REPORT on the estimates of revenue and expenditure of Parliament for the financial year 2010

28.4.2009 - (2009/2006(BUD))

Committee on Budgets
Rapporteur: Vladimír Maňka
PR_BUD_EstimEP

Procedure : 2009/2006(BUD)

Document stages in plenary

Document selected :

A6-0275/2009

Texts tabled :

A6-0275/2009

Debates :

PV 04/05/2009 - 20
CRE 04/05/2009 - 20

Votes :

PV 05/05/2009 - 5.13
CRE 05/05/2009 - 5.13
Explanations of votes

Texts adopted :

P6_TA(2009)0346

MOTION FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION
ANNEX: DRAFT ESTIMATES
PROCEDURE

MOTION FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION

on the estimates of revenue and expenditure of Parliament for the financial year 2010

(2009/2006(BUD))

The European Parliament,

– having regard to Article 272(2) of the EC Treaty,

– 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[1], and particularly Article 31 thereof,

– having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management[2],

– having regard to its resolution of 10 March 2009 on the guidelines for the 2010 budget procedure – Sections I, II, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII and IX[3],

– having regard to the Secretary-General's report to the Bureau on drawing up Parliament's preliminary draft estimates for the financial year 2010,

– having regard to the preliminary draft estimates drawn up by the Bureau on 21 April 2009 pursuant to Rules 22(6) and 73 of Parliament's Rules of Procedure,

– having regard to the draft estimates drawn up by the Committee on Budgets pursuant to Rule 73(2) of Parliaments Rules of Procedure,

– having regard to Rule 73 of its Rules of Procedure,

– having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A6-0275/2009),

A. whereas a pilot process in which enhanced cooperation between the Bureau and the Committee on Budgets, and early mutual cooperation on all items with significant budgetary implications, was initiated last year and has been maintained for the 2010 procedure,

B. whereas the prerogatives of the plenary in adopting the estimates and the final budget will be fully maintained in accordance with the Treaty provisions and the Rules of Procedure,

C. whereas two pre-conciliation meetings between delegations of the Bureau and the Committee on Budgets took place on 25 March 2009 and 16 April 2009 during which a number of key issues were discussed by the two delegations,

1. Recalls that the general direction of the 2010 budget and the challenges to which it should respond were outlined in its abovementioned resolution of 10 March 2009 on the budgetary guidelines; highlights particularly that optimal and equal access to language facilities for members and actions related to Parliament's enhanced legislative role will constitute fundamental elements of the 2010 budget;

General Framework

2. Notes that the overall level of the 2010 budget, as suggested by the Bureau, would stay below the traditional voluntary share of 20% of heading 5 (administrative expenditure) of the multi-annual financial framework; notes that the rate of increase suggested is above 4% and that the resulting overall level would be marginally higher than in 2009 at 19.74% of appropriations under this heading;

3. Decides that at this stage, the overall level of the budget is EUR 1 571 512 726, which represents a rate of increase of 2.72 %, in order to leave a better margin of manoeuvre for the new parliament in the autumn as well as seeking to make all possible savings; decides to maintain the contingency reserve at the same level as in 2009 (EUR 10 million);

4. Is of the opinion, given the multi-annual character of most expenditure items and main projects initiated within the institution, that better medium-term planning needs to be considered for its budget and be made more transparent; considers it very important that the full budget proposal, or at least the vast majority of it, be presented at the estimates stage in the spring and considers that the use of so-called 'amending letters' in the autumn must be limited to truly unforeseen events and/or technical updates;

5. Emphasises that timely cooperation between the Bureau and Committee on Budgets in jointly clarifying the budgetary consequences of decisions to be taken should be a fundamental part of how it deals with all major issues, while maintaining the formal prerogatives of each body;

6. Welcomes the prolongation of the pilot project on enhanced cooperation between the Bureau and the Committee on Budgets for a second year and recalls that the principles of trust and transparency are essential; warns against any tendency whereby such cooperation becomes a mere formality, rather than real dialogue, and whereby fundamental decisions are taken prematurely; insists that the spirit of mutual cooperation be kept and improved for the future while respecting the prerogatives of each body; reiterates that prior consultation on issues with significant financial impact is one crucial aspect of the pilot project;

7. Considers that the level of financial resources needed for major issues, including the ratio between internal and external resources needed for major services and projects, is a key element that needs to be carefully considered from a budgetary point of view; urges its executive organs to bear this in mind and to act accordingly with a view to arriving at cost-effective solutions, avoiding duplication of effort, and based on prior analysis of the policy elements;

Specific Issues

Posts and restructuring

8. Takes good note, within the context of considerable increases already granted for 2009, of the proposals for the restructuring of services and changes to the Establishment Plan as put forward by the Bureau; underlines its wish to consider the question of the related budgetary resources once a complete picture has been given of all the requests made, including those for groups, and stresses that it will be willing to carefully consider the package at that time; therefore decides not to authorise the creation of 30 new posts at this stage; notes that the level of redeployment of posts suggested is very low;

9. In this context, takes note that at its meeting on 1 April 2009, the Bureau unanimously approved the re-structuring plan for DG INLO in relation to the maintenance and management of the Parliament's buildings and the creation of specialised central services to improve the quality of budgetary control and of public procurement procedures; stresses that the final decisions concerning the appropriate level of resources, for DG INLO as well as for other services, are part of the first reading of the budget in the autumn according to the normal procedures; stresses that the choice to be made, from a budgetary point of view, relates to the level of property expertise Parliament needs to have in-house so as to ensure that the maintenance tasks entrusted to external suppliers will be properly defined and their performance adequately controlled; in this context, notes that the single external report cited deals mainly with building security, but also maintenance and management issues and how they can be improved;

10. Considers essential that the medium to long-term building strategy plan is presented in good time before the first reading in the autumn in order to be able to make the budgetary decisions; therefore, warmly welcomes the Secretary General's commitment to present a draft to the Bureau as soon as possible in the new term; asks for further information concerning the amount requested as a reserve and deletes the corresponding appropriations;

11. Attaches importance to the new security policy to be elaborated and the objectives to be pursued in this sector, naturally bearing in mind the specific character of a parliament and the need for openness alongside security; considers that, as a function of those strategic and operational needs, the corresponding budgetary resources can be considered during the 2010 procedure; welcomes the Bureau's statement concerning an optimum use of resources and, particularly, its indications concerning a cost-effective balance between internal staff and external agents; is worried, however, that the operational and financial implications in the medium to long-term for creating a new Directorate, with four entire divisions, are not clearly laid out;

12. Is looking forward to receiving, in parallel, the cost-savings plan already drawn up within DG Presidency, as requested in 2008, and continues to express worry concerning the cost developments for operational budget lines related to security and security-related equipment;

13. Initially welcomes the proposals for reorganising its services for human resource management and is pleased that the objectives of increased coherence, clarity of mission, and the creation of synergies should be guiding principles; warmly welcomes that this should be achieved within the existing resources, including internal redeployment, but, at the same time, would like to have some further assurances as regards the medium to long-term implications;

Multilingualism

14. Reiterates its wish that equal access to language facilities for members is an essential element of the 2010 budget; is satisfied that an effort has been made from the Administration's side to accommodate this wish but considers that this obviously needs to be combined with the best possible use of resources;

