2005/532/EC: Decision of the European Parliament of 24 April 2007 on closing the accounts of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year 2005
Date: 2008-04-24
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Food Safety Authority, closing of accounts, financial year, implementation of the budget

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DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

of 24 April 2007

on closing the accounts of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year 2005

(2005/532/EC)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

— having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year

2005 (1),

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

Authority for the financial year 2005, together with the Authority'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
Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (3), and in particular Arti-
cle 185 thereof,

— having regard to Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
28 January 2002 laying down the general principles and requirements of food law, establishing the
European Food Safety Authority and laying down procedures in matters of food safety (4), and in
particular Article 44 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 (A6-0112/2007),

1. Notes that the final annual accounts of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial years 2004

and 2005 are as follows:

Revenue and expenditure account for the financial years 2004 and 2005

Operating revenue

Total operating revenue

2005

27 405

27 405

(in EUR 1000)

2004

20 591

20 591

(1) OJ C 266, 31.10.2006, p. 22.
(2) OJ C 312, 19.12.2006, p. 42.
(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 31, 1.2.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 575/2006 (OJ L 100,

8.4.2006, p. 3).

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

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Administrative expenditure

Staff expenditure

Buildings and related expenditure

Other expenditure (including expenses with consolidated EC entities)

Depreciation and reduction in value of consolidated entities

Operating expenditure (including expenses with consolidated EC
entities)

(in EUR 1000)

2005

2004

- 13 012

- 3 627

- 2 205

- 603

- 8 413

- 7 564

- 4 192

- 1 263

- 333

- 6 431

Total operating expenditure

- 27 674

- 19 783

Operating profit/(loss)

Revenue from financial operations

Expenditure from financial operations

Profit/(loss) on financial operations

Current profit/(loss)

Extraordinary revenue

Extraordinary expenditure

Extraordinary profit/(loss)

Economic outturn for the financial year

- 761

—

- 7

- 7

- 768

—

—

- 768

808

0

- 7

- 6

802

- 27

- 27

775

NB: Variations in totals are due to the effects of rounding.
Source: The Authority's data — This table summarises the data provided by the Authority in its own annual accounts;

2.

3.

Approves closing the accounts of the European Food Safety Authority for the financial year 2005;

Instructs its President to forward this Decision to the executive director of the European Food Safety
Authority, 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).

The President

Hans-Gert PÖTTERING

The Secretary-General

Harald RØMER