Consolidated annual accounts of the European Union — Financial year 2011
Date: 2012-11-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: balance sheet, consolidated account, financial situation, general budget (EU), implementation of the budget








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14.11.2012   


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Official Journal of the European Union


C 348/1





CONSOLIDATED ANNUAL ACCOUNTS OF THE EUROPEAN UNION — FINANCIAL YEAR 2011
2012/C 348/01

CONTENTS


Note accompanying the consolidated accounts








PART I:


Consolidated financial statements and explanatory notes




Balance Sheet
Economic Outturn Account
Cashflow Table
Statement of changes in Net Assets
Notes to the financial statements







PART II:


Consolidated reports on implementation of the budget and explanatory notes




Consolidated reports on implementation of the budget
Explanatory notes to the consolidated reports on implementation of the budget

NOTE ACCOMPANYING THE CONSOLIDATED ACCOUNTS

The consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the year 2011 have been prepared on the basis of the information presented by the institutions and bodies under Article 129.2 of the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Union. I hereby declare that they were prepared in accordance with Title VII of this Financial Regulation and with the accounting principles, rules and methods set out in the notes to the financial statements.
I have obtained from the accounting officers of these institutions and bodies, who certified its reliability, all the information necessary for the production of the accounts that show the European Union's assets and liabilities and the budgetary implementation.
I hereby certify that based on this information, and on such checks as I deemed necessary to sign off the accounts of the European Commission, I have a reasonable assurance that the accounts present a true and fair view of the financial position of the European Union in all material aspects.

(signed)



Philippe TAVERNE

Accounting Officer of the Commission


18 July 2012



PART I

Consolidated financial statements and explanatory notes
 (1)


CONTENTS

Balance Sheet
Economic Outturn Account
Cashflow Table
Statement of Changes in Net Assets
Notes to the Financial Statements:






1.

Significant accounting policies









2.

Notes to the Balance Sheet









3.

Notes to the Economic Outturn Account









4.

Notes to the Cashflow table









5.

Contingent Assets & Liabilities and other disclosures









6.

Financial corrections and recoveries









7.

Borrowing and lending activities of the EU









8.

Financial risk management









9.

Related party disclosures









10.

Events after the balance sheet date









11.

Scope of consolidation




BALANCE SHEET









EUR millions




 


Note


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




NON-CURRENT ASSETS:




Intangible assets



2.1



149


108




Property, plant and equipment



2.2



5 071


4 813




Long-term investments:


 


 


 





Investments accounted for using the equity method




2.3



374


492





Financial assets: Available for sale assets




2.4



2 272


2 063




Financial assets: Long-term loans



2.5



41 400


11 640




Long-term receivables & recoverables



2.6



289


40




Long-term pre-financing



2.7



44 723


44 118




 


 


94 278


63 274




CURRENT ASSETS:




Inventories



2.8



94


91




Short-term investments:


 


 


 





Financial assets: Available for sale assets




2.9



3 619


2 331




Short-term receivables & recoverables:


 


 


 





Financial assets: Short-term loans




2.10



102


2 170





Other receivables & recoverables




2.11



9 477


11 331




Short-term pre-financing



2.12



11 007


10 078




Cash and cash equivalents



2.13



18 935


22 063




 


 


43 234


48 064




TOTAL ASSETS


 


137 512


111 338




NON-CURRENT LIABILITIES:




Pension & other employee benefits



2.14



(34 835)


(37 172)




Long-term provisions



2.15



(1 495)


(1 317)




Long-term financial liabilities



2.16



(41 179)


(11 445)




Other long-term liabilities



2.17



(2 059)


(2 104)




 


 


(79 568)


(52 038)




CURRENT LIABILITIES:




Short-term provisions



2.18



(270)


(214)




Short-term financial liabilities



2.19



(51)


(2 004)




Payables



2.20



(91 473)


(84 529)




 


 


(91 794)


(86 747)




TOTAL LIABILITIES


 


(171 362)


(138 785)




NET ASSETS


 


(33 850)


(27 447)




Reserves



2.21



3 608


3 484




Amounts to be called from Member States (2)




2.22



(37 458)


(30 931)





NET ASSETS



 



(33 850)




(27 447)






ECONOMIC OUTTURN ACCOUNT









EUR millions




 


Note


2011


2010




OPERATING REVENUE




Own resource and contributions revenue



3.1



124 677


122 328




Other operating revenue



3.2



5 376


8 188




 


 


130 053


130 516




OPERATING EXPENSES




Administrative expenses



3.3



(8 976)


(8 614)




Operating expenses



3.4



(123 778)


(103 764)




 


 


(132 754)


(112 378)




(DEFICIT)/SURPLUS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES


 



(2 701)




18 138





Financial revenue



3.5



1 491


1 178




Financial expenses



3.6



(1 355)


(661)




Movement in pension & other employee benefits liability


 


1 212


(1 003)




Share of net deficit of joint ventures & associates



3.7



(436)


(420)





ECONOMIC OUTTURN FOR THE YEAR



 



(1 789)




17 232






CASHFLOW TABLE









EUR millions




 


Note


2011


2010





Economic outturn for the year



 



(1 789)




17 232






Operating activities




4.2



 


 




Amortisation


 


33


28




Depreciation


 


361


358




(Increase)/decrease in long-term loans


 


(29 760)


(876)




(Increase)/decrease in long-term pre-financing


 


(605)


(2 574)




(Increase)/decrease in long-term receivables & recoverables


 


(249)


15




(Increase)/decrease in inventories


 


(3)


(14)




(Increase)/decrease in short-term pre-financing


 


(929)


(642)




(Increase)/decrease in short-term receivables & recoverables


 


3 922


(4 543)




Increase/(decrease) in long-term provisions


 


178


(152)




Increase/(decrease) in long-term financial liabilities


 


29 734


886




Increase/(decrease) in other long-term liabilities


 


(45)


(74)




Increase/(decrease) in short-term provisions


 


56


1




Increase/(decrease) in short-term financial liabilities


 


(1 953)


1 964




Increase/(decrease) in payables


 


6 944


(9 355)




Prior year budgetary surplus taken as non cash revenue


 


(4 539)


(2 254)




Other non-cash movements


 


(75)


(149)





Increase/(decrease) in pension & employee benefits liability



 


(2 337)


(70)





Investing activities




4.3



 


 




(Increase)/decrease in intangible assets and property, plant and equipment


 


(693)


(374)




(Increase)/decrease in long-term investments


 


(91)


(176)




(Increase)/decrease in short-term investments


 


(1 288)


(540)





NET CASHFLOW



 



(3 128)




(1 309)





Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents


 


(3 128)


(1 309)




Cash and cash equivalents at the beginning of the year



2.13



22 063


23 372




Cash and cash equivalents at year-end



2.13



18 935


22 063





STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN NET ASSETS











EUR millions




 


Reserves
(A)


Amounts to be called from Member States
(B)


Net Assets = (A) + (B)




Fair value reserve


Other reserves


Accumulated Surplus/(Deficit)


Economic outturn of the year





BALANCE AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2009




69




3 254




(52 488)




6 887




(42 278)





Movement in Guarantee Fund reserve


 


273


(273)


 


0




Fair value movements


(130)


 


 


 


(130)




Other


 


4


(21)


 


(17)




Allocation of the economic outturn 2009


 


14


6 873


(6 887)


0




Budget result 2009 credited to Member States


 


 


(2 254)


 


(2 254)




Economic outturn for the year


 


 


 


17 232


17 232





BALANCE AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2010




(61)




3 545




(48 163)




17 232




(27 447)





Movement in Guarantee Fund reserve


 


165


(165)


 


0




Fair value movements


(47)


 


 


 


(47)




Other


 


2


(30)


 


(28)




Allocation of the economic outturn 2010


 


4


17 228


(17 232)


0




Budget result 2010 credited to Member States


 


 


(4 539)


 


(4 539)




Economic outturn for the year


 


 


 


(1 789)


(1 789)





BALANCE AS AT 31 DECEMBER 2011




(108)




3 716




(35 669)




(1 789)




(33 850)






NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1.   SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
1.1   LEGAL BASIS AND ACCOUNTING RULES

The accounts of the European Union are kept in accordance with Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 (OJ L 248 of 16.9.2002), on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Union and Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 of 23 December 2002 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of this Financial Regulation.
In accordance with article 133 of the Financial Regulation, the European Union prepares its financial statements on the basis of accrual-based accounting rules that are derived from International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSAS) or by default, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). These accounting rules, adopted by the Accounting Officer of the Commission, have to be applied by all the institutions and EU bodies falling within the scope of consolidation in order to establish a uniform set of rules for accounting, valuation and presentation of the accounts with a view to harmonising the process for drawing up the financial statements and consolidation. The accounts are kept in Euro on the basis of the calendar year.
1.2   ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES

The objective of the financial statements is to provide information about the financial position, performance and cashflows of an entity that is useful to a wide range of users. For the EU as a public sector entity, the objectives are more specifically to provide information useful for decision making, and to demonstrate the accountability of the entity for the resources entrusted to it. It is with these goals in mind that the present document has been drawn up.
The overall considerations (or accounting principles) to be followed when preparing the financial statements are laid down in EU accounting rule 2 and are the same as those described in IPSAS 1, that is: fair presentation, accrual basis, going concern, consistency of presentation, aggregation, offsetting and comparative information.
Preparation of the financial statements in accordance with the above mentioned rules and principles requires management to make estimates that affect the reported amounts of certain items in the balance sheet and economic outturn account, as well as the disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities.
1.3   CONSOLIDATION


Scope of consolidation

The consolidated financial statements of the EU comprise all significant controlled entities (institutions and agencies), associates and joint ventures, this being 50 controlled entities, 5 joint ventures and 4 associates. The complete list of consolidated entities can be found in note 11.1. In comparison with 2010, the scope of consolidation has been extended by 7 controlled entities (one institution, 6 agencies). The impact of the additions on the consolidated financial statements is not material.

Controlled entities

The decision to include an entity in the scope of consolidation is based on the control concept. Controlled entities are all entities over which the European Union has, directly or indirectly, the power to govern the financial and operating policies so as to be able to benefit from these entities' activities. This power must be presently exercisable. Controlled entities are fully consolidated. The consolidation begins at the first date on which control exists, and ends when such control no longer exists.
The most common indicators of control within the European Union are: creation of the entity through founding treaties or secondary legislation, financing of the entity from the general budget, the existence of voting rights in the governing bodies, audit by the European Court of Auditors and discharge by the European Parliament. It is clear that an assessment for each entity needs to be made in order to decide whether one or all of the criteria listed above are sufficient to trigger control.
Under this approach, the EU's institutions (except the ECB) and agencies (excluding the agencies of the former 2nd pillar) are considered as under the exclusive control of the EU and are therefore included in the consolidation scope. Furthermore the European Coal and Steel Community in Liquidation (ECSC) is also considered as a controlled entity.
All material inter-company transactions and balances between EU controlled entities are eliminated, while unrealised gains and losses on inter-entity transactions are not material and have therefore not been eliminated.

Joint ventures

A joint venture is a contractual arrangement whereby the European Union and one or more parties (the ‘venturers’) undertake an economic activity which is subject to joint control. Joint control is the contractually agreed sharing of control, directly or indirectly, over an activity embodying service potential.
Participations in joint ventures are accounted for using the equity method initially recognised at cost. The European Union's interest in the results of its jointly controlled entities is recognised in the economic outturn account, and its interest in the movements in reserves is recognised in the reserves. The initial cost plus all movements (further contributions, share of results and reserve movements, impairments, and dividends) give the book value of the joint venture in the accounts at the balance sheet date.
Unrealised gains and losses on transactions between the European Union and its jointly controlled entities are not material and have therefore not been eliminated. The accounting policies of joint ventures may differ from those adopted by the European Union for like transactions and events in similar circumstances.

Associates

Associates are entities over which the European Union has, directly or indirectly, significant influence but not control. It is presumed that significant influence is given if the European Union holds directly or indirectly 20 % or more of the voting rights.
Participations in associates are accounted for using the equity method, initially recognised at cost. The European Union's share of its associates' results is recognised in the economic outturn account, and its share of movements in reserves is recognised in the reserves. The initial cost plus all movements (further contributions, share of results and reserve movements, impairments, and dividends) give the book value of the associate in the accounts at the balance sheet date. Distributions received from an associate reduce the carrying amount of the asset. Unrealised gains and losses on transactions between the European Union and its associates are not material and have therefore not been eliminated.
The accounting policies of associates may differ from those adopted by the European Union for like transactions and events in similar circumstances. In cases where the European Union holds 20 % or more of an investment capital fund, it does not seek to exert significant influence. Such funds are therefore treated as financial instruments categorised as available-for-sale and the equity method is not applied.

Non-consolidated entities the funds of which are managed by the Commission

The funds of the Sickness Insurance Scheme for staff of the European Union, the European Development Fund and the Participant's Guarantee Fund are managed by the Commission on their behalf, however since these entities are not controlled by the European Union they are therefore not consolidated in its accounts – see note 11.2 for further details on the amounts concerned.
1.4   BASIS OF PREPARATION

1.4.1   
Currency and basis for conversion



Functional and reporting currency

The financial statements are presented in millions of euros, the euro being the European Union's functional and reporting currency.

Transactions and balances

Foreign currency transactions are translated into euros using the exchange rates prevailing at the dates of the transactions. Foreign exchange gains and losses resulting from the settlement of foreign currency transactions and from the translation at year-end exchange rates of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are recognised in the economic outturn account.
Different conversion methods apply to property, plant and equipment and intangible assets, which retain their value in euros at the rate that applied at the date when they were purchased.
Year-end balances of monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are converted into euros on the basis of the exchange rates applying on 31 December:

EURO Exchange Rates








Currency


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




BGN


1,9558


1,9558




CZK


25,7870


25,0610




DKK


7,4342


7,4535




EEK


N/A


15,6466




GBP


0,8353


0,8607




HUF


314,5800


277,9500




LVL


0,6995


0,7094




LTL


3,4528


3,4528




PLN


4,4580


3,9750




RON


4,3233


4,2620




SEK


8,9120


8,9655




CHF


1,2156


1,2504




JPY


100,2000


108,6500




USD


1,2939


1,3362




Changes in the fair value of monetary securities denominated in a foreign currency and classified as available-for-sale that relate to a translation difference are recognised in the economic outturn account. Translation differences on non-monetary financial assets and liabilities held at fair value through profit or loss are recognised in the economic outturn account. Translation differences on non-monetary financial assets classified as available-for-sale are included in the fair value reserve.
1.4.2   
Use of estimates


In accordance with IPSAS and generally accepted accounting principles, the financial statements necessarily include amounts based on estimates and assumptions by management based on the most reliable information available. Significant estimates include, but are not limited to, amounts for employee benefit liabilities, provisions, financial risk on inventories and accounts receivables, accrued income and charges, contingent assets and liabilities, and degree of impairment of intangible assets and property, plant and equipment. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Changes in estimates are reflected in the period in which they become known.
1.5   BALANCE SHEET

1.5.1   
Intangible assets


Acquired computer software licences are stated at historical cost less accumulated amortisation and impairment losses. The assets are amortised on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives. Internally developed intangible assets are capitalised when the relevant criteria of the EU accounting rules are met. The costs capitalisable include all directly attributable costs necessary to create, produce, and prepare the asset to be capable of operating in the manner intended by management. Costs associated with research activities, non-capitalisable development costs and maintenance costs are recognised as expenses as incurred.
1.5.2   
Property, plant and equipment


All property, plant and equipment are stated at historical cost less accumulated depreciation and impairment losses. Historical cost includes expenditure that is directly attributable to the acquisition or construction of the asset.
Subsequent costs are included in the asset’s carrying amount or recognised as a separate asset, as appropriate, only when it is probable that future economic benefits or service potential associated with the item will flow to the European Union and its cost can be measured reliably. Repairs and maintenance costs are charged to the economic outturn account during the financial period in which they are incurred. As the European Union does not borrow money to fund the acquisition of property, plant and equipment, there are no borrowing costs related to such purchases.
Land and works of art are not depreciated as they are deemed to have an indefinite useful life. Assets under construction are not depreciated as these assets are not yet available for use. Depreciation on other assets is calculated using the straight-line method to allocate their cost to their residual values over their estimated useful lives, as follows:

Depreciation rates







Type of asset


Straight line depreciation rate




Buildings


4 %




Plant, machinery and equipment


10 % to 25 %




Furniture


10 % to 25 %




Fixtures and fittings


10 % to 33 %




Vehicles


25 %




Computer hardware


25 %




Other tangible assets


10 % to 33 %




Gains or losses on disposals are determined by comparing proceeds less selling expenses with the carrying amount of the disposed asset and are included in the economic outturn account.

Leases

Leases of tangible assets, where the European Union has substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership, are classified as finance leases. Finance leases are capitalised at the inception of the lease at the lower of the fair value of the leased asset and the present value of the minimum lease payments. Each lease payment is allocated between the liability and finance charges so as to achieve a constant rate on the finance balance outstanding. The rental obligations, net of finance charges, are included in other liabilities (long and short-term.) The interest element of the finance cost is charged to the economic outturn account over the lease period so as to produce a constant periodic interest rate on the remaining balance of the liability for each period. The assets held under finance leases are depreciated over the shorter of the assets' useful life and the lease term.
Leases where the lessor retains a significant portion of the risks and rewards inherent to ownership are classified as operating leases. Payments made under operating leases are charged to the economic outturn account on a straight-line basis over the period of the lease.
1.5.3   
Impairment of non-financial assets


Assets that have an indefinite useful life are not subject to amortisation and are tested annually for impairment. Assets that are subject to amortisation are reviewed for impairment whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amount may not be recoverable. An impairment loss is recognised for the amount by which the asset’s carrying amount exceeds its recoverable amount. The recoverable amount is the higher of an asset’s fair value less costs to sell and its value in use.
Intangible assets and property, plant and equipment residual values and useful lives are reviewed, and adjusted if appropriate, at least once per year. An asset’s carrying amount is written down immediately to its recoverable amount if the asset’s carrying amount is greater than its estimated recoverable amount. If the reasons for impairments recognised in previous years no longer apply, the impairment losses are reversed accordingly.
1.5.4   
Investments



Participations in Associates and Joint Ventures

Participations in associates and joint ventures are accounted for using the equity method. The costs of equity are adjusted to reflect the share of increases or reductions in net assets of the associates and joint ventures that are attributable to the European Union after initial recognition if there are indications of impairment and written down to the lower recoverable amount if necessary. The recoverable amount is determined as described under 1.5.3. If the reason for impairment ceases to apply at a later date, the impairment loss is reversed to the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised.

Investments in Venture Capital Funds


Classification and measurement

Investments in Venture Capital Funds are classified as available-for-sale assets (see 1.5.5) and accordingly, are carried at fair value with gains and losses arising from changes in the fair value (including translation differences) recognised in the fair value reserve.

Fair value considerations

Since they do not have a quoted market price in an active market, investments in Venture Capital Funds are valued on a line-by-line basis at the lower of cost or attributable net asset value (‘NAV’). Unrealised gains resulting from the fair value measurement are recognised through reserves and unrealised losses are assessed for impairment so as to determine whether they are recognised as impairment losses in the economic outturn account or as changes in the fair value reserve.
1.5.5   
Financial assets



Classification

The European Union classifies their financial assets in the following categories: financial assets at fair value through profit or loss; loans and receivables; held-to-maturity investments; and available-for-sale financial assets. The classification of the financial instruments is determined at initial recognition and re-evaluated at each balance sheet date.
(i)   Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss

A financial asset is classified in this category if acquired principally for the purpose of selling in the short term or if so designated by the European Union. Derivatives are also categorised in this category. Assets in this category are classified as current assets if they are expected to be realised within 12 months of the balance sheet date.
(ii)   Loans and receivables

Loans and receivables are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments that are not quoted in an active market. They arise when the EU provides money, goods or services directly to a debtor with no intention of trading the receivable. They are included in non-current assets, except for maturities within 12 months of the balance sheet date.
(iii)   Held-to-maturity investments

Held-to-maturity investments are non-derivative financial assets with fixed or determinable payments and fixed maturities that the European Union has the positive intention and ability to hold to maturity. During this financial year, the European Union did not hold any investments in this category.
(iv)   Available-for-sale financial assets

Available-for-sale financial assets are non-derivatives that are either designated in this category or not classified in any of the other categories. They are classified as either current or non-current assets, depending on the time period in which the EU intends to dispose of them. Investments in unconsolidated entities and other equity investments (e.g. Risk Capital Operations) that are not accounted for using the equity method are also classified as available-for sale-financial assets.

Initial recognition and measurement

Purchases and sales of financial assets at fair value through profit or loss, held-to-maturity and available-for-sale are recognised on trade-date – the date on which the European Union commits to purchase or sell the asset. Loans are recognised when cash is advanced to the borrowers. Financial instruments are initially recognised at fair value plus transaction costs for all financial assets not carried at fair value through profit or loss. Financial assets carried at fair value through profit or losses are initially recognised at fair value and transaction costs are expensed in the economic outturn account.
The fair value of a financial asset on initial recognition is normally the transaction price (i.e. the fair value of the consideration received). However, when a long-term loan that carries no interest or an interest below market conditions is granted, its fair value can be estimated as the present value of all future cash receipts discounted using the prevailing market rate of interest for a similar instrument with a similar credit rating.
Loans granted on borrowed funds are measured at their nominal amount, which is considered to be the fair value of the loan. The reasoning for this is as follows:






—


The ‘market environment’ for EU lending is very specific and different from the capital market used to issue commercial or government bonds. As lenders in these markets have the opportunity to choose alternative investments, the opportunity possibility is factored into market prices. However, this opportunity for alternative investments does not exist for the EU which is not allowed to invest money on the capital markets; it only borrows funds for the purpose of lending at the same rate. This means that there is no alternative lending or investment option available to the EU for the sums borrowed. Thus, there is no opportunity cost and therefore no basis of comparison with market rates. In fact, the EU lending operation itself represents the market. Essentially, since the opportunity cost ‘option’ is not applicable, the market price does not fairly reflect the substance of the EU lending transactions. Therefore, it is not appropriate to determine the fair value of EU lending with reference to commercial or government bonds.










—


Furthermore as there is no active market or similar transactions to compare with, the interest rate to be used by the European Union for fair valuing its lending operations under EFSM, BOP and other such loans, should be the interest rate charged.










—


In addition, for these loans, there are compensating effects between loans and borrowings due to their back-to-back character. Thus, the effective interest for the loan equals the effective interest rate for the related borrowings. The transaction costs incurred by the EU and then recharged to the beneficiary of the loan are directly recognised in the economic outturn account.




Financial instruments are derecognised when the rights to receive cash flows from the investments have expired or have been transferred and the European Union has transferred substantially all risks and rewards of ownership.

Subsequent measurement







(i)


Financial assets at fair value through profit or loss are subsequently carried at fair value. Gains and losses arising from changes in the fair value of the ‘financial instruments at fair value through profit or loss’ category are included in the economic outturn account in the period in which they arise.










(ii)


Loans and receivables and held-to-maturity investments are carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method. In the case of loans granted on borrowed funds, the same effective interest rate is applied to both the loans and borrowings since these loans have the characteristics of ‘back-to-back operations’ and the differences between the loan and the borrowing conditions and amounts are not material. The transaction costs incurred by the EU and then recharged to the beneficiary of the loan are directly recognised in the economic outturn account.










(iii)


Held to maturity – the EU currently holds no held to maturity investments.










(iv)


Available-for-sale financial assets are subsequently carried at fair value. Gains and losses arising from changes in the fair value of available-for-sale assets are recognised in the fair value reserve. When assets classified as available-for-sale are sold or impaired, the cumulative fair value adjustments previously recognised in the fair value reserve are recognised in the economic outturn account. Interest on available-for-sale financial assets calculated using the effective interest method is recognised in the economic outturn account. Dividends on available-for-sale equity instruments are recognised when the EU's right to receive payment is established.
The fair values of quoted investments in active markets are based on current bid prices. If the market for a financial asset is not active (and for unlisted securities), the European Union establishes a fair value by using valuation techniques. These include the use of recent arm’s length transactions, reference to other instruments that are substantially the same, discounted cash flow analysis, option pricing models and other valuation techniques commonly used by market participants.
In cases where the fair value of investments in equity instruments that do not have quoted market price in an active market cannot be reliably measured, these investments are valued at cost less impairment losses.





Impairment of financial assets

The European Union assesses at each balance sheet date whether there is objective evidence that a financial asset is impaired. A financial asset is impaired and impairment losses are incurred if, and only if, there is objective evidence of impairment as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the asset and that loss event (or events) has an impact on the estimated future cash flows of the financial asset that can be reliably estimated.
(a)   Assets carried at amortised cost

If there is objective evidence that an impairment loss on loans and receivables or held-to-maturity investments carried at amortised cost has been incurred, the amount of the loss is measured as the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows (excluding future credit losses that have not been incurred) discounted at the financial asset’s original effective interest rate. The carrying amount of the asset is reduced and the amount of the loss is recognised in the economic outturn account. If a loan or held-to-maturity investment has a variable interest rate, the discount rate for measuring any impairment loss is the current effective interest rate determined under the contract. The calculation of the present value of the estimated future cash flows of a collateralised financial asset reflects the cash flows that may result from foreclosure less costs for obtaining and selling the collateral, whether or not foreclosure is probable. If, in a subsequent period, the amount of the impairment loss decreases and the decrease can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the previously recognised impairment loss is reversed through the economic outturn account.
(b)   Assets carried at fair value

In the case of equity investments classified as available-for-sale, a significant or permanent (prolonged) decline in the fair value of the security below its cost is considered in determining whether the securities are impaired. If any such evidence exists for available-for-sale financial assets, the cumulative loss – measured as the difference between the acquisition cost and the current fair value, less any impairment loss on that financial asset previously recognised in the economic outturn account – is removed from reserves and recognised in the economic outturn account. Impairment losses recognised in the economic outturn account on equity instruments are not reversed through the economic outturn account. If, in a subsequent period, the fair value of a debt instrument classified as available-for-sale increases and the increase can be objectively related to an event occurring after the impairment loss was recognised, the impairment loss is reversed through the economic outturn account.
1.5.6   
Inventories


Inventories are stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value. Cost is determined using the first-in, first-out (FIFO) method. The cost of finished goods and work in progress comprises raw materials, direct labour, other directly attributable costs and related production overheads (based on normal operating capacity). Net realisable value is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business, less the costs of completion and selling expenses. When inventories are held for distribution at no charge or for a nominal charge, they are measured at the lower of cost and current replacement cost. Current replacement cost is the cost the European Union would incur to acquire the asset on the reporting date.
1.5.7   
Pre-financing amounts


Pre-financing is a payment intended to provide the beneficiary with a cash advance, i.e. a float. It may be split into a number of payments over a period defined in the particular pre-financing agreement. The float or advance is repaid or used for the purpose for which it was provided during the period defined in the agreement. If the beneficiary does not incur eligible expenditures, he has the obligation to return the pre-financing advance to the European Union. The amount of the pre-financing is reduced (wholly or partially) by the acceptance of eligible costs and amounts returned, and this amount is recognised as an expense.
At year-end, outstanding pre-financing amounts are valued at the original amount(s) paid less: amounts returned, eligible amounts expensed, estimated eligible amounts not yet cleared at year-end, and value reductions.
Interest on pre-financing is recognised as it is earned in accordance with the provisions of the relevant agreement. An estimate of the accrued interest revenue, based on the most reliable information, is made at the year-end and included in the balance sheet.
1.5.8   
Receivables


Receivables are carried at original amount less write-down for impairment. A write-down for impairment of receivables is established when there is objective evidence that the European Union will not be able to collect all amounts due according to the original terms of receivables. The amount of the write-down is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the recoverable amount,. The amount of the write-down is recognised in the economic outturn account. A general write-down, based on past experience, is also made for outstanding recovery orders not already subject to a specific write-down. See note 1.5.14 below concerning the treatment of accrued income at year-end.
1.5.9   
Cash and cash equivalents


Cash and cash equivalents are financial instruments and defined as current assets. They include cash at hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term highly liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less.
1.5.10   
Employee benefits



Pension obligations

The European Union operates defined benefit pension plans. Whilst staff contribute from their salaries one third of the expected cost of these benefits, the liability is not funded. The liability recognised in the balance sheet in respect of defined benefit pension plans is the present value of the defined benefit obligation at the balance sheet date. The defined benefit obligation is calculated by actuaries using the projected unit credit method. The present value of the defined benefit obligation is determined by discounting the estimated future cash outflows using interest rates of government bonds that are denominated in the currency in which the benefits will be paid, and that have terms to maturity approximating to the terms of the related pension liability.
Actuarial gains and losses arising from experience adjustments and changes in actuarial assumptions are recognised immediately in the economic outturn account. Past-service costs are recognised immediately in economic outturn account, unless the changes to the pension plan are conditional on the employees remaining in service for a specified period of time (the vesting period). In this case, the past-service costs are amortised on a straight-line basis over the vesting period.

Post-employment sickness benefits

The European Union provides health benefits to its employees through the reimbursement of medical expenses. A separate fund has been created for the day-to-day administration. Both current employees, pensioners, widowers and their beneficiaries benefit from the system. The benefits granted to the ‘inactives’ (pensioners, orphans, etc.) are classified as ‘Post-Employment Employee Benefits’. Given the nature of these benefits, an actuarial calculation is required. The liability in the balance sheet is determined on a similar basis as that for the pension obligations (see above).
1.5.11   
Provisions


Provisions are recognised when the European Union has a present legal or constructive obligation towards third parties as a result of past events, it is more likely than not that an outflow of resources will be required to settle the obligation, and the amount can be reliably estimated. Provisions are not recognised for future operating losses. The amount of the provision is the best estimate of the expenditures expected to be required to settle the present obligation at the reporting date. Where the provision involves a large number of items, the obligation is estimated by weighting all possible outcomes by their associated probabilities (‘expected value’ method).
1.5.12   
Financial liabilities


Financial liabilities are classified as financial liabilities at fair value through profit or loss or as financial liabilities carried at amortised cost (borrowings). Borrowings are composed of borrowings from credit institutions and debts evidenced by certificates. They are recognised initially at fair value, being their issue proceeds (fair value of consideration received) net of transaction costs incurred, then subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method; any difference between proceeds, net of transaction costs, and the redemption value is recognised in the economic outturn account over the period of the borrowings using the effective interest method.
They are classified as non-current liabilities, except for maturities less than 12 months after the balance sheet date. In the case of loans granted on borrowed funds, the effective interest method may not be applied to loans and borrowings, based on materiality considerations. The transaction costs incurred by the European Union and then recharged to the beneficiary of the loan are directly recognised in the economic outturn account.
Financial liabilities categorised at fair value through profit or loss include derivatives when their fair value is negative. They follow the same accounting treatment as financial assets at fair value through profit or loss, see note 1.5.5.

1.5.13   
Payables


A significant amount of the payables of the EU are not related to the purchase of goods or services – instead they are unpaid cost claims from beneficiaries of grants or other EU funding. They are recorded as payables for the requested amount when the cost claim is received. Upon verification and acceptance of the eligible costs, the payables are valued at the accepted and eligible amount.
Payables arising from the purchase of goods and services are recognised at invoice reception for the original amount and corresponding expenses are entered in the accounts when the supplies or services are delivered and accepted by the European Union.
1.5.14   
Accrued and deferred income and charges


According to the European Union accounting rules, transactions and events are recognised in the financial statements in the period to which they relate. At the end of the accounting period, accrued expenses are recognised based on an estimated amount of the transfer obligation of the period. The calculation of accrued expenses is done in accordance with detailed operational and practical guidelines issued by the Commission which aim at ensuring that the financial statements reflect a true and fair view.
Revenue is also accounted for in the period to which it relates. At year-end, if an invoice is not yet issued but the service has been rendered, the supplies have been delivered by the EU or a contractual agreement exists (i.e. by reference to a treaty), an accrued income will be recognised in the financial statements.
In addition, at year-end, if an invoice is issued but the services have not yet been rendered or the goods supplied have not yet been delivered, the revenue will be deferred and recognised in the subsequent accounting period.
1.6   ECONOMIC OUTTURN ACCOUNT

1.6.1   
Revenue



Non-exchange revenue

This makes up the vast majority of the EU's revenue and includes mainly direct and indirect taxes and own resource amounts. In addition to taxes the European Union may also receive payments from other parties, such as duties, fines and donations.

GNI based resources and VAT resources

Revenue is recognised for the period for which the European Commission sends out a call for funds to the Member States claiming their contribution. They are measured at their ‘called amount’. As VAT and GNI resources are based on estimates of the data for the budgetary year concerned, they may be revised as changes occur until the final data are issued by the Member States. The effect of a change in estimate is included when determining the net surplus or deficit for the period in which the change occurred.

Traditional own resources

Receivables and related revenues are recognised when the relevant monthly A statements (including duties collected and amounts due that are guaranteed and not contested) are received from the Member States. At the reporting date, revenue collected by the Member States for the period but not yet paid to the European Commission is estimated and recognised as accrued revenue. The quarterly B statements (including duties neither collected nor guaranteed, as well as guaranteed amounts that have been contested by the debtor) received from the Member States are recognised as revenue less the collection costs to which they are entitled (25 %). In addition, a value reduction is recognised for the amount of the estimated recovery gap in the economic outturn account.

Fines

Revenue from fines is recognised when the EU's decision imposing a fine has been taken and it is officially notified to the addressee. If there are doubts about the undertaking's solvency, a value reduction on the entitlement is recognised. After the decision to impose a fine, the debtors have two months from the date of notification:






—


either to accept the decision, in which case they must pay the fine within the time limit laid down and the amount is definitively collected by the EU;










—


or not to accept the decision, in which case they lodge an appeal under EU law.




However, even if appealed, the principal of the fine must be paid within the time limit of three months laid down as the appeal does not have suspensory effect (Article 278 of the EU Treaty) or, under certain circumstances and subject to the agreement of the Commission's Accounting Officer, it may present a bank guarantee for the amount instead.
If the undertaking appeals against the decision, and has already provisionally paid the fine, the amount is disclosed as a contingent liability. However, since an appeal against an EU decision by the addressee does not have suspensory effect, the cash received is used to clear the receivable. If a guarantee is received instead of payment, the fine remains as a receivable. If it appears probable that the General Court may not rule in favour of the EU, a provision is recognised to cover this risk. If a guarantee had been given instead, then the receivable outstanding is written-down as required. The accumulated interest received by the European Commission on the bank accounts where received payments are deposited is recognised as revenue, and any contingent liability is increased accordingly.

Exchange revenue

Revenue from the sale of goods and services is recognised when the significant risk and rewards of ownership of the goods are transferred to the purchaser. Revenue associated with a transaction involving the provision of services is recognised by reference to the stage of completion of the transaction at the reporting date.