15. Invites the Bureau and Committee on Budgets to urgently address the Inter-Institutional Working Group on multilingualism in order to prepare a proposal (technical level) in order to make sure that inter-institutional cooperation in this field, especially as concerns the use of any free capacity, is improved; is disappointed, for instance, that the system in place for better sharing of translation between institutions is hardly used at all; expects to see a proposal on where possibilities for improvement exist before the first reading; also takes a keen interest in new technical tools for its translation services and asks for information on their development and the related financial consequences during 2010;

16. Asks the Secretary General to provide a cost/benefit analysis regarding the translation in peak times, including the outsourcing to freelancers and an analysis of the possibility of applying alternative working methods;

17. Requests an update on how such resource sharing could be applied in all the fields in which the institutions have temporarily unused capacities, without diminishing the institution's independence and operational capacities (interpretation, renting out the premises, copy services, etc.);

Legislation

18. Welcomes the fact that the Bureau's proposal follows up on last year's main priority, namely legislative work, but is of the opinion that the posts suggested need to be further analysed and, as stated above, should be considered within an overall package; welcomes the fact that items linked to legislation, and co-decision in particular, were key beneficiaries of budgetary reinforcements made for 2009;

Information and Communication Technology

19. Recalls that clarification has been asked in the IT sector and expects a clear plan for an overall ICT strategy for Parliament, which is crucial in order to make best use of the resources at its disposal; strongly believes that such a plan must be coherent and strike a careful balance between the necessary 'centralisation' and economies-of-scale already implicit with the creation of a new and separate DG for this area, as well as the needs to maintain necessary flexibility at the level of the other DGs; wishes the Bureau to guard against overlaps and double spending; calls on Bureau to ensure that the ICT security and needs of the political groups be an integral part of such a plan;

20. Also notes the proposal for a final phase of the three-year plan to reclaim expertise in this area, reducing the dependence on external consultants, and the proposal for an increase of posts; re-iterates its opinion that significant staff increases should lead to savings in consultant costs and looks forward to a three-year overview of those costs, side-by-side with the staff increases approved and/or suggested;

21. Requests a clarification as to how the 'provider-client' relationship functions in the area of ICT and to which degree the 'clients' can specify which projects they would like to see done, how the financing for carrying out those projects are arrived at and, also, to which extent and under which circumstances DG ITEC could decline or postpone such projects due to resource limitations or otherwise;

Multi-annual projects

22. Reiterates its opinion that a multitude of important initiatives and projects in the field of information and analysis for the benefit of members and staff, such as the new library analytical service, the Policy Units of committees, in conjunction with the vast array of other available information sources/systems, constitute major developments in its work as well as taking up increasing levels of appropriations; believes, therefore, that budgetary and functional stocktaking, in order to ensure coherence and good use of overall resources can only be beneficial and, in this respect, recalls its previous decision concerning a presentation on this issue; welcomes the efforts made by the administration to implement a Knowledge Management System;

23. Takes note of the fact that the Web-TV project is included at already foreseen levels in the Bureau's proposals; would welcome, nevertheless, some further information on 'the return' for this investment, notably in terms of viewing statistics and future perspectives; would also appreciate some indication as to whether Web-TV already has, or will, reduce the need for other types of information in print;

24. Takes note of the Bureau's proposal to enter specific appropriations for expert studies concerning a House of European History; expects a clear overview of the costs envisaged for the project as a whole, including administrative costs, at the latest at the stage of the Preliminary draft estimates for the 2011 budget procedure;

25. Wishes to leave the Visitors Centre a real possibility to get on with its business and open as soon as possible, in any case no later than the beginning of 2010; therefore looks forward to a final decision on the management concept, in order to fulfil the stated objectives and, importantly, based on real cost-benefit considerations as concerns the existing options; stresses that, for example, a solution based on out-sourcing should have very limited effects, if any, on the internal establishment plan, and vice versa;

Final considerations

26. Underlines that a more detailed examination of individual budget items should take place before the first reading of the budget in the autumn; will thus examine and take the final budgetary decisions at that time;

27. On this premise, adopts the draft estimates for the financial year 2010 as adopted by the Bureau on 21 April 2009 and recalls that the adoption of the draft budget will take place at first reading in October 2009, according to the voting procedure laid down by the Treaty;

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28. Instructs its President to forward this resolution and the estimates to the Council and Commission.

[1] OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.
[2] OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.
[3] Texts adopted , P6_TA(2009)0096.

ANNEX: DRAFT ESTIMATES

Contribution of the European Communities to the financing of the expenditure

of Parliament for the financial year 2010

Heading	Amount

Expenditure	1 571 512 726
Own resources	128 931 129
Contribution due	1 442 581 597

