2006/831/EC: Decision of the European Parliament of 27 April 2006 on the closure of the accounts of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2004
Date: 2006-04-27
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Environment Agency, closing of accounts, financial year, implementation of the budget

6.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 340/91

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

of 27 April 2006

on the closure of the accounts of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2004

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

(2006/831/EC)

— having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Environment Agency for the financial year

2004 (1),

— having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the annual accounts of the European Environment

Agency for the financial year 2004, together with the Agency's replies (2),

— having regard to the Council's recommendation of 14 March 2006 (5972/2006 — C6-0093/2006),

— 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
the European Communities (3), and in particular

Regulation applicable to the general budget of
Article 185 thereof,

— having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90 of 7 May 1990 on the establishment of the
Information and Observation

European Environment Agency and the European Environment
network (4), and in particular Article 13 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 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European
Communities (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 the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A6-0098/2006),

1.

Notes the following figures for the accounts of the European Environment Agency for the financial
years 2004 and 2003:

Revenue and expenditure account for the financial years 2004 and 2003

Revenue

EC subsidy

Subventions

Bank interest

(1 000 EUR)

2004

2003

28 658

28 723

1 998

128

1 080

89

Total revenue (a)

30 784

29 891

(1) OJ C 269, 28.10.2005, p. 13.
(2) OJ C 332, 28.12.2005, p. 37.
(3) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 120, 11.5.1990, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1641/2003 (OJ L 245, 29.9.2003,

p. 1).

(5) OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1261/2005 (OJ L 201,

2.8.2005, p. 3).

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Expenditure

Total expenditure for Title 1

Payments

Payments — Grants

Appropriations carried over

Appropriations carried over — Grants

Total expenditure for Title 2

Payments (1)

Appropriations carried over

Total expenditure for Title 3

Payments

Payments — Grants

Appropriations carried over

Appropriations carried over — Grants

(1 000 EUR)

2004

2003

12 447

11 123

2

435

66

3 451

394

9 534

14

4 845

2 419

Total expenditure (b)

33 606

Net result for the year (a — b)

- 2 822

315

2 447

395

5 997

7 008

27 284

2 607

295

36

Appropriations carried over and cancelled

Refunds carried over and cancelled

Balance carried over from the previous year

Grants cancelled

Exchange rate differences

Regularisation regarding previous years

508

0

- 4 190

- 7 427

98

3

43

322

- 4

- 18

(1)

Includes 905 823 euros of property taxes paid to the Danish government. The Agency is of the opinion that the amount
should be refunded. The issue is currently negotiated with the Danish government.

NB: The totals may include differences due to rounding.

Balance carried forward

- 6 360

- 4 190

2.

3.

Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Environment Agency for the financial year
2004;

Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the European Environ-
ment Agency, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors and to have it published in
the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

The President

Josep BORRELL FONTELLES

The Secretary-General

Julian PRIESTLEY