CELEX: 32008B0538
Language: en
Date: 2008-04-24 00:00:00
Title: 2008/538/EC: Decision of the European Parliament of 24 April 2007 on closing the accounts of the European Agency for Reconstruction for the financial year 2005

15.7.2008   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 187/187
            
         
      DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
   
   of 24 April 2007
   on closing the accounts of the European Agency for Reconstruction for the financial year 2005
   (2008/538/EC)
   THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
   having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Agency for Reconstruction for the financial year 2005 (1),
   having regard to the Court of Auditors' report on the final annual accounts of the European Agency for Reconstruction for the financial year 2005, together with the Agency's replies (2),
   having regard to the Council's Recommendation of 27 February 2007 (5711/2007 — C6-0080/2007),
   having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 276 thereof,
   having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (3), and in particular Article 185 thereof,
   having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2667/2000 of 5 December 2000 on the European Agency for Reconstruction (4), and in particular Article 8 thereof,
   having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (5), and in particular Article 94 thereof,
   having regard to Rule 71 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,
   having regard to the Report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A6-0116/2007),
   
               1.
            
            
               Notes that the final annual accounts of the European Agency for Reconstruction for the financial years 2004 and 2005 are as follows:
               Revenue and expenditure account for the financial years 2004 and 2005
               
                           (in EUR 1000)
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                           2005
                        
                        
                           2004
                        
                     
                           
                              Revenue
                           
                        
                        
                            
                        
                        
                            
                        
                     
                           EC subsidy
                        
                        
                           261 009
                        
                        
                           231 909
                        
                     
                           Recovery of expenses (re-use Title III)
                        
                        
                           546
                        
                        
                           1 229
                        
                     
                           Revenues from administrative operations (re-use Titles I and II)
                        
                        
                           210
                        
                        
                           181
                        
                     
                           Other operating revenue
                        
                        
                           1 076
                        
                        
                           6 113
                        
                     
                           
                              Total operating revenue
                           
                        
                        
                           262 841
                        
                        
                           239 432
                        
                     
                           
                              Expenditure
                           
                        
                        
                            
                        
                        
                            
                        
                     
                           Administrative expenses
                        
                        
                            
                        
                        
                            
                        
                     
                           
                                       —
                                    
                                    
                                       Staff expenses
                                    
                                 
                        
                           15 727
                        
                        
                           17 575
                        
                     
                           
                                       —
                                    
                                    
                                       Other administrative expenses
                                    
                                 
                        
                           7 212
                        
                        
                           6 290
                        
                     
                           Operational expenses
                        
                        
                            
                        
                        
                            
                        
                     
                           
                                       —
                                    
                                    
                                       Centralised direct management
                                    
                                 
                        
                           243 442
                        
                        
                           268 965
                        
                     
                           
                              Total administrative and operational expenditure
                           
                        
                        
                           266 381
                        
                        
                           292 830
                        
                     
                           
                              Surplus/(Deficit) from operating activities
                           
                        
                        
                           -3 540
                        
                        
                           -53 398
                        
                     
                           Extraordinary gains
                        
                        
                           0
                        
                        
                           738
                        
                     
                           Extraordinary losses
                        
                        
                           0
                        
                        
                           -1 269
                        
                     
                           
                              Economic result of the year
                           
                        
                        
                           -3 540
                        
                        
                           -53 929
                        
                     
                           
                              Source: The Agency's data — This table summarises the data provided by the Agency in its annual accounts.
                        
                     
         
               2.
            
            
               Approves closing the accounts of the European Agency for Reconstruction for the financial year 2005;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Instructs its President to forward this Decision to the director of the European Agency for Reconstruction, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
            
         
      
         
            The President
         
         Hans-Gert PÖTTERING
         
      
      
         
            The Secretary-General
         
         Harald RØMER
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ C 266, 31.10.2006, p. 7.
   
      (2)  OJ C 312, 19.12.2006, p. 18.
   
      (3)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1995/2006 (OJ L 390, 30.12.2006, p. 1).
   
      (4)  OJ L 306, 7.12.2000, p. 7. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1756/2006 (OJ L 332, 30.11.2006, p. 18).
   
      (5)  OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72.