Interest income and expense

Interest income and expense are recognised in the economic outturn account using the effective interest method. This is a method of calculating the amortised cost of a financial asset or a financial liability and of allocating the interest income or interest expense over the relevant period. When calculating the effective interest rate, the European Union estimates cash flows considering all contractual terms of the financial instrument (for example, prepayment options) but do not consider future credit losses. The calculation includes all fees and points paid or received between parties to the contract that are an integral part of the effective interest rate, transaction costs and all other premiums or discounts.
Once a financial asset or a group of similar financial assets has been written down as a result of an impairment loss, interest income is recognised using the rate of interest used to discount the future cash flows for the purpose of measuring the impairment loss.

Dividend income

Dividend income is recognised when the right to receive payment is established.
1.6.2   
Expenditure


Exchange expenses arising from the purchase of goods and services are recognised when the supplies are delivered and accepted by the European Union. They are valued at original invoice cost. Non-exchange expenses are specific to the EU and account for the majority of its expenditure. They relate to transfers to beneficiaries and can be of three types: entitlements, transfers under agreement and discretionary grants, contributions and donations.
Transfers are recognised as expenses in the period during which the events giving rise to the transfer occurred, as long as the nature of the transfer is allowed by regulation (Financial Regulation, Staff Regulations, or other regulation) or a contract has been signed authorising the transfer; any eligibility criteria have been met by the beneficiary; and a reasonable estimate of the amount can be made.
When a request for payment or cost claim is received and meets the recognition criteria, it is recognised as an expense for the eligible amount. At year-end, incurred eligible expenses due to the beneficiaries but not yet reported are estimated and recorded as accrued expenses.
1.7   CONTINGENT ASSETS AND LIABILITIES

1.7.1   
Contingent assets


A contingent asset is a possible asset that arises from past events and of which the existence will be confirmed only by the occurrence or non-occurrence of one or more uncertain future events not wholly within the control of the European Union. A contingent asset is disclosed when an inflow of economic benefits or service potential is probable.
1.7.2   
Contingent liabilities


A contingent liability is a possible obligation that arises from past events and of which the existence will be confirmed only by the occurrence or non-occurrence of one or more uncertain future events not wholly within the control of the European Union; or a present obligation that arises from past events but is not recognised because: it is not probable that an outflow of resources embodying economic benefits or service potential will be required to settle the obligation or, in the rare circumstances where the amount of the obligation cannot be measured with sufficient reliability.
2.   NOTES TO THE BALANCE SHEET

NON CURRENT ASSETS

2.1   INTANGIBLE ASSETS







EUR millions




 


Amount




Gross carrying amount at 31 December 2010


236




Additions


80




Disposals


(13)




Other changes


(2)





Gross carrying amount at 31 December 2011




301





Accumulated amortisation at 31 December 2010


(128)




Amortisation charge for the year


(33)




Disposals


8




Other changes


1





Accumulated amortisation at 31 December 2011




(152)






Net carrying amount at 31 December 2011




149






Net carrying amount at 31 December 2010




108





The above amounts relate primarily to computer software.
2.2   PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

Included under assets under construction at 31 December 2011 are EUR 219 million of assets relating to the Galileo project, the EU's Global Navigation Satellite System, being built with the assistance of the European Space Agency (ESA). When completed, the system will comprise 30 satellites, 2 control centres and 16 ground stations. The amount on the balance sheet reflects the costs incurred by the Commission on this project since 22 October 2011, the date on which the first two satellites of the system were successfully launched. Prior to this date, and as explained in previous annual accounts, the Commission considered the project to be in a research phase, thus in accordance with the EU accounting rules all costs incurred were expensed. Since the beginning of the project and until the end of the current financial perspective, the In-Orbit Validation phase and the first part of the Full Operational Capability phase have a planned cost to the EU of EUR 3 788 million. For the next financial perspective, a further EUR 5 500 million is foreseen to be spent on; fully deploying the system, exploiting it, delivering Galileo services until 2020 and preparing the next generation of the constellation, and this will be entirely financed by the EU budget. An amount of EUR 268 million has been recognised as research expenses during the period.
The next two satellites are due to be launched in autumn 2012 and once the subsequent testing on these is complete, this will end the In-Orbit Validation (‘IOV’) phase of the project. This phase had been jointly funded by the EU and ESA and according to the grant agreement concluded between the two parties, ESA shall make an official transfer of the constructed assets to the EU. This legal transfer will require the ESA Council's agreement, noting that all except two Member States of ESA (Norway and Switzerland), are also EU Member States. At this time, the Commission has no reason to believe that such a transfer would be blocked by member(s) of ESA.













EUR millions




 


Land and buildings


Plant and equipment


Furniture and vehicles


Computer hardware


Other tangible assets


Finance leases


Assets under construction


TOTAL




Gross carrying amount at previous year-end


4 027


492


226


483


214


2 663


335


8 440




Additions


89


37


19


112


22


28


335


642




Disposals


0


(11)


(19)


(44)


(12)


(6)


0


(92)




Transfers between asset categories


22


1


0


4


0


(2)


(24)


1




Other changes


(20)


9


3


2


4


2


(1)


(1)





Gross carrying amount at year-end




4 118




528




229




557




228




2 685




645




8 990





Accumulated depreciation at previous year-end


(1 868)


(382)


(167)


(378)


(124)


(708)


 


(3 627)




Depreciation charge for the year


(132)


(47)


(14)


(63)


(22)


(95)


 


(373)




Depreciation written back


1


0


0


4


0


7


 


12




Disposals


0


11


16


44


11


0


 


82




Transfers between asset categories


0


0


0


(2)


0


1


 


(1)




Other changes


0


(7)


(1)


(1)


(2)


(1)


 


(12)





Accumulated depreciation at year-end




(1 999)




(425)




(166)




(396)




(137)




(796)



 



(3 919)






Net carrying amount at 31 december 2011




2 119




103




63




161




91




1 889




645




5 071






Net carrying amount at 31 december 2010



2 159


110


59


105


90


1 955


335


4 813




Charges still to be paid in respect of finance leases and similar entitlements are shown in long-term and short-term liabilities in the balance sheet (see notes 2.17 and 2.20.1). They break down as follows:

FINANCE LEASES
















EUR millions




Description


Cumulative charges
(A)


Future amounts to be paid


Total Value
A + B


Subsequent expenditure on assets
(C)


Asset value
A + B + C


Depreciation
(E)


Net carrying amount = A + B+ C + E




< 1 year


> 1 year


> 5 years


Total Liability (B)




Land and buildings


931


59


280


1 315


1 654


2 585


62


2 647


(771)



1 876





Other tangible assets


23


7


7


1


15


38


0


38


(25)



13





Total at 31.12.2011


954


66


287


1 316


1 669


2 623


62


2 685


(796)


1 889




Total at 31.12.2010


865


65


282


1 390


1 737


2 602


61


2 663


(708)


1 955




2.3   INVESTMENTS ACCOUNTED FOR USING THE EQUITY METHOD









EUR millions




 


Note


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




Participations in Joint Ventures



2.3.1



62


138




Participations in Associates



2.3.2



312


354




Total Investments


 


374


492




2.3.1   
Participations in joint ventures













EUR millions




 


GJU


SESAR


ITER


IMI


FCH


Total




Amount at 31.12.2010


0


11


12


78


37


138




Contributions


0


18


92


19


59


188




Share of net result


0


(29)


(104)


(72)


(59)


(264)





Amount at 31.12.2011




0




0




0




25




37




62





Participations in joint ventures are accounted for using the equity method. The following carrying amounts are attributable to the EU based on its percentage of participation in joint ventures:







EUR millions




 


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




Non-current assets


211


176




Current assets


123


165




Non-current liabilities


0


0




Current liabilities


(314)


(208)




Revenue


8


7




Expenses


(379)


(247)





Galileo Joint Undertaking (GJU) in liquidation

The Galileo Joint Undertaking (GJU) was put into liquidation at the end of 2006 and the process is still ongoing. As the entity was inactive and still undergoing liquidation in 2011, there were no revenues or expenditures incurred.

SESAR Joint Undertaking

The aim of this Joint Undertaking is to ensure the modernisation of the European air traffic management system and the rapid implementation of the European air traffic management Master Plan by coordinating and concentrating all relevant research and development efforts in the EU. At 31 December 2011, the Commission held 59,37 % of the ownership participation in SESAR. The total (indicative) Commission contribution foreseen for SESAR (from 2007 to 2013) is EUR 700 million. The unrecognised share of losses for the period and cumulatively is EUR 102 million.

ITER International Fusion Energy Organisation (ITER)

ITER involves the European Union and China, India, Russia, South Korea, Japan and USA. ITER was created to; manage the ITER facilities, to encourage the exploitation of the ITER facilities, to promote public understanding and acceptance of fusion energy, and to undertake any other activities that are necessary to achieve its purpose. The EU (Euratom) contribution to ITER International is given through the Fusion for Energy Agency, including also the contributions from Member States and from Switzerland. The total contribution is legally considered as a Euratom contribution to ITER since the Member States and Switzerland do not have ownership interests in ITER. As the EU legally holds the participation in the joint venture ITER International, the Commission must recognise the participation in its accounts. At 31 December 2011, the Commission held 47 % of the ownership participation in ITER. The total (indicative) Euratom contribution foreseen for ITER (from 2007 to 2041) is EUR 7 649 million. The unrecognised share of losses for the period and cumulatively is EUR 4 million.

Joint Technology Initiatives

Public private partnerships in the form of Joint Technology Initiatives, which were implemented through Joint Undertakings within the meaning of Article 171 of the Treaty, have been created in order to implement the objectives of the Lisbon Growth and Jobs Agenda. IMI and FCH are included under this heading but three others, ARTEMIS, Clean Sky and ENIAC, although legally referred to as joint undertakings, from an accounting perspective must be considered as associates (and so included as such in note 2.3.2) because the Commission has a significant influence, not joint control, over them.

IMI Joint Technology Initiative on Innovative Medicines

The IMI Joint Undertaking supports pre-competitive pharmaceutical research and development in the Member States and associated countries, aiming at increasing the research investment in the biopharmaceutical sector and promotes the involvement of small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) in its activities. At 31 December 2011, the Commission held 96,51 % of the ownership participation in IMI. The maximum indicative contribution of the Commission shall amount to EUR 1 billion up to 31.12.2017.

FCH Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking

The objective of the FCH Joint Undertaking is to combine resources from the public and private sectors to strengthen research activities with a view to increasing the overall efficiency of European research efforts and accelerate the development and deployment of fuel cell and hydrogen technologies. At 31 December 2011, the Commission held 89,32 % of the ownership participation in FCH. The maximum indicative contribution of the EU shall amount to EUR 470 million up to 31.12.2017.
2.3.2   
Participations in Associates












EUR millions




 


EIF


ARTEMIS


Clean Sky


ENIAC


Total




Amount at 31/12/2010


305


14


14


21


354




Contributions


0


11


117


14


142




Share of net surplus/(deficit)


(3)


(25)


(131)


(15)


(174)




Other equity movements


(10)


0


0


0


(10)





Amount at 31/12/2011




292




0




0




20




312





Participations in associates are accounted for using the equity method. The following carrying amounts are attributable to the EU based on its percentage of participation in associates:







EUR millions




 


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




Assets


460


447




Liabilities


(162)


(93)




Revenue


28


25




Surplus/(Deficit)


(167)


(180)





European Investment Fund (EIF)

The European Investment Fund (EIF) is the European Union's financial institution specialising in providing risk capital and guarantees to SMEs. The Commission has paid in 20 %, the balance being uncalled corresponding to an amount of EUR 720 million.







EUR millions




EIF


Total EIF capital


Commission subscription




Total Share Capital


3 000


900




Paid-in


(600)


(180)




Uncalled


2 400


720





ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking

This entity was created to implement a Joint Technology Initiative with the private sector on Embedded Computing Systems. The maximum indicative contribution of the Commission shall amount to EUR 420 million. The unrecognised share of losses for the period and cumulatively is EUR 3 million.

Clean Sky Joint Undertaking

The aim of this entity is to accelerate the development, validation and demonstration of clean air transport technologies in the EU and in particular to create a radically innovative Air Transport System with the target of reducing the environmental impact of air transport. The maximum indicative contribution of the Commission shall amount to EUR 800 million. The unrecognised share of losses for the period and cumulatively is EUR 5 million.

ENIAC Joint Undertaking

The aim of ENIAC is to define a commonly agreed research agenda in the field of nano-electronics in order to set research priorities for the development and adoption of key competences in that area. These objectives will be pursued by pooling resources from the public and private sectors to support R&D activities in the form of projects. The total commitment of the EU shall amount to EUR 450 million. At 31 December 2011, the Commission held 96,77 % of the ownership participation in ENIAC.
2.4   FINANCIAL ASSETS: AVAILABLE FOR SALE ASSETS








EUR millions




 


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




Guarantee Fund


1 475


1 346




European Bank for Reconstruction and Development


188


188




Risk Capital Operations


134


137




ETF Start up


234


199




European Fund for South East Europe


111


102




Green for Growth Fund


69


20




GEEREF


38


56




Progress Microfinance Facility


18


14




Other investments


5


1




Total


2 272


2 063




2.4.1   
Guarantee Fund



Net assets of the Guarantee Fund
 (3)








EUR millions




 


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




Available-for-sale assets


1 174


1 154




Cash and cash equivalents


302


193





Total assets



1 476


1 347





Total liabilities



(1)


(1)





Net assets




1 475




1 346





The Guarantee Fund for external actions covers loans guaranteed by the EU as a result of a Council Decision, in particular European Investment Bank (EIB) lending operations outside the EU and loans under macro-financial assistance (MFA) and Euratom loans outside the EU. It is a long-term instrument to cover any defaulting loans guaranteed by the EU and can therefore be seen as a long-term investment. This is evidenced by the fact that nearly 83 % of the available-for-sale assets have a maturity of between 1 and 10 years. The Fund is endowed by payments from the general budget of the EU equivalent to 9 % of the capital value of the operations, the proceeds from interest on investments made from the Fund's assets, and sums recovered from defaulting debtors for whom the Fund has had to activate its guarantee. Any yearly surplus arising shall be paid back as revenue for the EU budget.
The EU is required to include a guarantee reserve to cover loans to third countries. This reserve is intended to cover the requirements of the Guarantee Fund and, where necessary, activated guarantees exceeding the amount available in the Fund, so that these amounts may be charged to the budget. This reserve corresponds to the target amount of 9 % of the loans outstanding at year-end.
2.4.2   
Other long-term available-for-sale assets


These are investments and participations purchased to help beneficiaries develop their business activities.

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD)

As the EBRD is not quoted on any stock exchange and in view of the contractual restrictions included in the EBRD’s articles of incorporation relating, amongst others, to the sale of participating interests, capped at acquisition cost and only authorised to existing shareholders, the Commission's shareholding is valued at cost less any write-down for impairment.







EUR millions




EBRD


Total EBRD capital


Commission subscription




Total Share Capital


28 380


900




Paid-in


(6 199)


(188)




Uncalled


22 181


712




Under Risk Capital Operations amounts are granted to financial intermediaries to finance equity investments. They are managed by European Investment Bank and financed under the European Neighbourhood Policy.

ETF start up covers the Growth & Employment programme, the MAP programme, the CIP programme and the Technology Transfer Pilot Project, under the trusteeship of the EIF, supporting the creation and financing of start-up SMEs by investing in suitable specialised venture capital funds. At year-end, a further EUR 126 million relating to ETF Start up and SME Finance Facility had been committed to, but not yet been drawn down by the other parties.
The European Fund for South East Europe, an investment company with variable share capital (SICAV) is also included under this heading. The overall objective of EFSE is to foster economic development and prosperity in South East Europe through the sustainable provision of additional development finance via local financial intermediaries.
The overall objective of the Green for Growth Fund (former Southeast Europe Energy Efficient Fund) is to enhance energy efficiency and fostering renewable energies in South East Europe through the provision of dedicated financing to businesses and households via partnering with financial institutions and direct finance. GEEREF is an innovative fund providing global risk capital through private investment for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in developing countries and economies in transition.
2.5   FINANCIAL ASSETS: LONG-TERM LOANS









EUR millions




 


Note


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




Loans granted from the EU budget & ECSC



2.5.1



170


162




Loans granted from borrowed funds



2.5.2



41 230


11 478




Total


41 400


11 640




2.5.1   
Loans granted from the European Union budget & the ECSC in Liquidation










EUR millions




 


Loans with special conditions


ECSC housing loans


Total




Total at 31.12.2010


140


22


162




New loans


31


0


31




Repayments


(17)


(5)


(22)




Exchange differences


(4)


—


(4)




Changes in carrying amount


1


2


3




Total at 31.12.2011


151


19


170




Loans with special conditions are granted at preferential rates as part of co-operation with non-member countries. All amounts fall due more than 12 months after year-end. The effective interest rates on these loans vary between 7,73 % and 14,507 %.
2.5.2   
Loans granted from borrowed funds













EUR millions




 


MFA


Euratom


BOP


EFSM


ECSC in Liquidation


Total




Total at 31.12.2010


503


469


12 246


—


264


13 482




New loans


126


—


1 350


28 000


—


29 476




Repayments


(36)


(20)


(2 000)


—


—


(2 056)




Exchange differences


—


—


—


—


6


6




Changes in carrying amount


2


2


29


344


(4)


373




Total at 31.12.2011


595


451


11 625


28 344


266


41 281





Amount due < 1 year




5




—




—




—




46




51






Amount due > 1 year




590




451




11 625




28 344




220




41 230





The large increase in these amounts is due to the EFSM loans disbursed during 2011 and is mirrored by an increase in the EU's borrowings (see note 2.16). For more information on borrowing and lending activities, see note 7.
2.6   LONG-TERM RECEIVABLES & RECOVERABLES








EUR millions




 


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




Member States


268


14




ECSC staff loans


7


9




Guarantees and deposits


11


14




Other


3


3




Total


289


40




Of the above receivables, EUR 273 million (2010: EUR 14 million) relate to non-exchange transactions. The large increase in long-term receivables from Member States concerns EAGF and rural development non-executed clearance of accounts decisions. These amounts are to be recovered in several instalments during 2012 and 2013, in the context of financial assistance granted to certain Member States. Amounts to be recovered in 2013 are included in the above table while amounts to be recovered in 2012 are included under short-term receivables (see note 2.11.1 below).
2.7   LONG-TERM PRE-FINANCING









EUR millions




 


Note


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




Pre-financing



2.7.1



40 625


40 298




Prepaid expenditure



2.7.2



4 098


3 820




Total long-term pre-financing


44 723


44 118




2.7.1   
Pre-financing


The timing of the recoverability or utilisation of the pre-financing governs whether it is disclosed as current or long-term pre-financing asset. The utilisation is defined by the project's underlying agreement. All repayments or utilisation due before twelve months of the reporting date is disclosed as short–term pre-financing and therefore as current assets, the balance is long-term.

Guarantees received in respect of pre-financing:

These are guarantees that the European Commission in certain cases requests from beneficiaries when paying out advance payments (pre-financing). There are two values to disclose for this type of guarantee, the ‘nominal’ and the ‘on-going’ values. For the ‘nominal’ value, the generating event is linked to the existence of the guarantee. For the ‘on-going’ value, the guarantee’s generating event is the pre-financing payment and/or subsequent clearings. At 31 December 2011 the ‘nominal’ value of guarantees received in respect of pre-financing amounted to EUR 1 330 million while the "on-going" value of those guarantees was EUR 1 083 million (2010: EUR 1 227 million and EUR 1 059 million respectively).
Certain pre-financing amounts paid out under the 7th Research Framework Programme for research and technological development (FP7) are effectively covered by a Participants Guarantee Fund (PGF) – the amount of pre-financing paid out in 2011 totalled EUR 3.3 billion (2010: EUR 3.2 billion). This fund is a separate entity from the European Union and is not consolidated in these accounts – note 11.2.3.

LONG-TERM PRE-FINANCING








EUR millions




Management type


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




Direct centralised management


1 219


1 695




Indirect centralised management


774


620




Decentralised management


697


441




Shared management


37 249


37 055




Joint management


686


487




Total Long-Term Pre-financing


40 625


40 298




The most significant long-term pre-financing amounts relate to Structural Actions for the 2007-2013 programming period: the regional development fund (ERDF), the social fund (ESF), the agricultural fund for rural development (EAFRD), the cohesion fund (CF) and the fisheries fund. As many of these projects are long-term in nature, it is necessary that the related advances are available for more than one year. Thus these pre-financing amounts are shown as long-term assets.
Pre-financing represents a large portion of the EU's total assets, and thus receives proper and regular attention. It should be noted that the level of pre-financing amounts in the various programmes must be sufficient to ensure the necessary float for the beneficiary to start the project, while also safeguarding the financial interests of the EU and taking into consideration legal, operational and cost-effectiveness constraints. All these elements have been given due consideration by the Commission in an effort to improve the follow-up of pre-financing.
A closer look at the evolution of pre-financing reveals an accelerated increase in the years 2007 to 2009, which coincides with the early years of the 2007-2013 programming period. That period witnessed the starting of new programmes and actions, and the subsequent support from the Commission in the form of pre-financing payments. The year 2011 marks a first decrease in the level of pre-financing, a trend which confirms that the increase witnessed in the early years of the 2007-2013 Financial Framework is a normal development linked to the spending profile of multiannual programmes. In fact in 2011, total pre-financing has decreased by 1,5 % or EUR 743 million compared to 2010, an evolution related mainly to short-term shared management amounts (see note 2.12.1). This decrease is however offset by an increase in prepaid expenditure, due to the recognition of new assets regarding aid scheme advance amounts reimbursed by Commission to the Member States (see below).
2.7.2   
Prepaid expenditure









EUR millions




 


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




Financial Engineering Instruments


3 378


3 820




Aid schemes


720


—




Total


4 098


3 820




Under the framework of the cohesion and rural development programmes 2007-2013, payments can be made from the EU Budget to Member States so as to contribute to Financial Engineering Instruments (be it in the form of loans, guarantees or equity investments) set up and managed under the responsibility of the Member State. Monies that are unused by these instruments at year-end are the property of the EU (as with standard pre-financing) and are thus treated as an asset on the Commission balance sheet. However, the basic legal acts do not oblige the Member States to provide periodic reports to the Commission on the use made of these advances, and in some cases not even identify them in the statements of expenditure submitted to the Commission. Thus, and on the basis of information received from Member States on the utilisation of funds, an estimation is made at each year-end of the value of this asset.
In parallel with the inclusion of FEIs on its balance sheet in 2010, the Commission also analysed similar schemes where advances are paid to Member States. It requested information from Member States on their utilisation of advances received from various aid schemes (state aid, market measures of EAGF) and contributions from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund. However, at year-end 2010 sufficient information was not available from Member States to allow the Commission to make a reliable estimate of the open amounts at 31 December 2010. Information now indicates that these amounts would not have been material. Following continued work throughout 2011, the Commission is now in a position to better estimate these open advances based on information collected from Member States, therefore an asset is now included on the Commission balance sheet at 31 December 2011, split between long-term (EUR 720 million above) and short term (EUR 1 792 million, see note 2.12.2), depending on when the advances are expected to be used. The recognition of this asset has the counterparty of reducing the 2011 expenditure by the same amount.

CURRENT ASSETS

2.8   INVENTORIES








EUR millions




Description


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




Scientific materials


78


71




Other


16


20




Total


94


91




2.9   FINANCIAL ASSETS: AVAILABLE FOR SALE ASSETS

Available-for-sale financial assets are purchased for their investment return or yield, or held to establish a particular asset structure or a secondary source of liquidity and may therefore be sold in response to needs for liquidity or changes in interest rates.

AVAILABLE FOR SALE ASSETS








EUR millions




 


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




ECSC in Liquidation


1 463


1 283




BUFI investments


1 358


515




Risk Sharing Finance Facility


547


419




Loan Guarantee Instrument for TEN-T projects


97


111




European Chemicals Agency


151


—




Other


3


3




Total


3 619


2 331




Regarding the ECSC in liquidation amounts, all AFS investments are debt securities denominated in EUR and quoted in an active market. At 31 December 2011 debt securities (expressed at their fair value) reaching final maturity in the course of 2012 amount to EUR 481 million (2010: EUR 294 million).
While there have been acquisitions in both the Risk Sharing Finance Facility and the Loan Guarantee Instrument for TEN-T Projects (see also note 5.1.2), the large increase from the previous year is due mainly to the increased amount of provisionally cashed fines in a specifically created fund managed by DG ECFIN (BUFI). Prior to 2010, these amounts would have been held in specific bank accounts – see note 2.13.2, restricted cash.
2.10   FINANCIAL ASSETS: SHORT-TERM LOANS

These amounts represent mainly loans with remaining final maturities less than 12 months after the balance sheet date (see note 2.5.2 above for more details). Last year there was an amount of EUR 2 billion included here relating to a BOP loan to Hungary which was repaid in December 2011. Also included under this heading are term deposits of EUR 51 million, primarily relating to the European External Action Service and the Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union.
2.11   OTHER RECEIVABLES & RECOVERABLES









EUR millions




 


Note


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




Current receivables



2.11.1



6 189


6 786




Sundry receivables


—


21


20




Accrued income and deferred charges



2.11.2



3 267


4 525




Total


9 477


11 331




The total above contains an estimated EUR 8 955 million (2010: EUR 11 009 million) relating to non-exchange transactions.
2.11.1   
Current receivables













EUR millions




Account Group


At 31.12.2011


At 31.12.2010




Gross amount


Write down


Net Value


Gross amount


Write down


Net Value




Customers


379


(94)


285


207


(79)


128




Fines


3 369


(244)


3 125


4 584


(406)


4 178




Member States


4 243


(1 550)


2 693


4 011


(1 625)


2 386




Others


89


(3)


86


96


(2)


94




Total


8 080


(1 891)


6 189


8 898


(2 112)


6 786





Customers

These are recovery orders entered in the accounts at year-end as established entitlements to be recovered and not already included under other headings on the assets side of the balance sheet.

Fines

This concerns amounts to be recovered relating to fines issued by the Commission. Guarantees totalling EUR 3 012 million had been received for the fines outstanding at 31 December 2011 (2010: EUR 2 585 million) in respect of these receivables. It should be noted that EUR 209 million of the receivables were due for payment after 31 December 2011.

Receivables from Member States








EUR millions




 


31.12.2011


31.12.2010





EAGF and Rural Development receivables





EAGF


1 439


1 130




EAFRD


23


—




TRDI


37


19




SAPARD


142


146




Write-down


(771)


(814)




Total


870


481





VAT paid and recoverable




41




46






Own resources





Established in the A account


29


81




Established in the separate account


1 263


1 285




Write-down


(779)


(811)




Other


114


391




Total


627


946





Other receivables from Member States





Pre-financing recovery expected


963


561




Other


192


352




Total


1 155


913




Total


2 693


2 386





EAGF and Rural Development receivables

This item primarily covers the amounts owed by beneficiaries of EAGF at 31 December, as declared and certified by the Member States at 15 October. An estimation is made for the receivables arising after this declaration and up to 31 December. The Commission also estimates a write-down for the amounts owed by beneficiaries that are unlikely to be recovered. The fact that such an adjustment is made does not mean that the Commission is waiving future recovery of these amounts. A deduction of 20 % is also included in the adjustment, and corresponds to what Member States are allowed to retain to cover administrative costs.

Own resources receivables

It should be noted that Member States are entitled to withhold 25 % of traditional own resources as collection costs, thus the above figures are shown net of this deduction. Based on the estimations sent by Member States, a write-down has been deducted from receivables from Member States. However, this does not mean that the Commission is waiving recovery of the amounts covered by this value adjustment.
2.11.2   
Accrued income and deferred charges









EUR millions




 


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




Accrued income


2 952


3 445




Deferred charges


296


1 061




Other


19


19




Total


3 267


4 525




The main amount under this heading is accrued income:







EUR millions




 


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




Own resources


2 644


2 657




Agricultural assigned revenue Nov & Dec


111


72




EAGF: non-executed conformity correction decisions


—


520




Cohesion, Regional & Rural Development Funds: financial corrections


16


43




Other accrued income


181


153




Total accrued income


2 952


3 445




The large decrease in deferred charges is mainly due to an improvement in the accounting treatment of the funds transferred by the Member States into Financial Engineering Instruments which were yet to be declared to or reimbursed by the Commission at year-end. These amounts are now deducted from the accrued charges to which they relate.
Other accrued income is primarily late interest income, bank interest and interest on pre-financing.
2.12   SHORT-TERM PRE-FINANCING









EUR millions




 


Note


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




Pre-financing



2.12.1



8 089


9 123




Prepaid expenditure



2.12.2



2 918


955




Total short-term pre-financing


11 007


10 078




2.12.1   
Pre-financing









EUR millions




Management type


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




Direct centralised management


3 048


3 038




Indirect centralised management


3 037


2 368




Decentralised management


330


536




Shared management


761


2 177




Joint management


803


894




Implemented by other Institutions & Agencies


110


110




Total Short-Term Pre-financing


8 089


9 123




The decrease in short-term pre-financing under shared management is due to the significant advancement in the closure process of the programming period 2000-2006 (mostly rural development fund, regional development fund and cohesion fund). Although pre-financing instalments were paid in 2011 for new projects (programmes related to the period 2007-2013), they were classified under long-term assets as explained in note 2.7.
2.12.2   
Prepaid expenditure









EUR millions




 


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




Financial Engineering Instruments


1 126


955




Aid Schemes


1 792


—




Total


2 918


955




As explained under note 2.7.2, these amounts relate to payments made to Member States under the framework of the cohesion and rural develoment programmes 2007-2013, so as to reimburse amounts paid in advance to beneficiaries, but which have not yet been used at year-end. The above amounts are expected to be used during 2012.
2.13   CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS








EUR millions




 


31.12.2011


31.12.2010





Unrestricted cash:




Accounts with Treasuries & Central Banks


7 450


10 123




Current accounts


1 099


1 150




Imprest accounts


43


39




Transfers (cash in transit)


(5)


1




Short-term deposits and other cash equivalents


2 028


1 670




Total


10 615


12 983





Restricted cash




8 320




9 080





Total


18 935


22 063




2.13.1   
Unrestricted cash


Unrestricted cash covers all the funds which the Commission keeps in its accounts in each Member State and EFTA country (treasury or central bank), as well as in current accounts, imprest accounts, short-term bank deposits and petty cash.
Amounts shown as short-term deposits relate primarily to monies managed by fiduciaries on behalf of the Commission for the purpose of implementing particular programmes funded by the EU budget. At year-end, EUR 118 million had been committed to, but not yet been drawn down by the other parties.
2.13.2   
Restricted cash


Restricted cash refers to amounts received in connection with fines issued by the Commission for which the case is still open. These are kept in specific deposit accounts that are not used for any other activities. In case an appeal has been lodged or where it is unknown if an appeal will be made by the other party the underlying amount is shown as contingent liability in note 5.2.

NON CURRENT LIABILITIES

2.14   PENSION AND OTHER EMPLOYEE BENEFITS








EUR millions




 


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




Pensions – Staff


30 617


32 801




Pensions – others


777


840




Joint Sickness Insurance Scheme


3 441


3 531




Total


34 835


37 172




2.14.1   
Pensions – Staff


In accordance with Article 83 of the Staff Regulations, the payment of the benefits provided for in the staff pension scheme (PSEO: Pension Scheme of European Officials) constitutes a charge to the EU's budget. The scheme is not funded, but the Member States guarantee the payment of these benefits collectively according to the scale fixed for the financing of this expenditure. In addition, officials contribute one third to the long-term financing of this scheme via a compulsory contribution.
The liabilities of the pension scheme were assessed on the basis of the number of staff and retired staff at 31 December 2011 and on the rules of the Staff Regulations applicable at this date. This valuation was carried out in accordance with the methodology of IPSAS 25 (and therefore also EU accounting rule 12). The method used to calculate this liability is the projected unit credit method. The main actuarial assumptions available at the valuation date and used on the valuation were as follows:







Actuarial Assumptions


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




Nominal discount rate


4,9 %


4,6 %




Expected inflation rate


1,8 %


2,1 %




Real discount rate


3,0 %


2,4 %




Probability of marriage: Man/Woman


84 %/38 %


84 %/38 %




General Salary Growth/pension revaluation


0 %


0 %




2008 International Civil Servants Life Table


Yes


Yes




The significant decrease in the pension liability is explained by the sizeable increase in the discount rate applied, resulting in a large actuarial gain for the year.

Movement in Gross Employee Benefits liability








EUR millions




 


Staff pension liability


Sickness Insurance




Gross Liability at previous year-end


36 639


3 791




Service/normal cost


1 255


169




Interest cost


1 716


180




Benefits paid


(1 187)


(112)




Actuarial gains


(4 226)


(317)




Change due to newcomers


36


0




Gross Liability at year-end


34 233


3 711




Pension co-efficient liability


834


N/A




Deduction of taxes on pensions


(4 450)


N/A




Plan assets


0


(270)





Net liability at year-end




30 617




3 441





2.14.2   
Pensions – Others


This refers to the liability relating to the pension obligation towards Members and former Members of the Commission, the Court of Justice (and General Court) and the Court of Auditors, the Secretaries General of the Council, the Ombudsman, the European Data Protection Supervisor, and the European Union Civil Service Tribunal. Also included under this heading is a liability relating to the pensions of Members of the European Parliament.
2.14.3   
Joint Sickness Insurance Scheme


A valuation is also made for the estimated liability that the EU has regarding its contributions to the Joint Sickness Insurance Scheme in relation to its retired staff. The gross liability has been valued at EUR 3 711 million and plan assets of EUR 270 million are deducted from the gross liability to arrive at the net amount. The discount rate and the general salary growth used in the calculation are the same as those used in the staff pension valuation.
2.15   LONG-TERM PROVISIONS













EUR millions




 


Amount at 31.12.2010


Additional provisions


Unused amounts reversed


Amounts used


Transfer to short-term


Change in estimation


Amount at 31.12.2011




Legal cases


306


95


(29)


(4)


0


0


368




Nuclear site dismantling


905


0


0


(8)


(29)


137


1 005




Financial


86


41


0


0


(30)


3


100




Other


20


4


(2)


0


0


0


22




Total


1 317


140


(31)


(12)


(59)


140


1 495





Legal cases

This is the estimate of amounts that will probably have to be paid out more than 12 months after the year-end in relation to a number of ongoing legal cases. The largest portion concerns court cases pending at year-end in relation to financial corrections for EAGF expenditure and other court cases concerning agricultural expenditure.

Nuclear site dismantlement

In 2008 a consortium of independent experts made an update of their 2003 study into the estimated costs of the decommissioning of the JRC nuclear facilities and waste management programme. Their revised estimate of EUR 1 222 million (previously EUR 1 145 million) is taken as the basis for the provision to be included in the financial statements. In accordance with the EU accounting rules, this estimate is indexed for inflation and then discounted to its net present value (using the Euro zero-coupon swap curve). In view of the estimated duration of this programme (around 20 years), it should be pointed out that there is some uncertainty about this estimate, and the final cost could be different from the amounts currently entered.

