2006/847/EC: Decision of the European Parliament of 27 April 2006 on the closure of the accounts of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year 2004
Date: 2006-04-27
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Food Safety Authority, closing of accounts, financial year, implementation of the budget

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Official Journal of the European Union

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DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

of 27 April 2006

on the closure of the accounts of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year 2004

(2006/847/EC)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

— having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year

2004 (1),

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

Authority for the financial year 2004, together with the Authority'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 Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the
European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (4), and in par-
ticular Article 44 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 (A6-0105/2006),

1.

Notes the following figures for the accounts of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial
years 2004 and 2003:

Revenue and expenditure account for the financial years 2004 and 2003

Operating revenue

Administrative expenditure

Staff expenditure

Buildings and related expenditure

Other expenditure

Depreciation and write-off

Operating expenditure

2004

20 591

Total operating revenue

20 591

- 7 564

- 4 192

- 1 263

- 333

- 6 431

Total operating expenditure

- 19 783

Total operating profit/loss

808

(1 000 EUR)

2003 (1)

10 171

10 171

- 3 213

- 781

- 536

- 204

- 2 159

- 6 894

3 277

(1) OJ C 269, 28.10.2005, p. 21.
(2) OJ C 332, 28.12.2005, p. 45.
(3) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1642/2003 (OJ L 245, 29.9.2003, p. 4).
(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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Revenue from financial operations

Expenditure from financial operations

Extraordinary revenue

Extraordinary expenditure

Profit/(loss) on financial operations

Current profit/(loss)

Extraordinary profit/(loss)

Economic outturn for the financial year

(1 000 EUR)

2004

2003 (1)

0

- 7

- 6

802

- 27

- 27

775

1

- 3

- 2

3 275

402

402

3 677

(1) The data for the financial year 2003 have been restated to make them comply with the principle of accruals-based

accounting.

NB: Variations in totals are due to the effects of rounding.

2.

3.

Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year
2004;

Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the European Food Safety
Authority, 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