REVENUE

Title Chapter Article Item	Heading		Budget 2010	Budget 2009	Outturn 2008
4	REVENUE ACCRUING FROM PERSONS WORKING WITH THE INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER COMMUNITY BODIES
4 0	Miscellaneous taxes and deductions
4 0 0	Proceeds from taxation on the salaries, wages and allowances of Members of the institutions, officials, other servants and recipients of pensions	46 604 242		37 889 783	37 638 656,40
4 0 3	Proceeds of the temporary contribution from the salaries of Members of the institution, officials and other servants in active employment	p.m.		p.m.	56,02
4 0 4	Proceeds from the special levy on the salaries of Members of the institution, officials and other servants in active employment	9 020 533		8 859 744	4 791 312,54
	Chapter 4 0 — Total	55 624 775		46 749 527	42 430 024,96
4 1	CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PENSION SCHEME
4 1 0	Staff contributions to the pension scheme	58 255 294		44 658 716	41 364 853,38
4 1 1	Transfer or purchase of pension rights by staff	13 046 060		4 315 724	12 053 274,74
4 1 2	Contributions to the pension scheme by officials and temporary staff on leave on personal grounds	5 000		5 000	0,00
	Chapter 4 1 — Total	71 306 354		48 979 440	53 418 128,12
4 2	OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PENSION SCHEME
4 2 1	Contributions by Members of Parliament to a retirement pension scheme		p.m.	864 000	1 325 991,18
	Chapter 4 2 — Total		p.m.	864 000	1 325 991,18
	Title 4 — Total		126 931 129	96 592 967	97 174 144,26
5	REVENUE ACCRUING FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATION OF THE INSTITUTION
5 0	PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF MOVABLE PROPERTY (SUPPLY OF GOODS) AND IMMOVABLE PROPERTY
5 0 0	Proceeds from the sale of movable property (supply of goods)
5 0 0 0	Proceeds from the sale of vehicles — Assigned revenue		p.m.	p.m.	0,00
5 0 0 1	Proceeds from the sale of other movable property — Assigned revenue		p.m.	p.m.	6 900, 00
5 0 0 2	Proceeds from the supply of goods to other institutions or bodies — Assigned revenue		p.m.	p.m.	0,00
5 0 1	Proceeds from the sale of immovable property		p.m.	p.m.	0,00
5 0 2	Proceeds from the sale of publications, printed works and films — Assigned revenue		p.m.	p.m.	486 310,71
	Chapter 5 0 — Total		p.m.	p.m.	493 210,71
5 1	PROCEEDS FROM LETTING AND HIRING
5 1 1	Proceeds from letting and subletting immovable property and reimbursement of charges connected with letting
5 1 1 0	Proceeds from letting and subletting immovable property — Assigned revenue		p.m.	p.m.	1 359 143,13
5 1 1 1	Reimbursement of charges connected with lettings — Assigned revenue		p.m.	p.m.	15 613,61
	Chapter 5 1 — Total		p.m.	p.m.	1 374 756,74
5 2	REVENUE FROM INVESTMENTS OR LOANS GRANTED, BANK AND OTHER INTEREST
5 2 0	Revenue from investments or loans granted, bank and other interest on the institution's accounts		2 000 000	2 500 000	4 391 981,14
	Chapter 5 2 — Total		2 000 000	2 500 000	4 391 981,14
5 5	REVENUE FROM THE SUPPLY OF SERVICES AND WORKS
5 5 0	Proceeds from the supply of services and works for other institutions or bodies, including refunds by other institutions or bodies of mission allowances paid on their behalf — Assigned revenue		p.m.	p.m.	2 452 076,88
5 5 1	Revenue from third parties in respect of services or work supplied at their request — Assigned revenue		p.m.	p.m.	3 323 943,04
	Chapter 5 5 — Total		p.m.	p.m.	5 776 019,92
5 7	OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS AND REFUNDS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATION OF THE INSTITUTION
5 7 0	Revenue arising from the repayment of amounts wrongly paid — Assigned revenue		p.m.	p.m.	3 728 159,74
5 7 1	Revenue earmarked for a specific purpose, such as income from foundations, subsidies, gifts and bequests, including the earmarked revenue specific to each institution — Assigned revenue		p.m.	p.m.	0,00
5 7 2	Repayment of welfare expenditure incurred on behalf of another institution		p.m.	p.m.	0,00
5 7 3	Other contributions and refunds in connection with the administrative operation of the institution — Assigned revenue		p.m.	p.m.	3 788 455,00
	Chapter 5 7 — Total		p.m.	p.m.	7 516 614,74
5 8	MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS
5 8 1	Revenue from insurance payments received — Assigned revenue		p.m.	p.m.	960 332,33
	Chapter 5 8 — Total		p.m.	p.m.	960 332,33
	Title 5 — Total		2 000 000	2 500 000	20 512 915,98
6	CONTRIBUTIONS AND REFUNDS IN CONNECTION WITH COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS AND PROGRAMMES
6 6	OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS AND REFUNDS
6 6 0	Other contributions and refunds
6 6 0 0	Other assigned contributions and refunds — Assigned revenue		p.m.	p.m.	31 430 800,12
6 6 0 1	Other non-assigned contributions and refunds		p.m.	p.m.	0,00
	Chapter 6 6 — Total		p.m.	p.m.	31 430 800,12
	Title 6 — Total		p.m.	p.m.	31 430 800,12
9	MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE
9 0	MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE
9 0 0	Miscellaneous revenue		p.m.	p.m.	1 936 513,67
	Chapter 9 0 — Total		p.m.	p.m.	1 936 513,67
	Title 9 — Total		p.m.	p.m.	1 936 513,67
	GRAND TOTAL		128 931 129	99 092 967	151 054 373,63

EXPENDITURE

General summary of appropriations (2010 and 2009) and outturn (2008)

Title Chapter	Heading	Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
1 1 0	PERSONS WORKING WITH THE INSTITUTION MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTION	222 206 000	190 422 000	149 961 011,75
1 2	OFFICIALS AND TEMPORARY STAFF	518 510 000	502 655 938	483 919 956,88
1 4	OTHER STAFF AND OUTSIDE SERVICES	109 084 000	101 064 000	87 947 781,83
1 6	OTHER EXPENDITURE RELATING TO PERSONS WORKING FOR THE INSTITUTION	15 316 000	14 124 900	11 365 214,42
	Title 1 — Total	865 116 000	808 266 838	733 193 964,88
2 2 0	BUILDINGS, FURNITURE, EQUIPMENT AND MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING EXPENDITURE BUILDINGS AND ASSOCIATED COSTS	181 649 476	172 958 500	191 008 371,76
2 1	DATA PROCESSING, EQUIPMENT AND MOVABLE PROPERTY	117 253 750	108 898 000	115 644 159,66
2 3	CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE	12 080 800	12 524 700	8 999 452,34
	Title 2 — Total	310 984 026	294 381 200	315 651 983,76
3 3 0	EXPENDITURE RESULTING FROM GENERAL FUNCTIONS CARRIED OUT BY THE INSTITUTION EXPENDITURE ON MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES	35 794 200	33 279 000	29 314 196,33
3 2	EXPERTISE AND INFORMATION: ACQUISITION, ARCHIVING, PRODUCTION AND DISSEMINATION	102 151 500	101 396 300	105 690 234,03
	Title 3 — Total	137 945 700	134 675 300	135 004 430,36
4 4 0	EXPENDITURE RESULTING FROM SPECIAL FUNCTIONS CARRIED OUT BY THE INSTITUTION EXPENDITURE RELATING TO CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES	71 965 000	70 548 000	71 875 103,00
4 2	EXPENDITURE RELATING TO PARLIAMENTARY ASSISTANTS	160 142 000	185 267 000	154 301 746,55
4 4	MEETINGS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES OF CURRENT AND FORMER MEMBERS	310 000	310 000	251 300,00
	Title 4 — Total	232 417 000	256 125 000	226 428 149,55
10 10 0	OTHER EXPENDITURE PROVISIONAL APPROPRIATIONS	14 300 000	5 003 992	0,00
10 1	CONTINGENCY RESERVE	10 000 000	10 018 600	0,00
10 3	ENLARGEMENT RESERVE	750 000	500 000	0,00
10 4	Reserve for information and communication policy	p.m.	p.m.	0,00
10 5	PROVISIONAL APPROPRIATION FOR BUILDINGS	p.m.	20 000 000	0,00
10 6	RESERVE FOR NEW PRIORITY OBJECTIVES	p.m.	p.m.	0,00
10 8	EMAS RESERVE	p.m.	1 000 000	0,00
	Title 10 — Total	25 050 000	36 522 592	0,00
	GRAND TOTAL	1 571 512 726	1 529 970 930	1 410 278 528,55

Section VOL2 — SECTION I — PARLIAMENT

Revenue — OWN RESOURCES

Title 4 — REVENUE ACCRUING FROM PERSONS WORKING WITH THE INSTITUTIONS AND OTHER COMMUNITY BODIES

Chapter 4 0 — Miscellaneous taxes and deductions

Article 4 0 0 — Proceeds from taxation on the salaries, wages and allowances of Members of the institutions, officials, other servants and recipients of pensions

Figures

Budget 2010	Budget 2009	Outturn 2008
46 604 242	37 889 783	37 638 656,40

Remarks

Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the European Communities, and in particular Article 13 thereof.

Council Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 260/68 of 29 February 1968 laying down the conditions and procedure for applying the tax for the benefit of the European Communities (OJ L 56, 4.3.1968, p. 8).

Article 4 0 3 — Proceeds of the temporary contribution from the salaries of Members of the institution, officials and other servants in active employment

Figures

Budget 2010	Budget 2009	Outturn 2008
p.m.	p.m.	56,02

Remarks

Council Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 3831/91 of 19 December 1991 amending the Staff Regulations of officials and the Conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities with a view to introducing a temporary contribution (OJ L 361, 31.12.1991, p. 7).

Article 4 0 4 — Proceeds from the special levy on the salaries of Members of the institutions, officials and other servants in active employment

Figures

Budget 2010	Budget 2009	Outturn 2008
9 020 533	8 859 744	4 791 312,54

Remarks

Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities, and in particular Article 66a thereof.

