2. European Parliament decision of 24 April 2007 on closing the accounts of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2005 (C6-0400/2006 - 2006/2167(DEC))
Date: 2007-04-24
Institutions: Committee on Budgetary Control, European Parliament
Subjects: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, closing of accounts, financial year, implementation of the budget

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— 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

for Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A6-0119/2007),

Grants the executive director of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control discharge for

1.
the implementation of the Centre's budget for the financial year 2005;

2.

Sets out its observations in the resolution below;

3.
Instructs its President to forward this decision and the resolution that forms an integral part of it to
the executive director of European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control, 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).

2.
European Parliament decision of 24 April 2007 on closing the accounts of the European Centre for
Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2005 (C6-0400/2006 — 2006/2167(DEC))

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

for the financial year 2005 (1),

— having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the final annual accounts of the European Centre for
Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2005, together with the Centre'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,

— 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 851/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
21 April 2004 establishing a European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (4), and in particular
Article 23 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 (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

for Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A6-0119/2007),

(1) OJ C 266, 31.10.2006, p. 31.
(2) OJ C 312, 19.12.2006, p. 54.
(3) 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).

(4) OJ L OJ L 142, 30.4.2004, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72.

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Notes that the final annual accounts of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control for

1.
the financial year 2005 are as follows:

Tuesday 24 April 2007

Revenue and expenditure account for the financial year 2005 (1)

(in EUR)

2005

Revenue

Commission subsidy (for the operating budget of the agency)

3 402 280,45

Fee income

Other revenue

Expenditure

Title I: Staff
— Payments
— Appropriations carried over

Title II: Administrative Expenses
— Payments
— Appropriations carried over

Title III: Operating Expenditure
— Payments
— Appropriations carried over

Total revenue (a)

3 402 280,45

−500 909,02
−361 771,74

−597 024,15
−534 581,62

−69 773,55
−540 654,36

−2 604 714,44

Total expenditure (b)

Outturn for the financial year (a−b)

797 566,01

Cancellation of unused payment appropriations carried over from previous year

Adjustment for carry-over from the previous year of appropriations available at 31 December
arising from assigned revenue

Exchange differences for the year (gain +/loss −)

Balance of the budget implementation for the financial year

Part of the subsidy to reimburse to EC

Impact on Assets

Impact of assets and depreciation

Impact on the Accruals of the year

Carry Overs

Accruals

Other adjustments

Pending liabilities

Prepayments and Deferred expenses

Goods in transit

Payment of services by the Commission

Exceptional revenue

−10 168,55

787 397,46

−787 397,46

222 011,07

1 437 007,72

−363 538,58

−448 377,86

20 636,80

63 108,90

−8 490,00

31 250,85

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

953 608,90

NB: Variations in totals are due to the effects of rounding.
Source: Agency data — This table summarises the data supplied by the Agency in its annual accounts.
(1) Only figures for 2005 due to the fact it is a newly created Agency.

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Approves closing the accounts of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control for the

2.
financial year 2005;

Instructs its President to forward this decision to the executive director of the European Centre for
3.
Disease Prevention and Control, 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).

European Parliament resolution of 24 April 2007 with observations forming an integral part of the
decision on the discharge for the implementation of the budget of the European Centre for Disease
Prevention and Control for the financial year 2005 (C6-0400/2006 — 2006/2167(DEC))

3.

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control

for the financial year 2005 (1),

— having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the final annual accounts of the European Centre for
Disease Prevention and Control for the financial year 2005, together with the Centre'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,

— 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 851/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
21 April 2004 establishing a European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (4), and in particular
Article 23 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 (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

for Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A6-0119/2007),

A. whereas the Court of Auditors stated, that it obtained reasonable assurance that the annual accounts for
the financial year ended 31 December 2005 were reliable and that the underlying transactions, taken as
a whole, were legal and regular,

(1) OJ C 266, 31.10.2006, p. 31.
(2) OJ C 312, 19.12.2006, p. 54.
(3) 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).

(4) OJ L OJ L 142, 30.4.2004, p. 1.
(5) OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72.