2006/843/EC: Decision of the European Parliament of 27 April 2006 on the closure of the accounts of the European Maritime Safety Agency for the financial year 2004
Date: 2006-04-27
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Maritime Safety Agency, closing of accounts, financial year, implementation of the budget

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Official Journal of the European Union

6.12.2006

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

of 27 April 2006

on the closure of the accounts of the European Maritime Safety Agency for the financial year 2004

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

(2006/843/EC)

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

year 2004 (1),

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

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 Regulation (EC) No 1406/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
27 June 2002 establishing a European Maritime Safety Agency (4), and in particular Article 19 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 Transport and Tourism (A6-0103/2006),

1.

Notes the following figures for the accounts of the European Maritime Safety Agency for the finan-
cial years 2004 and 2003:

Revenue and expenditure account for the financial years 2004 and 2003

Revenue

Community subsidies

Other revenue

(1 000 EUR)

2004

2003 (1)

12 800

2 630

5

2

Total budget revenue (a)

12 805

2 632

(1) OJ C 269, 28.10.2005, p. 9.
(2) OJ C 332, 28.12.2005, p. 30.
(3) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 208, 5.8.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 724/2004 (OJ L 129, 29.4.2004, 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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2004

2003 (1)

Expenditure

Staff— Title I of the budget

Payments

Appropriations carried over

Operating expenditure — Title II of the budget

Payments

Appropriations carried over

Operational expenditure — Title III of the budget

Payments

Appropriations carried over

Total budget expenditure (b)

Balance (c = a - b)

Appropriations carried over and cancelled

Exchange-rate differences

3 594

143

635

684

437

2 074

7 567

5 238

251

- 1

Balance of the budget implementation for the financial year (d)

5 488

Variation in automatic carry-overs of appropriations and invoices to be
received

Variation in investments for the financial year

Variation in debts (Commission)

Depreciation for the financial year

Variation in advances to suppliers

2 089

242

- 5 489

- 43

56

Outturn of the economic adjustments for the financial year (e)

2 343

647

66

238

315

13

155

1 434

1 198

—

0

1 198

399

11

- 1 198

- 3

—

407

(1) The data for the financial year 2003 have been restated in order to 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 Maritime Safety Agency for the financial year
2004;

Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Executive Director of the European Maritime
Safety 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

Joseph BORRELL FONTELLES

The Secretary-General

Julian PRIESTLEY