2. European Parliament decision of 24 April 2007 on closing the accounts of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2005 (C6-0391/2006 - 2006/2158(DEC))
Date: 2007-04-24
Institutions: Committee on Budgetary Control, European Parliament
Subjects: European Environment Agency, closing of accounts, financial year, implementation of the budget

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Tuesday 24 April 2007

European Parliament decision of 24 April 2007 on closing the accounts of

the European

Environment Agency for the financial year 2005 (C6-0391/2006 — 2006/2158(DEC))

The European Parliament,

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

2005 (1),

— having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the final annual accounts of the European Environ-

ment Agency 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,

— 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 (EEC) No 1210/90 of 7 May 1990 on the establishment of the
European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation net-
work (4), and in particular Article 13 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

on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A6-0103/2007),

Notes that the final annual accounts of the European Environment Agency 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

Other subsidies

Bank interest

2005

2004

34 970

29 658

745

153

1 998

126

Total revenue (a)

35 868

31 782

(1) OJ C 266, 31.10.2006, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 312, 19.12.2006, p. 36.
(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 120, 11.5.1990, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1641/2003 (OJ L 245, 29.9.2003,

p. 1).

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

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Revenue and expenditure account for the financial years 2004 and 2005

(in 1 000 EUR)

Expenditure

Total expenditure for Title I of the budget
— Payments
— Payments — Assigned revenues
— Appropriations carried over
— Appropriations carried over — Assigned revenue

Total expenditure for Title II of the budget
— Payments
— Payments — Assigned revenue
— Appropriations carried over
— Appropriations carried over — Assigned revenue

Total expenditure for Title III of the budget
— Payments
— Payments — Assigned revenue
— Appropriations carried over
— Appropriations carried over — Assigned revenue

Total expenditure (b)

Net result for the year (a−b)

Appropriations carried over and cancelled

Refunds carried over and cancelled

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

Balance carried over from the previous year

Assigned revenue cancelled

Exchange-rate differences

Regularisation regarding previous years

2005

2004

13 958

12 447

207

510
343

2 960

16
896

63

8 942

841
4 075

1 891

34 702

1 164

373

2 997

−6 360

−7

0

2

435
66

3 451 (1)

394

0

9 543

14
4845

2 419

33 616

−2 822

507

0

0

−4 190

98

3

43

NB: Variations in total; are due to the effects of rounding.
Source: Information supplied by the Agency — This table summarises the data provided by the Agency in its annual report.
(1)

Includes EUR 905 823 of property taxes paid to the Danish government. The Agency is on the opinion that the amount should be
refunded.

Balance carried forward

−1 832

−6 360

2.

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

3.
Instructs its President to forward this decision to the executive director of the European Environment
Agency, 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).