Financial provisions

These concern provisions which represent the estimated losses that will be incurred in relation to the guarantees given under the SME Guarantee Facility 1998, the SME Guarantee Facility 2001 and the SME Guarantee Facility 2007 under CIP and the European Progress Microfinance Facility (Guarantee), where the European Investment Fund (EIF) is empowered to issue guarantees in its own name but on behalf of and at the risk of the Commission. The financial risk linked to the drawn and undrawn guarantees is, however, capped. Long-term financial provisions are discounted to their net present value (using the Euro Swap annual rate).
2.16   LONG-TERM FINANCIAL LIABILITIES









EUR millions




 


Note


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




Long-term borrowings



2.16.1



41 200


11 445




Elimination Guarantee Fund (4)




2.4.1



(21)


—




Total


41 179


11 445




2.16.1   
Long-term borrowings













EUR millions




 


MFA


Euratom


BOP


EFSM


ECSC in Liquidation


Total




Total at 31.12.2010


503


469


12 246


0


231


13 449




New borrowings


126


0


1 350


28 000


0


29 476




Repayments


(36)


(20)


(2 000)


0


0


(2 056)




Exchange differences


0


0


0


0


6


6




Changes in carrying amount


2


2


29


344


(1)


376




Total at 31.12.2011


595


451


11 625


28 344


236


41 251





Amount due < 1 year




5




0




0




0




46




51






Amount due > 1 year




590




451




11 625




28 344




190




41 200





This heading includes borrowings due by the European Union maturing in over one year. Borrowings include debts evidenced by certificates amounting to EUR 41 011 million (2010: EUR 13 211 million). The changes in carrying amount correspond to the change in accrued interests. For more information on borrowing and lending activities, see note 7.
2.17   OTHER LONG-TERM LIABILITIES








EUR millions




 


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




Finance Leasing debts


1 603


1 672




Buildings paid for in instalments


367


382




Other


89


50




Total


2 059


2 104





CURRENT LIABILITIES

2.18   SHORT-TERM PROVISIONS













EUR millions




 


Amount at 31.12.2010


Additional provisions


Unused amounts reversed


Amounts used


Transfers from long term


Change in estimation


Amount at 31.12.2011




Legal cases


29


11


(18)


(5)


0


0


17




Nuclear site dismantlement


21


0


0


(21)


29


0


29




Financial


140


27


(2)


(33)


30


3


165




Other


24


56


(1)


(20)


0


0


59




Total


214


94


(21)


(79)


59


3


270




This heading includes the portion of provisions which fall due for payment in less than one year's time.
2.19   SHORT-TERM FINANCIAL LIABILITIES

This heading relates to borrowings (see note 2.16) that mature during the 12 months following the balance sheet date.
2.20   PAYABLES









EUR millions




 


Note


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




Current portion of long-term liabilities



2.20.1



81


78




Current payables



2.20.2



22 211


17 615




Sundry payables


—


100


97




Accrued charges and deferred income



2.20.3



69 081


66 739




Total


91 473


84 529




2.20.1   
Current portion of long-term liabilities









EUR millions




 


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




Finance leasing liabilities


66


65




Other


15


13




Total


81


78




2.20.2   
Current payables









EUR millions




Type


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




Member States


22 200


17 035




Suppliers and other


1 511


1 292




Estimated non-eligible amounts and pending pre-payments


(1 500)


(712)




Total


22 211


17 615




Current payables include cost statements received by the Commission under the framework of the grant activities. They are credited for the amount being claimed from the moment the demand is received. If the counterpart is a Member State, they are classified as such. It is the same procedure for invoices and credit notes received under procurement activities. The cost claims concerned have been taken into account for the year-end cut off procedures. Following these cut off entries, estimated eligible amounts have therefore been recorded in the accounts as expenses, while the remaining part is disclosed as ‘Estimated non-eligible amounts and pending prepayments’ (see below). In order not to overestimate assets and liabilities, it was decided to present the net amount under current liabilities.

Member States

The primary amounts here relate to unpaid cost claims for Structural Fund actions (EUR 5.8 billion for ESF and EUR 14 billion for ERDF and CF).

Suppliers and other

Included under this heading are amounts owed following grant and procurement activities, as well as amounts payable to public bodies and non-consolidated entities (e.g. the EDF).

Estimated non-eligible amounts and pending prepayments

Payables are reduced by that part of the requests for reimbursement received, but not yet checked, that was considered to be ineligible. The largest amounts concern the Structural Actions DGs. Payables are also reduced by the part of requests for reimbursement received corresponding to prepaid expenditure still to pay at year end (EUR 1 billion).
2.20.3   
Accrued charges and deferred income









EUR millions




 


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




Accrued charges


68 577


66 326




Deferred income


490


407




Amounts related to consolidated entities


14


6




Total


69 081


66 739




The split of accrued charges is as follows:







EUR millions




 


31.12.2011


31.12.2010





Agriculture and Rural Development:





EAGF: Expenses 16/10 to 31/12


33 774


33 015




EAGF: Direct Aid


10 701


10 703




EAGF: Sugar restructuring


224


400




EAGF: Other


23


(303)




EAFRD


12 127


10 792




Total


56 849


54 607





Structural Actions:





EFF


56


116




ERDF & Cohesion Fund


4 791


4 894




ISPA


172


74




ESF


1 687


2 182




Total


6 706


7 266





Other accrued charges:





R&D


1 157


1 267




Other


3 865


3 186




Total


5 022


4 453




Total accrued charges


68 577


66 326




The large amount of deferred income at 31 December 2011 is due to the advance payment of own resources contributions by two Member States in 2011.

NET ASSETS & RESERVES

2.21   RESERVES








EUR millions




 


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




Fair value reserve



(108)




(61)





Other reserves:




Guarantee Fund


1 911


1 746




Revaluation reserve


57


57




Other


1 748


1 742




Total


3 716


3 545




Total


3 608


3 484




2.21.1   
Fair value reserve


In accordance with the accounting rules, the adjustment to fair value of available-for-sale assets is accounted for through the fair value reserve. In 2011 a net EUR 24 million of accumulated fair value decreases have been taken out of the fair value reserve and recognised in the economic outturn account relating to available-for-sale assets.
Included in the fair value reserve at year-end is EUR 87 million of decreases in fair value relating to Greek government bonds held by the EU (nominal value EUR 129 million). However, it should be noted that these bonds were exchanged in early 2012 for new bonds, with similar terms but not falling under the scope of the Private Sector Involvement (PSI) debt restructuring. The result was that all amounts due for repayment on 20 March 2012 (EUR 39 million) and 18 May (EUR 15,7 million) were repaid in full and on schedule. Please see note 1.5.5 for further details on the fair value accounting of financial assets.
2.21.2   
Other reserves



Guarantee Fund

See also note 2.4.1 concerning the operation of the Guarantee Fund. This reserve reflects the 9 % target amount of the outstanding amounts guaranteed by the Fund that is required to be kept as assets.

Revaluation reserve

This reserve comprises the revaluation of certain Commission land and buildings made prior to 2005.

Other reserve

The amount relates primarily to the ECSC in liquidation reserve for the assets of the Research Fund for Coal and Steel. This reserve was created in the context of the winding-up of the ECSC.
2.22   AMOUNTS TO BE CALLED FROM MEMBER STATES







EUR millions




 


Amount




Amounts to be called from Member States at 31 December 2010



30 931





Return of 2010 budget surplus to Member States


4 539




Movement in Guarantee Fund reserve


165




Other reserve movements


34




Economic outturn (surplus) for the year


1 789




Total amounts to be called from Members States at 31 December 2011


37 458





Split between:





Employee benefits


34 835




Other amounts


2 623




This amount represents that part of the expenses already incurred by the Commission up to 31 December 2011 that must be funded by future budgets. Many expenses are recognised under accrual accounting rules in the year N although they may be actually paid in year N+1 and funded using the budget of year N+1. The inclusion in the accounts of these liabilities coupled with the fact that the corresponding amounts are financed from future budgets, results in liabilities greatly exceeding assets at the year-end. The most significant amounts to be highlighted are the EAGF activities. The majority of the amounts to be called are in fact paid by the Member States in less than 12 months after the end of the financial year in question as part of the budget of the following year.
It is essentially only the employee benefits obligations of the Commission towards its staff which are paid out over a longer period, noting that the funding of the pension payments by the annual budgets is guaranteed by the Member States. For information purposes only, an estimate of the split of future employee benefit payments is given below:






EUR millions




 


Amount




Short-term: amounts to be paid in 2012


1 335




Long-term: amounts to be paid after 2012


33 500




Total employee benefits liability at 31.12.2011


34 835




It should also be noted that the above has no effect on the budget outturn – budget revenue should always equal or exceed budget expenditure and any excess of revenue is returned to Member States.
3.   NOTES TO THE ECONOMIC OUTTURN ACCOUNT
3.1   OWN RESOURCE AND CONTRIBUTIONS REVENUE









EUR millions




 


Note


2011


2010




Own resource revenue:



3.1.1



 


 




GNI resources


 


88 442


91 178




VAT resources


 


14 763


12 517




Traditional own resources:


 


 


 




Custom duties


 



16 528




16 065





Sugar levies


 



161




150





Total traditional own resources


 


16 689


16 215




Budgetary adjustments



3.1.2



4 533


2 135




Contributions of third countries (incl. EFTA countries)


 


250


283




Total


 


124 677


122 328




3.1.1   
Own resource revenue


Own resources is the primary element of the EU’s operating revenue. Thus the bulk of expenditure is financed by own resources as other revenue represents only a minor part of the total financing. There are three categories of own resources: traditional own resources, the VAT-based resource and the GNI-based resource. Traditional own resources comprise sugar levies and customs duties. A correction mechanism in respect of budgetary imbalances (UK Rebate) as well as a gross reduction in the annual GNI-based contribution of Netherlands and Sweden are also part of the own resources system. Member States retain, by way of collection costs, 25 % of traditional own resources, and the above amounts are shown net of this deduction.
It should be noted that inspections carried out by the Commission and audits performed by the Court of Auditors have highlighted some deficiencies in the Belgian clearance and accounting systems, impacting the reliability of amounts transferred to the EU budget under Traditional Own Resources (TOR). A refund of EUR 169 million (gross, EUR 126 million net) claimed by Belgium is currently pending, awaiting the result of further audits and controls on the correctness of the amounts of Belgian TOR credited to the Commission's account.
3.1.2   
Budgetary adjustments


The budgetary adjustments include the budget surplus from 2010 (EUR 4 539 million) which is indirectly refunded to Member States by deduction of the amounts of own resources they have to transfer to the EU in the following year – thus it is a revenue for 2011.
3.2   OTHER OPERATING REVENUE









EUR millions




 


Note


2011


2010




Fines



3.2.1



868


3 077




Agricultural levies



3.2.2



65


25




Recovery of expenses:



3.2.3



 


 




Direct centralised management


 


76


49




Indirect centralised management


 


17


11




Decentralised management


 


106


71




Joint management


 


3


—




Shared management


 


845


1 776




Total


 


1 047


1 907




Revenue from administrative operations:



3.2.4



 


 




Staff


 


1 141


1 073




Property, plant and equipment related revenue


 


94


13




Other administrative revenue


 


119


121




Total


 


1 354


1 207




Miscellaneous operating revenue:



3.2.5



 


 




Adjustments/provisions


 


59


157




Exchange gains


 


476


460




Other


 


1 507


1 355




Total


 


2 042


1 972




Total


 


5 376


8 188




3.2.1   
Fines


These revenues relate to fines imposed by the Commission for infringement of competition rules. Receivables and related revenues are recognised when the Commission decision imposing a fine has been taken and it is officially notified to the addressee.
3.2.2   
Agricultural levies


These amounts concern primarily milk levies which are a market management tool aimed at penalising milk producers who exceed their reference quantities. As it is not linked to prior payments by the Commission, it is in practice considered as revenue for a specific purpose.
3.2.3   
Recovery of expenses


This heading represents the recovery orders issued by the Commission and the deduction from subsequent payments recorded in the Commission's accounting system, to recover expenditures previously paid out from the general budget, based on controls, closed audits or eligibility analysis, together with recovery orders issued by Member States to beneficiaries of EAGF expenditure. It also includes the variation of accrued income estimations from the previous year-end to the current. It does not, however, show the full extent of the recovery of EU expenditure, particularly for the significant spending areas of Structural Actions where specific mechanisms are in place to ensure the return of ineligible monies, most of which do not involve the issuance of a recovery order. Recoveries of pre-financing amounts are also not included as revenue, in accordance with the EU accounting rules.
The main amount, EUR 845 million, relates to shared management and is made up mainly of EUR 721 million concerning the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and EUR 109 million for Structural Actions.
(a)   Agriculture: EAGF

In the framework of the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF), amounts accounted for as revenue of the year under this heading are EUR 721 million, made up as follows:






—


conformity corrections decided during the year, EUR 686 million;










—


fraud and irregularities EUR 35 million: being reimbursements declared by Member States and recovered during the year of EUR 174 million minus the decrease in the outstanding amounts declared by Member States to be recovered at year-end concerning fraud and irregularities of EUR 139 million (EUR 991 million at year-end 2011 compared to EUR 1 130 million at year-end 2010) – see also note 2.11.1.




(b)   Structural Actions

The recovery of expenditure under the Structural actions included under this heading amounted to EUR 109 million (2010: EUR 279 million). The main amounts in this sub-heading include recovery orders issued by the Commission to recover undue expenditure made in previous years for an amount of EUR 127 million, the variation (increase) of the accrued income at year-end for EUR 28 million (offset by a correction of EUR 46 million).
Recovery orders are issued only in the following cases:






—


formal financial correction decisions by the Commission following the detection of irregular expenditure in the amounts claimed by Member States










—


adjustments at closure of a programme leading to a reduction in the EU contribution where a Member State has not declared sufficient eligible expenditure to justify the total pre-financing and interim payments already made; such operations may be without a formal Commission decision if accepted by the Member State;










—


repayment of amounts recovered after closure following the conclusion of legal proceedings which were pending at the time of closure.




Other recovery orders issued under Structural Actions concern the recovery of pre-financing. These amounts are not shown as revenue, but credited to the pre-financing heading on the balance sheet.
3.2.4   
Revenue from administrative operations


This revenue arises from deductions from staff salaries and is made up primarily of two amounts – staff pension contributions and taxes on income.
3.2.5   
Miscellaneous operating revenue


An amount of EUR 535 million (2010: EUR 430 million) relates to amounts received from accession countries. Exchange gains, except on financial activities dealt with in note 3.5 below, are also included under this heading. These arise from the everyday activities and related transactions made in currencies other than the Euro, as well as the year-end revaluation required to prepare the accounts. They contain both realised and unrealised gains. There was a net exchange gain for the year of EUR 94 million (2010: EUR 23 million).
3.3   ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES








EUR millions




 


2011


2010




Staff expenses


5 416


5 171




Depreciation and impairment


412


384




Other administrative expenses


3 148


3 059




Total


8 976


8 614




Included under this heading are expenses of EUR 358 million relating to operating leases – amounts committed to be paid during the remaining term of these lease contracts are as follows:









EUR millions




Description


Future amounts to be paid




< 1 year


1 - 5 years


> 5 years


Total




Buildings


318


1 203


790


2 311




IT materials and other equipment


22


35


1


58




Total


340


1 238


791


2 369




3.4   OPERATING EXPENSES









EUR millions




 


Note


2011


2010





Primary operating expenses:




3.4.1



 


 




Direct centralised management


 


10 356


10 123




Indirect centralised management


 


4 119


4 045




Decentralised management


 


766


933




Shared management


 


104 067


85 432




Joint management


 


1 714


1 868




Total


 


121 022


102 401





Other operating expenses:




3.4.2



 


 




Adjustments/provisions


 


251


68




Exchange losses


 


382


439




Other


 


2 123


856




Total


 


2 756


1 363




Total


 


123 778


103 764




The significant increase in operating expenses is due to shared management where the increased activities related to the 2007-2013 programming period, resulted in an increased recognition of expenditure in 2011. The main variations are noted in areas of cohesion and regional development (EUR 19 billion). Given the relatively stable nature of operating revenue, this large increase in operating expenditure has resulted in an operating deficit in 2011 of EUR 2.7 billion.
3.4.1   
Primary operating expenses


The European Commission's operating expenditure covers the various headings of the financial framework and takes different forms, depending on how the money is paid out and managed. The majority of the expenditure falls under the heading ‘Shared Management’ involving the delegation of tasks to Member States, covering such areas as EAGF spending and actions financed through the different Structural Actions (the regional development fund, the social fund, the agricultural fund for rural development, the cohesion fund and the fisheries fund).
3.4.2   
Other operating expenses


Exchange losses, except on financial activities dealt with in note 3.6 below, occur on the everyday activities and related transactions made in currencies other than the Euro, as well as the year-end revaluation required to prepare the accounts – they are both realised and unrealised.

Research and Development costs








EUR millions




 


2011


2010




Research costs


327


295




Non-capitalised development costs


145


157





Recognised as an expense




472




452





3.5   FINANCIAL REVENUE








EUR millions




 


2011


2010





Dividend income




5




1






Interest income:





On pre-financing


40


42




On late payments


89


382




On available for sale assets


113


100




On loans


921


394




On cash & cash equivalents


132


110




Other


5


2




Total


1 300


1 030





Other financial income:





Realised gain on sale of financial assets


3


11




Other


178


83




Total


181


94





Present value adjustments




1




1






Exchange gains




4




52





Total


1 491


1 178




3.6   FINANCIAL EXPENSES








EUR millions




 


2011


2010





Interest expenses:





Leasing


91


93




On borrowings


903


380




Other


30


23




Total


1 024


496





Other financial expenses:





Adjustments to financial provisions


74


60




Financial charges on budgetary instruments


47


55




Impairment losses on AFS financial assets


12


5




Realised loss on sale of financial assets


5


1




Other


144


42




Total


282


163





Exchange losses




49




2





Total


1 355


661




3.7   SHARE OF NET DEFICIT OF JOINT VENTURES & ASSOCIATES

In accordance with the equity method of accounting, the Commission includes in its economic outturn account its share of the net deficit of its joint ventures and associates (see also notes 2.3.1 & 2.3.2).
3.8   REVENUE FROM NON-EXCHANGE TRANSACTIONS

In 2011 EUR 130 391 million (2010: EUR 129 597 million) revenue from non-exchange transactions have been recognised in the economic outturn account.
3.9   SEGMENT REPORTING

The segment report gives the split of the operating revenues and expenses by policy area, based on the Activity Based Budget structure, within the Commission. These policy areas can be grouped under three larger headings – Activities within the European Union, Activities outside the European Union and Services & other.
‘Activities within the European Union’ is the largest of these headings as it covers the many policy areas within the European Union. ‘Activities outside the European Union’ concerns the policies operated outside the EU, such as trade and aid. ‘Services & other’ are the internal and horizontal activities necessary for the functioning of the EU Institutions and bodies. Note that the information relating to Agencies is included under the relevant policy area. Note also that own resources and contributions are not split amongst the various activities as these are calculated, collected and managed by central Commission services.












EUR millions




 


Activities within the EU


Activities outside the EU


Services & Other


ECSC in Liquidation


Other Institutions


Consolidation eliminations


Total




Fines


868


0


0


0


0


0


868




Agricultural levies


65


0


0


0


0


0


65




Recovery of expenses


906


138


3


0


2


(2)


1 047




Revenue from administrative operations


142


2


993


0


664


(447)


1 354




Miscellaneous operating revenue


2 502


98


580


7


132


(1 277)


2 042




OTHER OPERATING REVENUE



4 483




238




1 576




7




798




(1 726)




5 376






Administrative expenses:





Staff expenses


(2 171)


(325)


(1 250)


0


(1 702)


32


(5 416)




Intangible assets & PPE related expenses


(109)


(1)


(121)


0


(181)


0


(412)




Other administrative expenses


(955)


(286)


(858)


0


(1 624)


575


(3 148)




 


(3 235)


(612)


(2 229)


0


(3 507)


607


(8 976)





Operating expenses:





Direct centralised management


(7 338)


(3 681)


(179)


0


0


842


(10 356)




Indirect centralised management


(3 423)


(682)


(32)


0


0


18


(4 119)




Decentralised management


(210)


(556)


0


0


0


0


(766)




Shared management


(103 988)


(80)


1


0


0


0


(104 067)




Joint management


(169)


(1 545)


0


0


0


0


(1 714)




Other operating expenses


(2 420)


(134)


(399)


(52)


(10)


259


(2 756)




 


(117 548)


(6 678)


(609)


(52)


(10)


1 119


(123 778)




TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES


(120 783)


(7 290)


(2 838)


(52)


(3 517)


1 726


(132 754)





Net operating expenses




(116 300)




(7 052)




(1 262)




(45)




(2 719)




0




(127 378)





Own resource and contributions revenue


124 677





Deficit from operating activities




(2 701)





Net financial revenue


136




Movement in pension & other employee benefits liability


1 212




Share of associates/joint ventures deficit


(436)





Economic outturn for the year




(1 789)









SEGMENT REPORTING – ACTIVITIES WITHIN THE EU















EUR millions




 


Economic & Financial


Enterprise & Industry


Competition


Employment


Agriculture


Transport & Energy


Environment


Research


Information Society




Other operating revenue:




Fines


0


7


858


0


0


0


0


0


0




Agricultural levies


0


0


0


0


65


0


0


0


0




Recovery of expenses


0


4


0


23


807


7


1


5


24




Revenue from admin operations


0


14


0


0


0


12


0


39


0




Miscellaneous operating revenue


4


54


161


41


121


207


40


723


9




OTHER OPERATING REVENUE


4


79


1 019


64


993


226


41


767


33





Administrative expenses:




(66)




(199)




(89)




(110)




(127)




(374)




(119)




(402)




(133)





Staff expenses


(60)


(143)


(83)


(84)


(106)


(255)


(86)


(231)


(107)




Intangible assets & PPE expenses


0


(16)


0


(1)


0


(13)


(1)


(4)


0




Other administrative expenses


(6)


(40)


(6)


(25)


(21)


(106)


(32)


(167)


(26)





Operating expenses:




(66)




(1 116)




(1 492)




(11 044)




(57 063)




(1 427)




(256)




(4 207)




(1 251)





Centralised direct management


(66)


(665)


0


(148)


(30)


(802)


(239)


(2 739)


(1 230)




Centralised indirect management


0


(313)


0


(2)


0


(501)


(1)


(1 369)


(14)




Decentralised management


0


0


0


(29)


(5)


0


0


0


0




Shared management


0


0


0


(10 841)


(56 883)


0


0


0


0




Joint management


0


(94)


0


(6)


0


(68)


0


0


0




Other operating expenses


0


(44)


(1 492)


(18)


(145)


(56)


(16)


(99)


(7)




TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES


(132)


(1 315)


(1 581)


(11 154)


(57 190)


(1 801)


(375)


(4 609)


(1 384)





Net operating expenses




(128)




(1 236)




(562)




(11 090)




(56 197)




(1 575)




(334)




(3 842)




(1 351)





 


Joint Research Centre


Fisheries


Internal Market


Regional Policy


Taxation & Customs


Education & Culture


Health & Consumer protection


Justice, Freedom & Security


Total Activities within the EU




Other operating revenue:




Fines


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


3


868




Agricultural levies


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


65




Recovery of expenses


0


5


0


15


0


7


7


1


906




Revenue from admin operations


40


0


1


0


0


1


9


26


142




Miscellaneous operating revenue


70


10


206


(2)


1


232


359


266


2 502




OTHER OPERATING REVENUE


110


15


207


13


1


240


375


296


4 483





Administrative expenses:




(346)




(60)




(196)




(81)




(94)




(204)




(347)




(288)




(3 235)





Staff expenses


(245)


(39)


(134)


(65)


(42)


(107)


(223)


(161)


(2 171)




Intangible assets & PPE expenses


(26)


0


(7)


0


(2)


(1)


(26)


(12)


(109)




Other administrative expenses


(75)


(21)


(55)


(16)


(50)


(96)


(98)


(115)


(955)





Operating expenses:




(194)




(764)




(59)




(35 821)




(15)




(1 447)




(631)




(695)




(117 548)





Centralised direct management


(57)


(246)


(24)


(45)


(15)


(163)


(440)


(429)


(7 338)




Centralised indirect management


0


0


0


0


0


(1 174)


(49)


0


(3 423)




Decentralised management


0


0


0


(176)


0


0


0


0


(210)




Shared management


0


(514)


0


(35 600)


0


0


0


(150)


(103 988)




Joint management


0


0


0


0


0


(1)


0


0


(169)




Other operating expenses


(137)


(4)


(35)


0


0


(109)


(142)


(116)


(2 420)




TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES


(540)


(824)


(255)


(35 902)


(109)


(1 651)


(978)


(983)


(120 783)





Net operating expenses




(430)




(809)




(48)




(35 889)




(108)




(1 411)




(603)




(687)




(116 300)









SEGMENT REPORTING – ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE EU












EUR millions




 


External Relations


Trade


Development


Enlargement


Humanitarian Aid


Total Activities outside the EU




Other operating revenue:




Recovery of expenses


20


0


9


106


3


138




Revenue from admin operations


2


0


0


0


0


2




Miscellaneous operating revenue


10


0


90


(1)


(1)


98




OTHER OPERATING REVENUE


32


0


99


105


2


238





Administrative expenses:




(99)




(71)




(331)




(78)




(33)




(612)





Staff expenses


(23)


(65)


(167)


(47)


(23)


(325)




Intangible assets & PPE expenses


(1)


0


0


0


0


(1)




Other administrative expenses


(75)


(6)


(164)


(31)


(10)


(286)





Operating expenses:




(3 381)




(8)




(1 217)




(958)




(1 114)




(6 678)





Direct centralised management


(1 699)


(5)


(833)


(547)


(597)


(3 681)




Indirect centralised management


(627)


0


(18)


(37)


0


(682)




Decentralised management


(209)


0


(37)


(310)


0


(556)




Shared management


(80)


0


0


0


0


(80)




Joint management


(638)


(3)


(326)


(63)


(515)


(1 545)




Other operating expenses


(128)


0


(3)


(1)


(2)


(134)




TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES


(3 480)


(79)


(1 548)


(1 036)


(1 147)


(7 290)





Net operating expenses




(3 448)




(79)




(1 449)




(931)




(1 145)




(7 052)









SEGMENT REPORTING – SERVICES & OTHER
















EUR millions




 


Press & Communication


Anti-Fraud Office


Co-ordination


Personnel & Admin


Eurostat


Budget


Audit


Languages


Other


Total Services & Other




Other operating revenue:




Recovery of expenses


1


0


0


1


0


0


0


1


0


3




Revenue from admin operations


0


7


0


835


0


52


0


99


0


993




Miscellaneous operating revenue


(1)


8


1


30


0


35


0


43


464


580




OTHER OPERATING REVENUE


0


15


1


866


0


87


0


143


464


1 576





Administrative expenses:




(121)




(57)




(188)




(1 299)




(86)




(58)




(11)




(444)




35




(2 229)





Staff expenses


(79)


(44)


(159)


(526)


(70)


(44)


(10)


(353)


35


(1 250)




Intangible assets & PPE expenses


(2)


(1)


0


(114)


0


(1)


0


(3)


0


(121)




Other administrative expenses


(40)


(12)


(29)


(659)


(16)


(13)


(1)


(88)


0


(858)





Operating expenses:




(134)




(13)




(1)




(24)




(41)




(2)




0




(16)




(378)




(609)





Direct centralised management


(102)


(13)


0


(19)


(41)


(3)


0


(1)


0


(179)




Indirect centralised management


(32)


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


(32)




Shared management


0


0


0


0


0


1


0


0


0


1




Other operating expenses


0


0


(1)


(5)


0


0


0


(15)


(378)


(399)




TOTAL OPERATING EXPENSES


(255)


(70)


(189)


(1 323)


(127)


(60)


(11)


(460)


(343)


(2 838)





Net operating expenses




(255)




(55)




(188)




(457)




(127)




27




(11)




(317)




121




(1 262)





4.   NOTES TO THE CASHFLOW TABLE
4.1   PURPOSE AND PREPARATION OF THE CASHFLOW TABLE

Cash flow information is used to provide a basis for assessing the ability of the EU to generate cash and cash equivalents, and its needs to utilise those cash flows.
The cashflow table is prepared using the indirect method. This means that the net surplus or deficit for the financial year is adjusted for the effects of transactions of a non-cash nature, any deferrals or accruals of past or future operating cash receipts or payments, and items of revenue or expense associated with investing cash flows.
Cash flows arising from transactions in a foreign currency are recorded in the European Union’s reporting currency (Euro), by applying to the foreign currency amount the exchange rate between the euro and the foreign currency at the date of the cash flow.
The cashflow table presented reports cash flows during the period classified by operating and investing activities (the EU does not have financing activities).
4.2   OPERATING ACTIVITIES

Operating activities are the activities of the EU that are not investing activities. These are the majority of the activities performed. Loans granted to beneficiaries (and the related borrowings, when applicable) are not considered as investing (or financing) activities as they are part of the general objectives and thus daily operations of the EU. Operating activities also include investments such as EIF, EBRD and venture capital funds. Indeed, the objective of these activities is to participate in the achievement of policy targeted outcomes.
4.3   INVESTING ACTIVITIES

Investing activities are the acquisition and disposal of intangible assets and property, plant and equipment and of other investments which are not included in cash equivalents. Investing activities do not include loans granted to beneficiaries. The objective is to show the real investments made by the EU.
5.   CONTINGENT ASSETS & LIABILITIES AND OTHER DISCLOSURES

CONTINGENT ASSETS








EUR millions




 


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




Guarantees received:




Performance guarantees


300


301




Other guarantees


34


30




Other contingent assets


19


8




Total Contingent Assets


353


339




Performance guarantees are requested to ensure that beneficiaries of EU funding meet the obligations of their contracts with the EU.

CONTINGENT LIABILITIES









EUR millions




 


Note


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




Guarantees given



5,1



24 394


22 171




Fines – appeals to the Court of Justice



5,2



8 951


9 627




EAGF, rural development, pre-accession – court judgements pending



5,3



2 345


1 772




Cohesion policy – court judgements pending



5,4



318


—




Amounts relating to legal cases and other disputes



5,5



251


458




Other contingent liabilities


 


2


4




Total Contingent Liabilities


 


36 261


34 032





All contingent liabilities would be financed, should they fall due, by the EU budget in the years to come.




5.1   GUARANTEES GIVEN

5.1.1   
On loans granted by the European Investment Bank (EIB) from its own resources









EUR millions




 


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




65 % guarantee


20 362


18 217




70 % guarantee


1 992


2 281




75 % guarantee


534


695




100 % guarantee


724


789




Total


23 612


21 982




The EU budget guarantees loans signed and granted by the EIB from its own resources to third countries at 31 December 2011 (including loans granted to Member States before accession). However, the EU’s guarantee is limited to a percentage of the ceiling of the credit lines authorised: 65 %, 70 %, 75 % or 100 %. Where the ceiling is not reached, the EU guarantee covers the full amount. At 31 December 2011 the amount outstanding totalled EUR 23 612 million and this, therefore, is the maximum exposure faced by the EU. At 31 December 2011, about 83 % of EIB lending operations (sovereign and sub-sovereign lending operations) are covered by a comprehensive guarantee, while on the remaining operations the EIB benefits from a political risk coverage only.
5.1.2   
Other guarantees given









EUR millions




 


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




Risk Sharing Finance Facility (RSFF)


726


161




Loan Guarantee Instrument for Ten-T Projects (LGTT)


39


11




MEDA: Moroccan guarantees


17


17




Total


782


189





Risk Sharing Finance Facility (RSFF)

Under Risk Sharing Finance Facility (RSFF), the Commission's contribution is used to provision financial risk for loans and guarantees given by the EIB to eligible research projects. In total, a Commission budget of up to EUR 1 billion is foreseen for the period 2007 to 2013, of which up to EUR 800 million are from the ‘Cooperation’ and up to EUR 200 million from the ‘Capacities’ specific programmes. The EIB has committed itself to provide the same amount.
At 31 December 2011 the Commission had contributed EUR 776 million to the RSFF. This has been invested by the EIB in bonds (fair value of EUR 547 million at 31 December 2011) and term deposits (EUR 240 million). The amount included as a contingent liability above, EUR 726 million, represents the estimated maximum loss at 31 December 2011 that the Commission would suffer in case of defaults on loans or guarantees given by the EIB within the framework of the RSFF. It should be noted that the Commission's overall risk is limited to the amount it contributes to the Facility.

Loan Guarantee Instrument for Ten-T Projects (LGTT)

The Loan Guarantee Instrument for Ten-T Projects (LGTT) issues guarantees so as to mitigate revenue risk in the early years of TEN-Transport projects. Specifically the guarantee would fully cover stand-by credit lines, which would only be drawn upon in cases where project cash flows are insufficient to service senior debt. The instrument is a joint financial product of the Commission and the EIB and the TEN-T regulation has earmarked EUR 500 million from the EU budget to be allocated during the period 2007-2013. The EIB will allocate another EUR 500 million, so in total the amount available will be EUR 1 billion to the instrument.
At 31 December 2011 the Commission had contributed EUR 155 million to the LGTT. This has been invested by the EIB in bonds (fair value of EUR 97 million at 31 December 2011) and term deposits (EUR 57 million). At end 2011, EUR 519 million of loans have been signed and are thus covered by the guarantee. The amount included as a contingent liability, EUR 39 million, represents the estimated maximum loss at 31 December 2011 that the Commission would suffer in case of defaults on loans given by the EIB within the framework of the LGTT operations. This represents 7,5 % of the total amounts guaranteed. It should be noted that the Commission's overall risk is limited to the amount it contributes to the Instrument.
The assets of the RSFF and LGTT instruments are included on the Commission's balance sheet as short-term Available-for-sale assets (see note 2.9) and cash (note 2.13).

MEDA

As part of the MEDA programme, the Commission created a guarantee mechanism through a specific Fund, which will benefit two Moroccan organisations, namely the Caisse Centrale de Garantie and the Fonds Dar Ad-Damane. As at 31 December 2011, EUR 17 million fell under the Commission guarantee.
5.2   FINES

These amounts concern fines imposed by the Commission for infringement of competition rules that have been provisionally paid and where either an appeal has been lodged or where it is unknown if an appeal will be made. The contingent liability will be maintained until a decision by the Court of Justice on the case is final. Interest earned on provisional payments is included in the economic result for the year and also as a contingent liability to reflect the uncertainty of the Commission’s title to these amounts.
5.3   COURT JUDGEMENTS PENDING: EAGF, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND PRE-ACCESSION

These are contingent liabilities towards the Member States connected with the EAGF conformity decisions, rural development and pre-accession financial corrections pending judgement of the Court of Justice. The determination of the final amount of the liability and the year in which the effect of successful appeals will be charged to the budget will depend on the length of the procedure before the Court.
5.4   COHESION ACTIONS – LEGAL CASES PENDING

These are contingent liabilities towards the Member States in conjunction with actions under cohesion policy awaiting the oral hearing date or pending judgement of the Court of Justice.
5.5   AMOUNTS RELATED TO LEGAL CASES AND OTHER DISPUTES

This heading relates to actions for damages currently being brought against the Commission, other legal disputes and the estimated legal costs. It should be noted that in an action for damages under Article 288 EC the applicant must demonstrate a sufficiently serious breach by the institution of a rule of law intended to confer rights on individuals, real harm suffered by the applicant, and a direct causal link between the unlawful act and the harm.

