CHAPTER VIII

The revenues of Europol shall consist, without prejudice to other types of income, of a subsidy from the Community entered in the general budget of the European Union (Commission section) as from the date of application of this Decision. The financing of Europol shall be subject to an agreement by the European Parliament and the Council (hereinafter referred to as the budgetary authority) as provided for in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1. . Europol’s expenditure shall include its staff, administrative, infrastructure and operational expenses. The Director shall draw up the draft estimate of revenue and expenditure of Europol for the following financial year, including a draft establishment plan, and shall forward it to the Management Board. The draft establishment plan shall consist of posts of a permanent or temporary nature and a reference to national experts seconded, and shall state the number, grade and category of staff employed by Europol for the financial year in question. Revenue and expenditure shall be in balance. The Management Board shall adopt the draft estimate of revenue and expenditure, including the draft establishment plan and accompanied by the preliminary work programme, and forward them by 31 March of each year to the Commission. If the Commission has objections to the draft estimate, it shall inform the Management Board accordingly within 30 days of receiving it. The Commission shall forward the estimate to the budgetary authority together with the preliminary draft general budget of the European Union. On the basis of the estimate, the Commission shall enter in the preliminary draft general budget of the European Union, which it shall place before the budgetary authority, in accordance with Article 272 of the Treaty establishing the European Community, the estimates it deems necessary for the establishment plan and the amount of the subsidy to be charged to that budget. The budgetary authority shall authorise the appropriations for the subsidy to Europol and the establishment plan when adopting the general budget of the European Union. The Management Board shall adopt Europol’s budget and the establishment plan. They shall become definitive following the final adoption of the general budget of the European Union. Where appropriate, they shall be adjusted accordingly by means of the adoption of a revised budget. Any amendment of the budget, including the establishment plan, shall be effected in accordance with the procedure laid down in paragraphs 5 to 9. The Management Board shall, as soon as possible, notify the budgetary authority of its intention of implementing any project that may have significant financial implications for the funding of its budget, in particular any projects relating to property such as the rental or purchase of buildings. It shall inform the Commission thereof. Where a branch of the budgetary authority notifies its intention of delivering an opinion, it shall forward its opinion to the Management Board within six weeks of the date on which it notified the budgetary authority of the project. The Director shall implement Europol’s budget. By 28 February at the latest following each financial year, Europol’s accounting officer shall communicate the provisional accounts to the Commission’s accounting officer together with a report on the budgetary and financial management for that financial year. The Commission’s accounting officer shall consolidate the provisional accounts of the institutions and decentralised bodies in accordance with Article 128 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1. . By 31 March at the latest following each financial year, the Commission’s accounting officer shall forward Europol’s provisional accounts to the Court of Auditors, together with a report on the budgetary and financial management for that financial year. The report on the budgetary and financial management for that financial year shall also be forwarded to the European Parliament and the Council. On receipt of the Court of Auditors’ observations on Europol’s provisional accounts pursuant to Article 129 of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002, the Director shall draw up Europol’s final accounts under his own responsibility and forward them to the Management Board for an opinion. The Management Board shall deliver an opinion on Europol’s final accounts. By 1 July at the latest following each financial year, the Director shall send the final accounts, together with the opinion of the Management Board, to the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission and the Court of Auditors. The final accounts shall be published. The Director shall send the Court of Auditors a reply to its observations by 30 September at the latest. He shall also send a copy of that reply to the Management Board. The Director shall submit to the European Parliament, at the latter’s request, any information required for the smooth application of the discharge procedure for the financial year in question, as laid down in Article 146(3) of Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002. The European Parliament, taking into account a recommendation from the Council acting by qualified majority, shall, before 30 April of year n + 2, give a discharge to the Director in respect of the implementation of the budget for year n. The Management Board shall adopt the financial regulation applicable to Europol after consulting the Commission. It may not depart from Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 unless that is specifically required for Europol’s operation. The prior consent of the Commission shall be required for the adoption of any rules which derogate from Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002. The budgetary authority shall be informed of any such derogations.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-01 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.