Chapter 4 1 — CONTRIBUTION TO THE PENSION SCHEME

Article 4 1 0 — Staff contributions to the pension scheme

Figures

Budget 2010	Budget 2009	Outturn 2008
58 255 294	44 658 716	41 364 853,38

Remarks

Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, and in particular Article 83(2) thereof.

Article 4 1 1 — Transfer or purchase of pension rights by staff

Figures

Budget 2010	Budget 2009	Outturn 2008
13 046 060	4 315 724	12 053 274,74

Remarks

Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, and in particular Articles 4, 11(2) and (3) and 48 of Annex VIII thereto.

Article 4 1 2 — Contributions to the pensions scheme by officials and temporary staff on leave on personal grounds

Figures

Budget 2010	Budget 2009	Outturn 2008
5 000	5 000	0,—

Chapter 4 2 — OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PENSION SCHEME

Article 4 2 1 — Contributions by members of the European Parliament to a retirement pension scheme

Figures

Budget 2010	Budget 2009	Outturn 2008
p.m.	864 000	1 325 991,18

Remarks

Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament, and in particular Annex III thereto.

Title 5 — REVENUE ACCRUING FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATION OF THE INSTITUTION

Chapter 5 0 — PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF MOVABLE PROPERTY (SUPPLY OF GOODS) AND IMMOVABLE PROPERTY

Article 5 0 0 — Proceeds from the sale of movable property (supply of goods)

Item 5 0 0 0 — Proceeds from the sale of vehicles — Assigned revenue

Figures

Budget 2010	Budget 2009	Outturn 2008
p.m.	p.m.	0,—

Remarks

This item is intended to record revenue accruing from the sale or part-exchange of vehicles belonging to the institutions.

In accordance with Article 18(1)(e) of the Financial Regulation, this revenue is to be considered as assigned revenue and gives rise to the entry of additional appropriations against the headings which bore the initial expenditure giving rise to the corresponding revenue.

Item 5 0 0 1 — Proceeds from the sale of other movable property - Assigned revenue

Figures

Budget 2010	Budget 2009	Outturn 2008
p.m.	p.m.	6 900,—

Remarks

This item is intended to record revenue accruing from the sale or part exchange of movable property other than vehicles belonging to the institutions.

Item 5 0 0 2 — Proceeds from the supply of goods to other institutions or bodies — Assigned revenue

Figures

Budget 2010	Budget 2009	Outturn 2008
p.m.	p.m.	0,—

Remarks

In accordance with Article 18(1)(g) of the Financial Regulation, this revenue is to be considered as assigned revenue and gives rise to the entry of additional appropriations against the headings which bore the initial expenditure giving rise to the corresponding revenue.

Details of expenditure and revenue resulting from loans or rents or the provision of services under this budget item shall be set out in an annex to this budget.

Article 5 0 1 — Proceeds from the sale of immovable property

Figures

Budget 2010	Budget 2009	Outturn 2008
p.m.	p.m.	0,—

Remarks

This article is intended to record revenue from the sale of immovable property belonging to the institutions.

Article 5 0 2 — Proceeds from the sale of publications, printed works and films — Assigned revenue

Figures

Budget 2010	Budget 2009	Outturn 2008
p.m.	p.m.	486 310,71

Remarks

In accordance with Article 18(1)(j) of the Financial Regulation, this revenue is to be considered as assigned revenue and gives rise to the entry of additional appropriations against the headings which bore the initial expenditure giving rise to the corresponding revenue.

This Article shall also include the proceeds of the sale of these products by electronic means.

Chapter 5 1 — PROCEEDS FROM LETTING

Remarks

Article 5 1 1 — Proceeds from letting and subletting immovable property and reimbursement of charges connected with lettings

Remarks

Item 5 1 1 0 — Proceeds from letting and subletting immovable property — Assigned revenue

Figures

Budget 2010	Budget 2009	Outturn 2008
p.m.	p.m.	1 359 143,13

Remarks

Details of expenditure and revenue resulting from loans or rents or the provision of services under this budget item shall be set out in an annex to this budget.

Item 5 1 1 1 — Reimbursement of charges connected with lettings — Assigned revenue

Figures

Budget 2010	Budget 2009	Outturn 2008
p.m.	p.m.	15 613,61

Remarks

Chapter 5 2 — REVENUE FROM INVESTMENTS OR LOANS GRANTED, BANK AND OTHER INTEREST

Article 5 2 0 — Revenue from investments or loans granted, bank and other interest on the institution's accounts

Figures

Budget 2010	Budget 2009	Outturn 2008
2 000 000	2 500 000	4 391 981,14

Remarks

This article is intended to record revenue from investments or loans granted, bank and other interest on the institution's accounts.

Chapter 5 5 — REVENUE FROM THE PROCEEDS OF SERVICES SUPPLIED AND WORK CARRIED OUT

Article 5 5 0 — Proceeds from the supply of services and works for other institutions or bodies, including refunds by other institutions or bodies of mission allowances paid on their behalf — Assigned revenue

Figures

Budget 2010	Budget 2009	Outturn 2008
p.m.	p.m.	2 452 076,88

Remarks

Article 5 5 1 — Revenue from third parties in respect of services or work supplied at their request — Assigned revenue

Figures

Budget 2010	Budget 2009	Outturn 2008
p.m.	p.m.	3 323 943,04

Remarks

Chapter 5 7 — OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS AND REFUNDS IN CONNECTION WITH THE ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATION OF THE INSTITUTIONS

Article 5 7 0 — Revenue arising from the repayment of amounts wrongly paid — Assigned revenue

Figures

Budget 2010	Budget 2009	Outturn 2008
p.m.	p.m.	3 728 159,74

Remarks

In accordance with Article 18(1)(f) of the Financial Regulation, this revenue is to be considered as assigned revenue and gives rise to the entry of additional appropriations against the headings which bore the initial expenditure giving rise to the corresponding revenue.

Article 5 7 1 — Revenue earmarked for a specific purpose, such as income from foundations, subsidies, gifts and bequests, including the earmarked revenue specific to each institution — Assigned revenue

Figures

Budget 2010	Budget 2009	Outturn 2008
p.m.	p.m.	0,—

Remarks

In accordance with Article 18(1)(c) of the Financial Regulation, this revenue is to be considered as assigned revenue and gives rise to the entry of additional appropriations against the headings which bore the initial expenditure giving rise to the corresponding revenue.

Article 5 7 2 — Repayment of welfare expenditure incurred on behalf of another institution

Figures

Budget 2010	Budget 2009	Outturn 2008
p.m.	p.m.	0,—

Remarks

This article is intended to record revenue from the repayment of welfare expenditure incurred on behalf of another institution.

Article 5 7 3 — Other contributions and refunds in connection with the administrative operation of the institution — Assigned revenue

Figures

Budget 2010	Budget 2009	Outturn 2008
p.m.	p.m.	3 788 455,—

Chapter 5 8 — MISCELLANEOUS PAYMENTS

Article 5 8 1 — Revenue from insurance payments received — Assigned revenue

Figures

Budget 2010	Budget 2009	Outturn 2008
p.m.	p.m.	960 332,33

Remarks

In accordance with Article 18(1)(h) of the Financial Regulation, this revenue is to be considered as assigned revenue and gives rise to the entry of additional appropriations against the headings which bore the initial expenditure giving rise to the corresponding revenue.