OTHER SIGNIFICANT DISCLOSURES


COMMITMENTS AGAINST APPROPRIATIONS NOT YET CONSUMED








EUR millions




 


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




Commitments against appropriations not yet consumed


165 236


155 642




The budgetary RAL (‘Reste à Liquider’) is an amount representing the open commitments for which payments and/or de-commitments have not yet been made. This is the normal consequence of the existence of multi-annual programmes. At 31 December 2011 the budgetary RAL totalled EUR 207 443 million. The amount disclosed above is this budgetary RAL less related amounts that have been included as expenses in the 2011 economic outturn account.

SIGNIFICANT LEGAL COMMITMENTS








EUR millions




 


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




Structural Operations


142 916


210 638




Protocol with Mediterranean countries


264


263




Fisheries agreements


37


130




Galileo programme


320


513




GMES programme


400


390




TEN-T


3 416


3 530




Other contractual commitments


4 493


3 920




Total


151 846


219 384




These commitments originated because the Commission decided to enter into long-term legal commitments in respect of amounts that were not yet covered by commitment appropriations in the budget. This can relate to multi-annual programmes such as Structural Actions or amounts that the European Commission is committed to pay in the future under administrative contracts existing at the balance sheet date (e.g. relating to the provision of services such as security, cleaning, etc, but also contractual commitments concerning specific projects such as building works).

Structural Actions

The table below shows a comparison between the legal commitments for which budget commitments have not yet been made and the maximum commitments in relation to the amounts foreseen in the financial framework 2007-2013.










EUR millions




 


Financial perspective amounts 2007-2013
(A)


Legal commitments concluded
(B)


Budget commitments 2007-2011
(C)


Legal commitments less budget commitments
(= B – C)


Maximum commitment
(= A – C)




Cohesion policy funds


347 550


347 542


240 438


107 104


107 112




Natural Resources


100 549


100 545


69 818


30 727


30 731




Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance


11 259


8 162


6 186


1 976


5 073




Total


459 358


456 249


316 442


139 807


142 916





Protocols with Mediterranean countries

These commitments relate to financial protocols with Mediterranean non-member countries. The amount included here is the difference between the total amount of the protocols signed and the amount of the budget commitments entered in the accounts. These protocols are international treaties that cannot be wound up without the agreement of both parties, although the winding-up process is on-going.

Fisheries agreements

These are commitments entered into with third countries for operations under international fisheries agreements.

Galileo programme

These are amounts are committed to the Galileo programme developing a European Global Navigation Satellite System – see also note 2.2.

GMES programme

The Commission has entered into a contract with the ESA for the period from 2008 to 2013 for the implementation of the space component of Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES). The total indicative amount for that period is EUR 728 million.

TEN-T commitments

This amount relates to grants in the field of the trans-European transport network (TEN-T) for the period 2007 - 2013. The programme applies to projects identified for the development of a trans-European transport network to support both infrastructure projects and research and innovation projects to foster the integration of new technologies and innovative processes on the deployment of new transport infrastructure. The total indicative amount for this programme is EUR 8 013 million.

Other contractual commitments

The amounts included under this disclosure correspond to amounts committed to be paid during the term of the contracts. The largest amount included here is EUR 2 572 million relating to procurement arrangements of the Fusion for Energy Agency in the context of ITER project. The next most significant amount is EUR 438 million relating to building contracts of the Parliament.
6.   FINANCIAL CORRECTIONS AND RECOVERIES
6.1   INTRODUCTION

This note provides an overview of the correction of errors and irregularities detected, in particular in that part of the EU budget that is implemented under the shared management mode (i.e. some 80 % of the total budget). Under shared management, the Commission relies on Member States for the implementation of EU programmes i.e. the EU contribution is paid to the Member States, generally to a specific paying agency, which is then responsible for the payments made to beneficiaries. As a result, Member States are the primary responsible for the prevention, detection and correction of errors and irregularities committed by the beneficiaries, while the European Commission ensures an overall supervisory role (i.e. verifying the effective functioning of Member States' management and control systems).
This note only covers financial corrections and recoveries effected at EU level. The corrections effected by Member States following their own audits are not recorded in the Commission's accounting system because Member States can reuse, in most cases, these amounts for other eligible expenditure. Member States are however requested to provide the Commission with updated information on withdrawals, recoveries and pending recoveries of Structural Funds, and to separately identify EU corrections in the reporting related to the 2007-2013 period to avoid an overlap risk. This information is however not disclosed below for reliability reasons since doubts remain as to the quality and completeness of data submitted by some Member States and/or for some programmes, as identified in the preliminary findings of EU audits on recoveries carried out in Member States.
6.1.1   
Financial corrections


Financial corrections are the main tool used for the correction of errors and irregularities in the context of shared management. Financial corrections are made by the European Commission so as to exclude from EU funding expenditure that is not in accordance with applicable rules and regulations. Financial corrections may also be applied following the detection of serious deficiencies in the management and control systems of Member States. The final objective of this correction mechanism is to ensure that all expenditure declared by the Member State (i.e. on the basis of which the EU contribution is paid) is legal and regular. The issuance of a recovery order by the Commission to recover amounts unduly paid is just one of the means of implementation of financing corrections.
The processing of financial corrections follows these three main steps:






(1)



Financial corrections
in progress:
The estimate of this amount is established as follows:






—


Under Agriculture and Rural Development, the amount of financial corrections in progress is based on an estimate of the amount of expenditure which is likely to be excluded from EU financing by future conformity decisions. Since EAGF corrections are decided per financial year of expense, it is possible to calculate the average of financial corrections per financial year closed, and to extrapolate this percentage to more recent financial years for which controls are still ongoing. The reliability of this method is continuously assessed by comparing the estimate amount with the results of the conformity audits completed in the years concerned.










—


Under Cohesion Policy, the amount disclosed under financial corrections in progress is based on audit findings of the Commission and those of the Court of Auditors or OLAF, all of which are followed up by the relevant Directorate General through on-going contradictory procedures with the concerned Member States. This is a best and prudent estimate, taking into account the state of play of the follow up of the audits and the issuance of final position letters or pre-suspension letters at 31 December 2011. This amount will certainly be subject to change following the contradictory procedures, under which Member States are given the opportunity to present further evidence to support their claims.














(2)



Financial correction
decided/confirmed:
The amount of the financial correction is established with certainty and is definitive, either ‘decided’ through a Commission decision, or ‘confirmed’ (i.e. accepted) by the Member State. In the area of Agriculture and Rural Development for the 2007-2013 period, the EAGF (i.e. European Agricultural Guarantee Fund) and the EAFRD (i.e. European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development) have replaced the EAGGF (i.e. European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund 2000-2006). Financial corrections' decisions are mainly launched as a result of the verification of the expenditure declared by the Member States that is subject to following clearance of accounts procedures:






—


An annual financial clearance decision is adopted by the Commission to formally accept the paying agencies' annual accounts on the basis of management verifications and certifications, which also includes a financial clearance decision for non-respect of payment deadlines. As a result financial corrections may be established for payments that do not respect legal or regulatory deadlines;










—


A multi-annual conformity clearance decision is adopted by the Commission on the conformity of the expenditure declared by Member States with applicable EU rules and regulations.




In the area of Cohesion Policy, financial corrections decided/confirmed are the result of EU controls and audits by the Commission, the European Court of Auditors or OLAF.










(3)



Financial corrections
implemented:
In the case of the EAGF, financial corrections are always implemented by deduction in the monthly declarations. For Rural Development financial corrections are implemented by the issue of recovery orders.
Financial corrections under Cohesion Policy are implemented as follows:






(a)


if the Member State disagrees with the correction required or proposed by the Commission, following a formal contradictory procedure with the Member State that includes the suspension of payments to the programme; in this case, the Commission has three months from the date of a formal hearing with the Member State (six months for 2007-2013 programmes) to adopt a formal financial correction decision and issue a recovery order to obtain repayment from the Member State. These cases lead to a net reduction of the EU contribution to the specific operational programme affected by the financial correction (no possibility for the Member State to re-use the corrected amount for other eligible operations);










(b)


if the correction is accepted, the Member State deducts (withdraws) this amount from a subsequent payment claim to the Commission, before recovery proceedings are completed at national level (withdrawal), or once the recovery proceedings are completed at national levels and amounts are effectively recovered from the beneficiary (recovery at national level); in both cases (withdrawal or recovery at national level deducted by the Member State from a subsequent payment claim), the replacement of irregular expenditure by other eligible expenditure is allowed by the applicable regulations and can be re-used for other eligible operations, which have incurred regular expenditure. In these cases there is no impact in the Commission's accounts, as the level of EU funding to a specific programme is not reduced. The EU's financial interests are thus protected against irregularities and fraud. The validation of the recovery order or of the payment request, depending on the case, by the authorising officer in the accounting system is a necessary step to establish the implementation of financial corrections. In the case of a recovery order, implementation is recognised at issue and before the cashing since recovery orders concerning financial corrections are issued against Member States, and are always paid before or at due date, or compensated with subsequent payments.










(c)


At programme closure when no re-use of the funds is possible by the Member State, the amount of the financial correction is either deducted from the final cost claim submitted by the Member State or decommitted by the Commission.








6.1.2   
Recoveries


Recovery of amounts is a means of implementing financial corrections that merit a separate disclosure given that it concerns actual return of cash to the budget (or offsetting).
In accordance with the Financial Regulation, recovery orders should be established by the authorising officer for amounts unduly paid. Recoveries are then implemented by direct bank transfer from the debtor (e.g. Member State) or by offsetting from other amounts that the Commission owes to the Member State. The Financial Regulation foresees additional procedures to ensure the collection of recovery orders overdue, which are the object of a specific follow up by the Accounting Officer of the Commission.
In the area of Agriculture, Member States are obliged to identify errors and irregularities and to recover amounts unduly paid in accordance with national rules and procedures. For the EAGF, amounts recovered from the beneficiaries are credited to the Commission, after deduction applied by Member States of 20 % (on average), who book them as revenue in the economic outturn account. For EAFRD, recoveries are deducted from the next payment claim before it is sent to the Commission's services, and therefore the relevant amount can be reused for the programme. If a Member State does not pursue the recovery or is not diligent in its actions, the Commission may decide to intervene and to impose a financial correction on the Member State concerned.
In the area of Cohesion Policy, Member States (and not the Commission) are primarily responsible for recovering, from beneficiaries, amounts unduly paid increased, where applicable, by late payment interest. The amounts recovered by the Member States are not disclosed in this note, which only presents the recoveries established by the Commission. For the 2007-2013 period, Member States are legally required to provide the Commission with clear and structured data on amounts withdrawn from co-financing before the national recovery process is finalised and the amounts effectively recovered from beneficiaries at national level.
6.1.3   
Suspensions and interruptions of payments


In accordance with sector legislation the Commission may also:






—



interrupt the payment deadline for a maximum period of 6 months for 2007-13 programmes if:






(a)


There is evidence to suggest a significant deficiency in the functioning of the management and control systems of the Member State concerned;










(b)


The Commission services have to carry out additional verifications following information that expenditure in a certified statement of expenditure is linked to a serious irregularity which has not been corrected.














—



suspend all or part of an interim payment to a Member State for both 2000-06 and 2007-13 programmes in the following three cases:






(a)


There is evidence of serious deficiency in the management and control system of the programme and the Member State has not taken the necessary corrective measures; or










(b)


Expenditure in a certified statement of expenditure is linked to a serious irregularity which has not been corrected; or










(c)


Serious breach by a Member State of its management and control obligations.








Where the required measures are not taken by the Member State, the Commission may impose a financial correction.
6.1.4   
Other management types


Concerning the part of the EU budget that is managed under the direct management mode, expenditure that is not in accordance with applicable rules and regulations is either the subject of a recovery order established by the Commission or deducted from the subsequent cost statement. If the deduction is directly made by the beneficiary in the cost statement, the information cannot be registered in the Commission's accounting system. The recovery of amounts unduly paid under the decentralised and indirect centralised management modes is the responsibility of Member States, third countries or agencies. The joint management mode applies also corrective tools that are defined in the agreements concluded with international organisations.
Note that all figures are rounded into millions of Euros. It should be noted that due to the rounding of figures, some financial figures in the tables may not add up. Amounts shown as 0 represent figures of less than EUR 500 000. Amounts that equal to zero are shown as a dash (-).
6.2   SUMMARY TABLES


Financial corrections and recoveries decided/confirmed in 2011









EUR millions




 


Note


2011


2010





Financial corrections:





Agriculture and Rural Development



6.3.1



733


1 128




Cohesion Policy



6.4.1



673


925




Other



6,5



0


0




Subtotal Financial corrections


 


1 406


2 053





Recoveries:




Agriculture and Rural Development



6.3.1



335


292




Cohesion Policy



6.4.4



50


24




Other



6,5



377


301




Subtotal Recoveries


 


762


617




Total decided/confirmed in 2011


2 168


2 670








Financial corrections and recoveries implemented in 2011









EUR millions




 


Note


2011


2010





Financial corrections:





Agriculture and Rural Development



6.3.2



483


814




Cohesion Policy



6.4.2



624


737




Other



6,5



0


0




Subtotal Financial corrections


 


1 107


1 551





Recoveries:




Agriculture and Rural Development



6.3.2



339


286




Cohesion Policy



6.4.4



48


25




Other



6,5



346


274




Subtotal Recoveries


 


733


585




Total implemented in 2011


1 840


2 136




6.3   FINANCIAL CORRECTIONS AND RECOVERIES UNDER AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT

6.3.1   
Financial corrections and recoveries decided in 2011









EUR millions




 


2011


2010





EAGF:





Financial clearance and non-respected payment deadlines


(63)


33




Conformity clearance


728


1 022





Rural Development:





TRDI 2000-2006


3


49




SAPARD 2000-2006


6


3




EAFRD 2007-2013


58


20




Subtotal financial corrections


733


1 128





EAGF:





EAGF - irregularities


174


178





Rural Development:





TRDI - recoveries


8


10




SAPARD - recoveries


30


5




EAFRD - irregularities


123


98




Subtotal recoveries


335


292




Total


1 068


1 420




A breakdown of the EAGF amounts per Member State is disclosed in Annex 1.
All the above amounts are included in the economic outturn account of the Commission.
The decrease in conformity clearance procedures in 2011 follows a previous increase between 2009 and 2010. The 2010 figure was exceptionally high as procedures decided in the year included a large non-executed clearance procedure of EUR 471 million which was adopted before the year-end, and executed in 2011. The amounts of procedures decided for 2011 now reach comparable levels of 2009 and before.
The negative financial clearance amount of EUR 63 million represents amounts paid out to certain Member States (mainly Italy and the United Kingdom) that exceeded amounts to be recovered for the year.
It should be noted that amounts reported for Rural Development in financial corrections decided/confirmed, as well as financial corrections implemented below, also include recoveries of irregularities for EUR 0.2 million in 2011 (2010: EUR 3 million). These amounts represent sums collected by the European Commission following the recovery of undue payments effected by Member States.
6.3.2   
Financial corrections and recoveries implemented in 2011









EUR millions




 


2011


2010





EAGF:





Financial clearance and non-respected payment deadlines


(63)


33




Conformity clearance


506


728





Rural Development:





TRDI 2000-2006


3


49




SAPARD 2000-2006


6


3




EAFRD 2007-2013


31


0




Subtotal financial corrections


483


814





EAGF:





EAGF - irregularities


178


172





Rural Development:





TRDI - recoveries


8


10




SAPARD - recoveries


30


5




EAFRD - irregularities


123


98




Subtotal recoveries


339


286




Total


822


1 101




A breakdown of the EAGF amounts per Member State is disclosed in Annex 2.
6.3.3   
Financial corrections – cumulative figures



EAGF financial corrections decided – cumulative figures 1999 - 2011








EUR millions




 


As at end 2011


As at end 2010





EAGF Clearance of accounts procedures



7 717


7 035




A breakdown of the cumulated EAGF clearance amount per Member State is disclosed in Annex 3.
The cumulated figures for 2011 correspond to amounts under conformity clearance decisions No 1 to No 36 taken up to 15 October 2011, being the end of EAGF financial year. The amounts decided in the calendar year 2011 correspond to EUR 728 million (see note 6.3.1), and they include EUR 682 million as the amount decided in the financial year 2011, which corresponds to the variation between cumulated figures at end 2011 and cumulated figures at end 2010 of the above table.
It should be noted that all conformity clearance decisions have been formally taken by means of a Commission decision while financial clearance decisions usually take a longer time to proceed and will impact the coming years.

Rural Development corrections decided – cumulative figure 2000 - 2011








EUR millions




 


As at end 2011


As at end 2010





Rural Development financial corrections:





TRDI 2000-2006


64


61




SAPARD 2000-2006


24


17




EAFRD 2007-2013


79


21




Total


167


98




6.3.4   
Financial corrections and recoveries in progress



Financial corrections in progress











EUR millions




 


Financial corrections in progress as at 31.12.2010


New financial corrections in progress in 2011


Financial corrections decided in 2011


Adjustments on financial corrections decided or in progress as at 31.12.2010


Financial corrections in progress as at 31.12.2011





EAGF:





EAGF - future conformity and financial decisions


2 288


573


(665)


8


2 204





Rural Development:





TRDI 2000-2006


7


29


(3)


1


34




SAPARD 2000-2006


68


36


(6)


(20)


77




EAFRD 2007-2013


123


179


(58)


261


505




Total financial corrections in progress


2 486


818


(732)


250


2 821




The amount of EAGF financial corrections in progress at end 2011 shows the consolidation of the estimation method for future conformity decisions.
SAPARD and TRDI programmes are in the closure phase which explains the decrease in the amount of financial corrections in progress.
Concerning EAFRD, the increase is mainly explained by a change in the estimation method. Until last year, the extrapolation method used was based on historical data, i.e. real cases opened for EAGF 2000-06. This estimation was then compared to the level of real cases opened for the first years of the EAFRD programmes. However last year this method proved to give lower amounts than those actually constituted by cases opened. Therefore the extrapolation method has been adapted and aligned to that of EAGF since both funds actually share the same clearance process. The amounts reported in progress give now a more realistic view on future financial corrections.

Recoveries in progress











EUR millions




 


Recoveries in progress as at 31.12.2010


New recoveries in progress in 2011


Recoveries decided in 2011


Adjustments on recoveries decided or in progress as at 31.12.2010


Recoveries in progress as at 31.12.2011





EAGF:





EAGF - irregularities


323


199


(174)


(95)


253





Rural Development:





TRDI 2000-2006


7


6


(8)


7


12




SAPARD 2000-2006


94


6


(30)


(19)


50




EAFRD 2007-2013


22


65


(123)


81


45




Total recoveries in progress


446


275


(335)


(26)


360




6.4   FINANCIAL CORRECTIONS AND RECOVERIES UNDER COHESION POLICY

6.4.1   
Financial corrections decided/confirmed in 2011



Financial corrections decided/confirmed in 2011 by programming period








EUR millions




 


2011


2010





Cohesion policy (EU work)











—


1994-1999 programmes






13


136










—


2000-2006 programmes






440


788










—


2007-2013 programmes






220


2




Total


673


925




A breakdown of these amounts per Member State is disclosed in Annex 4.
Concerning the programming period 1994-99, very few financial corrections were reported in 2011 as the vast majority of programmes are closed. This figure will continue to decrease in the future. For the programming period 2000-06, financial corrections are reported and confirmed during the closure process which is ongoing. However audits continue to be conducted even on closed programmes. The increase in the amount of financial corrections decided/confirmed for the reporting period 2007-13 compared to last year is expected to continue in the coming years, as a result of current audits on the spot.

Financial corrections decided/confirmed in 2011 and their implementation in 2011












EUR millions




 


ERDF


CF


ESF


FIFG/EFF (5)



EAGGF Guidance


Total




Financial Corrections 1994-1999:




Implemented by decommitment/deduction at closure


6


—


—


—


—


6




Implemented by recovery order


2


—


1


0


1


4




Not yet implemented


3


—


—


—


—


3




Subtotal 1994-1999 period


11


—


1


0


1


13




Financial Corrections 2000-2006:




Implemented by decommitment/deduction at closure


217


72


8


0


0


297




Implemented by Member States


(10)


4


—


—


—


(6)




Implemented by recovery order


5


3


—


—


0


8




Not yet implemented


199


(62)


0


3


—


140




Subtotal 2000-2006 period


411


17


9


3


0


440




Financial Corrections 2007-2013:




Implemented by decommitment/deduction at closure


—


—


—


—


—


0




Implemented by Member States


2


—


158


—


—


160




Implemented by recovery order


—


—


—


—


—


0




Not yet implemented


0


—


59


—


—


59




Subtotal 2007-2013 period


3


—


218


—


—


220




Total financial corrections decided/confirmed in 2011


424


17


227


3


1


673




Total financial corrections decided/confirmed in 2010


494


258


49


91


33


925




Out of the total amount of EUR 673 million confirmed in 2011, EUR 233 million include amounts confirmed in previous years but not reported before, as well as adjustments on previously reported amounts. This is due, on one hand, to the extra-accounting nature of the file management of financial corrections, which makes it possible that new cases be reported at a later stage, and on the other hand, to cases where the final amount of a financial correction imposed during the operational programme is only known at closure.
The amount of financial corrections decided/confirmed in the year and implemented by issuance of a recovery order by the Commission (i.e. cash reimbursed to the Commission) is EUR 12 million, EUR 4 million for the 1994-99 period, and EUR 8 million for the 2000-06 period (2010: EUR 158 million). It should be noted that implementation by means of a recovery order represents only a limited amount of total financial corrections (i.e. less than 3 % of the amount implemented in 2011) since the applicable sectoral legislation foresees the possibility for Member States to accept the financial correction proposed by the Commission and then to replace the irregular expenditure by a regular one during programme implementation (but at closure it is no longer possible for the Member State to submit other expenditure to replace the irregular one) - thus meaning that no recovery order needs to be issued by the Commission. Recovery orders are only issued by the Commission in the cases where the Member State refuses the financial correction and the Commission needs to take a formal correction decision, or possibly at the stage of programme closure when the financial correction imposed by the Commission is higher than the amount claimed by the Member State.
For ERDF, the amounts of correction for 2011 continue to concern mainly the 2000-2006 programmes, with the on-going closure: following the analysis of winding up declarations, corrections based on the extrapolation to each programme of residual risks calculated by programme have been confirmed in 2011, and corrections will continue in 2012. Financial corrections at closure imply a net reduction of the EU funding (i.e. reduction of the final amounts to be paid, or recovery of amount if the final amount to be paid is less than the correction).
Concerning the ESF, most of the amount of financial corrections decided/confirmed in 2011 relate to the 2007-13 programming period due to the growing number of audits completed as the implementation of the programmes increases. For the programming period 2000-06 the replacement of an irregular expenditure by a regular one by the Member State is no longer possible, however, progammes being in closure phase, the Member States indicated in the closure documents whether the financial corrections have been deducted, and these amounts are reported in the above table. Financial corrections decided/confirmed for the programming period 1994-99 relate to either financial corrections following a Commission decision or to the identification by the Member State of irregularities after the closure of the operational programme that the Commission recovers by issuance of a recovery order.
Regarding FIFG/EFF, the amount of EUR 3 million of financial corrections decided/confirmed concerns both the closure process on certain programmes, and the conclusion of audits on others.
Concerning EAGGF-Guidance, not all programmes are closed. Financial corrections will continue to be reported in 2012 and 2013, even if the amounts at stake are very limited.
It should be noted that amounts reported in the above tables for EAGGF Guidance Fund also include recoveries of irregularities for EUR 2 million in 2011 (2010: EUR 3 million). These amounts represent sums collected by the European Commission by means of a Commission Decision, following the recovery of undue payment effected by the Member State.
6.4.2   
Financial corrections implemented in 2011



Financial corrections implemented in 2011 by programming period








EUR millions




 


2011


2010





Cohesion policy (EU work)











—


1994-1999 programmes






32


476










—


2000-2006 programmes






432


259










—


2007-2013 programmes






160


2




Total


624


737




A breakdown of these amounts per Member State is disclosed in Annex 5.
It should be noted that the above amounts, in particular for the programming period 2000-06, do not include the totality of financial corrections reported by the Member States in final payment claims received by the Commission in 2010, which are in the process of being validated. At this stage, the financial correction is implemented by the Member State who certifies the deduction of the financial correction amount from the final payment claim amount. However, in the context of programme closure, the validation of the claim by the authorising officer in the accounting system is subject to longer regulatory deadlines before it can be fully processed and payments be made by the Commission. Payments claims received before the year-end 2010 and not yet authorised at end 2011 include financial corrections however as these payment claims will only be processed in 2012 and following years, the amount of implemented financial corrections will be reported after verification of all closure documents and full validation of the related financial transactions. The corrections for the current programming period 2007-13 should increase further in the coming years as a result of the current controls on the spot.

Financial corrections implemented in 2011 (decided/confirmed in 2011 and in previous years)












EUR millions




 


ERDF


CF


ESF


FIFG/EFF


EAGGF Guidance


Total 2010




Financial Corrections 1994-1999 period:




Confirmed in 2011


8


—


1


0


1


10




Confirmed previous years


22


—


0


—


0


22




Subtotal 1994-1999 period


30


—


1


0


1


32




Financial Corrections 2000-2006:




Confirmed in 2011


211


79


0


0


0


291




Confirmed previous years


175


35


19


(90)


—


140




Subtotal 2000-2006 period


387


115


19


(90)


0


432




Financial Corrections 2007-2013:




Confirmed in 2011


2


—


157


—


—


160




Confirmed previous years


0


—


1


—


—


1




Subtotal 2007-2013 period


2


—


158


—


—


161




Total financial corrections implemented in 2011


419


115


178


(90)


1


624




Total financial corrections implemented in 2010


542


21


42


90


41


737




Out of the amount of EUR 624 million reported as financial correction implemented in 2011, EUR 212 million include amounts implemented in previous years but not reported before, as well as adjustments on previously-reported amounts, for the same reasons explained in note 6.4.1.

Financial corrections implemented in 2011 (by implementation type)












EUR millions




 


ERDF


CF


ESF


FIFG/EFF


EAGGF Guidance


TOTAL




Financial Corrections 1994-99:




Implemented by decommitment/deduction at closure


23


—


—


—


—


23




Implemented by recovery order


7


—


1


0


1


9




Subtotal 1994-1999 period


30


—


1


0


1


32




Financial Corrections 2000-2006:




Implemented by decommitment/deduction at closure


237


94


19


0


0


351




Implemented by Member States


142


17


—


(90)


—


69




Implemented by recovery order


8


4


—


—


0


12




Subtotal 2000-2006 period


387


115


19


(90)


0


432




Financial Corrections 2007-2013:




Implemented by decommitment/deduction at closure


—


—


—


—


—


0




Implemented by Member States


2


—


158


—


—


160




Implemented by recovery order


—


—


—


—


—


0




Subtotal 2007-2013 period


2


—


158


—


—


160




Total financial corrections implemented in 2011


419


115


178


(90)


1


624




Total financial corrections implemented in 2010


542


21


42


90


41


737




The amount of financial corrections implemented in the year by issuance of a recovery order by the Commission (i.e. cash reimbursed to the Commission) is EUR 21 million, EUR 9 million for the 1994-99 period, and EUR 12 million for the 2000-06 period (2010: EUR 158 million). For reasons given above in note 6.3.1, implementation by means of a recovery order represent only a very limited amount of financial corrections (i.e. 3 % of the amount implemented in 2011).
Concerning ERDF, it should be noted that since final payment claims introduced in September 2010 are still under an authorising process, they have not been taken into account in the above implementation figures, thus the relatively lower implementation rates of 65 % and 78 % for the ERDF and for the Cohesion Fund respectively. Almost all amounts to be implemented stem from the on-going closure of 2000-06 programmes: EUR 2,1 billion (out of an oustanding total of EUR 2,2 billion) are included in ERDF/Cohesion Fund final payment claims received but will be reported as implemented only when the final payment will be authorised in the upcoming months.
Concerning the ESF, all the financial corrections implemented by the issuance of a recovery order relate to the programming period 1994-99 since programmes are closed. For the period 2000-06 the corrections are either identified by the Member State in the closure documents or identified by the Commission who then requests the Member State to confirm that those amounts should be deducted at closure. Therefore no recovery orders are issued. It should be noted that a high number of programmes are still under analysis, consequently the amount of financial corrections implemented at closure will increase in the coming years following the current closure process (analysis of closure documents and financial validation of last payment claim).
Concerning FIFG/EFF, the negative amount of EUR 90 million represents an adjustment of several financial corrections for Spain which were erroneously reported as implemented in 2010. The Member State did deduct the amounts in question from claims sent to the Commission in 2010, however these claims were part of the closure documents of this programme, and were still being processed by the Commission at 31.12.2010. According to the definition of implementation this adjustment is presented as a negative amount in the 2011 figures.
6.4.3   
Financial corrections – cumulative figures and implementation rates



Financial corrections decided/confirmed – cumulative figures











EUR millions




 


1994-1999 Period


2000-2006 Period


2007-2013 Period


Total as at end 2011


Total as at end 2010




ERDF


1 769


4 575


4


6 348


5 924




Cohesion Fund


273


508


0


781


763




ESF


397


1 182


218


1 798


1 572




FIFG/EFF


100


99


0


198


195




EAGGF Guidance


125


41


0


166


165




Total


2 663


6 405


222


9 291


8 619




A breakdown of the total amount per Member State is disclosed in Annex 4.

Financial corrections implemented – cumulative figures











EUR millions




 


1994-1999 Period


2000-2006 Period


2007-2013 Period


Total as at end 2011


Total as at end 2010




ERDF


1 766


2 359


3


4 128


3 709




Cohesion Fund


266


342


0


608


493




ESF


396


1 165


159


1 720


1 542




FIFG/EFF


100


4


0


104


194




EAGGF Guidance


125


41


0


166


165




Total


2 652


3 912


162


6 726


6 102




A breakdown of the total amount per Member State is disclosed in Annex 5.
Included in the above table are financial corrections that are being challenged by certain Member States (noting that past experience has shown that the Commission has very rarely had to repay amounts following such cases). For more details see note 5.4.

Financial corrections decided/confirmed as at 31 December 2011 but not yet implemented and implementation rates as at 31 December 2011 (cumulative figures)













EUR millions




 


ERDF


CF


ESF


FIFG/EFF


EAGGF Guidance


Total 2011


Total 2010





Financial corrections 1994-1999 programmes





Financial corrections confirmed/decided


1 769


273


397


100


125



2 663




2 652





Financial corrections implemented


1 766


266


396


100


125



2 652




2 621





Financial corrections confirmed/decided but not yet implemented


3


8


1


0


0



11




31






Rate of implementation




100 %




97 %




100 %




100 %




100 %





100 %






99 %







Financial corrections 2000-2006 programmes





Financial corrections confirmed/decided


4 575


508


1 182


99


41



6 405




5 965





Financial corrections implemented


2 359


342


1 165


4


41



3 912




3 480





Financial corrections confirmed/decided but not yet implemented


2 216


166


17


94


0



2 493




2 485






Rate of implementation




52 %




67 %




99 %




4 %




100 %





61 %






58 %







Financial corrections 2007-2013 programmes





Financial corrections confirmed/decided


4


—


217


—


—



222




2





Financial corrections implemented


3


—


159


—


—



162




2





Financial corrections confirmed/decided but not yet implemented


0


—


59


—


—



60




0






Rate of implementation




87 %




N/A




73 %




N/A




N/A





73 %






84 %







Total financial corrections





Financial corrections confirmed/decided


6 348


781


1 797


198


166



9 291




8 619





Financial corrections implemented


4 128


608


1 721


104


166



6 726




6 102





Financial corrections confirmed/decided but not yet implemented


2 220


173


76


94


0



2 565




2 516






Rate of implementation




65 %




78 %




96 %




53 %




100 %





72 %






71 %






Concerning the programming period 2000-2006, the low implementation rate is explained by the ongoing closure process whereby payment claims received at end 2010 are not yet authorised, and the related financial corrections cannot yet be taken into account in the 2011 implementation figures.
6.4.4   
Recoveries



Recoveries confirmed in 2011








EUR millions




 


2011


2010




Other management types


50


24








Recoveries implemented in 2011








EUR millions




 


2011


2010




Other management types


48


25




Please note that some amounts included in the above table were previously reported under note 6.5 in 2010.
6.4.5   
Financial corrections in progress












EUR millions




 


Financial corrections in progress as at 31.12.2010


New financial corrections in progress in 2011


Financial corrections decided in 2011


Adjustments to financial corrections decided or in progress as at 31.12.2010


Financial corrections in progress as at 31.12.2011





Structural and Cohesion funds (1994-1999, 2000-2006 and 2007-2013 programmes)





ERDF


197


91


(85)


(43)


160




Cohesion Fund


262


105


(69)


(132)


166




ESF


284


0


(1)


0


283




FIFG/EFF


0


6


0


0


6




EAGGF Guidance


4


24


(1)


(3)


24




Total


747


227


(156)


(178)


640




At the end of 2011, correction procedures were in progress at Commission level for approximately 140 programmes for ERDF and for the Cohesion Fund. The decrease in amounts compared to previous years reflects the phasing out of financial corrections previously reported as ‘in progress’ for the 2000-06 programmes and the initiation of fewer procedures at this stage of implementation for the current programming period.
Concerning the ESF, the decrease in the estimated amount of financial corections in progress is mainly caused by the closure of some procedures initiated in 2010 and related to five programmes of the 2007-13 period, one procedure for the 2000-06 period and one procedure for the 1994-99 period. It should be noted that in the situation where an estimate of potential amounts at stake during the audit cannot be calculated, mainly because the controls are not finished yet, they are reported in the above table for a EUR 1 value (prudent approach). This is the case for the current cases in relation to the 2007-13 period.
6.4.6   
Interruptions and suspension of payments


The breakdown of interruption cases and amounts per Member State for 2011 is as follows:













EUR millions




 


ERDF / Cohesion Fund


ESF


EFF


Total




 


Number of cases


Amount


Number of cases


Amount


Number of cases


Amount


Number of cases


Amount





Interruptions - closed cases as at 31.12.2011





Czech Republic


2


130


 


 


 


 


2


130




Germany


7


246


 


 


 


 


7


246




Greece


2


132


 


 


 


 


2


132




Spain


12


277


2


8


 


 


14


285




Italy


7


100


4


35


1


6


12


141




Latvia


 


 


 


 


1


0


1


0




Lithuania


1


32


 


 


1


1


2


33




Hungary


9


211


 


 


 


 


9


211




Austria


 


 


1


0


 


 


1


0




Poland


 


 


2


519


 


 


2


519




Portugal


 


 


 


 


1


10


1


10




Romania


2


42


 


 


 


 


2


42




Slovakia


1


30


 


 


 


 


1


30




United Kingdom


6


109


2


26


 


 


8


135




Cross border


6


22


 


 


 


 


6


22




Subtotal closed cases


55


1 331


11


588


4


17


70


1 936





Interruptions - open cases as at 31.12.2011





Denmark


 


 


 


 


1


0


1


0




Germany


3


17


 


 


2


1


5


18




Estonia


 


 


 


 


1


0


1


0




Spain


 


 


2


10


1


62


3


72




France


 


 


2


25


2


3


4


28




Italy


10


303


4


53


 


 


14


356




Slovakia


2


71


 


 


 


 


2


71




Finland


 


 


 


 


1


0


1


0




Sweden


 


 


 


 


1


0


1


0




United Kingdom


 


 


2


234


1


34


3


268




Subtotal open cases


15


391


10


323


10


100


35


814




Total interruptions in 2011


70


1 722


21


911


14


117


105


2 750




Total interruptions in 2010


49


2 156


12


255


12


127


73


2 538




Concerning the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund, 70 interruption decisions for payment deadlines were taken in 2011 for a total amount of EUR 1 722 million. Payments were released for 55 cases representing EUR 1 331 million. 15 cases were still ongoing at year-end, covering an amount of EUR 391 million. Suspension procedures were initiated for ten programmes in 2011, and one suspension decision was formally taken in early 2012. The procedure was closed for four cases in 2011 based on actions taken and reported by the Member States. For the remaining five cases the procedures were still ongoing at year end.
Concerning the ESF, 21 interruption decisions for payment deadlines were taken in 2011 for a total amount of EUR 911 million, all relating to the 2007-2013 programming period. Payments were released before 31 December 2011 for 11 cases, representing EUR 588 million. 10 cases are still ongoing for an amount of EUR 323 million. Additionally, 3 suspension decisions were adopted in 2011 (Spain, France and Italy), all relating to the 2007-2013 period. Suspension was still ongoing for these 3 cases after 31 December 2011.
6.5   OTHER FINANCIAL CORRECTIONS AND RECOVERIES

This heading concerns the financial corrections and recovery of amounts unduly paid because of errors or irregularities detected either by the Commission, Member States, the European Court of Auditors, or OLAF for the part of the budget which is not executed under shared management.

