (a) | 23252 | 18480 |

Expenditure

Staff — Title I of the budget

— Payments | 11310 | 11122 |

— Appropriations carried over | 478 | 123 |

Administration — Title II of the budget

— Payments | 1232 | 1213 |

— Appropriations carried over | 326 | 247 |

Operating activities — Title III of the budget

— Payments | 2818 | 3449 |

— Appropriations carried over | 1925 | 1168 |

Earmarked revenue — Title IV

— Payments | 123 | 260 |

— Appropriations received — not paid in 2005 | 356 | 540 |

CE — ETE MED convention — Title V

— Payments | 135 | 0 |

— Appropriations received — not paid in 2005 | 2365 | 0 |

CE — Tempus TA 2004/05 convention — Title VI

— Payments | 677 | 0 |

— Appropriations received — not paid in 2005 | 1062 | 0 |

Total expenditure (b) | 22808 | 18122 |

Outturn for the financial year (a-b) | 444 | 358 |

Balance carried over from the previous financial year | -759 | -1318 |

Appropriations carried over and cancelled | 388 | 204 |

Reimbursements to the Commission | 0 | 0 |

Exchange-rate differences | 1 | -4 |

Balance for the financial year | 74 | -759 |

2. Approves closing the accounts of the European Training Foundation for the financial year 2005;

3. Instructs its President to forward this decision it to the director of the European Training Foundation, 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. 40.

[2] OJ C 312, 19.12.2006, p. 73.

[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 131, 23.5.1990, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1648/2003 (OJ L 245, 29.9.2003, p. 22).

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

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