This article also includes reimbursement by insurance companies of the salaries of officials involved in accidents.

Title 6 — CONTRIBUTIONS AND REFUNDS IN CONNECTION WITH COMMUNITY AGREEMENTS AND PROGRAMMES

Chapter 6 6 — OTHER CONTRIBUTIONS AND REFUNDS

Article 6 6 0 — Other contributions and refunds

Item 6 6 0 0 — Other assigned contributions and refunds — Assigned revenue

Figures

Budget 2010	Budget 2009	Outturn 2008
p.m.	p.m.	31 430 800,12

Remarks

This item is intended to record, pursuant to Article 18 of the Financial Regulation, any revenue not provided for in other parts of Title 6 and which is used to provide additional appropriations to finance expenditure to which this revenue is assigned.

Item 6 6 0 1 — Other non-assigned contributions and refunds

Figures

Budget 2010	Budget 2009	Outturn 2008
p.m.	p.m.	0,—

Title 9 — MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

Chapter 9 0 — MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE

Article 9 0 0 — Miscellaneous revenue

Figures

Budget 2010	Budget 2009	Outturn 2008
p.m.	p.m.	1 936 513,67

Remarks

This Article is intended to record miscellaneous revenue.

Details of expenditure and revenue resulting from loans or rents or the provision of services under this Article shall be set out in an annex to this budget.

Expenditure — EXPENDITURE

Title 1 — PERSONS WORKING WITH THE INSTITUTION

Chapter 1 0 — MEMBERS OF THE INSTITUTION

Article 1 0 0 — Salaries and allowances

Item 1 0 0 0 — Salaries

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
69 745 000	30 823 000	0,—

Remarks

Statute for Members of the European Parliament, and in particular Articles 9 and 10 thereof.

Implementing measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament, and in particular Articles 1 and 2 thereof.

This appropriation is intended to cover the salary provided for by the Statute for Members.

Item 1 0 0 4 — Ordinary travel expenses

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
79 319 000	77 988 000	81 438 000,—

Remarks

Statute for Members of the European Parliament, and in particular Article 20 thereof.

Implementing measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament, and in particular Articles 10 to 21 and 24 thereof.

This appropriation is intended to cover reimbursement of travel and subsistence expenses in connection with travelling to and from the places of work and with other duty travel.

It is also intended to cover expenditure relating to any carbon offsets, as provided for in the Eco-Management Audit Scheme (EMAS) action plan adopted by the Bureau.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 10 000.

Item 1 0 0 5 — Other travel expenses

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
9 170 000	6 875 000	1 035 000,—

Remarks

Statute for Members of the European Parliament, and in particular Article 20 thereof.

Implementing measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament, and in particular Articles 22, 23 and 29 thereof.

This appropriation is intended to cover reimbursement of additional travel expenses, travel expenses incurred in the Member State of election and repatriation expenses.

It is also intended to cover expenditure relating to any carbon offsets, as provided for in the EMAS action plan adopted by the Bureau.

Item 1 0 0 6 — General expenditure allowance

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
38 144 000	41 539 000	38 268 000,—

Remarks

Statute for Members of the European Parliament, and in particular Article 20 thereof.

Implementing measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament, and in particular Articles 25 to 28 thereof.

This allowance is intended to cover expenses resulting from the parliamentary activities of Members in their Member State of election.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 25 000.

Item 1 0 0 7 — Allowances for performance of duties

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
177 000	170 000	165 463,83

Remarks

Bureau Decision of 20 March 1991.

This appropriation is intended to cover the flat-rate subsistence and representation allowances in connection with the duties of the President.

Article 1 0 1 — Accident and sickness insurance and other welfare measures

Item 1 0 1 0 — Accident and sickness insurance and other social security charges

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
3 032 000	2 851 000	1 906 141,08

Remarks

Statute for Members of the European Parliament, and in particular Articles 18 and 19 thereof.

Implementing measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament, and in particular Articles 3 to 9 thereof.

Common rules on the insurance of officials of the European Communities against the risk of accident and of occupational disease.

Joint rules on sickness insurance for officials of the European Communities.

Commission Decision laying down general implementing provisions for the reimbursement of medical expenses.

Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament, and in particular Article 21 thereof (temporary application for 18 months after the close of the sixth parliamentary term).

This appropriation is intended to cover accident insurance and reimbursement of medical expenses for Members and loss and theft of Members' personal effects.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 50 000.

Item 1 0 1 2 — Specific measures to assist disabled Members

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
95 000	141 000	84 584,04

Remarks

Implementing measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament, and in particular Articles 30 and 80 thereof.

This appropriation is intended to cover certain expenditure required to provide assistance for a seriously disabled Member and, temporarily, for a seriously disabled dependent child of a Member who was a beneficiary, pursuant to the Rules governing the payment of expenses and allowances to Members of the European Parliament, prior to the entry into force of the Statute for Members.

Article 1 0 2 — Transitional allowances

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
7 092 000	3 875 000	342 762,51

Remarks

Statute for Members of the European Parliament, and in particular Article 13 thereof.

Implementing measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament, and in particular Articles 45 to 48 and 77 thereof.

This appropriation is intended to cover the transitional allowance after the end of a Member's term of office.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 10 000.

Article 1 0 3 — Pensions

Item 1 0 3 0 — Retirement pensions

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
11 215 000	10 638 000	9 411 104,29

Remarks

Statute for Members of the European Parliament, and in particular Articles 14 and 28 thereof.

Implementing measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament, and in particular Articles 49, 50 and 75 thereof.

This appropriation is intended to cover the payment of an old-age pension after the cessation of a Member's term of office.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 50 000.

Item 1 0 3 1 — Invalidity pensions

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
504 000	517 000	421 497,60

Remarks

Statute for Members of the European Parliament, and in particular Article 15 thereof.

Implementing measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament, and in particular Articles 51 to 57 and 75 thereof.

This appropriation is intended to cover the payment of a pension to Members who become incapacitated during their term of office.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 20 000.

Item 1 0 3 2 — Survivors’ pensions

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
2 744 000	2 857 000	2 812 536,30

Remarks

Statute for Members of the European Parliament, and in particular Article 17 thereof.

Implementing measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament, and in particular Articles 58 to 60 and 75 thereof.

This appropriation is intended to cover the payment of a survivor's and/or orphan's pension in the event of the death of a Member or of a former Member.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 15 000.

Item 1 0 3 3 — Optional pension scheme for Members

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
169 000	9 148 000	13 275 922,10

Remarks

Statute for Members of the European Parliament, and in particular Article 27 thereof.

Implementing measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament, and in particular Article 76 thereof.

This appropriation is intended to cover the institution's contribution to the additional voluntary pension scheme for Members.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 300 000.

Article 1 0 5 — Language and data-processing courses

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
800 000	900 000	800 000,—

Remarks

Implementing measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament, and in particular Article 44 thereof.

Bureau decision of ... on language and IT training for Members.

This appropriation is intended to cover the cost of language and IT courses for Members.

Article 1 0 8 — Exchange losses

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
p.m.	100 000	0,—

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover exchange differences to be met from the budget of the European Parliament in accordance with the provisions applicable to the payment of the general expenditure allowance.