Other financial corrections decided/confirmed in 2011








EUR millions




 


2011


2010




European Refugee Fund II


0


—








Other financial corrections implemented in 2011








EUR millions




 


2011


2010




European Refugee Fund II


0


—




Financial corrections is a mechanism that starts to be also applied in the policy of Home Affairs. The amount of financial corrections decided and implemented in 2011 is EUR 0,4 million and is expected to increase in the coming years.

Other recoveries confirmed in 2011








EUR millions




 


2011


2010





Other management types:











—


external actions






107


137










—


internal policies






270


164




Total other recoveries confirmed


377


301








Other recoveries implemented in 2011








EUR millions




 


2011


2010





Other management types:











—


external actions






77


136










—


internal policies






268


138




Total other recoveries implemented


346


274




Please note that some amounts previously reported in 2010 in the above tables under internal policies are now disclosed in note 6.4.4.

NOTE 6 – ANNEX 1


Total financial corrections and recoveries decided in 2011 for EAGF - Breakdown per Member State











EUR millions




Member State


Financial clearance


Conformity clearance


Irregularities declared


Total 2011


Total 2010




Belgium


0


—


9


9


4




Bulgaria


0


21


3


24


20




Czech Republic


0


—


1


1


1




Denmark


0


22


5


27


12




Germany


(1)


1


11


11


28




Estonia


0


0


0


0


0




Ireland


(1)


—


8


8


7




Greece


2


257


4


263


477




Spain


2


116


20


138


83




France


2


2


18


23


67




Italy


(58)


80


49


71


78




Cyprus


0


8


0


8


1




Latvia


0


—


1


1


0




Lithuania


0


—


1


1


2




Luxembourg


0


—


0


0


1




Hungary


0


—


2


3


8




Malta


0


0


0


0


0




Netherlands


—


25


4


29


51




Austria


0


1


3


5


2




Poland


0


46


2


49


52




Portugal


1


2


8


11


58




Romania


8


39


8


55


55




Slovenia


0


—


0


0


5




Slovakia


0


—


1


1


0




Finland


0


1


1


2


2




Sweden


0


72


2


74


5




United Kingdom


(20)


33


11


24


213




Total decided


(63)


728


174


839


1 233





NOTE 6 – ANNEX 2


Total financial corrections and recoveries implemented in 2011 for EAGF - Breakdown per Member State











EUR millions




Member State


Financial clearance and non-respected payment deadlines


Conformity clearance


Irregularities declared by Member States (repaid to EU)


Total 2011


Total 2010




Belgium


0


—


10


10


3




Bulgaria


0


12


2


15


6




Czech Republic


0


1


1


2


1




Denmark


0


0


3


3


12




Germany


(1)


0


11


10


26




Estonia


0


—


0


0


0




Ireland


(1)


—


6


5


5




Greece


2


191


5


198


150




Spain


2


116


22


140


130




France


2


22


16


41


120




Italy


(58)


41


60


44


33




Cyprus


0


—


0


0


1




Latvia


0


—


1


1


0




Lithuania


0


0


2


2


4




Luxembourg


0


—


0


0


1




Hungary


0


(3)


2


(1)


26




Malta


0


—


0


0


0




Netherlands


—


52


4


56


51




Austria


0


—


1


1


3




Poland


0


1


2


3


97




Portugal


1


16


8


25


24




Romania


8


26


7


41


16




Slovenia


0


4


1


4


1




Slovakia


0


—


1


1


1




Finland


0


—


1


1


2




Sweden


0


—


2


2


5




United Kingdom


(20)


27


10


18


215




Total implemented


–63


506


178


621


934





NOTE 6 – ANNEX 3


Cumulated EAGF clearance of accounts amounts - decided - Breakdown per Member State







EUR millions




Member State


EAGF Clearance of accounts Cumulated amount at end 2011




Belgium


33




Bulgaria


37




Czech Republic


1




Denmark


172




Germany


171




Estonia


0




Ireland


41




Greece


2 023




Spain


1 334




France


1 052




Italy


1 472




Cyprus


10




Latvia


0




Lithuania


2




Luxembourg


5




Hungary


24




Malta


0




Netherlands


163




Austria


7




Poland


66




Portugal


133




Romania


86




Slovenia


5




Slovakia


0




Finland


21




Sweden


95




United Kingdom


762




Total decided


7 717





NOTE 6 – ANNEX 4


Total financial corrections confirmed in 2011 for Structural Actions - Breakdown per Member State














EUR millions




Member State


Cumulative end 2010


Financial corrections confirmed in 2011


Cumulative end 2011




ERDF


CF


ESF


FIFG/EFF


EAGGF Guidance


Total Year 2011





1994-1999




2 652




11




0




1




0




1




13




2 664





Belgium


5


0


—


—


—


—


0


5




Denmark


3


0


—


—


—


—


0


4




Germany


340


(2)


—


—


0


1


(1)


339




Ireland


42


1


—


—


—


—


1


43




Greece


528


—


—


—


—


—


0


528




Spain


664


—


—


0


—


—


0


665




France


88


6


—


1


—


—


8


95




Italy


505


2


—


—


—


0


2


507




Luxembourg


5


—


—


—


—


—


0


5




Netherlands


177


1


—


—


—


—


1


178




Austria


2


—


—


—


—


0


0


2




Portugal


141


—


—


—


—


0


0


141




Finland


1


—


—


—


—


—


0


1




Sweden


1


—


—


—


—


—


0


1




United Kingdom


138


2


—


—


—


0


2


140




INTERREG


10


0


—


—


—


—


0


10





2000-2006




5 965




411




17




9




3




0




440




6 405





Belgium


10


0


—


—


—


—


0


11




Bulgaria


21


—


1


—


—


—


1


22




Czech Republic


11


—


8


—


—


—


8


19




Denmark


0


0


—


—


—


—


0


0




Germany


13


0


—


0


—


0


1


13




Estonia


0


—


0


—


—


—


0


0




Ireland


44


—


—


—


—


—


0


44




Greece


961


221


1


—


—


—


223


1 183




Spain


2 865


104


(5)


—


0


—


98


2 963




France


287


0


—


0


1


0


2


288




Italy


930


25


—


—


—


—


25


954




Cyprus


0


—


—


—


—


—


0


0




Latvia


4


—


—


—


—


—


0


4




Lithuania


2


—


0


—


—


—


0


2




Luxembourg


2


0


 


—


—


—


0


2




Hungary


52


0


3


—


—


—


3


55




Malta


0


—


—


—


0


—


0


0




Netherlands


2


—


—


0


—


—


0


2




Austria


0


—


—


 


—


—


0


0




Poland


246


14


5


8


—


—


27


274




Portugal


157


40


4


—


—


—


44


201




Romania


12


—


0


—


—


—


0


12




Slovenia


2


—


—


—


—


—


0


2




Slovakia


41


4


1


—


—


—


5


45




Finland


1


—


—


—


—


—


0


1




Sweden


11


0


—


0


—


—


0


11




United Kingdom


283


5


—


—


1


—


6


289




INTERREG


10


(2)


—


—


—


—


(2)


8





2007-2013




2




3




0




218




0




N/A




219




221





Belgium


—


—


—


0


—


 


0


0




Bulgaria


—


—


—


2


—


 


2


2




Czech Republic


—


—


—


—


—


 


0


0




Denmark


0


—


—


—


—


 


0


0




Germany


—


—


—


3


—


 


3


3




Estonia


0


—


—


0


—


 


0


0




Ireland


0


—


—


2


—


 


2


2




Greece


—


—


—


—


—


 


0


0




Spain


—


—


—


87


—


 


85


85




France


0


0


—


—


—


 


0


0




Italy


—


—


—


1


—


 


1


1




Cyprus


—


—


—


—


—


 


0


0




Latvia


—


—


—


—


—


 


0


0




Lithuania


—


—


—


—


—


 


0


0




Luxembourg


0


—


—


—


—


 


0


0




Hungary


1


2


—


25


—


 


27


27




Malta


—


—


—


—


—


 


0


0




Netherlands


—


—


—


—


—


 


0


0




Austria


—


—


—


—


—


 


0


0




Poland


0


—


—


92


—


 


92


92




Portugal


1


—


—


—


—


 


0


1




Romania


—


—


—


—


—


 


0


0




Slovenia


—


—


—


—


—


 


0


0




Slovakia


—


—


—


—


—


 


0


0




Finland


—


—


—


—


—


 


0


0




Sweden


—


0


—


—


—


 


0


0




United Kingdom


—


—


—


6


—


 


6


6




INTERREG


—


0


—


—


—


 


0


0




Total confirmed


8 619


424


17


227


3


1


673


9 291





NOTE 6 – ANNEX 5


Total financial corrections implemented in 2011 for Structural Actions — Breakdown per Member State














EUR millions




Member State


Cumulative end 2010


Financial corrections implemented in 2011


Cumulative end 2011




ERDF


CF


ESF


FIFG/EFF


EAGGF Guidance


Total Year 2011





1994-1999




2 621




30




0




1




0




1




32




2 652





Belgium


6


0


—


—


—


—


0


6




Denmark


4


0


—


—


—


—


0


4




Germany


338


(2)


—


—


0


1


(1)


338




Ireland


40


—


—


—


—


—


0


40




Greece


525


—


—


—


—


—


0


525




Spain


658


—


—


0


—


—


0


658




France


89


6


—


1


—


—


8


97




Italy


504


0


—


—


—


0


0


505




Luxembourg


5


 


—


—


—


—


0


5




Netherlands


177


1


—


—


—


—


1


178




Austria


2


—


—


—


—


0


0


2




Portugal


141


—


—


—


—


0


0


141




Finland


1


—


—


—


—


—


0


1




Sweden


1


—


—


—


—


—


0


1




United Kingdom


120


23


—


—


—


0


23


144




INTERREG


9


0


—


—


—


—


0


9





2000-2006




3 480




387




115




19




–90




0




432




3 912





Belgium


8


0


—


—


—


—


0


8




Bulgaria


2


—


9


—


—


—


9


12




Czech Republic


0


—


5


—


—


—


5


5




Denmark


0


—


—


—


—


—


0


0




Germany


10


0


—


0


—


0


1


11




Estonia


0


—


0


—


—


—


0


0




Ireland


26


—


1


—


—


—


1


26




Greece


904


244


2


—


—


—


245


1 149




Spain


1 051


15


74


—


(90)


—


0


1 051




France


248


1


—


—


—


0


1


250




Italy


768


62


—


3


—


—


65


833




Cyprus


0


—


—


—


—


—


0


0




Latvia


4


—


—


—


—


—


0


4




Lithuania


1


—


0


—


—


—


0


1




Luxembourg


2


—


—


—


—


—


0


2




Hungary


41


4


2


8


—


—


14


55




Malta


0


—


—


—


0


—


0


0




Netherlands


1


—


—


0


—


—


0


1




Austria


0


—


—


—


—


—


0


0




Poland


90


41


11


8


—


—


61


151




Portugal


113


4


5


—


—


—


8


121




Romania


8


—


3


—


—


—


3


11




Slovenia


2


—


—


0


—


—


0


2




Slovakia


1


2


3


—


—


—


4


6




Finland


0


0


—


—


—


—


0


0




Sweden


11


0


—


0


—


—


0


11




United Kingdom


188


13


—


—


—


—


13


201




INTERREG


0


1


—


—


—


—


1


1





2007-2013




2




2




0




158




0




N/A




160




162





Belgium


—


—


—


0


—


 


0


0




Bulgaria


—


—


—


1


—


 


1


1




Czech Republic


—


—


—


—


—


 


0


0




Denmark


0


—


—


—


—


 


0


0




Germany


—


—


—


3


—


 


3


3




Estonia


0


—


—


—


—


 


0


0




Ireland


0


—


—


2


—


 


2


2




Greece


—


—


—


—


—


 


0


0




Spain


—


—


—


41


—


 


41


41




France


0


0


—


—


—


 


0


0




Italy


—


—


—


—


—


 


0


0




Cyprus


—


—


—


—


—


 


0


0




Latvia


—


—


—


—


—


 


0


0




Lithuania


—


—


—


—


—


 


0


0




Luxembourg


—


—


—


0


—


 


0


0




Hungary


1


2


—


25


—


 


27


28




Malta


—


—


—


—


—


 


0


0




Netherlands


—


—


—


—


—


 


0


0




Austria


—


—


—


—


—


 


0


0




Poland


0


—


—


86


—


 


86


86




Portugal


1


0


—


0


—


 


0


1




Romania


—


—


—


—


—


 


0


0




Slovenia


—


—


—


—


—


 


0


0




Slovakia


—


—


—


—


—


 


0


0




Finland


—


—


—


—


—


 


0


0




Sweden


—


—


—


—


—


 


0


0




United Kingdom


—


—


—


—


—


 


0


0




INTERREG


—


0


—


—


—


 


0


0




Total implemented


6 102


419


115


178


(90)


1


624


6 726




7.   BORROWING & LENDING ACTIVITIES OF THE EU
This note includes information previously reported under note 2, notes to the balance sheet.
7.1   BORROWING AND LENDING ACTIVITIES — OVERVIEW


Amounts at carrying value 31/12/2011












EUR millions




 


EFSM


BOP


MFA


Euratom


ECSC


Total




Loans (see note 2.5)


28 344


11 625


595


451


266



41 281





Borrowings (note 2.16)


28 344


11 625


595


451


236



41 251





The above amounts are at carrying value whereas the tables below are presented in nominal values.




The European Union (EU) is empowered by the EU Treaty to adopt borrowing programmes to mobilise the financial resources necessary to fulfill its mandate. The European Commission, acting on behalf of the EU, currently operates three main programmes under which it may grant loans and fund these by issuing debt instruments in the capital markets or with financial institutions:






1.


European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism (EFSM): support to Euro Area Member states, up to approximately EUR 60 billion, (EUR 28,3 billion outstanding at year-end)










2.


Balance-of-Payments (BOP) assistance: to Member States that have not yet adopted the euro; up to EUR 50 billion (EUR 11,6 billion outstanding at year-end)










3.


Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA): financial aid programme to assist non-Member States (EUR 595 million outstanding at year-end)




The key points or characterisitics to note for these 3 instruments are:






—


EU borrowing is raised on the capital markets or with financial institutions and not from the budget, as the EU is not permitted to borrow to finance its ordinary budgetary expenses or a budget deficit;










—


The size of the borrowings varies from small private placements of single or double digit EUR million amounts to benchmark-size operations in the context of the balance of payment loans and the EFSM.










—


The funds raised are lent back-to-back to the beneficiary country, i.e. with the same coupon, maturity and amount. Notwithstanding the back-to-back methodology, the debt service of the bond is the obligation of the European Union, which will ensure that all bond payments are made in a timely manner. To this effect, BOP beneficiares are required to deposit reimbursements 7 days in advance of the due dates and EFSM beneficiaries 14 days in advance, which allows the Commission sufficient time to ensure timely payment in all circumstances.










—


For each country programme, the Council and Commission Decisions determine the overall amount, the instalments to be paid and the maximum average maturity of the loan package. Subsequently, the Commission and the beneficiary country agree loan/funding parameters, including instalments and the payment of tranches. In addition, all but the first instalment of the loan depend on compliance with strict conditions, with agreed terms and conditions similar to IMF support, in the context of a joint EU/IMF financial assistance, which is another factor influencing the timing of funding.










—


This implies that the timing and maturities of issuance are dependent on the related EU lending activity.










—


Funding is exclusively denominated in euro and the maturity spectrum is 5 to 30 years.










—


Borrowings are direct and unconditional obligations of the EU and guaranteed by the 27 Member States.










—


Should a beneficiary country default, the debt service will be drawn from the available treasury balance of the European Commission, if possible. If that would not be possible, the Commission would draw the funds necessary from the Member States. EU Member States are legally obliged, according to the EU own resources legislation (Article 12 of Council Regulation 1150/2000), to make available sufficient funds to meet the EU’s obligations. Thus investors are only exposed to the credit risk of the EU, not to that of the beneficiary of loans funded.










—


‘Back-to-back’ lending ensures that the EU budget does not assume any interest rate or foreign exchange risk.




Additionally, the Euratom legal entity (represented by the Commission) borrows money to lend to both Member and non-Member States to finance projects relating to energy installations. Finally, the European Coal & Steel Community (ECSC) in liquidation has at the balance sheet date one loan granted from borrowed funds still outstanding, for a nominal amount of EUR 46 million. This loan was granted to a public-owned company based in France. ECSC has also in its loan portfolio loans granted from own funds to European institutions’ officials from the former ECSC in liquidation pension fund.
More details on each of these instruments are given below. The effective interest rates (expressed as a range of interest rates) were as follows:







Loans


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




EFSM


2,375 %-3,50 %


N/A




BOP


2,375 %-3,625 %


2,375 %-3,625 %




Macro Financial Assistance (MFA)


1,58513 %-4,54 %


0,99 %-4,54 %




Euratom


1,067 %-5,76 %


0,96313 %-5,76 %




ECSC in liquidation


1,158 %-5,8103 %


0,556 %-5,8103 %














Borrowings


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




EFSM


2,375 %-3,50 %


N/A




BOP


2,375 %-3,625 %


2,375 %-3,625 %




Macro Financial Assustante (MFA)


1,58513 %-4,54 %


0,99 %-4,54 %




Euratom


0,867 %-5,6775 %


0,7613 %-5,6775 %




ECSC in liquidation


1,158 %-9,2714 %


0,556 %-9,2714 %




7.2   EFSM


EFSM NOMINAL VALUE









EUR millions




 


Ireland


Portugal


Total





Total loans granted



22 500


26 000


48 500




Loans disbursed at 31.12.2011


13 900


14 100


28 000




Loans repaid at 31.12.2011


0


0


0





Loans outstanding at 31.12.2011




13 900




14 100




28 000





Undrawn amounts at 31.12.2011


8 600


11 900


20 500




A table showing the reimbursement schedule for these loans is given at the end of this note.




On 11 May 2010 the Council adopted a European Financial Stabilisation Mechanism (EFSM) to preserve financial stability in Europe (Council Regulation (EU) No 407/2010). The mechanism is based on Art. 122.2 of the Treaty and enables the granting of financial assistance to a Member State in difficulties or seriously threatened with severe difficulties caused by exceptional circumstances beyond its control. The assistance may take the form of a loan or credit line. The Commission borrows funds on the capital markets or with financial institutions on behalf of the EU and lends these funds to the beneficiary Member State. For each country receiving a loan under the EFSM, a quarterly assessment on the fulfilment of the policy conditions is carried out before an instalment is disbursed.
The ECOFIN Council conclusions of 9 May 2010 restrict the facility to EUR 60 billion but the legal limit is provided in Article 2.2 of the Council Regulation (EU) No 407/2010, which restricts the outstanding amount of loans or credit lines to the margin available under the own resources ceiling. Borrowings related to loans disbursed under the EFSM are guaranteed by the EU Budget – thus at 31 December 2011, the budget is exposed to a maximum possible risk of EUR 28 344 million regarding these loans (the EUR 28 billion above being the nominal value). As the borrowings under the EFSM are guaranteed by the EU budget, the European Parliament scrutinises the Commission's EFSM actions and exercises control in the context of the budget and discharge procedure.
The Council decided by Implementing decision in December 2010 on a loan to Ireland of maximum EUR 22,5 billion, and in May 2011 on a loan to Portugal of maximum EUR 26 billion. The initial Implementing decisions fixed interest with a margin to result in conditions similar to those of the IMF support. With the adoption of Council Implementing Decisions No 682/2011 and 683/2011 of 11 October 2011, the Council suppressed the interest margin retroactively and extended the maximum average maturity from 7,5 years to 12,5 years and the maturity of individual tranches up to 30 years.
In January 2012, a further EUR 1,5 billion was disbursed to both Ireland and Portugal (30 year maturity). Another EUR 3 billion was disbursed to Ireland in March (20 year maturity). EUR 1.8 billion and EUR 2,7 billion were disbursed to Portugal in April and May respectively (26 and 10 year maturities). EUR 2,3 billion was disbursed to Ireland in July (16 year maturity). Under EFSM, the EU intends to issue further bonds during 2012 for a total amount of EUR 3 billion, for loans to Ireland and Portugal.
7.3   BALANCE OF PAYMENTS (BOP)

The BOP facility, a policy based financial instrument, has been reactivated during the current economic and financial crisis to provide medium-term financial assistance to Member States of the EU. It enables the granting of loans to Member States which are experiencing, or are seriously threatened with, difficulties in their balance of payments or capital movements. Only Member States which have not adopted the Euro may benefit from this facility. The maximum outstanding amount of loans to be granted is EUR 50 billion. Borrowings related to these loans are guaranteed by the EU Budget – thus at 31 December 2011, the budget is exposed to a maximum possible risk of EUR 11 625 million regarding these loans (EUR 11,4 billion below being the nominal value).

BOP NOMINAL VALUE










EUR millions




 


Hungary


Latvia


Romania


Total




Disbursed in 2008


2 000


—


—


2 000




Disbursed in 2009


3 500


2 200


1 500


7 200




Disbursed in 2010


—


700


2 150


2 850




Disbursed in 2011


—


—


1 350


1 350




Loans disbursed 31.12.2011


5 500


2 900


5 000


13 400




Loans repaid at 31.12.2011


(2 000)


—


—


(2 000)





Outstanding amount at 31.12.2011




3 500




2 900




5 000




11 400





Total loans granted


6 500


3 100


6 400


16 000




Undrawn amounts 31.12.2011


0


200


1 400


1 600




A table showing the reimbursement schedule for these loans is given at the end of this note.




Between November 2008 and end 2011, loans amounting to EUR 16 billion were granted to Hungary, Latvia and Romania, of which EUR 13.4 billion had been disbursed by the end of 2011. It should be noted that the BOP assistance programme for Hungary expired in November 2010 (with EUR 1 billion undrawn) and a first repayment of EUR 2 billion was received as scheduled in December 2011. Latvia still had EUR 200 million undrawn and available at the end of 2011, but the right to draw this expired unused in January 2012. The total of the new facility granted to Romania (below) was also undrawn at year-end.
In February 2011, Romania requested a follow-up precautionary financial assistance programme under the Balance of Payments Facility to support the re-launch of economic growth. On 12 May 2011 the Council decided to make available precautionary EU BOP assistance for Romania of up to EUR 1,4 billion (Council Decision 2011/288/EU). Currently, Romania does not intend to request the disbursement of any instalment under the precautionary financial assistance programme since the amounts would only be requested in case of unforeseen market deterioration in the economic and/or financial situation due to factors outside the control of the Romanian authorities, leading to the opening of an acute financing gap. Should the financial assistance be activated, it would be provided in form of a loan with a maximum maturity of seven years.
7.4   MFA, EURATOM & ECSC IN LIQUIDATION


MFA is a policy-based financial instrument of untied and undesignated balance-of-payment and/or budget support to partner third-countries geographically close to the EU territory. It takes the form of medium/long term loans or grants or an appropriate combination of both and generally complements financing provided in the context of an IMF-supported adjustment and reform program. At 31 December 2011, a further EUR 239 million of loan agreements have been entered into by the Commission but not yet drawn down by the other party before the year-end. The Commission has not received third-party guarantees for these loans, but they are guaranteed by the Guarantee Fund (see note 2.4).

Euratom is a legal entity of the EU and is represented by the European Commission. It grants loans to Member States for the purpose of financing investment projects in the Member States relating to the industrial production of electricity in nuclear power stations and to industrial fuel cycle installations. It also grants loans to non-Member States for improving the level of safety and efficiency of nuclear power stations and installations in the nuclear fuel cycle which are in service or under construction. Guarantees from third-parties of EUR 447 million (2010: EUR 466 million) have been received covering these loans.

ECSC loans are granted by the ECSC in liquidation on borrowed funds in accordance with articles 54 and 56 of the ECSC Treaty as well as three unquoted debt securities issued by the European Investment Bank (EIB) as substitute of a defaulted debtor. These debt securities will be held till their final maturity (2017 and 2019) in order to cover the service of related borrowings. The changes in carrying amount correspond to the change in accrued interests plus the amortisation of the year of premiums paid and transaction cost incurred at inception, calculated according to the effective interest rate method.
7.5   INTER-GOVERMENTAL FINANCIAL STABILITY MECHANISMS

7.5.1   
European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF)


The European Financial Stability Facility (‘EFSF’) was created by the euro area Member States following the decisions taken on 9 May 2010 by the Ecofin Council. Its mandate is to safeguard financial stability in Europe by providing financial assistance to euro area Member States. The EFSF is expected to no longer be available for new lending after 1 July 2013, in keeping with the current Framework Agreement. In accordance with an agreement by the Euro-area Heads of State/Governments reached in July 2011, the EFSF is authorised to use the following instruments linked to appropriate conditionality:






—


Provide loans to countries in financial difficulties










—


Intervene in the debt primary and secondary markets. Intervention in the secondary market will be only on the basis of an ECB analysis recognising the existence of exceptional financial market circumstances and risks to financial stability










—


Act on the basis of a precautionary programme










—


Finance recapitalisations of financial institutions through loans to governments










—


Provide partial risk protection certificates alongside new issuances of vulnerable Member States




To fulfill its mission, EFSF issues bonds or other debt instruments on the capital markets. It is backed by guarantee commitments from the 17 euro-area Member States for a total of EUR 780 billion and has a lending capacity of EUR 440 billion. It is not guaranteed by the EU budget. The EFSF is a Luxembourg-registered commercial company owned by euro-area Member States outside the EU Treaty framework and thus is not an EU body and is entirely separate from and not consolidated in the EU accounts. Consequently it has no impact on the EU accounts, aside from the possible sanctions revenue described below. The EFSF is subject to statutory audit through external auditors under Luxembourgish legal provisions on auditing.
The Commission will be responsible for negotiating the policy conditionality attached to the financial assistance and the monitoring of compliance with that conditionality. Each country receiving financial assistance from the EFSF will be subject to regular assessments on the fulfilment of the policy conditionality before another instalment is disbursed. Such conditionality may range from a macro-economic adjustment programme (for regular loans) to continuous respect of pre-established eligibility criteria (for precautionary assistance). In principle, the European Commission, in liaison with the ECB, negotiates with the Euro Area Member State concerned a memorandum of understanding (an ‘MoU’) detailing the conditionality attached to the financial assistance facility. The content of the MoU shall reflect the severity of the weaknesses to be addressed and the financial assistance instrument chosen.
In parallel with the EFSM loans granted to Ireland and Portugal, a loan facility from the EFSF with an aggregate net disbursement amount of EUR 17,7 billion for Ireland and EUR 26 billion for Portugal was initiated (in addition to assistance from the International Monetary Fund of respectively SDR 19,5 billion (approximately EUR 22,5 billion based on the rate in force at the time of the agreement) and SDR 23,7 billion (approximately EUR 26 billion) under an Extended Fund Facility).
Regulation (EU) No 1173/2011 of the Parliament and Council allows for the imposition of sanctions in the form of fines on Member States whose currency is the Euro. These fines, being 0,2 % of the Member State's GDP in the preceding year, can be applied in cases where a Member State has not taken appropriate actions to correct an excessive budget deficit, or where there has been manipulation of statistics. Similarly, Regulation (EU) No 1174/2011 on macroeconomic imbalances makes provision for an annual fine on a Eurozone Member State of 0,1 % of GDP in the cases where a Member State has not taken the requested corrective action or in case an insufficient corrective action plan has been submitted. Regulation (EU) No 1177/2011 updated Regulation (EC) No 1467/97 on speeding up and clarifying the implementation of the excessive deficit procedure. This updated Regulation also foresees the possibility of issuing fines to Eurozone Member States (equal to 0,2 % of GDP plus a variable component). According to all three Regulations, any fines collected by the Commission shall be passed to the EFSF, or its successor mechanism. Presently, it is foreseen that such fines will transit through the EU Budget and then be transferred to the EFSF. This would mean that such monies would appear as both a budget revenue and expense, thus having no impact on the overall budget result. Likewise they would have no impact on the economic result as presented in the EU financial statements.
7.5.2   
European Stability Mechanism (ESM)


The European Council agreed on 17 December 2010 on the need for euro area Member States to establish a permanent stability mechanism: the European Stability Mechanism (‘ESM’), an intergovernmental organisation under public international law outside the EU Treaty framework. The ESM Treaty was signed by the 17 euro area Member States on the 2nd of February 2012 and is currently undergoing ratification procedures in the participating Member States before it can become operational. Ultimately, the ESM will assume the tasks currently fulfilled by the EFSF and EFSM in providing, where needed, financial assistance to euro area Member States. There will, however, be a period of overlap of all three mechanisms, but loans that have already been granted under the EFSM will continue to be disbursed and repaid under EFSM rules and so the related borrowings will still be guaranteed by the EU budget and will remain on the EU balance sheet. The creation of the ESM will thus not have an impact on the existing commitments under the EFSM. It must also be noted that the EU budget will not guarantee ESM borrowings.
The ESM will be backed by a robust capital structure, with a total subscribed capital of EUR 700 billion, of which EUR 80 billion will be in the form of paid-in capital provided by the euro-area Member States. With such capital, its lending capacity in principle should reach EUR 500 billion. The adequacy of the combined capacity with EFSF was recently reviewed. On 30 March, the Eurogroup agreed to increase the cumulative lending ceiling of the EFSF/ESM to EUR 700 bn, and allow both mechanisms to coexist until 30 June 2013. The audit process of the ESM has been developed with the supreme audit institutions, and an external independent audit, as well as an audit by an independent board of auditors, will be implemented.
The assistance provided under the ESM will be accompanied by conditionality, appropriate to the assistance instrument chosen. Loans to beneficiary Member States will be conditional on the implementation of a strict economic and fiscal adjustment programme, in line with existing arrangements. As this mechanism will have its own legal personality and will be funded directly by the euro area Member States, it is not an EU body and there is no impact on either the EU accounts or the EU budget, aside from the possible sanctions revenue described below. The Commission will be responsible for negotiating the policy conditionality attached to the financial assistance and the monitoring of compliance with that conditionality (as with the EFSF above). Each country receiving financial assistance from the ESM will be subject to regular assessments on the fulfilment of the policy conditionality before another instalment is disbursed.
As stated above, fines collected under Regulations (EU) No 1173/2011, (EU) No 1174/2011 and (EU) No 1177/2011 will pass through the EU Budget and be transferred to the ESM once the EFSF is no longer operational. Furthermore, the Treaty on Stability, Coordination and Governance signed by 25 Member States (excluding the UK and Czech Republic) foresees penalty payments on any of the ‘Contracting Parties’ where that Member State has not taken necessary measures to address a breach of deficit criterion. Penalties imposed (which cannot exceed 0,1 % of GDP) will be payable to the ESM if applied to Eurozone Member States (thus with no impact on the EU budget outturn, as with the EFSF above), or to the EU Budget for non-Euro Member States – see Article 8 paragraph 2 of the Treaty. In the latter case, the sanction amount will be revenue for the EU budget and reflected as such in its accounts.

Reimbursement schedule for outstanding EFSM & BOP loan amounts at 17 July 2012






















EUR Billions




Loan/Country


Instalment


2014


2015


2016


2017


2018


2019


2021


2022


2025


2026


2028


2032


2038


2042


Total





BOP





Hungary


2nd


2,0


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




 


3rd


 


 


 


1,5


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




Latvia


1st


1,0


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




 


2nd


 


1,2


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




 


3rd


 


 


 


 


 


 


0,5


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




 


4th


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


0,2


 


 


 


 


 




Romania


1st


 


1,5


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




 


2nd


 


 


 


 


 


 


1,0


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




 


3rd


 


 


 


 


1,15


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




 


4th


 


 


 


 


 


1,2


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




 


5th


 


 


 


 


 


0,15


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




Total BOP


 


3,0


2,7


1,5


1,15


1,35


1,5


0,0


0,0


0,2


0,0


0,0


0,0


0,0


0,0


11,4





EFSM





Ireland


1st (T1)


 


5,0


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




 


1st (T2)


 


 


 


 


 


3,4


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




 


2nd


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


3,0


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




 


3rd (T1)


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


2,0


 


 


 


 




 


3rd (T2)


 


 


 


 


 


0,5


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




 


4th (6)



 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


1,5




 


5th (6)



 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


3,0


 


 




 


6th (6)



 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


2,3


 


 


 




Portugal


1st (T1)


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


1,75


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




 


1st (T2)


 


 


 


4,75


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




 


2nd (T1)


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


5,0


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




 


2nd (T2)


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


2,0


 


 


 


 




 


2nd (T3)


 


 


 


 


 


0,6


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




 


3rd (6)



 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


1,5




 


4th (T1) (6)



 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


1,8


 




 


4th (T2) (6)



 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


2,7


 


 


 


 


 


 




Total EFSM


 


0,0


5,0


4,75


0,0


4,5


0,0


9,75


2,7


0,0


4,0


2,3


3,0


1,8


3,0


40,8




Overall total


 


3,0


7,7


6,25


1,15


5,85


1,5


9,75


2,7


0,2


4,0


2,3


3,0


1,8


3,0


52,2




8.   FINANCIAL RISK MANAGEMENT
The following disclosures with regard to the financial risk management of the European Union (EU) relate to:






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lending and borrowing activities carried out by the European Commission through: European Financial Stabilty Mechanism (EFSM), Balance of Payments (BOP), Macro Financial Assistance (MFA), Euratom actions and the European Coal & Steel Community (in Liquidation);










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the treasury operations carried out by the European Commission in order to implement the EU budget, including the receipt of fines; and










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the Guarantee Fund for external actions.




