2006/827/EC: Decision of the European Parliament of 27 April 2006 on the closure of the accounts of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia for the financial year 2004
Date: 2006-04-27
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, closing of accounts, financial year, implementation of the budget

6.12.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 340/81

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

of 27 April 2006

on the closure of the accounts of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia for
the financial year 2004

(2006/827/EC)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

— having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xeno-

phobia for the financial year 2004 (1),

— having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the annual accounts of the European Monitoring
Centre on Racism and Xenophobia for the financial year 2004, together with the Centre'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 (EC) No 1035/97 of 2 June 1997 establishing a European Moni-

toring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia (4), and in particular Article 12a 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 Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (A6-0096/2006),

1.

Notes the following figures for the accounts of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and
Xenophobia for the financial years 2004 and 2003:

Revenue and expenditure account for the financial years 2004 and 2003

Revenue

Community subsidies

Other revenue

Sundry revenue

Financial revenue

PHARE revenue

(1 000 EUR)

2004

2003

5 675

421

35

21

82

7 318

374

1

676

Total revenue (a)

6 234

8 369

(1) OJ C 269, 28.10.2005, p. 48.
(2) OJ C 332, 28.12.2005, p. 97.
(3) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 151, 10.6.1997, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1652/2003 (OJ L 245, 29.9.2003, p. 33).
(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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(1 000 EUR)

2004

2003

Expenditure

Staff — Title I of the budget

Payments

Appropriations carried over

Administration — Title II of the budget

Payments

Appropriations carried over

Operating activities — Title III of the budget

Payments

Appropriations carried over

Assigned revenue (Phare and other)

Payments

Appropriations carried over

2 645

85

447

37

2 352

745

7

0

Total expenditure (b)

6 318

Outturn for the financial year (a - b)

Balance carried over from the previous financial year

Appropriations carried over, cancelled

Appropriations for reuse from the previous financial year, not used

Amounts due written off

Exchange-rate differences

Amounts refunded to the Commission

- 84

98

241

0

- 23

- 1

NB: Totals may include differences due to rounding.

Balance for the financial year

231

2 618

64

412

51

1 678

1 162

377

694

7 055

1 334

-1 579

301

38

0

5

0

98

2.

3.

Approves the closure of the accounts of the European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xeno-
phobia for the financial year 2004;

Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Director of the European Monitoring Centre on
Racism and Xenophobia, 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