Decision No. 01/2021 of the Regional Steering Committee of the Transport Community (following the written consultation) on the adoption of the budget of the Transport Community for the year 2021 [2023/559]
Date: 2021-01-28
Institutions: Regional Steering Committee of the Transport Community
Subjects: Western Balkans, adoption of the budget, agreement (EU), budget, common transport policy, financial year, joint body (EU), multilateral agreement




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10.3.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 73/46








            DECISION No. 01/2021 OF THE REGIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE TRANSPORT COMMUNITY
         
(following the written consultation)
on the adoption of the budget of the Transport Community for the year 2021 [2023/559]


THE REGIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE TRANSPORT COMMUNITY,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Transport Community (1), and in particular Article 24(1) and Article 35 thereof,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:



Article 1
The budget of the Transport Community for the year 2021, attached to this Decision, is hereby adopted.


Article 2

1.   In accordance with Article 10(1) of the financial rules and auditing procedures applicable to the Transport Community, appropriations of a given budget line of the 2021 budget may be used for purposes that the budget attributes to another budget line, within the total limit of 10 % of the appropriations of the former budget line. This shall not apply to the budget line regarding the human resources budget.


2.   Appropriations carried over in order to meet obligations signed at the end of 2020, as specified in the budget attached, shall not be eligible for the use referred to in paragraph 1. They shall not be taken into account for determining the maximum amount corresponding to the limit of 10 % referred to therein.



Article 3
Appropriations which have not been committed at the end of the financial years 2019 and 2020 shall be cancelled and paid back to the Parties in accordance with the percentages established in Annex V of the Treaty establishing the Transport Community and the actual contributions paid.




Done in Sarajevo, on January 28th 2021.


For the Regional Steering Committee


The President






(1)  
            OJ EU L 278, 27.10.2017, p. 3.





BUDGET OF THE TRANSPORT COMMUNITY FOR THE YEAR 2021







Budget line


Amount (EUR)










1.


Permanent Secretariat






 










1.1.


Human resources






1 465 706 










1.2.


Travel costs






172 560 










1.3.


Office costs, equipment and software






353 080 










—


Of which fresh credits






303 080 










—


Of which carried-over budget appropriations corresponding to obligations signed at the end of 2020 for which payments are due in 2021






50 000 










1.4.


Other costs and services, including:






—


Outsourced and other services (audit, visibility, staff training, bank charges)










—


Meeting and conference costs










—


Information technology and communication costs










—


Recruitment costs










247 590 










1.5.


Studies, technical assistance for supporting the implementation of EU acquis and action plans






530 000 










—


Of which fresh credits






400 000 










—


Of which carried-over budget appropriations corresponding to obligations signed at the end of 2020 for which payments are due in 2021






130 000 










2.


Ministerial Council






 










2.1.


Meeting and conference costs






60 000 










3.


Regional Steering Committee






 










3.1.


Meeting and conference costs






20 950 










4.


Technical Committees






 










4.1.


Meeting and conference costs






99 100 










5.


Social Forum






 










5.1.


Meeting conference costs






13 300 




Reserve (approximately 8 % of fresh credits)


217 714 




Total fresh credits


3 000 000 




Total carry-overs from 2020


180 000 




Grand total


3 180 000 




EU contribution (80 % of fresh credits)


2 400 000 




South East European Parties’ contribution (20 % of fresh credits: Annex V to the TCT provides the distribution per country)


600 000