8.1   TYPES OF RISK


Market risk is the risk that the fair value or future cashflows of a financial instrument will fluctuate, because of changes in market prices. Market risk embodies not only the potential for loss, but also the potential for gain. It comprises currency risk, interest rate risk and other price risk (the EU has no significant other price risk).






1.



Currency risk is the risk that the EU's operations or its investments' value will be affected by changes in exchange rates. This risk arises from the change in price of one currency against another.










2.



Interest rate risk is the possibility of a reduction in the value of a security, especially a bond, resulting from an increase in interest rates. In general, higher interest rates will lead to lower prices of fixed rate bonds, and vice versa.





Credit risk is the risk of loss due to a debtor's/borrower's non-payment of a loan or other line of credit (either the principal or interest or both) or other failure to meet a contractual obligation. The default events include a delay in repayments, restructuring of borrower repayments and bankruptcy.

Liquidity risk is the risk that arises from the difficulty of selling an asset, for example, the risk that a given security or asset cannot be traded quickly enough in the market to prevent a loss or meet an obligation.
8.2   RISK MANAGEMENT POLICIES


Borrowing & Lending activities:

The lending and borrowing transactions, as well as related treasury management, are carried out by the EU according to the respective Council Decisions, if applicable, and internal guidelines. Written procedure manuals covering specific areas such as borrowings, loans and treasury management have been developed and are used by the relevant operating units. As a general rule, there are no activities to compensate interest rate variations or foreign currency variations (‘hedging’ activities) carried-out as lending operations are generally financed by ‘back-to-back’ borrowings, which thus do not generate open interest rate or currency positions. The application of the ‘back-to-back’ character is checked regularly.
The European Commission manages the liquidation of the liabilities and no new loans or corresponding funding is foreseen for the ECSC in liquidation. New ECSC borrowings are restricted to refinancing with the aim of reducing the cost of funds. As far as treasury operations are concerned, the principles of prudent management with a view to limiting financial risks are applied.

Treasury:

The rules and principles for the management of the Commission's treasury operations are laid down in the Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1150/2000 (amended by Council Regulations (EC, Euratom) No 2028/2004 and (EC, Euratom) No 105/2009) and in the Financial Regulation (Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002, amended by Council Regulations (EC, Euratom) No 1995/2006, (EC) No 1525/2007 and (EU, Euratom) No 1081/2010) and its Implementing Rules (Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002, amended by Commission Regulations (EC, Euratom) No 1261/2005, (EC, Euratom) No 1248/2006 and (EC, Euratom) No 478/2007).
As a result of the above regulations the following main principles apply:






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Own resources are paid by the Member States in accounts opened for this purpose in the name of the Commission with the Treasury or the body appointed by each Member State. The Commission may draw on the above accounts solely to cover its cash requirements.










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Own Resources are paid by Member States in their own national currencies, while the Commission's payments are mostly denominated in EUR.










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Bank accounts opened in the name of the Commission may not be overdrawn. This restriction does not apply to the Commission's own resource accounts in case of a default on loans contracted or guaranteed pursuant to EU Council regulations and decision.










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Funds held in bank accounts denominated in other currencies than EUR are either used for payments in the same currencies or periodically converted in EUR.




In addition to the own resources accounts, other bank accounts are opened by the Commission, with central banks and commercial banks, for the purpose of executing payments and receiving receipts other than the Member State contributions to the budget.
Treasury and payment operations are highly automated and rely on modern information systems. Specific procedures are applied to guarantee system security and to ensure segregation of duties in line with the Financial Regulation, the Commission’s internal control standards, and audit principles.
A written set of guidelines and procedures regulates the management of the Commission's treasury and payment operations with the objective of limiting operational and financial risk and ensuring an adequate level of control. They cover the different areas of operation (for example: payment execution and cash management, cashflow forecasting, business continuity, etc.), and compliance with the guidelines and procedures is checked regularly. Additionally, information is exchanged between DG BUDGET and DG ECFIN on risk management and best exposures.

Provisionally cashed fines: portfolio (BUFI)

From 2010 onwards provisionally cashed fines amounts are invested in a specifically created fund, BUFI, managed by DG ECFIN. Fines amounts received before 2010 remain in specific bank accounts. The asset management for provisionally cashed fines is carried out by the Commission in accordance with internal guidelines and the asset management guidelines which are included in the SLA signed in December 2009 between DG BUDG and DG ECFIN. Procedural manuals covering specific areas such as treasury management have been developed and are used by the relevant operating units. Financial and operational risks are identified and evaluated and compliance with internal guidelines and procedures is checked regularly.
The objectives of the asset management activities are to invest the fines paid to the Commission in such a way as to:






(a)


ensure that the funds are easily available when needed, while










(b)


aiming at delivering under normal circumstances a return which on average is equal to the return of the BUFI Benchmark minus costs incurred.




Investments are restricted basically to the following categories: term deposits with euro-zone Central Banks, euro-zone sovereign debt agencies, fully state-owned or state-guaranteed banks or supranational institutions; bonds, bills and Certificates of Deposit issued by sovereign entities creating a direct euro-zone sovereign exposure or which are issued by supranational institutions.

Guarantee Fund

The rules and principles for the asset management of the Guarantee Fund (see note 2.4) are laid out in the Convention between the European Commission and the European Investment Bank (EIB) dated 25 November 1994 and the subsequent amendments dated 17/23 September 1996, 8 May 2002, 25 February 2008 and 9 November 2010. The Guarantee Fund operates only in EUR. It exclusively invests in this currency in order to avoid any foreign currency risk. Management of the assets is based upon the traditional rules of prudence adhered to for financial activities. It is required to pay particular attention to reducing the risks and to ensuring that the managed assets can be sold or transferred without significant delay, taking into account the commitments covered.
8.3   CURRENCY RISKS


Borrowing & Lending activities

Most financial assets and liabilities are in EUR, so in these cases the EU has no foreign currency risk. However, the EU does give loans in USD through the financial instrument Euratom, which are financed by borrowings with an equivalent amount in USD (back-to-back operation). At the balance sheet date the EU has no foreign currency risk with regard to Euratom. The ECSC in liquidation has a small foreign currency net exposure of EUR equivalent 1,3 million arising from EUR equivalent 1,26 million housing loans and EUR equivalent 0,04 million current account balances.

Treasury:

Own resources paid by Member States in currencies other than EUR are kept on the own resources accounts, in accordance with the Own Resources Regulation. They are converted into EUR when they are needed to cover for the execution of payments. The procedures applied for the management of these funds are dictated by the above Regulation. In a limited number of cases these funds are directly used for payments to be executed in the same currencies.
A number of accounts in EU currencies other than EUR, and in USD and CHF, are held by the Commission with commercial banks, for the purpose of executing payments denominated in these same currencies. These accounts are replenished depending on the amount of payments to be executed, as a consequence their balances do not represent exposure to currency risk.
When miscellaneous receipts (other than own resources) are received in currencies other than EUR, they are either transferred to Commission's accounts held in the same currencies, if they are needed to cover for the execution of payments, or converted into EUR and transferred to accounts held in EUR. Imprest accounts held in currencies other than EUR are replenished depending on the estimated short term local payments needs in the same currencies. Balances on these accounts are kept within their respective ceilings.

Provisionally cashed fines: portfolio (BUFI)

Since all fines are imposed and paid in EUR, there is no foreign currency risk.

Guarantee Fund

The financial assets are in EUR so there is no currency risk.
8.4   INTEREST RATE RISK


Borrowing & Lending activities


Borrowings and loans with variable interest rates

Due to the nature of its borrowing and lending activities, the EU has significant interest-bearing assets and liabilities. MFA and Euratom borrowings issued at variable rates expose the EU to interest rate risk. However, the interest rate risks that arise from borrowings are offset by equivalent loans in terms and conditions (back-to-back). At the balance sheet date, the EU has loans (expressed in nominal amounts) with variable rates of EUR 0,8 billion (2010: EUR 0,86 billion), with a re-pricing taking place every 6 months.

Borrowings and loans with fixed interest rates

The EU also has MFA and Euratom loans with fixed rates totalling EUR 236 million in 2011 (2010: EUR 110 million) and which have a final maturity date between one and five years (EUR 25 million) and more than five years (EUR 211 million). More significantly, the EU has eleven loans under the financial instrument BOP with fixed interest rates totalling EUR 11,4 billion in 2011 (2010: EUR 12,05 billion) and with a final maturity between one and five years (EUR 7,2 billion) and more than five years (EUR 4.2 billion). Under the financial instrument EFSM, the EU has ten loans with fixed interest rates totalling EUR 28 billion in 2011 and with a final maturity between one and five years (EUR 9,75 billion) and more than five years (EUR 18,25 billion).
Due to the nature of its activities, the ECSC in liquidation is exposed to interest rate risk. The interest rate risks that arise from borrowings are generally offset by equivalent loans in terms and conditions. As regards asset management operations, there are no bonds with variable interest rates in the ECSC portfolio. Zero coupon bonds represented 15 % of the bond portfolio at the balance sheet date.

Treasury:

The Commission's treasury does not borrow any money; as a consequence it is not exposed to interest rate risk. It does, however, earn interest on balances it holds on its different banks accounts. The Commission has therefore put in place measures to ensure that interest earned on its bank accounts regularly reflects market interest rates, as well as their possible fluctuation.
Accounts opened with Member States Treasuries or National Central Banks for own resources receipts are non-interest bearing and free of charges. For all other accounts held with National Central Banks the remuneration depends on the specific conditions offered by each bank; interest rates applied are variable and adjusted to market fluctuations.
Overnight balances held on commercial bank accounts earn interest on a daily basis. This is based on variable market rates to which a contractual margin (positive or negative) is applied. For most of the accounts the interest calculation is linked to the EONIA (Euro over night index average), and is adjusted to reflect any fluctuations of this rate. For some other accounts the interest calculation is linked to the ECB marginal rate for its main refinancing operations. As a result no risk exists that the Commission earns interest at rates lower than market rates.

Provisionally cashed fines: portfolio (BUFI)

There are no bonds with variable interest rates in the BUFI portfolio. Zero coupon bonds represented 34 % of the bond portfolio at the balance sheet date.

Guarantee Fund

Debt securities within the Guarantee Fund issued at variable interest rates are subject to the volatility effects of these rates, whereas debt securities at fixed rates have a risk with regard to their fair value. Fixed rate bonds represent approximately 83 % of the investment portfolio at the balance sheet date (2010: 93 %).
8.5   CREDIT RISK


Borrowing & Lending activities

Exposure to credit risk is managed firstly by obtaining country guarantees in the case of Euratom, then through the Guarantee Fund (MFA & Euratom), then by the possibility of drawing the necessary funds from the Commission's own resource accounts with the Member States and ultimately through the Budget of the EU. The Own Resource legislation fixes the ceiling for own resource payments at 1,23 % of Member States' GNI and during 2011 0,93 % was actually used to cover payment appropriations. This means that at 31 December 2011 there existed an available margin of 0,3 % to cover these guarantees. The Guarantee Fund for external actions was set up in 1994 to cover default risks related to borrowings which finance loans to countries outside the European Union. In any case, the exposure to credit risk is mitigated by the possibility to draw on the Commission's own resource accounts with Member States in excess of the assets on those accounts in case a debtor would be unable to reimburse the amounts due in full. To this end the EU is entitled to call upon all the Member States to ensure compliance with the EU's legal obligation towards its lenders.
As far as treasury operations are concerned, guidelines on the choice of counterparties must be applied. Accordingly, the operating unit will be able to enter into deals only with eligible banks having sufficient counterparty limits.
ECSC's exposure to credit risk is managed through regular analysis of the ability of borrowers to meet interest and capital repayment obligations. Exposure to credit risk is also managed by obtaining collateral as well as country, corporate and personal guarantees. 61 % of the total amount of outstanding loans is covered by guarantees from a Member State or equivalent bodies (e.g. public institutions). 30 % of loans outstanding have been granted to banks or have been guaranteed by banks. As far as treasury operations are concerned, guidelines on the choice of counterparties must be applied. The operating unit is only allowed to enter into deals with eligible banks having sufficient counterparty limits.

Treasury:

Most of the Commission's treasury resources are kept, in accordance with Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1150/2000 on own resources, in the accounts opened by Member States for the payment of their contributions (own resources). All such accounts are held with Member States' treasuries or national central banks. These institutions carry the lowest credit (or counterparty) risk for the Commission as the exposure is with its Member States. For the part of the Commission's treasury resources kept with commercial banks in order to cover the execution of payments, replenishment of these accounts is instructed on a just-in-time basis and is automatically managed by the treasury cash management system. Minimum cash levels, proportional to the average amount of daily payments executed from it, are kept on each account. As a consequence the amounts kept overnight on these accounts remain constantly at low levels (overall between EUR 20 million and EUR 100 million on average, spread over more than 20 accounts) and so ensure the Commission's risk exposure is limited. These amounts should be viewed with regard to the overall treasury balances which fluctuate between EUR 1 billion and EUR 35 billion, and with an overall amount of payments executed in 2011 that exceeded EUR 128 billion.
In addition, specific guidelines are applied for the selection of commercial banks in order to further minimise counterparty risk to which the Commission is exposed:






—


All commercial banks are selected by call for tenders. The minimum short term credit rating required for admission to the tendering procedures is Moody's P-1 or equivalent (S&P A-1 or Fitch F1). A lower level may be accepted in specific and duly justified circumstances.










—


For commercial banks that have been specifically selected for the deposit of provisionally cashed fines (restricted cash), a minimum long-term rating AA in one rating agency is also required as a general rule and specific measures are applied in case banks in this group are subject to downgrade. In addition the amount deposited with each bank is limited to a certain percentage of its own funds; the calculation of such limit also takes into account the amount of outstanding guarantees issued to the Commission by the same institution.










—


Imprest accounts are held with local banks selected by a simplified tendering procedure. Rating requirements depend on the local situation and may significantly differ from one country to another. In order to limit risk exposure, balances on these accounts are kept at the lowest possible levels (taking into account operational needs); they are regularly replenished, and the applied ceilings are reviewed on a yearly basis.










—


The credit ratings of the commercial banks where the Commission has accounts are reviewed at least on a monthly basis, or with higher frequency if and when needed. Intensified monitoring measures and daily reviews of commercial banks' ratings were adopted in the context of the financial crisis, and kept in place during 2011.




Significant amounts of guarantees issued by financial institutions are also held by the Commission in relation to the fines it imposes to companies breaching EU competition rules (see note 2.11.1). These guarantees are provided by fined companies as an alternative to making provisional payments. The risk management policy applied for the acceptance of such guarantees has been reviewed in the early months of 2012 and a new combination of credit rating requirements and limited percentages per counterpart (proportional to each counterpart's own funds) has been defined in the light of the current financial environment in the EU. It continues to ensure a high credit quality for the Commission. The compliance of the outstanding guarantees with the applicable policy requirements is reviewed regularly.

Provisionally cashed fines: portfolio (BUFI)

For investments from provisionally cashed fines the Commission takes on exposure to credit risk which is the risk that a counterparty will be unable to pay amounts in full when due. The highest concentration of exposure is towards France and Germany as each of these countries represents respectively 62 % and 25 % of the total volume of the portfolio.

Guarantee Fund

In accordance with the agreement between the EU and the EIB on the management of the Guarantee Fund, all interbank investments should have a minimum rating from Moody's or equivalent of P-1. As at 31 December 2011 fixed term deposits (EUR 300 million) were made with such counterparties (2010: EUR 124 million). As at 31 December 2011, the fund has no investments in short-term discount papers. For the same period the previous year, the fund invested in four short-term financial instruments and all such investments (EUR 69 million) were made with counterparties having a minimum rating of P-1 Moody's or equivalent. All the securities held in the available for sale portfolio are in line with the management guidelines.
8.6   LIQUIDITY RISK


Borrowing & Lending activities

The liquidity risk that arises from borrowings is generally offset by equivalent loans in terms and conditions (back-to-back operations). For MFA and Euratom, the Guarantee Fund serves as a liquidity reserve (or safety net) in case of payment default and payment delays of borrowers. For BOP, the Council Regulation (EC) No 431/2009 provides for a procedure allowing sufficient time to mobilise funds through the Commission's own resource accounts with the Member States. For EFSM, the Council Regulation (EU) No 407/2010 provides for a similar procedure.
For the asset and liability management of ECSC in liquidation, the Commission manages liquidity requirements based on disbursement forecasts obtained through consultations with the responsible Commission services.

Treasury:

EU budget principles ensure that overall cash resources for the year are always sufficient for the execution of all payments. In fact, the total Member States contributions equal the amount of payment appropriations for the budgetary year. Member States contributions, however, are received in twelve monthly instalments throughout the year, while payments are subject to certain seasonality. In order to ensure that treasury resources are always sufficient to cover the payments to be executed in any given month, procedures regarding regular cash forecasting are in place, and own resources or additional funding can be called up in advance from Member States if needed, and under certain conditions. In addition to the above, in the context of the Commission's daily treasury operations, automated cash management tools ensure that sufficient liquidity is available on each of the Commission's bank accounts, on a daily basis.

Guarantee Fund

The fund is managed according to the principle that the assets shall have a sufficient degree of liquidity and mobilisation in relation to the relevant commitments. The fund must maintain a minimum of EUR 100 million in a portfolio with a maturity of < 12 months which is to be invested in monetary instruments. As at 31 December 2011 these investments amounted to EUR 300 million. Furthermore a minimum of 20 % of the fund's nominal value shall comprise monetary instruments, fixed-rate bonds with a remaining maturity of no more than one year and floating-rate bonds. As at 31 December 2011 this ratio stood at 45 %.
9.   RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES
9.1   RELATED PARTIES

The related parties of the Commission are the other EU consolidated entities and the key management personnel of these entities. Transactions between these entities take place as part of the normal operations of the EU and as this is the case, no specific disclosure requirements are necessary for these transactions in accordance with the EU accounting rules.
9.2   KEY MANAGEMENT ENTITLEMENTS

For the purposes of presenting information on related party transactions concerning the key management of the European Commission, such persons are shown here under five categories:
Category 1: the Presidents of the European Council, the Commission and the Court of Justice
Category 2: the Vice-president of the Commission and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and the other Vice-presidents of the Commission
Category 3: the Secretary-General of the Council, the Members of the Commission, the Judges and Advocates General of the Court of Justice, the President and Members of the General Court, the President and Members of the European Civil Service Tribunal, the Ombudsman and the European Data Protection Supervisor
Category 4: the President and Members of the Court of Auditors
Category 5: the highest ranking civil servants of the Institutions and Agencies
A summary of their entitlements are given below – further information can be found in the Official Journal of the European Union (187, 8.8.1967 last modified by Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 202/2005 of 18.1.2005 (L 33, 5.2.2005) and L 268, 20.10.1977 last modified by Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1293/2004 of 30.4.2004 (L 243, 15.7.2004)). Other information is also available in the Staff Regulations published on the Europa website which is the official document describing the rights and obligations of all officials of the EU. Key management personnel have not received any preferential loans from the EU.

KEY MANAGEMENT FINANCIAL ENTITLEMENTS











EUR




Entitlement (per employee)


Category 1


Category 2


Category 3


Category 4


Category 5





Basic salary (per month)


25 351,76


22 963,55 – 23 882,09


18 370,84 – 20 667,20


19 840,51 – 21 126,47


11 681,17 – 18 370,84





Residential/Expatriation allowance



15 %


15 %


15 %


15 %


16 %





Family allowances:





Household (% salary)


2 % + 170,52


2 % + 170,52


2 % + 170,52


2 % + 170,52


2 % + 170,52




Dependent child


372,61


372,61


372,61


372,61


372,61




Pre-school


91,02


91,02


91,02


91,02


91,02




Education, or


252,81


252,81


252,81


252,81


252,81




Education outside place of work


505,39


505,39


505,39


505,39


505,39





Presiding judges allowance



N/A


N/A


500 - 810,74


N/A


N/A





Representation allowance



1 418,07


0 - 911,38


500 - 607,71


N/A


N/A





Annual travel costs



N/A


N/A


N/A


N/A


Yes





Transfers to Member State:





Education allowance (7)



Yes


Yes


Yes


Yes


Yes




% of salary (7)



5 %


5 %


5 %


5 %


5 %




% of salary with no cc


max 25 %


max 25 %


max 25 %


max 25 %


max 25 %





Representation expenses



reimbursed


reimbursed


reimbursed


N/A


N/A





Taking up duty:





Installation expenses


50 703,52


45 927,10 – 47 764,18


36 741,68 – 41 334,40


39 681,02 – 42 252,94


reimbursed




Family travel expenses


reimbursed


reimbursed


reimbursed


reimbursed


reimbursed




Moving expenses


reimbursed


reimbursed


reimbursed


reimbursed


reimbursed





Leaving office:





Resettlement expenses


25 351,76


22 963,55 – 23 882,09


18 370,84 – 20 667,20


19 840,51 – 21 126,47


reimbursed




Family travel expenses


reimbursed


reimbursed


reimbursed


reimbursed


reimbursed




Moving expenses


reimbursed


reimbursed


reimbursed


reimbursed


reimbursed




Transition (% salary) (8)



40 % - 65 %


40 % - 65 %


40 % - 65 %


40 % - 65 %


N/A




Sickness insurance


covered


covered


covered


covered


optional





Pension (% salary, before tax)


Max 70 %


Max 70 %


Max 70 %


Max 70 %


Max 70 %





Deductions:





Community tax


8 % - 45 %


8 % - 45 %


8 % - 45%


8 % - 45 %


8 % - 45 %




Sickness insurance (% salary)


1,8 %


1,8 %


1,8 %


1,8 %


1,8 %




Special levy on salary


5,5 %


5,5 %


5,5 %


5,5 %


5,5 %




Pension deduction


N/A


N/A


N/A


N/A


11,6 %





Number of persons at year-end




3




8




90




27




97





10.   EVENTS AFTER THE BALANCE SHEET DATE
At the date of signing of these accounts, aside from the information presented below, no material issues had come to the attention of the Accounting Officer of the Commission or were reported to him that would require separate disclosure under this section. The annual accounts and related notes were prepared using the most recently available information and this is reflected in the information presented.

Additional requests for financial assistance within the Eurozone

The Eurogroup welcomed on 25 June 2012 the Spanish Government's formal application for financial assistance. On the 9 July, it reached a political understanding on a programme designed to help Spain recapitalise and restructure its financial institutions. Once the memorandum of understanding is adopted, it will allow the first disbursement. The financial assistance for recapitalisation will be provided via the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) until the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) becomes available and takes over this task.
The Eurogroup also welcomed on 27 June the request of the Cypriot authorities for financial assistance from euro area Member States in view of the challenges that Cyprus is facing, in particular due to distress in the banking sector and the presence of macroeconomic imbalances. Based on an assessment of the financial needs, the euro area financial support would be provided in the framework of a comprehensive adjustment programme. The financial assistance package shall be provided by the EFSF or the ESM on the basis of its financing instruments.
For more information on both the EFSF and the ESM, as well as EU financial assistance programmes, please see Note 7.
11.   SCOPE OF CONSOLIDATION
11.1   CONSOLIDATED ENTITIES

A.   CONTROLLED ENTITIES

1.   Institutions and consultative bodies







 


Committee of the Regions










 


Council of the European Union










 


Court of Justice of the European Union










 


European Commission










 


European Court of Auditors










 


European External Action Service (9)











 


European Data Protection Supervisor










 


European Economic and Social Committee










 


European Ombudsman










 


European Parliament










 


European Council




2.   EU Agencies







 


European Agency for Safety and Health at Work










 


European Aviation Safety Agency










 


European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control










 


European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training










 


European Environment Agency










 


European Food Safety Authority










 


European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions










 


European Maritime Safety Agency










 


European Medicines Agency










 


European Chemicals Agency










 


Fusion for Energy (European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy)










 


Eurojust










 


European Institute for Gender Equality










 


Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation










 


Education, Audiovisual & Culture Executive Agency










 


European Research Council Executive Agency










 


European Agency for Cooperation of Energy Regulators (9)











 


European Banking Authority (10)











 


Office for the Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (10)











 


European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights










 


European Network and Information Security Agency










 


European Training Foundation










 


European Agency for the Management of Operational Co-operation at External Borders of the Member States of the EU










 


Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union










 


European GNSS Supervisory Authority










 


Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (Trade Marks and Designs)










 


European Railway Agency










 


Community Plant Variety Office










 


European Fisheries Control Agency










 


European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction










 


European Police College (CEPOL)










 


European Police Office (EUROPOL)










 


Executive Agency for Health and Consumers










 


Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency










 


Research Executive Agency










 


European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (10)











 


European Securities and Markets Authority (10)











 


European Institute of Innovation and Technology (10)





3.   Other controlled entities

European Coal and Steel Community (in liquidation)
B.   JOINT VENTURES







 


ITER International Fusion Energy Organisation










 


SESAR Joint Undertaking










 


FCH Joint Undertaking










 


Galileo Joint Undertaking in liquidation










 


IMI Joint Undertaking




C.   ASSOCIATES







 


European Investment Fund










 


Clean Sky Joint Undertaking










 


ARTEMIS Joint Undertaking










 


ENIAC Joint Undertaking




11.2   NON-CONSOLIDATED ENTITIES

Although the EU manages the assets of the below mentioned entities, they do not meet the requirements to be consolidated and so are not included in the European Union accounts.
11.2.1   
The European Development Fund (EDF)


The European Development Fund (EDF) is the main instrument for providing European Union aid for development cooperation to the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States and Overseas Countries and Territories (OCTs). The 1957 Treaty of Rome made provision for its creation with a view to granting technical and financial assistance, initially limited to African countries with which some Member States had historical links.
The EDF is not funded from the European Union's budget but from direct contributions from the Member States, which are agreed in negotiations at intergovernmental level. The Commission and the EIB manage the resources of the EDF. Each EDF is usually concluded for a period of around five years. Since the conclusion of the first partnership convention in 1964, the EDF programming cycles have generally followed the partnership agreement/convention cycles.
The EDF is governed by its own Financial Regulation (OJ L 78, of 19.3.2008) which foresees the presentation of its own financial statements, separately from those of the EU. The EDF annual accounts and resource management are subject to the external control of the Court of Auditors and the Parliament. For information purposes, the balance sheet and the economic outturn account of the 8th, 9th and 10th EDFs are shown below:

Balance sheet – 8th, 9th and 10th EDFs








EUR millions




 


31.12.2011


31.12.2010




NON-CURRENT ASSETS


380


353




CURRENT ASSETS


2 510


2 151




Total assets


2 890


2 504




CURRENT LIABILITIES


(1 033)


(1 046)




Total liabilities


(1 033)


(1 046)





Net assets




1 857




1 458





FUNDS & RESERVES




Called fund capital


26 979


23 879




Other reserves


2 252


2 252




Economic outturn carried forward from previous years


(24 674)


(21 908)




Economic outturn of the year


(2 700)


(2 765)





Net assets




1 857




1 458









Economic outturn account – 8th, 9th and 10th EDFs








EUR millions




 


2011


2010




OPERATING REVENUE


99


140




OPERATING EXPENSES


(2 778)


(3 000)





DEFICIT FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES




(2 679)




(2 860)





FINANCIAL ACTIVITIES


(21)


95





ECONOMIC OUTTURN OF THE YEAR




(2 700)




(2 765)





11.2.2   
The Sickness Insurance Scheme


The Sickness Insurance Scheme is the scheme that provides medical assurance to the staff of the various European Union bodies. The funds of the Scheme are its own property and are not controlled by the European Union, although its financial assets are managed by the Commission. The Scheme is funded by contributions from its members (staff) and from the employers (the Institutions/Agencies/bodies.) Any surplus remains within the Scheme.
The scheme has four separate entities – the main scheme covering staff of the Institutions, Agencies of the European Union, and three smaller schemes covering staff in the European University of Florence, the European schools and staff working outside the EU such as staff in the EU delegations. The total assets of the Scheme at 31 December 2011 totalled EUR 294 million (2010: EUR 286 million).
11.2.3   
The Participants Guarantee Fund (PGF)


Certain pre-financing amounts paid out under the 7th Research Framework Programme for research and technological development (FP7) are effectively covered by a Participants Guarantee Fund (PGF).
This is a mutual benefit instrument set up to cover the financial risks incurred by the EU and the participants during the implementation of the indirect actions of FP7, its capital and interests constituting a performance security. All participants of indirect actions taking the form of a grant contribute 5 % of the total EU contribution to the PGF's capital for the duration of the action. As such the participants are the owners of the PGF, the EU (represented by the Commission) acting as their executive agent. At the end of an indirect action, participants shall recover their contribution to the capital in full, except where the PGF incurs losses due to defaulting beneficiaries – in this case participants shall recover, at a minimum, 80 % of their contribution. The PGF thus guarantees the financial interest of both the EU and the participants.
As at 31 December 2011 the PGF had total assets of EUR 1 171 million (2010: EUR 879 million). The funds of the PGF are its own property and are not controlled by the European Union, even if its financial assets are managed by the Commission.
PART II

Consolidated reports on implementation of the budget and explanatory notes


CONTENTS


Consolidated reports on implementation of the budget:







1.

EU Budget outturn









2.

Statement of Comparison of Budget and Actual Amounts




Revenue:







3.

Summary of the implementation of budget revenue




Expenditure:







4.

Breakdown and changes in commitment and payment appropriations by financial framework heading









5.

Implementation of commitment appropriations by financial framework heading









6.

Implementation of payment appropriations by financial framework heading









7.

Movement in commitments outstanding by financial framework heading









8.

Breakdown of commitments outstanding by year of origin by financial framework heading









9.

Breakdown and changes in commitment and payment appropriations by policy area









10.

Implementation of commitment appropriations by policy area









11.

Implementation of payment appropriations by policy area









12.

Movement in commitments outstanding by policy area









13.

Breakdown of commitments outstanding by year of origin by policy area




Institutions:







14.

Summary of the implementation of budget revenue by Institution









15.

Implementation of commitment and payment appropriations by Institution




Agencies:







16.

Agency income: budget forecasts, entitlements and amounts received









17.

Commitment and payment appropriations by Agency









18.

Budget outturn including Agencies




Explanatory notes to the consolidated reports on implementation of the budget:







1.

Budgetary principles, structure and appropriations









2.

Explanation of the consolidated reports on the implementation of the budget




CONSOLIDATED REPORTS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BUDGET
 (11)


RESULT OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EU BUDGET

1.   EU BUDGET OUTTURN







EUR millions




EUROPEAN UNION


2011


2010




Revenue for the financial year



130 000




127 795





Payments against current year appropriations



(128 043)




(121 213)





Payment appropriations carried over to year N+1



(1 019)




(2 797)





Cancellation of unused payment appropriations carried over from year N-1



457




741





Exchange differences for the year



97




23






Budget Outturn
 (12)




1 492




4 549





The budget surplus for the European Union is returned to the Member States during the following year through deduction of their amounts due for that year.
2.   STATEMENT OF COMPARISON OF BUDGET AND ACTUAL AMOUNTS
REVENUE












EUR millions




Title


Original Budget


Final Budget


Entitlements established


Revenue


Difference Final–Actual


Receipts as % of budget


Outstanding




1


2


3


4


5 = 2 – 4


6 = 4/2


7 = 3 – 4










1.


Own resources






125 106


118 289


118 193


118 164


125


99,89 %


29










3.


Surpluses, balances and adjustments






0


6 354


6 472


6 370


(16)


100,25 %


102










4.


Revenue accruing from persons working with the institutions and with other Union bodies






1 182


1 182


1 213


1 207


(25)


102,12 %


6










5.


Revenue accruing from the administrative operation of the institutions






56


56


609


587


(531)


1 048,48 %


22










6.


Contributions and refunds in connection with Union/Community agreements and programmes






30


82


2 745


2 454


(2 372)


2 993,28 %


291










7.


Interest on late payments and fines






123


733


13 943


1 183


(450)


161,37 %


12 761










8.


Borrowing and lending operations






0


0


159


1


0


 


159










9.


Miscellaneous revenue






30


30


44


34


(4)


111,86 %


11




Total


126 527


126 727


143 380


130 000


(3 273)


102,58 %


13 380







EXPENDITURE – BY FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK HEADING












EUR millions




Financial Framework Heading


Original Budget


Final Budget (13)



Payments made


Difference Final–Actual


%


Appropriations carried over


Appropriations lapsing




1


2


3


4 = 2 – 3


5 = 3/2


6


7 = 2 – 3 – 6










1.


Sustainable growth






53 280


56 982


54 732


2 251


96,05 %


2 051


199










2.


Preservation & management of natural resources






56 379


58 887


57 374


1 513


97,43 %


1 416


97










3.


Citizenship, freedom, security and justice






1 459


2 008


1 827


181


91,00 %


144


37










4.


The EU as a global player






7 238


7 366


7 102


264


96,42 %


145


118










5.


Administration






8 172


9 716


8 359


1 357


86,03 %


1 012


345










6.


