2008/516/EC: Decision of the European Parliament of 24 April 2007 on closing the accounts of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2005
Date: 2008-04-24
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Environment Agency, 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 Environment Agency for the financial year 2005

(2008/516/EC)

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 Environment

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
Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (3), and in particular Arti-
cle 185 thereof,

— having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90 of 7 May 1990 on the establishment of the
Information and Observation

European Environment Agency and the European Environment
network (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),

1. Notes that the final annual accounts of the European Environment Agency for the financial years 2004

and 2005 are as follows:

Revenue and expenditure account for the financial years 2004 and 2005

Revenue

EC subsidy

Other subsidies

Bank interest

(in EUR 1000)

2005

2004

34 970

745

153

Total revenue (a)

35 868

29 658

1 998

126

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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Expenditure

Total expenditure for Title 1 of the budget

Payments

Payments — Assigned revenues

Appropriations carried over

Appropriations carried over — Assigned revenue

Total expenditure for Title 2 of the budget

Payments

Payments — Assigned revenue

Appropriations carried over

Appropriations carried over — Assigned revenue

Total expenditure for Title 3 of the budget

Payments

Payments — Assigned revenue

Appropriations carried over

Appropriations carried over — Assigned revenue

(in EUR 1000)

2005

2004

13 958

12 447

207

510

343

2

435

66

2 960

3 451 (1)

16

896

63

8 942

841

4 075

1 891

394

0

9 543

14

4 845

2 419

Total expenditure (b)

34 702

33 616

Net result for the year (a-b)

1 164

- 2 822

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

373

2 997

507

0

0

Balance carried over from the previous year

- 6 360

- 4 190

Assigned revenue cancelled

Exchange-rate differences

Regularisation regarding previous years

-7

0

98

3

43

Balance carried forward

- 1 832

- 6 360

(1)

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

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;

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3.

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

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).

The President

Hans-Gert PÖTTERING

The Secretary-General

Harald RØMER