Article 18

Budget 1. The Agency's revenues shall consist of: a contribution from the Community; possible contributions from any third country which participates in the work of the Agency in accordance with Article 17; charges for publications, training and/or any other services provided by the Agency. 2. The Agency's expenditure shall cover staff and administrative, infrastructure and operational expenses. 3. The Executive Director shall draw up an estimate of the Agency's revenues and expenditure for the following financial year and shall forward it to the Administrative Board together with an establishment plan. 4. Revenue and expenditure shall be in balance. 5. The Administrative Board shall each year, by 30 April at the latest, adopt the draft budget, accompanied by the preliminary work programme, and forward them to the Commission and to the third countries which participate in the work of the Agency in accordance with Article 17. On the basis of that draft budget, the Commission shall establish the relevant estimates in the preliminary draft general budget of the European Union, which it shall put before the Council pursuant to Article 272 of the Treaty. The scope of the approved budget outlook of the Community for the coming years has to be observed. 6. After the adoption of the general budget of the European Union, the Administrative Board shall adopt the Agency's budget and final work programme, adjusting them where necessary to the Community contribution. It shall forward them without delay to the Commission, to the budgetary authority and to the third countries which participate in the work of the Agency.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-08 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.