Compensations






 


 


 


 


 


 


 




Total


126 527


134 960


129 395


5 565


95,88 %


4 768


797







EXPENDITURE — BY POLICY AREA












EUR millions




Policy Area


Original Budget


Final Budget (14)



Payments made


Difference Final-Actual


%


Appropriations carried over


Appropriations lapsing




1


2


3


4 = 2 – 3


5 = 3/2


6


7 = 2 – 3 – 6










01


Economic and financial affairs






341


443


389


54


87,76 %


9


46










02


Enterprise






1 210


1 485


1 336


149


89,99 %


123


25










03


Competition






93


104


94


10


90,73 %


9


1










04


Employment and social affairs






9 163


10 498


10 392


106


98,99 %


75


30










05


Agriculture and rural development






55 269


57 784


56 342


1 442


97,50 %


1 406


35










06


Mobility and transport






1 142


1 217


1 114


103


91,53 %


77


26










07


Environment and Climate action






390


379


332


47


87,54 %


24


23










08


Research






4 117


5 476


4 604


872


84,08 %


861


10










09


Information society and media






1 334


1 741


1 489


252


85,51 %


250


2










10


Direct research






396


832


441


391


53,01 %


384


6










11


Maritime affairs and Fisheries






771


812


772


40


95,08 %


5


35










12


Internal market






93


104


95


9


91,52 %


8


1










13


Regional policy






33 317


33 052


32 995


57


99,83 %


51


5










14


Taxation and customs union






115


133


123


10


92,20 %


9


1










15


Education and culture






1 996


2 725


2 414


310


88,62 %


305


5










16


Communication






253


279


259


21


92,61 %


17


4










17


Health and consumer protection






596


659


623


37


94,40 %


27


10










18


Area of freedom, security and justice






885


1 014


944


70


93,10 %


40


30










19


External relations






3 385


3 462


3 313


148


95,72 %


66


82










20


Trade






104


113


104


8


92,51 %


8


1










21


Development and relations with ACP States






1 480


1 583


1 513


71


95,54 %


43


27










22


Enlargement






1 013


970


928


42


95,63 %


38


4










23


Humanitarian aid






839


1 090


1 068


22


97,96 %


10


12










24


Fight against fraud






75


83


71


12


85,96 %


7


4










25


Commission's policy coordination & legal advice






191


221


197


24


89,07 %


21


4










26


Commission’s administration






1 017


1 274


1 063


211


83,45 %


196


15










27


Budget






69


73


60


13


82,01 %


12


1










28


Audit






11


13


12


1


91,58 %


1


0










29


Statistics






124


159


134


25


84,26 %


19


6










30


Pensions and related expenditure






1 278


1 273


1 257


16


98,75 %


0


16










31


Language Services






393


501


442


60


88,11 %


56


3










32


Energy






1 535


1 087


963


123


88,63 %


44


79










40


Reserves






100


0


0


0


0,00 %


0


0










90


Other Institutions






3 428


4 321


3 512


809


81,27 %


565


245




Total


126 527


134 960


129 395


5 565


95,88 %


4 768


797




3.   SUMMARY OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BUDGET REVENUE















EUR millions




Title


Income appropriations


Entitlements established


Revenue


Receipts as % of budget


Outstanding




Initial


Final


Current year


Carried over


Total


On entitlements current year


On entitlements carried over


Total










1.


Own resources






125 106


118 289


118 111


81


118 193


118 121


43


118 164


99,89 %


29










3.


Surpluses, balances and adjustments






0


6 354


6 308


164


6 472


6 308


62


6 370


100,25 %


102










4.


Revenue accruing from persons working with the institutions & with other EU bodies






1 182


1 182


1 206


7


1 213


1 201


6


1 207


102,12 %


6










5.


Revenue from administrative operations of institutions






56


56


591


18


609


573


14


587


1 048,48 %


22










6.


Contributions and refunds in connection with community agreements & programmes






30


82


2 470


275


2 745


2 313


141


2 454


2 993,28 %


291










7.


Interest on late payments and fines






123


733


50


13 893


13 943


(172)


1 355


1 183


161,37 %


12 761










8.


Borrowing and lending operations






0


0


37


122


159


1


0


1


195,64 %


159










9.


Miscellaneous revenue






30


30


34


10


44


30


4


34


111,86 %


11




Total


126 527


126 727


128 808


14 572


143 380


128 374


1 626


130 000


102,58 %


13 380








Detail Title 1:   Own resources
















Chapter


Income appropriations


Entitlements established


Revenue


Receipts as % of budget


Outstanding




Initial


Final


Current year


Carried over


Total


On entitlements current year


On entitlements carried over


Total










11.


Sugar levies






123


123


132


0


132


132


0


132


106,75 %


0










12.


Customs duties






16 654


16 544


16 593


81


16 675


16 603


43


16 646


100,62 %


29










13.


VAT






13 787


14 126


14 077


0


14 077


14 077


0


14 077


99,65 %


0










14.


GNI






94 542


87 497


87 259


0


87 259


87 259


0


87 259


99,73 %


0










15.


Correction of budgetary imbalances






0


0


52


0


52


52


0


52


 


0










16.


Reduction GNI-based contributions NL, S






0


0


(1)


0


(1)


(1)


0


(1)


 


0




Total


125 106


118 289


118 111


81


118 193


118 121


43


118 164


99,89 %


29








Detail Title 3:   Surpluses, balances and adjustments
















Chapter


Income appropriations


Entitlements established


Revenue


Receipts as % of budget


Outstanding




Initial


Final


Current year


Carried over


Total


On entitlements current year


On entitlements carried over


Total










30.


Surplus from previous year






0


4 539


4 539


0


4 539


4 539


0


4 539


100,00 %


0










31.


VAT balances






0


673


680


37


717


680


14


694


103,11 %


23










32.


GNI balances






0


1 142


1 135


128


1 263


1 135


48


1 183


103,64 %


80










34.


Adjustment for non-participation in JHAP






0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


 


0










35.


United Kingdom correction-adjustments






0


0


(46)


0


(46)


(46)


0


(46)


 


0




Total


0


6 354


6 308


164


6 472


6 308


62


6 370


100,25 %


102




4.   BREAKDOWN & CHANGES IN COMMITMENT & PAYMENT APPROPRIATIONS BY FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK HEADING

















EUR millions




 


Commitment appropriations


Payment appropriations




Financial Framework Heading


Appropriations adopted


Modifications
(Transfers & AB)


Carried over


Assigned revenue


Total additional


Total authorised


Appropriations adopted


Modifications
(Transfers & AB)


Carried over


Assigned revenue


Total additional


Total authorised




1


2


3


4


5 = 3 + 4


6 = 1 + 2 + 5


7


8


9


10


11 = 9 + 10


12 = 7 + 8 + 11










1


Sustainable growth






64 501


3


182


2 308


2 490


66 995


53 280


714


281


2 707


2 989


56 982










2


Preservation and management of natural resources






58 659


0


2


2 680


2 682


61 341


56 379


(585)


419


2 675


3 093


58 887










3


Citizenship, freedom, security and justice






1 822


276


24


169


193


2 291


1 459


255


98


196


294


2 008










4


The EU as global player






8 754


5


42


287


329


9 088


7 238


(184)


38


274


313


7 366










5


Administration






8 173


0


9


785


794


8 967


8 172


1


745


799


1 544


9 716










6


Compensations






 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




Total


141 909


284


259


6 228


6 488


148 681


126 527


200


1 582


6 651


8 233


134 960




5.   IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMITMENT APPROPRIATIONS BY FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK HEADING




















EUR millions




Financial Framework Heading


Commitment appropriations authorised


Commitments made


Appropriations carried over


Appropriations lapsing




From the year’s appropriations


From carry-overs


From assigned revenue


Total


%


Assigned revenue


Carry-overs by decision


Total


%


From the year’s budget appropriations


From carry overs


Assigned revenue


Total


%




1


2


3


4


5 = 2 + 3 + 4


6 = 5/1


7


8


9 = 7 + 8


10 = 9/1


11


12


13


14 = 11 + 12 + 13


15 = 14/1










1


Sustainable growth






66 995


64 065


182


991


65 238


97,38 %


1 317


36


1 353


2,02 %


403


0


0


404


0,60 %










2


Preservation and management of natural resources






61 341


58 577


2


1 328


59 907


97,66 %


1 352


23


1 375


2,24 %


59


0


0


59


0,10 %










3


Citizenship, freedom, security and justice






2 291


2 048


24


92


2 165


94,50 %


76


41


117


5,12 %


9


0


0


9


0,38 %










4


The EU as a global player






9 088


8 572


42


194


8 808


96,91 %


94


178


272


2,99 %


8


0


0


8


0,09 %










5


Administration






8 967


7 941


9


504


8 454


94,28 %


281


22


303


3,38 %


210


0


0


210


2,34 %










6


Compensations






 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




Total


148 681


141 204


259


3 108


144 572


97,24 %


3 120


301


3 420


2,30 %


689


0


0


689


0,46 %




6.   IMPLEMENTATION OF PAYMENT APPROPRIATIONS BY FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK HEADING





















EUR millions




Financial Framework Heading


Payment Appropriations authorised


Payments made


Appropriations carried over


Appropriations lapsing




From the year’s appropriations


From carry-overs


From assigned revenue


Total


%


Automatic carry-overs


Carry-overs by decision


Assigned revenue


Total


%


From the year’s appropriations


From carryovers


Assigned revenue


Total


%




1


2


3


4


5 = 2 + 3 + 4


6 = 5/1


7


8


9


10 = 7 + 8 + 9


11 = 10/1


12


13


14


15 = 12 + 13 + 14


16 = 15/1










1


Sustainable growth






56 982


53 658


235


839


54 732


96,05 %


131


53


1 868


2 051


3,60 %


153


47


0


199


0,35 %










2


Preservation & management of natural resources






58 887


55 646


391


1 337


57 374


97,43 %


32


46


1 338


1 416


2,40 %


70


27


0


97


0,16 %










3


Citizenship, freedom, security & justice






2 008


1 636


92


99


1 827


91,00 %


9


38


97


144


7,17 %


31


6


0


37


1,83 %










4


The EU as a global player






7 366


6 902


19


181


7 102


96,42 %


27


25


93


145


1,97 %


99


19


0


118


1,61 %










5


Administration






9 716


7 304


614


442


8 359


86,03 %


637


22


352


1 012


10,41 %


209


131


5


345


3,55 %










6


Compensations






 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




Total


134 960


125 145


1 352


2 898


129 395


95,88 %


835


185


3 748


4 768


3,53 %


562


230


5


797


0,59 %




7.   MOVEMENTS IN COMMITMENTS OUTSTANDING - BY FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK HEADING














EUR millions




 


Commitments outstanding at the end of the previous year


Commitments of the year


 




Financial Framework Heading


Commitments carried forward from previous year


Decommitments/Revaluations/Cancellations


Payments


Commitments outstanding at year-end


Commitments made during the year


Payments


Cancellation of commitments which cannot be carried over


Commitments outstanding at year-end


Total Commitments outstanding at year-end










1


Sustainable growth






150 467


(1 262)


(48 945)


100 259


65 238


(5 786)


(3)


59 448


159 707










2


Preservation and management of natural resources






22 963


(193)


(11 687)


11 083


59 907


(45 687)


0


14 220


25 302










3


Citizenship, freedom, security and justice






1 911


(118)


(555)


1 237


2 165


(1 272)


0


893


2 130










4


The EU as a global player






18 332


(469)


(4 740)


13 123


8 808


(2 363)


(1)


6 444


19 567










5


Administration






722


(77)


(631)


14


8 454


(7 728)


(4)


722


737










6


Compensations






 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


 




Total


194 395


(2 120)


(66 559)


125 717


144 572


(62 836)


(9)


81 727


207 443




8.   BREAKDOWN OF COMMITMENTS OUTSTANDING BY YEAR OF ORIGIN — BY FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK HEADING














EUR millions




Financial Framework Heading


<2005


2005


2006


2007


2008


2009


2010


2011


Total










1


Sustainable growth






820


998


10 089


984


7 997


29 501


49 870


59 448


159 707










2


Preservation & management of natural resources






42


32


928


91


180


1 237


8 573


14 220


25 302










3


Citizenship, freedom, security and justice






16


14


21


80


172


401


534


893


2 130










4


The EU as a global player






783


357


986


1 093


2 097


3 180


4 627


6 444


19 567










5


Administration






0


0


0


0


0


0


14


722


737




Total


1 661


1 401


12 024


2 247


10 446


34 319


63 618


81 727


207 443




9.   BREAKDOWN AND CHANGES IN COMMITMENT AND PAYMENT APPROPRIATIONS BY POLICY AREA

















EUR millions




Policy Area


Commitment appropriations


Payment appropriations




Approps adopted


Modifications
(Transfer /AB)


Carried over


Assigned revenue


Total additional


Total authorised


Approps adopted


Modifications
(Transfer/AB)


Carried over


Assigned revenue


Total additional


Total authorised




1


2


3


4


5 = 3 + 4


6 = 1 + 2 + 5


7


8


9


10


11 = 9 + 10


12 = 7 + 8 + 11










01


Economic and financial affairs






524


(122)


0


13


13


416


341


26


54


22


76


443










02


Enterprise






1 056


(1)


0


119


119


1 174


1 210


95


33


146


180


1 485










03


Competition






93


(2)


0


5


5


96


93


(2)


8


5


13


104










04


Employment and social affairs






11 398


255


19


16


35


11 689


9 163


1 283


36


15


51


10 498










05


Agriculture and rural development






57 292


0


0


2 667


2 667


59 960


55 269


(510)


357


2 667


3 024


57 784










06


Mobility and transport






1 547


1


0


115


115


1 663


1 142


(110)


66


119


185


1 217










07


Environment and Climate action






471


0


0


21


21


492


390


(44)


17


16


33


379










08


Research






5 335


0


0


849


849


6 184


4 117


130


29


1 199


1 228


5 476










09


Information society and media






1 539


(3)


0


248


248


1 784


1 334


101


17


289


305


1 741










10


Direct research






395


0


0


484


484


879


396


(7)


39


403


443


832










11


Maritime affairs and Fisheries






1 001


23


2


2


4


1 028


771


0


38


2


40


812










12


Internal market






95


2


0


3


3


100


93


2


6


3


9


104










13


Regional policy






40 383


141


21


4


25


40 549


33 317


(346)


77


4


81


33 052










14


Taxation and customs union






142


(3)


0


4


4


143


115


6


8


4


12


133










15


Education and culture






2 429


(6)


0


514


514


2 937


1 996


145


20


563


583


2 725










16


Communication






273


1


0


6


6


280


253


8


13


5


18


279










17


Health and consumer protection






692


(23)


0


36


36


705


596


(8)


35


36


71


659










18


Area of freedom, security and justice






1 210


42


24


62


86


1 339


885


24


31


75


106


1 014










19


External relations






4 315


45


31


118


149


4 508


3 385


(75)


43


109


152


3 462










20


Trade






105


0


0


3


3


109


104


0


5


3


8


113










21


Development & relations ACP States






1 542


81


6


121


127


1 749


1 480


(47)


31


119


150


1 583










22


Enlargement






1 123


(5)


0


44


44


1 163


1 013


(94)


7


44


52


970










23


Humanitarian aid






878


256


0


14


14


1 149


839


234


5


12


17


1 090










24


Fight against fraud






82


0


0


0


0


81


75


1


7


0


7


83










25


Commission’s policy coordination and legal advice






191


2


0


10


10


203


191


2


18


10


28


221










26


Commission’s administration






1 019


4


0


108


108


1 131


1 017


10


134


112


246


1 274










27


Budget






69


(12)


0


6


6


64


69


(12)


8


6


15


73










28


Audit






11


0


0


1


1


12


11


0


1


1


2


13










29


Statistics






145


(5)


0


17


17


157


124


10


7


18


25


159










30


Pensions and related expenditure






1 278


(5)


0


0


0


1 273


1 278


(5)


0


0


0


1 273










31


Language Services






393


(2)


0


83


83


474


393


(2)


28


83


110


501










32


Energy






700


1


146


42


188


889


1 535


(518)


15


54


70


1 087










40


Reserves






754


(383)


0


0


0


371


100


(100)


0


0


0


0










90


Other Institutions






3 428


0


9


493


502


3 930


3 428


0


388


504


893


4 321




Total


141 909


284


259


6 228


6 488


148 681


126 527


200


1 582


6 651


8 233


134 960




10.   IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMITMENT APPROPRIATIONS BY POLICY AREA




















EUR millions




Policy Area


Commitment appropriations authorised


Commitments made


Appropriations carried over


Appropriations lapsing




From the year’s approps


From carry-overs


Assigned revenue


Total


%


Assigned revenue


Carry-overs: decision


Total


%


From year’s budget approps


From carry-overs


Assigned revenue


Total


%




1


2


3


4


5 = 2 + 3 + 4


6 = 5/1


7


8


9 = 7 + 8


10 = 9/1


11


12


13


14 = 11 + 12 + 13


15 = 14/1










01


Economic and financial affairs






416


403


0


11


414


99,55 %


2


0


2


0,41 %


0


0


0


0


0,05 %










02


Enterprise






1 174


1 053


0


61


1 113


94,87 %


58


0


58


4,94 %


2


0


0


2


0,19 %










03


Competition






96


91


0


3


94


97,65 %


2


0


2


2,28 %


0


0


0


0


0,07 %










04


Employment and social affairs






11 689


11 612


19


7


11 638


99,57 %


9


34


42


0,36 %


8


0


0


8


0,07 %










05


Agriculture and rural development






59 960


57 257


0


1 322


58 579


97,70 %


1 345


0


1 345


2,24 %


36


0


0


36


0,06 %










06


Mobility and transport






1 663


1 545


0


64


1 609


96,79 %


51


0


51


3,08 %


2


0


0


2


0,12 %










07


Environment & Climate action






492


466


0


11


478


97,08 %


10


0


10


2,02 %


4


0


0


4


0,90 %










08


Research






6 184


5 334


0


396


5 730


92,67 %


453


0


453


7,33 %


0


0


0


0


0,01 %










09


Information society and media






1 784


1 535


0


102


1 637


91,75 %


146


0


146


8,21 %


1


0


0


1


0,04 %










10


Direct research






879


395


0


79


474


53,90 %


405


0


405


46,09 %


0


0


0


0


0,01 %










11


Maritime affairs and Fisheries






1 028


996


2


1


999


97,13 %


1


23


24


2,35 %


5


0


0


5


0,51 %










12


Internal market






100


96


0


2


98


98,21 %


1


0


1


1,47 %


0


0


0


0


0,32 %










13


Regional policy






40 549


40 472


21


2


40 495


99,87 %


2


40


41


0,10 %


12


0


0


12


0,03 %










14


Taxation and customs union






143


139


0


2


141


98,01 %


3


0


3


1,78 %


0


0


0


0


0,21 %










15


Education and culture






2 937


2 422


0


297


2 720


92,58 %


217


0


217


7,40 %


0


0


0


0


0,02 %










16


Communication






280


271


0


3


274


97,71 %


3


0


3


0,96 %


4


0


0


4


1,32 %










17


Health & consumer protection






705


653


0


21


674


95,61 %


15


0


15


2,12 %


16


0


0


16


2,27 %










18


Freedom, security and justice






1 339


1 244


24


40


1 308


97,74 %


22


3


25


1,86 %


5


0


0


5


0,40 %










19


External relations






4 508


4 312


31


72


4 415


97,93 %


46


44


90


2,00 %


3


0


0


3


0,07 %










20


Trade






109


105


0


2


106


98,01 %


1


0


1


1,22 %


1


0


0


1


0,77 %










21


Development & relations ACP






1 749


1 495


6


111


1 612


92,16 %


10


127


136


7,80 %


1


0


0


1


0,04 %










22


Enlargement






1 163


1 110


0


9


1 119


96,29 %


35


8


43


3,70 %


0


0


0


0


0,01 %










23


Humanitarian aid






1 149


1 131


0


8


1 139


99,19 %


6


0


6


0,55 %


3


0


0


3


0,26 %










24


Fight against fraud






81


77


0


0


77


95,16 %


0


0


0


0,02 %


4


0


0


4


4,82 %










25


Policy coord and legal advice






203


193


0


5


198


97,72 %


4


0


4


2,09 %


0


0


0


0


0,20 %










26


Commission’s administration






1 131


1 020


0


61


1 081


95,61 %


47


0


47


4,16 %


3


0


0


3


0,23 %










27


Budget






64


57


0


4


61


94,91 %


3


0


3


4,17 %


1


0


0


1


0,92 %










28


Audit






12


11


0


0


12


96,94 %


0


0


0


2,74 %


0


0


0


0


0,32 %










29


Statistics






157


137


0


9


146


93,06 %


7


0


7


4,58 %


4


0


0


4


2,37 %










30


Pensions + related expenditure






1 273


1 257


0


0


1 257


98,75 %


0


0


0


0,00 %


16


0


0


16


1,25 %










31


Language Services






474


390


0


50


440


92,98 %


33


0


33


6,89 %


1


0


0


1


0,13 %










32


Energy






889


698


146


16


860


96,75 %


26


0


26


2,96 %


3


0


0


3


0,29 %










40


Reserves






371


0


0


0


0


0,00 %


0


0


0


0,00 %


371


0


0


371


100,00 %










90


Other Institutions






3 930


3 225


9


336


3 570


90,83 %


156


22


178


4,53 %


182


0


0


182


4,64 %




Total


148 681


141 204


259


3 108


144 572


97,24 %


3 120


301


3 420


2,30 %


689


0


0


689


0,46 %




11.   IMPLEMENTATION OF PAYMENT APPROPRIATIONS BY BUDGET POLICY AREA





















EUR millions




Policy Area


Payment Appro-priations authorised


Payments made


Appropriations carried over


Appropriations lapsing




From the year's approps


From carry-overs


Assigned revenue


Total


%


Automatic carry-overs


Carry-overs by decision


Assigned revenue


Total


%


From the year's approps


From carry-overs


Assigned revenue


Total


%




1


2


3


4


5 = 2 + 3 + 4


6 = 5/1


7


8


9


10 = 7 + 8 + 9


11 = 10/1


12


13


14


15 = 12 + 13 + 14


16 = 15/1










01


Economic and financial affairs






443


330


40


20


389


87,76 %


6


0


2


9


1,92 %


31


14


0


46


10,32 %










02


Enterprise






1 485


1 271


22


43


1 336


89,99 %


20


0


103


123


8,29 %


14


12


0


25


1,71 %










03


Competition






104


85


7


2


94


90,73 %


6


0


3


9


8,53 %


0


1


0


1


0,74 %










04


Employment and social affairs






10 498


10 354


32


7


10 392


98,99 %


17


50


8


75


0,72 %


26


4


0


30


0,29 %










05


Agriculture & rural development






57 784


54 663


349


1 330


56 342


97,50 %


25


45


1 337


1 406


2,43 %


27


8


0


35


0,06 %










06


Mobility and transport






1 217


1 001


64


48


1 114


91,53 %


6


0


71


77


6,33 %


25


1


0


26


2,15 %










07


Environment & Climate action






379


307


14


10


332


87,54 %


18


0


6


24


6,33 %


21


2


0


23


6,13 %










08


Research






5 476


4 217


23


364


4 604


84,08 %


26


0


835


861


15,73 %


4


7


0


10


0,19 %










09


Information society and media






1 741


1 422


15


52


1 489


85,51 %


13


0


236


250


14,35 %


1


2


0


2


0,14 %










10


Direct research






832


343


35


63


441


53,01 %


44


0


341


384


46,22 %


2


4


0


6


0,77 %










11


Maritime affairs and Fisheries






812


750


21


1


772


95,08 %


3


1


1


5


0,64 %


18


17


0


35


4,28 %










12


Internal market






104


89


5


1


95


91,52 %


6


0


2


8


7,56 %


0


1


0


1


0,92%










13


Regional policy






33 052


32 917


76


2


32 995


99,83 %


11


38


2


51


0,16 %


4


1


0


5


0,02 %










14


Taxation and customs union






133


114


7


1


123


92,20 %


7


0


3


9


7,03 %


0


1


0


1


0,77%










15


Education and culture






2 725


2 126


15


273


2 414


88,62 %


15


0


290


305


11,21 %


0


5


0


5


0,18 %










16


Communication






279


246


11


2


259


92,61 %


14


0


3


17


6,09 %


2


2


0


4


1,30 %










17


Health and consumer protection






659


572


31


20


623


94,40 %


11


0


16


27


4,07 %


5


5


0


10


1,53 %










18


Freedom, security and justice






1 014


876


25


43


944


93,10 %


8


0


31


40


3,95 %


24


6


0


30


2,95 %










19


External relations






3 462


3 243


12


59


3 313


95,72 %


10


6


50


66


1,91 %


51


32


0


82


2,37 %










20


Trade






113


99


4


1


104


92,51 %


4


2


2


8


6,69 %


0


1


0


1


0,80 %










21


Development and relations ACP






1 583


1 393


11


108


1 513


95,54 %


16


17


11


43


2,73 %


7


20


0


27


1,74 %










22


Enlargement






970


914


3


10


928


95,63 %


4


0


34


38


3,95 %


0


4


0


4


0,43 %










23


Humanitarian aid






1 090


1 054


5


9


1 068


97,96 %


6


0


3


10


0,90 %


12


0


0


12


1,14 %










24


Fight against fraud






83


66


5


0


71


85,96 %


6


1


0


7


8,93 %


3


2


0


4


5,11 %










25


Commission’s policy coordination and legal advice






221


178


15


4


197


89,07 %


15


0


5


21


9,28 %


0


3


0


4


1,65 %










26


Commission’s administration






1 274


893


122


47


1 063


83,45 %


130


2


65


196


15,37 %


3


12


0


15


1,18 %










27


Budget






73


49


8


3


60


82,01 %


8


0


4


12


16,29 %


1


1


0


1


1,71 %










28


Audit






13


11


1


0


12


91,58 %


1


0


0


1


7,29 %


0


0


0


0


1,13 %










29


Statistics






159


125


5


4


134


84,26 %


5


0


14


19


12,19 %


4


2


0


6


3,55 %










30


Pensions and related expenses






1 273


1 257


0


0


1 257


98,75 %


0


0


0


0


0,00 %


16


0


0


16


1,25 %










31


Language Services






501


373


25


43


442


88,11 %


17


0


39


56


11,23 %


1


3


0


3


0,67 %










32


Energy






1 087


934


14


16


963


88,63 %


6


0


39


44


4,08 %


78


2


0


79


7,28 %










40


Reserves






0


0


0


0


0


0,00 %


0


0


0


0


0,00 %


0


0


0


0


0,00 %










90


Other Institutions






4 321


2 873


330


308


3 512


81,27 %


351


22


192


565


13,07 %


182


58


5


245


5,66 %




Total


134 960


125 145


1 352


2 898


129 395


95,88 %


835


185


3 748


4 768


3,53 %


562


230


5


797


0,59 %




12.   MOVEMENTS IN COMMITMENTS OUTSTANDING BY POLICY AREA














EUR millions




Policy Area


Commitments outstanding at end of the previous year


Commitments of the year


Total commitments outstanding at year-end




Commitments carried forward from previous year


Decommitments/Revaluations/Cancellations


Payments


Commitments outstanding at year-end


Commitments made during the year


Payments


Cancellation commitments which cannot be carried over


Commitments outstanding at year-end










01


Economic & financial affairs






581


(24)


(175)


382


414


(214)


0


200


582










02


Enterprise






2 414


(36)


(963)


1 415


1 113


(373)


0


740


2 155










03


Competition






8


(1)


(7)


0


94


(87)


0


7


7










04


Employment & social affairs






28 673


(250)


(9 999)


18 424


11 638


(394)


0


11 245


29 669










05


Agriculture rural development






20 197


(76)


(10 833)


9 288


58 579


(45 509)


0


13 070


22 358










06


Mobility and transport






2 468


(154)


(894)


1 420


1 609


(220)


0


1 389


2 809










07


Environment & Climate action






783


(30)


(199)


554


478


(133)


0


344


898










08


Research






8 222


(147)


(2 910)


5 165


5 730


(1 694)


(2)


4 035


9 200










09


Information society & media






2 157


(35)


(767)


1 355


1 637


(722)


0


914


2 269










10


Direct research






163


(12)


(93)


58


474


(348)


0


125


184










11


Maritime affairs and Fisheries






1 877


(42)


(521)


1 314


999


(251)


0


748


2 062










12


Internal market






20


(1)


(16)


3


98


(80)


0


19


22










13


Regional policy






101 474


(561)


(31 994)


68 919


40 495


(1 001)


0


39 494


108 413










14


Taxation and customs union






76


(2)


(51)


22


141


(71)


0


69


92










15


Education and culture






1 698


(82)


(707)


909


2 720


(1 708)


0


1 012


1 921










16


Communication






123


(16)


(83)


24


274


(176)


0


98


122










17


Health and consumer protection






724


(58)


(312)


355


674


(311)


0


363


718










18


Freedom, security & justice






1 282


(51)


(267)


964


1 308


(678)


0


631


1 595










19


External relations






9 380


(249)


(2 229)


6 901


4 415


(1 085)


0


3 330


10 232










20


Trade






19


(1)


(12)


6


106


(93)


0


13


20










21


Development/relations ACP






3 276


(94)


(971)


2 211


1 612


(542)


0


1 070


3 281










22


Enlargement






2 766


(93)


(766)


1 907


1 119


(162)


0


957


2 864










23


Humanitarian aid






621


(24)


(369)


229


1 139


(699)


0


441


670










24


Fight against fraud






32


(4)


(16)


12


77


(56)


0


22


34










25


Commission's policy coordination & legal advice






20


(3)


(17)


1


198


(180)


0


18


19










26


Commission’s administration






179


(14)


(156)


10


1 081


(907)


0


174


184










27


Budget






8


(1)


(8)


0


61


(52)


0


9


9










28


Audit






1


0


(1)


0


12


(11)


0


1


1










29


Statistics






108


(5)


(50)


53


146


(84)


0


62


115










30


Pensions & related expenditure






0


0


0


0


1 257


(1 257)


0


0


0










31


Language Services






28


(3)


(25)


0


440


(417)


0


24


24










32


Energy






4 672


(47)


(820)


3 805


860


(143)


0


717


4 522










90


Other Institutions






344


(2)


(330)


12


3 570


(3 181)


(3)


385


397




Total


194 395


(2 120)


(66 559)


125 717


144 572


(62 836)


(9)


81 727


207 443




13.   BREAKDOWN OF COMMITMENTS OUTSTANDING BY YEAR OF ORIGIN BY POLICY AREA














EUR millions




Policy Area


< 2005


2005


2006


2007


2008


2009


2010


2011


Total










01


Economic and financial affairs






0


11


43


10


5


113


200


200


582










02


Enterprise






9


9


10


27


179


222


959


740


2 155










03


Competition






0


0


0


0


0


0


0


7


7










04


Employment and social affairs






109


333


2 029


62


984


5 209


9 697


11 245


29 669










05


Agriculture and rural development






6


1


631


0


30


828


7 790


13 070


22 358










06


Mobility and transport






24


21


45


161


152


400


618


1 389


2 809










07


Environment & Climate action






3


13


23


78


111


156


172


344


898










08


Research






157


96


204


370


736


1 413


2 189


4 035


9 200










09


Information society and media






12


13


20


75


196


363


676


914


2 269










10


Direct research






0


1


5


2


11


15


24


125


184










11


Maritime affairs and Fisheries






33


18


275


10


28


302


649


748


2 062










12


Internal market






0


0


0


0


0


0


3


19


22










13


Regional policy






681


579


8 004


159


5 532


20 317


33 647


39 494


108 413










14


Taxation and customs union






0


0


0


0


2


5


16


69


92










15


Education and culture






4


3


4


78


177


238


405


1 012


1 921










16


Communication






0


0


0


0


1


3


20


98


122










17


Health and consumer protection






11


2


10


14


50


92


175


363


718










18


Area of freedom, security and justice






1


9


7


57


142


345


403


631


1 595










19


External relations






406


135


421


750


1 149


1 658


2 382


3 330


10 232










20


Trade






0


0


0


0


0


2


4


13


20










21


Development and relations ACP States






118


87


118


145


344


586


812


1 070


3 281










22


Enlargement






45


42


116


185


385


453


682


957


2 864










23


Humanitarian aid






0


0


1


2


12


41


172


441


670










24


Fight against fraud






0


0


0


1


1


3


6


22


34










25


Commission's policy coordination & legal advice






0


0


0


0


0


0


1


18


19










26


Commission’s administration






0


0


0


0


1


0


9


174


184










27


Budget






0


0


0


0


0


0


0


9


9










28


Audit






0


0


0


0


0


0


0


1


1










29


Statistics






2


1


3


3


2


10


31


62


115










30


Pensions and related expenditure






0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0


0










31


Language Services






0


0


0


0


0


0


0


24


24










32


Energy






42


28


56


55


216


1 545


1 863


717


4 522










90


Other Institutions






0


0


0


0


0


0


12


385


397




Total


1 661


1 401


12 024


2 247


10 446


34 319


63 618


81 727


207 443




14.   SUMMARY OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF BUDGET REVENUE BY INSTITUTION















EUR millions




Institution


Income appropriations


Entitlements established


Revenue


Receipts as % of budget


Outstanding




Initial


Final


Current year


Carried


Total


On entitlements of current year


On entitlements Carried


Total




European Parliament


125


125


170


29


200


169


4


173


139,02 %


26




European Council and Council


49


49


121


8


129


111


7


118


240,35 %


11




Commission


126 236


126 436


128 119


14 535


142 654


127 697


1 615


129 312


102,27 %


13 342




Court of Justice


44


44


45


0


45


44


0


44


102,26 %


0




Court of Auditors


21


21


20


0


20


20


0


20


94,14 %


0




Economic and Social Committee


11


11


16


0


16


16


0


16


138,47 %


0




Committee of the Regions


8


8


21


0


21


21


0


21


262,06 %


0




Ombudsman


1


1


1


0


1


1


0


1


99,52 %


0




European Data Protection Supervisor


1


1


1


0


1


1


0


1


69,15 %


0




European External Action Service


32


32


295


0


295


295


0


295


917,61 %


0




Total


126 527


126 727


128 808


14 572


143 380


128 374


1 626


130 000


102,58 %


13 380




15.   IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMITMENT AND PAYMENT APPROPRIATIONS BY INSTITUTION

Commitment appropriations





















EUR millions




Institution


Commitment appropriations authorised


Commitments made


Appropriations carried over


Appropriations lapsing




From the year's approps


From carry-overs


From assigned revenue


Total


%


From assigned revenue


Carry-overs by decision


Total


%


From the year's budget approps


From carry-overs


Assigned revenue


Total


%




1


2


3


4


5 = 2 + 3 + 4


6=5/1


7


8


9 = 7 + 8


10 = 9/1


11


12


13


14 = 11 + 12 + 13


15 = 14/1




European Parliament


1 820


1 570


9


24


1 603


88,11 %


101


22


123


6,74 %


94


0


0


94


5,15 %




European Council and Council


647


507


0


47


554


85,51 %


37


0


37


5,77 %


56


0


0


56


8,71 %




Commission


144 751


137 979


250


2 772


141 002


97,41 %


2 964


279


3 242


2,24 %


507


0


0


507


0,35 %




Court of Justice


344


336


0


2


338


98,11 %


1


0


1


0,34 %


5


0


0


5


1,55 %




Court of Auditors


145


134


0


0


135


92,81 %


0


0


0


0,30 %


10


0


0


10


6,89 %




Economic & Social Committee


132


123


0


3


125


95,20 %


0


0


0


0,30 %


6


0


0


6


4,50 %




Committee of the Regions


96


82


0


12


94


97,76 %


0


0


0


0,02 %


2


0


0


2


2,22 %




Ombudsman


9


9


0


0


9


92,54 %


0


0


0


0,00 %


1


0


0


1


7,46 %




European Data Protection Supervisor


8


7


0


0


7


89,31 %


0


0


0


0,00 %


1


0


0


1


10,69 %




European External Action Service


729


457


0


249


706


96,82 %


16


0


16


2,19 %


7


0


0


7


0,99 %




Total


148 681


141 204


259


3 108


144 572


97,24 %


3 120


301


3 420


2,30 %


689


0


0


689


0,46 %








Payment appropriations






















EUR millions




Institution


Payment appropriations authorised


Payments made


Appropriations carried over


Appropriations lapsing




From year's approps


From carryovers


From assigned revenue


Total


%


Automatic carry-overs


Carry-overs by decision


From assigned revenue


Total


%


From year's approps


From carry-overs


Assigned revenue


Total


%




1


2


3


4


5=2 + 3 + 4


6=5/1


7


8


9


10=7 + 8 + 9


11=10/1


12


13


14


15=12 + 13 + 14


16=15/1




European Parliament


2 060


1 348


207


25


1 580


76,72 %


223


22


109


353


17,14 %


94


33


0


126


6,14 %




European Council and Council


699


465


40


41


547


78,26 %


41


0


44


86


12,29 %


56


10


0


66


9,45 %




Commission


130 639


122 272


1 021


2 590


125 883


96,36 %


484


163


3 557


4 203


3,22 %


380


172


0


552


0,42 %




Court of Justice


361


318


15


2


334


92,62 %


18


0


1


19


5,36 %


5


2


0


7


2,02 %




Court of Auditors


161


121


15


0


137


84,64 %


13


0


0


14


8,41 %


10


1


0


11


6,95 %




Economic & Social Committee


142


115


7


3


126


88,83 %


7


0


1


8


5,71 %


6


2


0


8


5,46 %




Committee of the Regions


103


73


6


12


91


88,39 %


9


0


0


9


8,51 %


2


1


0


3


3,10 %




Ombudsman


10


8


0


0


9


85,89 %


1


0


0


1


6,55 %


1


0


0


1


7,56 %




European Data protection Supervisor


9


6


1


0


7


74,86 %


1


0


0


1


10,49 %


1


1


0


1


14,65 %




European External Action Service


777


419


38


225


682


87,80 %


38


0


36


74


9,56 %


7


9


5


21


2,65 %




Total


134 960


125 145


1 352


2 898


129 395


95,88 %


835


185


3 748


4 768


3,53 %


562


230


5


797


0,59 %




16.   AGENCIES INCOME: BUDGET FORECASTS, ENTITLEMENTS AND AMOUNTS RECEIVED










EUR millions




Agency


Forecasted income budget


Entitlements established


Amounts received


Outstanding


Funding Commission Policy Area




European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators


4


4


4


0


06




European Aviation Safety Agency


139


111


111


0


06




Frontex


118


119


119


0


18




European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training


19


19


18


1


15




European Police College


8


9


9


0


18




European Chemicals Agency


35


38


38


0


02




European Centre for Disease prevention and control


57


57


57


0


17




European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction


16


16


16


0


18




European Banking Authority


13


13


13


0


12




European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority


11


9


9


0


12




European Environment Agency


62


45


44


0


07




European Police office


85


85


85


0


18




European Securities and Markets Authority


17


17


17


0


12




Community Fisheries Control Agency


12


12


12


0


11




European Food Safety Authority


76


76


76


0


17




European Institute for Gender Equality


8


8


8


0


04




European GNSS supervisory authority


8


39


39


0


06




Fusion for Energy


242


279


243


36


08




Eurojust


32


31


31


0


18




European Maritime Safety Agency


57


53


53


0


06




Office For Harmonisation in the Internal Market


166


176


176


0


12




European Medicines Agency


209


220


199


21


17




European Network and Information Security Agency


8


8


8


0


09




European Regulators for Electronic Communications office


1


1


1


0


09




European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights


22


22


22


0


18




European Railway Agency


26


25


25


0


06




European Agency for Safety and Health at Work


15


15


15


0


04




European Institute of Innovation and Technology


16


10


10


0


15




Translation Centre for the Bodies of the EU


51


47


43


4


15




European Training Foundation


20


20


20


0


15




Community Plant Variety Office


13


13


13


0


17




European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions


21


21


21


0


04




Education, Audiovisual & Culture Executive Agency


50


50


50


0


15




Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation


16


16


16


0


06




European Research Council Executive Agency


36


36


36


0


08




Research Executive Agency


39


39


39


0


08




Executive Agency for Health and Consumers


7


7


7


0


17




Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency


10


10


10


0


06




Total


1 744


1 773


1 710


63


 
