Article 1 0 9 — Provisional appropriation to cover the allowances of Members of the institution

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
p.m.	2 000 000	0,—

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover the effects of any adjustments to payments to Members of the institution.

This appropriation is purely provisional and may be used only after its transfer to other headings in accordance with the Financial Regulation.

Chapter 1 2 — OFFICIALS AND TEMPORARY STAFF

Article 1 2 0 — Remuneration and other entitlements

Item 1 2 0 0 — Remuneration and allowances

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
510 000 000	493 145 938[1]	472 281 974,02

Remarks

Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities.

Conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities.

This appropriation is mainly intended to cover, for officials and temporary staff holding a post provided for in the establishment plan:

— salaries, allowances and other payments related to salaries,

— insurance against sickness, accident and occupational disease and other social security contributions,

— flat-rate overtime allowances,

— miscellaneous allowances and grants,

— payment of travel expenses for officials or temporary staff, their spouses and dependants from their place of employment to their place of origin,

— the impact of salary weightings applicable to remuneration and to the part of emoluments transferred to a country other than the country of employment,

— unemployment insurance for temporary staff and payments made by the institution to allow temporary staff to constitute or maintain pension rights in their country of origin.

This appropriation is also intended to cover the insurance premiums in respect of sports accidents for users of the European Parliament’s sports centre in Brussels and in Strasbourg.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 1 800 000.

Item 1 2 0 2 — Paid overtime

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
400 000	410 000	350 000,—

Remarks

Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, and in particular Article 56 thereof and Annex VI thereto.

Conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities.

This appropriation is intended to cover the payment of overtime under the conditions set out in the above-mentioned provisions.

Item 1 2 0 4 — Entitlements in connection with entering the service, transfer and leaving the service

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
4 900 000	4 520 000	5 015 000,—

Remarks

Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities.

Conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities.

This appropriation is intended to cover:

— travel expenses due to officials and temporary staff (including their families) entering or leaving the service or being transferred to another place of employment,

— installation/resettlement allowances and removal expenses due to officials and temporary staff obliged to change their place of residence on taking up duty, on transfer to a new place of employment and on finally leaving the institution and resettling elsewhere,

— daily subsistence allowance for officials and temporary staff who furnish evidence that they must change their place of residence on taking up duty or transferring to a new place of employment,

— the allowance granted to probationer officials dismissed for reasons of manifest unsuitability,

— compensation for a member of the temporary staff whose contract is terminated by the institution,

— the difference between the contributions paid by contract staff to a Member State pension scheme and those payable to the Community scheme in the event of reclassification of a contract.

Article 1 2 2 — Allowances upon early termination of service

Item 1 2 2 0 — Allowances for staff retired in the interests of the service

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
760 000	630 000	872 665,72

Item 1 2 2 2 — Allowances for staff whose service is terminated and special retirement scheme for officials and temporary staff

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
2 450 000	3 950 000	5 400 317,14

Chapter 1 4 — OTHER STAFF AND OUTSIDE SERVICES

Article 1 4 0 — Other staff and externals

Item 1 4 0 0 — Other staff

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
23 330 000	25 807 000	21 270 715,40

Remarks

Conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities.

This appropriation is intended to cover the following expenditure:

— the remuneration, including allocations and allowances, of other staff, including contract and local staff and special advisers (within the meaning of the Conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities), employer's contributions to the various social security schemes and the impact of salary weightings applicable to the remuneration of these staff,

— the employment of temporary agency staff.

Item 1 4 0 2 — Conference interpreters

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
55 100 000	45 600 000	46 187 820,18

Remarks

Conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities.

Agreement on auxiliary conference interpreters.

This appropriation is intended to cover the following as part of interinstitutional cooperation:

— the fees, social security contributions, travel expenses and subsistence allowances of auxiliary conference interpreters used by Parliament to service meetings organised by Parliament or by other institutions which cannot be serviced by Parliament interpreters (officials and temporary staff),

— expenditure on conference agencies, technicians and administrators used to service the above meetings where they cannot be serviced by officials, temporary staff or other staff,

— services provided to Parliament by interpreters who are officials or temporary staff members in other institutions,

— language-related interinstitutional cooperation.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 200 000.

Item 1 4 0 4 — Graduate traineeships, grants and exchanges of officials

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
7 150 000	8 091 000	5 908 089,64

Remarks

Bureau decision of 26 October 1988, as last amended by the Bureau decision of 2 February 2000.

This appropriation is intended to cover:

— an allowance and travel expenses for trainees at the beginning and end of traineeships,

— accident and sickness insurance for trainees during traineeships,

— expenditure arising from movements between the European Parliament and the public sector in the Member States or other countries specified in the rules,

— the organising of training schemes for conference interpreters, inter alia in cooperation with schools of interpreting, as well as grants for the training and further training of interpreters, purchase of teaching materials, and associated costs,

— additional costs for trainees on the pilot programme of traineeships for disabled persons, directly related to their disability, in accordance with Article 20(8) of the Internal Rules governing traineeships and study visits in the Secretariat of the European Parliament.

Item 1 4 0 6 — Observers

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
p.m.	p.m.	0,—

Remarks

The appropriation is intended to cover the refund of travel expenses and the payment of a subsistence allowance to observers per day's attendance at plenary sittings and committee, delegation and political group meetings at Parliament's places of work and at political group meetings approved by the Conference of Presidents outside the places of work.

Item 1 4 0 7 — Training allowance (European Parliament apprenticeship programme)

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
p.m.	p.m.	0,—

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to remunerate the work of trainees taking part in the European Parliament's apprenticeship programme.

Article 1 4 2 — Outside services

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
23 504 000	21 566 000[2]	14 581 156,61

Remarks

This appropriation is intended for the translation, typing, coding and technical assistance work sent to outside suppliers and expenditure relating to measures adopted by the Interinstitutional Committee on Translation and Interpretation to promote language-related interinstitutional cooperation.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 200 000.

Chapter 1 6 — OTHER EXPENDITURE RELATING TO PERSONS WORKING WITH THE INSTITUTION

Article 1 6 1 — Expenditure relating to staff management

Item 1 6 1 0 — Expenditure on recruitment

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
400 000	385 000	355 000,—

Remarks

Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, and in particular Articles 27 to 31 and 33 thereof and Annex III thereto.

Decision 2002/620/EC of the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, the Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions and the European Ombudsman of 25 July 2002 establishing a European Communities Personnel Selection Office (OJ L 197, 26.7.2002, p. 53) and Decision 2002/621/EC of the Secretaries-General of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission, the Registrar of the Court of Justice, the Secretaries-General of the Court of Auditors, the Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions, and the Representative of the European Ombudsman of 25 July 2002 on the organisation and operation of the European Communities Personnel Selection Office (OJ L 197, 26.7.2002, p. 56).

This appropriation is intended to cover:

— expenditure on organising the competitions provided for in Article 3 of Decision 2002/621/EC and travel and subsistence expenses for applicants called for interviews and medical examinations,

— the costs of organising procedures for selecting staff.

In cases duly justified by operational needs and after consultation of the European Personnel Selection Office, the institution may use some of these appropriations to organise its own competitions.

Item 1 6 1 2 — Further training

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
4 000 000	3 940 000	3 429 682,61

Remarks

Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, and in particular Article 24a.

Conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities.

This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure on training for improving staff skills and the performance and efficiency of the institution.

