CELEX: 32008B0516
Language: en
Date: 2008-04-24 00:00:00
Title: 2008/516/EC: Decision of the European Parliament of 24 April 2007 on closing the accounts of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2005

15.7.2008   
            
            
               EN
            
            
               Official Journal of the European Union
            
            
               L 187/111
            
         
      DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
   
   of 24 April 2007
   on closing the accounts of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2005
   (2008/516/EC)
   THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,
   having regard to the final annual accounts of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2005 (1),
   having regard to the Court of Auditors’ report on the final annual accounts of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2005, together with the Agency’s replies (2),
   having regard to the Council’s Recommendation of 27 February 2007 (5711/2007 — C6-0080/2007),
   having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 276 thereof,
   having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (3), and in particular Article 185 thereof,
   having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 1210/90 of 7 May 1990 on the establishment of the European Environment Agency and the European Environment Information and Observation network (4), and in particular Article 13 thereof,
   having regard to Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 19 November 2002 on the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (5), and in particular Article 94 thereof,
   having regard to Rule 71 of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,
   having regard to the Report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (A6-0103/2007),
   
               1.
            
            
               Notes that the final annual accounts of the European Environment Agency for the financial years 2004 and 2005 are as follows:
               Revenue and expenditure account for the financial years 2004 and 2005
               
                           (in EUR 1000)
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                           2005
                        
                        
                           2004
                        
                     
                           Revenue
                        
                        
                            
                        
                        
                            
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                            
                        
                        
                            
                        
                     
                           EC subsidy
                        
                        
                           34 970
                        
                        
                           29 658
                        
                     
                           Other subsidies
                        
                        
                           745
                        
                        
                           1 998
                        
                     
                           Bank interest
                        
                        
                           153
                        
                        
                           126
                        
                     
                           
                              Total revenue (a)
                           
                        
                        
                           
                              35 868
                           
                        
                        
                           
                              31 782
                           
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                            
                        
                        
                            
                        
                     
                           
                              Expenditure
                           
                        
                        
                            
                        
                        
                            
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                            
                        
                        
                            
                        
                     
                           
                              Total expenditure for Title 1 of the budget
                           
                        
                        
                            
                        
                        
                            
                        
                     
                           Payments
                        
                        
                           13 958
                        
                        
                           12 447
                        
                     
                           Payments — Assigned revenues
                        
                        
                           207
                        
                        
                           2
                        
                     
                           Appropriations carried over
                        
                        
                           510
                        
                        
                           435
                        
                     
                           Appropriations carried over — Assigned revenue
                        
                        
                           343
                        
                        
                           66
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                            
                        
                        
                            
                        
                     
                           
                              Total expenditure for Title 2 of the budget
                           
                        
                        
                            
                        
                        
                            
                        
                     
                           Payments
                        
                        
                           2 960
                        
                        
                           3 451 (6)
                           
                        
                     
                           Payments — Assigned revenue
                        
                        
                           16
                        
                        
                            
                        
                     
                           Appropriations carried over
                        
                        
                           896
                        
                        
                           394
                        
                     
                           Appropriations carried over — Assigned revenue
                        
                        
                           63
                        
                        
                           0
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                            
                        
                        
                            
                        
                     
                           
                              Total expenditure for Title 3 of the budget
                           
                        
                        
                            
                        
                        
                            
                        
                     
                           Payments
                        
                        
                           8 942
                        
                        
                           9 543
                        
                     
                           Payments — Assigned revenue
                        
                        
                           841
                        
                        
                           14
                        
                     
                           Appropriations carried over
                        
                        
                           4 075
                        
                        
                           4 845
                        
                     
                           Appropriations carried over — Assigned revenue
                        
                        
                           1 891
                        
                        
                           2 419
                        
                     
                           
                              Total expenditure (b)
                           
                        
                        
                           
                              34 702
                           
                        
                        
                           
                              33 616
                           
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                            
                        
                        
                            
                        
                     
                           
                              Net result for the year (a-b)
                           
                        
                        
                           1 164
                        
                        
                           -2 822
                        
                     
                            
                        
                        
                            
                        
                        
                            
                        
                     
                           Appropriations carried over and cancelled
                        
                        
                           373
                        
                        
                           507
                        
                     
                           Refunds carried over and cancelled
                        
                        
                            
                        
                        
                           0
                        
                     
                           Adjustment for carry-over from the previous year of appropriations available at 31.12 arising from assigned revenue
                        
                        
                           2 997
                        
                        
                           0
                        
                     
                           Balance carried over from the previous year
                        
                        
                           -6 360
                        
                        
                           -4 190
                        
                     
                           Assigned revenue cancelled
                        
                        
                            
                        
                        
                           98
                        
                     
                           Exchange-rate differences
                        
                        
                           -7
                        
                        
                           3
                        
                     
                           Regularisation regarding previous years
                        
                        
                           0
                        
                        
                           43
                        
                     
                           
                              Balance carried forward
                           
                        
                        
                           -1 832
                        
                        
                           -6 360
                        
                     
                           
                              NB: Variations in total; are due to the effects of rounding.
                           
                              Source: information supplied by the Agency — This table summarises the data provided by the Agency in its annual report;
                        
                     
         
               2.
            
            
               Approves closing the accounts of the European Environment Agency for the financial year 2005;
            
         
               3.
            
            
               Instructs its President to forward this Decision to the executive director of the European Environment Agency, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors, and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (L series).
            
         
      
         
            The President
         
         Hans-Gert PÖTTERING
         
      
      
         
            The Secretary-General
         
         Harald RØMER
         
      
   
   
      (1)  OJ C 266, 31.10.2006, p. 1.
   
      (2)  OJ C 312, 19.12.2006, p. 36.
   
      (3)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1995/2006 (OJ L 390, 30.12.2006, p. 1).
   
      (4)  OJ L 120, 11.5.1990, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1641/2003 (OJ L 245, 29.9.2003, p. 1).
   
      (5)  OJ L 357, 31.12.2002, p. 72.
   
      (6)  Includes EUR 905 823 of property taxes paid to the Danish government. The Agency is of the opinion that the amount should be refunded.
   
      NB: Variations in total; are due to the effects of rounding.
   
      Source: information supplied by the Agency — This table summarises the data provided by the Agency in its annual report;