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Article 48

Budget 1. The revenues of the Agency shall consist of: a contribution from the Community and from any European third country with which the Community has concluded agreements referred to in Article 55; the fees paid by applicants for, and holders of, certificates and approvals issued by the Agency; and charges for publications, training and any other services provided by the Agency. 2. The expenditure of the Agency shall include the staff, administrative, infrastructure and operational expenses. 3. The Executive Director shall draw up an estimate of the revenues and expenditure of the Agency for the following financial year and shall forward it to the Management Board together with an establishment plan. 4. Revenue and expenditure shall be in balance. 5. The Management Board shall, by 31 March, at the latest, adopt the draft estimates, including the provisional establishment plan accompanied by the preliminary work programme, and forward them to the Commission and to the States with which the Community has concluded the agreements referred to in Article 55. 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. After receiving the draft budget, the States referred to in the first subparagraph will establish their own preliminary draft budget. 6. After the adoption of the general budget by the budgetary authority, the Management Board shall adopt the Agency's final budget and work programme, adjusting them where necessary to the Community contribution. It shall forward them without delay to the Commission and to the budgetary authority. 7. Any modification to the budget, including the establishment plan, shall follow the procedure referred to in paragraph 5.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-05 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.