EUR millions




Type of revenue


Forecasted income budget


Entitlements established


Amounts received


Outstanding




Commission Subsidy


1 119


1 137


1 137


0




Fee income


441


457


437


19




Other income


184


180


136


44




Total


1 744


1 773


1 710


63




17.   COMMITMENT & PAYMENT APPROPRIATIONS BY AGENCY











EUR millions




Agency


Commitment appropriations


Payment appropriations




Appropriations


Commitments made


Carried over


Appropriations


Payments made


Carried over




European Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators


5


3


0


6


4


1




European Aviation Safety Agency


150


122


26


162


103


55




Frontex


121


119


0


145


100


39




European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training


21


21


0


21


18


2




European Police College


10


10


0


11


8


2




European Chemicals Agency


93


89


0


105


85


15




European Centre for Disease prevention and control


57


55


0


72


58


11




European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction


17


16


0


17


16


1




European Banking Authority


13


9


0


13


7


2




European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority


11


7


0


11


6


0




European Environment Agency


71


46


25


75


43


31




European Police Office


87


82


0


107


84


17




European Securities & Markets Authority


17


13


0


17


11


2




Community Fisheries Control Agency


13


13


0


13


12


1




European Food Safety Authority


78


77


0


87


72


13




European Institute for Gender Equality


8


7


0


10


5


3




European GNSS supervisory authority


77


33


44


56


21


34




Fusion for Energy


649


647


1


298


255


40




Eurojust


35


31


2


41


31


7




European Maritime Safety Agency


58


55


1


59


50


2




Office For Harmonisation in the Internal Market


387


151


0


422


149


32




European Medicines Agency


212


202


3


254


205


39




European Network and Information Security Agency


8


8


0


10


9


1




European Regulators for Electronic Communications Office


1


1


0


1


1


0




European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights


21


20


1


28


21


7




European Railway Agency


26


25


0


32


26


4




European Agency for Safety & Health at Work


16


14


1


20


14


4




European Institute of Innovation and Technology


26


24


0


16


7


5




Translation Centre for the Bodies of the EU


51


42


0


55


43


4




European Training Foundation


21


20


0


21


20


1




Community Plant Variety Office


14


13


0


14


12


0




European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions


21


20


0


24


20


4




Education, Audiovisual & Culture Executive Agency


50


50


0


56


50


6




Executive Agency for Competitiveness and Innovation


16


15


0


18


15


1




European Research Council Executive Agency


36


35


0


37


34


2




Research Executive Agency


39


38


0


43


37


3




Executive Agency for Health and Consumers


7


7


0


8


7


1




Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency


10


10


0


11


10


1




Total


2 553


2 149


107


2 397


1 670


394


















Type of expenditure


Commitment appropriations


Payment appropriations




Appropriations


Commitments made


Carried over


Appropriations


Payments made


Carried over




Staff


757


727


4


773


720


21




Administrative expenses


274


260


4


361


265


76




Operational expenses


1 522


1 162


99


1 263


684


297




Total


2 553


2 149


107


2 397


1 670


394




18.   BUDGET OUTTURN INCLUDING AGENCIES









EUR millions




 


European Union


Agencies


Elimination of subsidies to agencies


Total




Revenue for the financial year


130 000


1 710


(1 137)



130 573





Payments against current year appropriations


(128 043)


(1 451)


1 137



(128 357)





Payment appropriations carried over to year N+1


(1 020)


(394)


0



(1 413)





Cancellation of unused appropriations carried over from year N-1


457


167


0



624





Exchange differences for the year


97


(2)


0



96





Budget Outturn


1 492


31


0


1 523





EXPLANATORY NOTES TO THE CONSOLIDATED REPORTS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BUDGET

1.   BUDGETARY PRINCIPLES, STRUCTURE & APPROPRIATIONS
1.1   LEGAL BASIS AND THE FINANCIAL REGULATION

The budgetary accounts are kept in accordance with Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 (OJ L 248, of 16.9.2002) on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Union and Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2342/2002 of 23 December 2002 laying down detailed rules for the implementation of this Financial Regulation. The general budget, the main instrument of the Union's financial policy, is the instrument which provides for and authorises the Union's revenue and expenditure every year.
Every year, the Commission estimates all the Institutions' revenue and expenditure for the year and draws up a draft budget which it sends to the budgetary authority. On the basis of this draft budget, the Council draws its position which is then the subject of negotiations between the two arms of the budgetary authority. The President of Parliament declares that the joint draft has been finally adopted making the budget enforceable. The task of executing the budget is mainly the responsibility of the Commission.
1.2   BUDGETARY PRINCIPLES

The general budget of the European Union is governed by a number of basic principles:
—   Unity and budget accuracy: all expenditure and revenue must be in a single budget, booked on a budget line and expenditure may not exceed authorised appropriations;
—   universality: this principle comprises two rules
the rule of non-assignment, meaning that budget revenue must not be earmarked for specific items of expenditure (total revenue must cover total expenditure);
the gross budget rule, meaning that revenue and expenditure are entered in full in the budget without any adjustment against each other;
—   annuality: appropriations are authorised for a single year so must be used during that year;
—   equilibrium: the revenue and expenditure shown in the budget must be in balance (estimated revenue must equal payment appropriations);
—   specification: each appropriation is assigned to a specific purpose and a specific objective;
—   unit of account: the budget is drawn up and implemented in euros, as are the accounts;
—   sound financial management: budget appropriations are used in accordance with the principle of sound financial management, i.e. economy, efficiency and effectiveness;
—   transparency: the budget and amending budgets and final accounts are published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
1.3   BUDGET STRUCTURE

The budget consists of:






(a)


a general statement of revenue;










(b)


separate sections giving the statements of revenue and expenditure of each Institution: Section I: Parliament; Section II: Council; Section III: Commission; Section IV: Court of Justice; Section V: Court of Auditors; Section VI: Economic and Social Committee; Section VII: Committee of the Regions; Section VIII: Ombudsman; Section IX: European Data Protection Supervisor; Section X: European External Action Service.




Each Institution's items of revenue and expenditure are classified according to their type or the use to which they are assigned under titles, chapters, articles and items.
1.4   STRUCTURE OF THE BUDGETARY ACCOUNTS

1.4.1   
General overview


Only the Commission budget contains administrative appropriations and operating appropriations. The other Institutions have only administrative appropriations. Furthermore, the budget distinguishes between two types of appropriation: non-differentiated appropriations and differentiated appropriations.
Non-differentiated appropriations are used to finance operations of an annual nature (which comply with the principle of annuality). They cover all the administrative chapters of the budget of the Commission Section and the whole of every other section, EAGF appropriations of an annual nature and certain technical appropriations (repayments, borrowing and lending guarantees, etc.) In the case of non-differentiated appropriations, the amount of commitment appropriations is the same as that of payment appropriations.
Differentiated appropriations were introduced in order to reconcile the principle of annuality with the need to manage multi-annual operations. They are intended to cover multi-annual operations and comprise all the other appropriations in all Chapters except Chapter 1 of the Commission Section. Differentiated appropriations are split into commitment and payment appropriations:
—   commitment appropriations: cover the total cost of the legal obligations entered into for the current financial year for operations extending over a number of years. However, budgetary commitments for actions extending over more than one financial year may, in accordance with Article 76(3) of the Financial Regulation, be broken down over several years into annual instalments where the basic act so provides.
—   payment appropriations: cover expenditure arising from commitments entered into in the current financial year and/or earlier financial years.
1.4.2   
Origin of Appropriations


The main source of appropriations is the Union's budget for the current year. However, there are other types of appropriations resulting from the provisions of the Financial Regulation. They come from previous financial years or outside sources:






—



Initial budget appropriations adopted for the current year can be supplemented with transfers between lines in accordance with the rules laid down in Articles 22 to 24 of the Financial Regulation (No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002) and by amending budgets (covered by Articles 37 and 38 of the Financial Regulation).










—



Appropriations carried over from previous year or made available again also supplement the current budget. These are (i) non-differentiated payment appropriations which may be carried over automatically for one financial year only in accordance with Article 9(4) of the Financial Regulation; (ii) appropriations carried over by decision of the Institutions in one of two cases: if the preparatory stages have been completed (Article 9(2)(a) of the Financial Regulation) or if the legal base is adopted late (Article 9(2)(b)). Both commitment and payment appropriations may be carried over (Article 9(3)) and (iii) appropriations made available again as a result of decommitments: This involves the re-entry of commitment appropriations concerning structural funds which have been decommitted. Amounts can be re-entered by way of exception in the event of error by the Commission or if they are indispensable for completion of the programme (Article 157 of the Financial Regulation).










—



Assigned revenue which is made up of (i) refunds where the amounts are assigned revenue on the budget line which incurred the initial expenditure and may be carried over without limit; (ii) EFTA appropriations: The agreement on the European Economic Area provides for financial contribution by its members to certain activities in the EU budget. The budget lines concerned and the amounts projected are published in Annex III of the EU budget. The lines concerned are increased by the EFTA contribution. Appropriations not used at the year-end are cancelled and returned to the EEA countries; (iii) Revenue from third parties/ other countries that have concluded agreements with the European Union involving a financial contribution to EU activities. The amounts received are considered to be revenue from third parties which is allocated to the budget lines concerned (often in the field of research) and may be carried over without limit (Article 10 and Article 18(1)(a) and (d) of the Financial Regulation); (iv) Work for third parties: As part of their research activities, the EU research centres may work for outside bodies, (Article 161(2) of the Financial Regulation). Like the revenue from third parties, the work for third parties is assigned to specific budget lines and may be carried over without limit (Article 10 and Article 18(1)(d) of the Financial Regulation); and (v) Appropriations made available again as a result of repayment of payments on account: These are EU funds which have been repaid by the beneficiaries and may be carried over without limit. In the area of Structural Funds the re-inscription is based on a Commission Decision (Article 18(2) of the Financial Regulation and Article 228 of its Implementing Rules).




1.4.3   
Composition of Appropriations Available


—   Final budget appropriations= initial budget appropriations adopted + amending budget appropriations + transfers;
—   Additional appropriations= assigned revenue (see above) + appropriations carried over from the previous financial year or made available again following decommitments;
—   Total appropriations authorised= final budget appropriations + additional appropriations;
—   Appropriations for the year (as used to calculate the budgetary result)= final budget appropriations + assigned revenue.
1.5   BUDGET IMPLEMENTATION

The implementation of the budget is governed by the Financial Regulation, Article 48(1) of which states: ‘The Commission shall implement … the budget in accordance with this Regulation, on its own responsibility and within the limits of the appropriations authorised.’ Article 50 states that the Commission shall confer on the Institutions the requisite powers for the implementation of the sections of the budget relating to them.
1.6   OUTSTANDING COMMITMENTS (RAL)

With the introduction of differentiated appropriations, a gap developed between commitments entered into and payments made: this gap, corresponding to outstanding commitments, represents the time-lag between when the commitments are entered into and when the corresponding payments are made.
2.   EXPLANATION OF THE CONSOLIDATED REPORTS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BUDGET
2.1   BUDGET OUTTURN FOR THE YEAR (Table 1)


2.1.1   
General


The amounts of own resources entered in the accounts are those credited in the course of the year to the accounts opened in the Commission's name by the governments of the Member States. Revenue comprises also, in the case of a surplus, the budget outturn for the previous financial year. The other revenue entered in the accounts is the amount actually received in the course of the year.
For the purposes of calculating the budget outturn for the year, expenditure comprises payments made against the year's appropriations for payments plus any of the appropriations for that year that are carried over to the following year. Payments made against the year's appropriations for payments means payments that are made by the accounting officer by 31 December of the financial year. In the case of the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund, the payments are those effected by the Member States between 16 October N-1 and 15 October N, provided that the accounting officer was notified of the commitment and authorisation by 31 January N+1. EAGF expenditure may be subject to a conformity decision following controls in the Member States.
The budget outturn comprises two elements: the result of the European Union and the result of the participation of the EFTA countries belonging to the EEA. In accordance with Article 15 of Regulation No 1150/2000 on own resources, this outturn represents the difference between:






—


total revenue received for that year;










—


and total payments made against that year's appropriations plus the total amount of that year's appropriations carried over to the following year.




The following are added to or deducted from the resulting figure:






—


the net balance of cancellations of payment appropriations carried over from previous years and any payments which, because of fluctuations in the euro rate, exceed non-differentiated appropriations carried over from the previous year;










—


the balance of exchange-rate gains and losses recorded during the year.





The budget outturn is returned to the Member States the following year through deduction of their amounts due for that financial year.

Appropriations carried over from the previous financial year in respect of contributions by and work for third parties, which by definition never lapse, are included with the additional appropriations for the financial year. This explains the difference between carryovers from the previous year in the 2011 budget implementation statements and those carried over to the following year in the 2010 budget implementation statements. The payment appropriations for re-use and appropriations made available again following the repayment of payments on account are disregarded when calculating the outturn for the year.
The payment appropriations carried over include: automatic carryovers and carryovers by decision. The cancellation of unused payment appropriations carried over from the previous year shows the cancellations on appropriations carried over automatically and by decision. It also includes the decrease in assigned revenue appropriations carried over to the next year in comparison with 2010.
2.1.2   
Reconciliation of the budget outturn with the economic outturn


The economic outturn for the year is calculated on the basis of accrual accounting principles. The budget outturn is however based on modified cash accounting rules, in accordance with the Financial Regulation. As both are the result of the same underlying transactions, it is a useful control to ensure that they are reconcilable. The table below shows this reconciliation, highlighting the key reconciling amounts, split between revenue and expenditure items.

RECONCILIATION: ECONOMIC OUTTURN – BUDGET OUTTURN








EUR millions




 


2011


2010





ECONOMIC OUTTURN FOR THE YEAR




(1 789)




17 232






Revenues





Entitlements established in current year but not yet collected


(371)


(3 132)




Entitlements established in previous years and collected in current year


2 072


1 346




Accrued revenue (net)


(236)


(371)





Expenditure





Accrued expenses (net)


3 410


(7 426)




Expenses prior year paid in current year


(936)


(386)




Net-effect pre-financing


1 131


(678)




Payment appropriations carried over to next year


(1 211)


(2 798)




Payments made from carry-overs & cancellation of unused payment appropriations


2 000


1 760




Movement in provisions


(2 109)


(323)




Other


(378)


(257)





Economic outturn Agencies & ECSC



(91)


(418)





Budget outturn for the year




1 492




4 549






Reconciling items — Revenue

The actual budgetary revenue for a financial year corresponds to the revenue collected from entitlements established in the course of the year and amounts collected from entitlements established in previous years. Therefore the entitlements established in the current year but not yet collected are to be deducted from the economic outturn for reconciliation purposes as they do not form part of budgetary revenue. On the contrary the entitlements established in previous years and collected in current year must be added to the economic outturn for reconciliation purposes.
The net accrued revenue mainly consists of accrued revenue for agricultural levies, own resources and interests and dividends. Only the net-effect, i.e. accrued revenue for current year minus reversal accrued revenue from previous year, is taken into consideration.

Reconciling items — Expenditure

The net accrued expenses mainly consist of accruals made for year-end cut-off purposes, i.e. eligible expenses incurred by beneficiaries of Community funds but not yet reported to the Commission.
While accrued expenses are not considered as budgetary expenditure, the payments made in the current year relating to invoices registered in prior years are part of current year's budgetary expenditure.
The net effect of pre-financing is the combination of (1) the new pre-financing amounts paid in the current year and recognised as budgetary expenditure of the year and (2) the clearing of the pre-financing paid in current year or previous years through the acceptance of eligible costs. The latter represent an expense in accrual terms but not in the budgetary accounts since the payment of the initial pre-financing had already been considered as a budgetary expenditure at the time of its payment.
Besides the payments made against the year's appropriations, the appropriations for that year that are carried to the next year also need to be taken into account in calculating the budget outturn for the year (in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1150/2000). The same applies for the budgetary payments made in the current year from carry-overs and the cancellation of unused payment appropriations.
The movement in provisions relate to year-end estimates made in the accrual accounts (employee benefits mainly) that do not impact the budgetary accounts. Other reconciling amounts comprise different elements such as asset depreciation, asset acquisitions, capital lease payments and financial participations for which the budgetary and accrual accounting treatments differ.
2.2   COMPARISON OF BUDGET AND ACTUAL AMOUNTS (Table 2)


In the initial adopted budget, signed by the President of the European Parliament on 15 December 2010, the amount of payment appropriations was EUR 126 527 million and the amount to be financed by own resources totalled EUR 125 106 million. The revenue and expenditure estimates in the initial budget are typically adjusted during the budgetary year, such modifications being presented in amending budgets. Adjustments in the GNI-based own resources ensure that budgeted revenue matches exactly budgeted expenditure. In accordance with the principle of equilibrium, budget revenue and expenditure (payment appropriations) must be in balance.

Revenue:

During 2011 seven amending budgets were adopted. Taking them into account, the total final revenue in the 2011 budget amounted to EUR 126 727 million. This was financed by own resources totalling EUR 118 289 million (thus EUR 6 816 million less than initially forecasted) and the remainder by other revenue. The reduced need for own resources stemmed mainly from the inclusion of EUR 4 539 million relating to the surplus of the previous year. Finally the changes in the revenue forecast in the Amending Budget No 6/2011 resulted in a supplementary reduction.
As far as the own resources outturn is concerned, the collection of traditional own resources matched almost the forecasted amounts. Namely because the budget estimates that were modified at the time the Amending Budget No 4/2011 was established (they were increased by EUR 1 090 million according to the new macroeconomic forecasts of spring 2011), were once again amended in the Amending Budget No 6/2011 to take into account the actual rhythm of collection. Thus they were decreased by EUR 1 200 re-establishing almost the original amount.
The final Member States' VAT and GNI payments also correspond closely to the final budgetary estimate. The differences between the forecasted amounts and the amounts actually paid are due to the differences between the euro rates used for budgetary purposes and the rates in force at the time when the Member States outside the EMU actually made their payments.

Expenditure:

The year 2011 was the fifth year of the current programming period, with many major programmes seeing an acceleration in the implementation of payments. Given the general context of fiscal consolidation in the Member States, however, the increase of payment appropriations in the budget had been limited, and proved insufficient to meet the payment needs during the course of the year. It was also below a level, which would have had an affect on reducing the volume of outstanding commitments (RAL = reste à liquider).
For commitments, the authorised budget, and hence the political targets set, were fully implemented (99,6 %) Adjustments during the year concerned EUR 240 million for the European Solidarity Fund, unforeseeable expenditure by its very nature, and EUR 41 million for Title 18 Area of freedom, security and justice (mainly for FRONTEX). The total implementation of EUR 141 204 million left EUR 617 million unused. After the carryover to 2012, an amount of EUR 316 million lapses, as well as the un-mobilised reserve for European Globalisation fund of EUR 371 million and unused provisional appropriations of EUR 2 million.
The total implementation of payment appropriations, EUR 125 145 million, represents an implementation rate of 98,8 %. The total appropriations were amended in course of the year, with an additional EUR 200 million authorised in Amending Budget 6/2011 for the European Social Fund (ESF). A further amount of EUR 253 million was redeployed from Rural Development to the ESF in this amending budget, and the budgetary authority transfer DEC 52/2011 provided another EUR 601 million for this Fund. Despite these measures, a surge in payment requests in the last three weeks of the year, and an absence of the necessary payment appropriations, meant that some EUR 11 billion in claims will only be met in 2012.
The unused voted appropriations excluding the reserves amounted to EUR 1 580 million (2010: EUR 3 243 million) and after the carryover to 2012, a total of EUR 560 million (2010: EUR 1 730 million) lapses, mainly in Headings 2 and 4. EUR 2 million of provisional payment appropriations remained unused.
A more detailed analysis of budgetary adjustments, their relevant context, their justification and their impact is presented in Commission's Report on Budgetary and Financial Management 2011, Part A ‘Overview at budget level’ and Part B dealing with each heading of the multi-annual financial framework.
2.3   REVENUE (Table 3)


The revenue of the general budget of the European Union can be divided into two main categories: own resources and other revenue. This is laid down in Article 311 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, which states that: ‘Without prejudice to other revenue, the budget shall be financed wholly from own resources.’ The main bulk of budgetary expenditure is financed by own resources. Other revenue represents only a minor part of total financing.
There are three categories of own resources: traditional own resources, the VAT resource and the GNI resource. Traditional own resources, in turn, comprise sugar levies and customs duties. A correction mechanism in favour of the United Kingdom as well as a gross reduction in the annual GNI-based contribution of Netherlands and Sweden are also part of the own resources system.
The allocation of own resources is made in accordance with the rules laid down in the Council Decision No 2007/436/EC, Euratom of 7 June 2007 on the system of the European Communities' own resources (ORD 2007). On 1 March 2009 the ORD 2007 entered into force. However it took effect on 1 January 2007. Consequently the retroactive effects have been taken in account in the budgetary year 2009.
2.3.1   
Traditional own resources


Traditional own resources: All established amounts of traditional own resources must be entered in one or other of the accounts kept by the competent authorities.






—


In the ordinary account provided for in Article 6(3)(a) of Regulation (EC) No 1150/2000: all amounts recovered or guaranteed.










—


In the separate account provided for in Article 6(3)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1150/2000: all amounts not yet recovered and/or not guaranteed; amounts guaranteed but challenged may also be entered in this account.




For the separate account, the Member States quarterly statement to the Commission includes:






—


the balance to be recovered during the previous quarter,










—


the established entitlements during the quarter in question,










—


rectifications of the base (corrections/cancellations) during the quarter in question,










—


amounts written off (which cannot be made available according to Article 17(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1150/2000),










—


the amounts recovered during the quarter in question,










—


the balance to be recovered at the end of the quarter in question.




Traditional own resources must be entered in the Commission's account with the Treasury or the body appointed by the Member State at the latest on the first working day following the 19th day of the second month following the month during which the entitlement was established (or recovered in the case of the separate account). Member States retain, by way of collection costs, 25 % of traditional own resources. The contingent own resources entitlements are adjusted on the basis of the likelihood of their recovery.
2.3.2   
VAT-based resources and GNI-based resources


VAT-based own resource derive from the application of a uniform rate, for all Member States, to the harmonised VAT base determined in accordance with the rules of Article 2(1)(b) of the ORD 2007. The uniform rate is fixed at 0,30 % except for the period 2007-2013 in which the rate of call for Austria is fixed at 0.225, for Germany at 0,15 % and for Netherlands and Sweden at 0,10 %. The VAT base is capped at 50 % of GNI for all Member States.
The GNI-based resource is a variable resource intended to supply the revenue required, in any given year, to cover expenditure exceeding the amount collected from traditional own resources, VAT resources and miscellaneous revenue. The revenue derives from the application of a uniform rate to the aggregate GNI of all the Member States. VAT and GNI-based resources are determined on the basis of forecasts of VAT and GNI bases made when the preliminary draft budget is being prepared. These forecasts are subsequently revised; the figures are updated during the budget year in question by means of an amending budget.
The actual figures for the VAT and GNI bases are available in the course of the year following the budget year in question. The Commission calculates the differences between the amounts due by the Member States by reference to the actual bases and the sums actually paid on the basis of the (revised) forecasts. These VAT and GNI balances, either positive or negative, are called in by the Commission from the Member States for the first working day of December of the year following the budget year in question. Corrections may still be made to the actual VAT and GNI bases during the subsequent four years, unless a reservation is issued. The balances calculated earlier are adjusted and the difference is called in at the same time as the VAT and GNI balances for the previous budget year.
When conducting controls of VAT statements and GNI data, the Commission may notify reservations to the Member States regarding certain points which may have consequences to their own resources contributions. These points, for example, may result from an absence of acceptable data, or a need to develop a suitable methodology. These reservations have to be seen as potential claims on the Member States for uncertain amounts as their financial impact cannot be estimated with accuracy. When the exact amount can be determined, the corresponding VAT and GNI-based resources are called either in connection with VAT and GNI balances or by individual calls for funds.
2.3.3   
UK correction


This mechanism reduces the own resources payments of the UK in proportion to what is known as its ‘budgetary imbalance’ and increases the own resources payments of the other Member States correspondingly. The budgetary imbalance correction mechanism in favour of the United Kingdom was instituted by the European Council in Fontainebleau (June 1984) and the resulting Own Resources Decision of 7 May 1985. The purpose of the mechanism was to reduce the budgetary imbalance of the UK through a reduction in its payments to the EU. Germany, Austria, Sweden and Netherlands benefit from a reduced financing of the correction (restricted to one fourth of their normal share).
2.3.4   
Gross reduction


The European Council of 15 and 16 December 2005 concluded that the Netherlands and Sweden shall benefit from gross reductions in their annual GNI-based contributions during the period 2007-2013. Thus this mechanism of compensation stipulates that the Netherlands shall benefit from a gross reduction in its annual GNI contribution of EUR 605 million and Sweden from a gross reduction in its annual GNI contribution of EUR 150 million, measured in 2004 prices.
2.4   EXPENDITURE (Tables 4 to 13)


2.4.1   
Financial Framework 2007-2013














EUR millions




 


2007


2008


2009


2010


2011


2012


2013










1.


Sustainable Growth






53 979


57 653


61 696


63 555


63 974


67 614


70 147










2.


Preservation & management of natural resources






55 143


59 193


56 333


59 955


59 888


60 810


61 289










3.


Citizenship, freedom, security & justice






1 273


1 362


1 518


1 693


1 889


2 105


2 376










4.


EU as a global player






6 578


7 002


7 440


7 893


8 430


8 997


9 595










5.


Administration






7 039


7 380


7 525


7 882


8 091


8 523


9 095










6.


Compensations






445


207


210


0


0


0


0





Commitment appropriations:




124 457




132 797




134 722




140 978




142 272




148 049




152 502





Total payment appropriations:


122 190


129 681


120 445


134 289


133 700


141 360


143 911




This section describes the main categories of EU expenditure, classified by heading of the financial framework 2007-2013. The 2011 financial year was the fifth covered by the financial framework 2007-2013. The overall ceiling on commitments appropriations for 2011 comes to EUR 142 272 million, equivalent to 1,15 % of GNI. The corresponding ceiling on the appropriations for payments comes to EUR 133 700 million, i.e. 1,08 % of GNI. The above table shows the financial framework at current prices.

Heading 1 –   Sustainable growth

This Heading divided into two separate, but interlinked components:






—


1a. Competitiveness for growth and employment, encompassing expenditure on research and innovation, education and training, trans-European networks, social policy, the internal market and accompanying policies.










—


1b. Cohesion for growth and employment, designed to enhance convergence of the least developed Member States and regions, to complement the EU strategy for sustainable development outside the less prosperous regions and to support inter regional cooperation.





Heading 2 –   Preservation and management of natural resources

Heading 2 includes the common agricultural and fisheries policies, rural development and environmental measures, in particular Natura 2000. The amount earmarked for the common agricultural policy reflects the agreement reached at the European Council in October 2002.

Heading 3 –   Citizenship, freedom, security and justice

The new heading 3 (Citizenship, freedom, security and justice) reflects the growing importance attached to certain fields where the EU has been assigned new tasks – justice and home affairs, border protection, immigration and asylum policy, public health and consumer protection, culture, youth, information and dialogue with citizens. It is split in two components:






—


3a. Freedom, Security and Justice










—


3b. Citizenship





Heading 4 –   The EU as a global player

Heading 4 covers all external action, including pre-accession instruments. Whereas the Commission had proposed to integrate the European Development Fund (EDF) into the financial framework, the European Council and the European Parliament agreed to leave it outside.

Heading 5 –   Administration

This heading covers administrative expenditure for all institutions, pensions and the European Schools. For the Institutions other than the Commission, these costs make up the total of their expenditure, but the Agencies and other bodies make both administrative and operational expenditure.

Heading 6 –   Compensations

In accordance with the political agreement that the new Member States should not become net-contributors to the budget at the very beginning of their membership, compensation was foreseen under this heading. This amount was available as transfers to them to balance their budgetary receipts and contributions.
2.4.2   
Policy areas


As part of its use of Activity Based Management (ABM) the Commission implements Activity Based Budgeting (ABB) in its planning and management processes. ABB involves a budget structure where budget titles correspond to policy areas and budget chapters to activities. ABB aims to provide a clear framework for translating the Commission's policy objectives into action, either through legislative, financial or any other public policy means. By structuring the Commission's work in terms of activities, a clear picture is obtained of the Commission's undertakings and simultaneously a common framework is established for priority setting. Resources are allocated to priorities during the budget procedure, using the activities as the building blocks for budgeting purposes. By establishing such a link between activities and the resources allocated to them, ABB aims to increase efficiency and effectiveness in the use of resources in the Commission.
A policy area may be defined as a homogeneous grouping of Activities constituting parts of the Commission's work, which are relevant for the decision-making process. Each policy area corresponds, in general, to a DG, and encompassing an average of about 6 or 7 individual activities. Policy areas are mainly operational, since their core activities aim at benefiting a third-party beneficiary within their respective domains of activity. The operational budget is completed with the necessary administrative expenditure for each policy area.
2.5   INSTITUTIONS AND AGENCIES (Tables 14 to 18)


The consolidated reports on the implementation of the general budget of the European Union include, as in previous years, the budget implementation of all Institutions since within the EU budget a separate budget for each Institution is established. Agencies do not have a separate budget inside the EU budget and they are partially financed by a Commission budget subsidy.
Concerning the EEAS, it should be noted that, in addition to its own budget, it also receives contributions from the Commission (EUR 202 million) and the EDF (EUR 50 million). These budget credits are put at the disposal of the EEAS (as assigned revenue) so as to cover primarily the costs of Commission staff working in the EU delegations, these delegations being administratively managed by the EEAS.
In order to provide all relevant budgetary data for the Agencies, the budgetary part of the consolidated annual accounts include separate reports on the implementation of the individual budgets of the traditional agencies consolidated.


(1)  It should be noted that due to the rounding of figures into millions of euros, some financial data in the tables below may appear not to add-up.

(2)  The European Parliament has adopted a budget on 1 December 2011 which provides for the payment of the Union's short-term liabilities from own resources to be collected by, or called up from, the Member States in 2012. Additionally, under Article 83 of the Staff Regulations (Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 of 29 February 1968 as amended), the Member States shall jointly guarantee the liability for pensions.

(3)  After elimination of the EFSM bonds and the provisioned contribution from EU paid in February 2012.

(4)  The Guarantee Fund holds EFSM bonds issued by the Commission, so these need to be eliminated.

(5)  EFF: the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) replaced the Financial Instrument for Fisheries Guidance (FIFG) for the programming period 2007-2013.

(6)  Disbursed in 2012 so not inlcuded on EU balance sheet at 31 December 2011.

(7)  With correction coefficient (‘cc’) applied.

(8)  Paid for the first 3 years following departure.

(9)  Consolidated for the first time in 2011.

(10)  Consolidated for the first time in 2011.

(11)  It should be noted that due to the rounding of figures into millions of euros, some financial data in these budgetary tables may appear not to add-up.

(12)  Of which EFTA amounts total EUR (5) million in 2011 and EUR 9 million in 2010.

(13)  Including appropriations carried over and assigned revenue.

(14)  Including appropriations carried over and assigned revenue.