Article 1 6 3 — Measures to assist the institution's staff

Item 1 6 3 0 — Social welfare

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
601 000	573 900	518 257,20

Remarks

Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, and in particular Articles 9(3), third subparagraph, and 76 thereof.

This appropriation is intended to cover:

— as part of an interinstitutional policy to assist persons with a disability in the following categories:

— officials and temporary staff in active employment,

— spouses of officials and temporary staff in active employment,

— dependent children within the meaning of the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities,

the reimbursement, to the extent permitted by the budget and after national entitlements in the country of residence or the country of origin have been exhausted, of expenses (other than medical expenses) recognised as necessary, resulting from the handicap and supported by documentary evidence and not covered by the Joint Sickness Insurance Scheme,

— action taken in respect of officials and other servants in particularly difficult situations,

— the financing of a grant for the Staff Committee and incidental expenditure in the Welfare Service.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 8 000.

Item 1 6 3 1 — Mobility

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
832 000	189 000	—

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure relating to mobility at the various places of work.

Item 1 6 3 2 — Social contacts between members of staff and other social measures

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
310 000	310 000	282 350,26

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to encourage and provide financial backing for schemes to promote social contact between staff of different nationalities, for example subsidies to staff clubs, sports associations, cultural societies, etc., and to make a contribution to the cost of a permanent leisure centre (cultural and sports activities, hobbies, restaurant).

It also covers financial support for interinstitutional social activities.

Article 1 6 5 — Activities relating all persons working with the institution

Item 1 6 5 0 — Medical service

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
1 260 000	1 000 000	986 997,37

Remarks

Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, and in particular Article 59 thereof and Article 8 of Annex II thereto.

This appropriation is intended to cover the operating costs of the medical service at the three places of work, including the purchase of materials and pharmaceutical products, etc., expenditure on preventive medical check-ups, expenditure arising from the operation of the Invalidity Committee and expenditure on services provided by outside medical specialists deemed necessary by the medical officers.

It also covers expenditure involving the purchase of certain work tools deemed necessary on medical grounds, together with expenditure on medical or paramedical staff under service provision arrangements or on short-term stand-in assignment.

Item 1 6 5 2 — Current operating expenditure for restaurants and canteens

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
2 313 000	2 260 000	1 900 000,—

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover restaurant and canteen operating costs.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 2 000 000.

Item 1 6 5 4 — Early childhood centre and approved day nurseries

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
5 600 000	5 467 000	3 892 926,98

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover Parliament's contribution to all the expenditure of the early childhood centre and outside crèches with which an agreement has been concluded.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation from parental contributions is estimated at EUR 1 010 000.

Title 2 — BUILDINGS, FURNITURE, EQUIPMENT AND MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING EXPENDITURE

Remarks

Since risk cover has been revoked by insurance companies, the risk of industrial conflicts and terrorist attacks for the European Parliament buildings needs to be covered through the European Union budget.

The appropriations of this title accordingly cover all expenses in connection with damage resulting from industrial conflicts and terrorist attacks.

Chapter 2 0 — Buildings and associated costs

Article 2 0 0 — Buildings

Item 2 0 0 0 — Rent

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
33 768 000	34 577 000	26 492 836,91

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover rent for the buildings or parts of buildings occupied by Parliament.

It also covers property tax. The rentals are calculated over 12 months on the basis of existing leases or leases in preparation, which normally provide for cost of living or construction cost index-linking.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 500 000.

Item 2 0 0 1 — Lease payments

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
5 900 000	5 700 000	2 442 680,62

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover the annual lease payments for buildings or parts of buildings under existing leases or leases in preparation.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 100 000.

Item 2 0 0 3 — Acquisition of immovable property

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
p.m.	p.m.	19 269 322,10

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover the acquisition of immovable property. Subsidies for land and its servicing will be dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the Financial Regulation.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 100 000.

Item 2 0 0 5 — Construction of buildings

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
4 346 600	3 870 000	8 617 100,08

Remarks

This item is intended for any entry of appropriations for the construction of buildings.

Item 2 0 0 7 — Fitting-out of premises

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
23 818 000[3]	25 232 000[4]	39 423 666,71

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover the performance of fitting-out work, including other expenditure connected with that work, in particular architects' or engineers' fees, etc.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 500 000.

Item 2 0 0 8 — Other expenditure on buildings

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
11 700 000	12 348 000	9 412 979,53

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover:

— expenditure on buildings not specifically provided for in the other articles in this chapter, including technical or architectural assistance in connection with studies and the preparation and monitoring of maintenance and other work in buildings,

— expenditure also on experts’ assistance in connection with studies on adapting and extending the institution's buildings and with a disabled access audit, which has already been agreed,.

— public-utility service charges.

—

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 10 000.

Article 2 0 2 — Expenditure on buildings

Item 2 0 2 2 — Cleaning and maintenance

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
41 407 444	33 560 000	30 150 078,23

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover the cost, on the basis of current contracts, of maintaining premises, lifts, heating and air-conditioning systems and fire doors, as well as rat extermination, repainting and repair work, etc.

Before renewing or concluding contracts, the institution will consult the other institutions on the contractual terms each of them has obtained (prices, currency chosen, index-linking, duration, other clauses) with due regard for Article 91(3) of the Financial Regulation.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 50 000.

Item 2 0 2 4 — Energy consumption

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
21 487 594	19 096 500	17 311 707,92

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover, in particular, water, gas, electricity and heating costs.

It is also intended to cover expenditure relating to any carbon offsets, as provided for in the EMAS action plan adopted by the Bureau.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 50 000.

Item 2 0 2 6 — Security and surveillance of buildings

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
38 187 000	37 000 000	36 422 043,07

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover essentially the costs of caretaking and surveillance in respect of buildings occupied by Parliament at its three habitual places of work and the information offices.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 180 000.

Item 2 0 2 8 — Insurance

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
1 034 838	1 575 000	1 465 956,59

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover payments in respect of insurance policy premiums.

Chapter 2 1 — DATA PROCESSING, EQUIPMENT AND MOVABLE PROPERTY

Remarks

In connection with public procurement, the institution will consult the other institutions on the contractual terms each of them has obtained.

Article 2 1 0 — Computing and telecommunications

Item 2 1 0 0 — Equipment and software for information and innovation technologies

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
35 915 000[5]	42 610 000	43 031 348,12

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure on the purchase, hire, servicing and maintenance of equipment and software for the institution, and related work. This equipment and software relates mainly to systems at the computer and telecommunications centre, computing at departmental level and in the political groups and the electronic voting system.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 400 000.

Item 2 1 0 2 — Outside assistance for information and innovation technologies

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
52 637 000[6]	39 343 000	38 968 196,54

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover the cost of outside assistance from service bureaux and data-processing consultants in connection with the operation of the computer centre and the network, the production and maintenance of applications, support for users, including Members and political groups, the carrying out of studies, and the drawing up and input of technical documentation.

It is also intended to cover Parliament's share of the costs of the NAP payroll application help desk set up by common accord between the institutions.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 800 000.

Article 2 1 2 — Furniture

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
3 748 000	3 544 000	3 581 762,42

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover the purchase, hire, maintenance and repair of furniture, including the purchase of ergonomic furniture, the replacement of worn-out and broken furniture and office machines.

In connection with works of art, this appropriation is intended to cover both the cost of acquiring and purchasing specific material and the current expenditure relating thereto, including framing, restoration, cleaning, insurance and ad hoc transport costs.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 5 000.

