2. European Parliament decision of 24 April 2007 on closing the accounts of the European Agency for Reconstruction for the financial year 2005 (C6-0388/2006 - 2006/2155(DEC))
Date: 2007-04-24
Institutions: Committee on Budgetary Control, European Parliament
Subjects: European Agency for Reconstruction, closing of accounts, financial year, implementation of the budget

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— having regard to the Council's recommendation of 27 February 2007 (5711/2007 — C6-0080/2007),

Tuesday 24 April 2007

— 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 (1), 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 (2), 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 (3), 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 (A6-0116/2007),

Grants the director of the European Agency for Reconstruction discharge for the implementation of

1.
the Agency's budget for the financial year 2005;

2.

Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

Instructs its President to forward this decision and the resolution that forms an integral part of it to
3.
the director of the European Agency for Reconstruction, the Council, the Commission and the Court of
Auditors, and to arrange for their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

(1) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1995/2006 (OJ L 390,

30.12.2006, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 306, 7.12.2000, p. 7. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1756/2006 (OJ L 332, 30.11.2006,

p. 18).

(3) OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72.

2.
European Parliament decision of 24 April 2007 on closing the accounts of the European Agency for
Reconstruction for the financial year 2005 (C6-0388/2006 — 2006/2155(DEC))

The European Parliament,

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

year 2005 (1),

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

Reconstruction for the financial year 2005, together with the Agency's replies (2),

— having regard to the Council's recommendation of 27 February 2007 (5711/2007 — C6-0080/2007),

— having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 276 thereof,

(1) OJ C 266, 31.10.2006, p. 7.
(2) OJ C 312, 19.12.2006, p. 18.

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Tuesday 24 April 2007

— having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial
the European Communities (1), 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 (2), 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 (3), 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 (A6-0116/2007),

Notes that the final annual accounts of the European Agency for Reconstruction for the financial years

1.
2004 and 2005 are as follows:

Revenue and expenditure account for the financial years 2004 and 2005

(in 1 000 EUR)

Revenue

EC subsidy

Recovery of expenses (re-use Title III)

Revenues from administrative operations (re-use Titles I and II)

Other operating revenue

2005

2004

261 009

231 909

546

210

1 076

1 229

181

6 113

Total operating revenue

262 841

239 432

Expenditure

Administrative expenses
— Staff expenses
— Other administrative expenses

Operational expenses
— Centralised direct management

Total administrative and operational expenditure

Surplus/(Deficit) from operating activities

Extraordinary gains

Extraordinary losses

15 727

7 212

243 442

266 381

−3 540

0

0

Source: The Agency's data — This table summarises the data provided by the Agency in its annual accounts.

Economic result of the year

−3 540

17 575

6 290

268 965

292 830

−53 398

738

−1 269

−53 929

2.

Approves closing the accounts of the European Agency for Reconstruction for the financial year 2005;

3.
Instructs its President to forward this decision to the director of the European Agency for Reconstruc-
tion, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Union (L series).

(1) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1995/2006 (OJ L 390,

30.12.2006, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 306, 7.12.2000, p. 7. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1756/2006 (OJ L 332, 30.11.2006,

p. 18).

(3) OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72.