2006/825/EC: Decision of the European Parliament of 27 April 2006 on the closure of the accounts of the European Agency for Reconstruction for the financial year 2004
Date: 2006-04-27
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Agency for Reconstruction, closing of accounts, financial year, implementation of the budget

6.12.2006

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Official Journal of the European Union

L 340/75

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

of 27 April 2006

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

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

(2006/825/EC)

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

year 2004 (1),

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

Reconstruction 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 (EC) No 2667/2000 of 5 December 2000 on the European

Agency for Reconstruction (4), and in particular Article 8 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 (A6-0095/2006),

1.

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

Revenue and expenditure account for the financial years 2004 and 2003 (1)

Revenue

EC subsidy

Recovery of expenses (reuse Title III)

Revenues from administrative operations (reuse Titles I and II)

Other operating revenue

(1 000 EUR)

2004

2003

231 909

274 221

1 229

181

1 318

199

6 113

28 413

Total operating revenue

239 432

304 151

(1) OJ C 332, 28.12.2005, p. 19.
(2) OJ C 332, 28.12.2005, p. 15.
(3) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 306, 7.12.2000, p. 7. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 2068/2004 (OJ L 358, 3.12.2004,

p. 2).

(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

Administrative expenses

— Staff expenses

— Other administrative expenses

Operational expenses

— Centralised direct management

17 575

6 290

268 965

Total administrative and operational expenditure

292 830

Surplus/(Deficit) from operating activities

- 53 398

Extraordinary gains

Extraordinary losses

738

- 1 269

17 333

6 475

297 168

320 976

- 16 825

0

- 4 118

Economic result of the year

- 53 929

- 20 943

(1) The figures for 2003 have been adjusted from those previously presented to reflect a change in accounting practices.
NB: Any discrepancies in totals are due to the effects of rounding.
Source: The Agency's data — This table summarises the data provided by the Agency in its annual accounts.

2.

3.

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

Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Director of the European Agency for Recon-
struction, 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