Article 2 1 4 — Technical equipment and installations

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
18 127 750	17 550 000[7]	25 017 547,51

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover the purchase, hire, maintenance and repair of technical equipment and installations, and in particular of:

— miscellaneous fixed and mobile technical installations and equipment in connection with publishing, archiving, security, canteens and buildings, etc.,

— equipment in particular for the printshop, archives, telephone service, canteens, staff shops, security, conferences, and the audiovisual sector, etc.,

— special equipment (electronic, computing and electrical) and related external services,

— installation of two additional telephone lines in Members' offices upon request.

This appropriation also covers advertising costs for the resale and scrapping of inventoried items.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 115 000.

Article 2 1 6 — Vehicles

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
6 826 000	5 851 000	5 045 305,07

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover the purchase, maintenance, use and repair of vehicles (fleet of cars and bicycles) and the hire of cars, taxis, coaches and lorries, with or without drivers, including the necessary insurance cover. When replacing the car fleet or purchasing or hiring vehicles, preference will be given to cars that are the least polluting for the environment, such as hybrid cars.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 175 000.

Chapter 2 3 — CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE

Remarks

In connection with public procurement, the institution will consult the other institutions on the contractual terms each of them has obtained.

Article 2 3 0 — Stationery, office supplies and miscellaneous consumables

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
2 655 500	2 321 000	1 622 331,70

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover the purchase of paper, envelopes, office supplies, supplies for the print shop and reproduction workshops, etc.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 15 000.

Article 2 3 1 — Financial charges

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
370 000	820 000	454 560,95

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover bank charges (commission, agios and miscellaneous charges) and other financial charges, including ancillary costs for the financing of buildings.

Article 2 3 2 — Legal costs and damages

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
551 300	540 700	430 215,17

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover:

— costs which may be awarded against Parliament by the Court of Justice, the Court of First Instance of the European Communities, the Civil Service Tribunal or national courts,

— the cost of hiring outside lawyers to represent Parliament in Community and national courts, and the cost of hiring legal advisers or experts to assist the Legal Service,

— reimbursement of lawyers' fees in connection with disciplinary and equivalent proceedings,

— damages, interest and any debts within the meaning of Article 8(3) of the Financial Regulation,

— agreed compensation through amicable settlement pursuant to Articles 69 and 70 of the Rules of Procedure of the Civil Service Tribunal.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 5 000.

Article 2 3 5 — Telecommunications

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
6 850 000	6 593 000	5 032 736,92

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover wired and wireless telecommunication subscriptions and charges (fixed-line and mobile telephony, television), as well as costs incurred in connection with data transmission networks and telematic services.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 140 000.

Article 2 3 6 — Postage on correspondence and delivery charges

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
440 000	614 000	344 405,46

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover charges for postage, processing and delivery by national postal services or private delivery firms.

This appropriation is also intended to cover mail handling services.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 90 000.

Article 2 3 7 — Removals

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
650 000	1 000 000	622 129,37

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover the cost of removal and handling work carried out by removal firms or by temporary handling staff supplied by outside agencies.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 40 000.

Article 2 3 8 — Other administrative expenditure

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
564 000	636 000	493 072,77

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover:

— insurance not specifically provided for in another Item,

— the purchase and maintenance of uniforms for ushers, drivers and removal men, medical services and various technical services,

— miscellaneous operating expenses, such as for a mobility management centre in the context of EMAS, the purchase of railway and flight timetables, the publication of notices of sales of second-hand equipment in newspapers, etc.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 50 000.

Title 3 — EXPENDITURE RESULTING FROM GENERAL FUNCTIONS CARRIED OUT BY THE INSTITUTION

Chapter 3 0 — MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES

Article 3 0 0 — Expenses on staff missions and duty travel between the three working places

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
27 970 000	25 880 000	23 350 000,—

Remarks

Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, and in particular Article 71 thereof and Articles 11 to 13 of Annex VII thereto.

This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure on duty travel by staff of the institution, seconded national experts and trainees between place of employment and any of the European Parliament's three working places (Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg) and on missions to any location other than the three working places. Expenditure is made up of transport costs, daily allowances and accommodation costs. Ancillary costs (including in connection with issuing tickets, reservations and electronic invoices, in particular for charter transport organised by the European Parliament) and any exceptional expenses are also covered.

It is also intended to cover expenditure relating to any carbon offsets, as provided for in the EMAS action plan adopted by the Bureau.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 50 000.

Article 3 0 2 — Entertainment and representation expenses

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
1 075 200	1 070 000	875 583,79

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover:

— expenses related to the obligations of the institution regarding entertainment, including in connection with work carried out by the institution's unit for Scientific and Technological Options Assessment (STOA), and representation expenses for Members of the institution,

— representation expenses of the President when he or she is travelling outside the working places,

— representation expenses and the contribution to the secretarial expenses of the President's office,

— the Secretariat’s reception and representation expenses, including the purchase of items and medals for officials who have completed 15 or 25 years’ service,

— miscellaneous protocol expenditure, such as on flags, display stands, invitation cards, printed menus, etc.

Article 3 0 4 — Miscellaneous expenditure on meetings

Item 3 0 4 0 — Miscellaneous expenditure on internal meetings

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
3 050 000	2 900 000	2 030 429,41

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover the costs of the beverages, refreshments and occasional light meals served at meetings held by the institution.

Item 3 0 4 2 — Meetings, congresses and conferences

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
1 310 000	1 260 000	998 473,87

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover, inter alia :

— expenditure connected with the organisation of meetings outside the places of work (committees and committee delegations, political groups), including, where appropriate, representation expenditure,

— affiliation fees in respect of international organisations to which the European Parliament or one of its bodies belongs (Interparliamentary Union, Association of Secretaries-General of Parliaments, Twelve Plus Group within the Interparliamentary Union).

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 20 000.

Item 3 0 4 4 — Miscellaneous expenditure on the organisation of the Parliamentary Conference on the WTO and other interparliamentary, ad hoc and WTO delegation meetings

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
600 000	390 000	432 360,—

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover in particular expenditure, other than that covered by Chapter 1 0 and Article 3 0 0, connected with the organisation of meetings of interparliamentary and ad hoc delegations, joint parliamentary committees, parliamentary cooperation committees and delegations to the WTO, and meetings of the Parliamentary Conference on the WTO and its Steering Committee.

Item 3 0 4 6 — Miscellaneous expenditure on the organisation of ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly meetings

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
451 000	478 000	411 577,16

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure, other than that covered by Chapter 1 0 and Article 3 0 0, connected with the organisation of meetings of delegations to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly.

Item 3 0 4 7 — Miscellaneous expenditure on the organisation of Eurolat Parliamentary Assembly meetings

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
50 000	38 000	22 193,37

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure, other than that covered by Chapter 1 0 and Article 3 0 0, connected with the organisation of meetings of the Eurolat Parliamentary Assembly, its committees and its bureau.

Item 3 0 4 8 — Miscellaneous expenditure on the organisation of Euromed Parliamentary Assembly meetings

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
40 000	40 000	44 688,73

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure, other than that covered by Chapter 1 0 and Article 3 0 0, connected with the organisation of meetings of the Euromed Parliamentary Assembly, its committees and its Bureau.

Item 3 0 4 9 — Expenditure on travel agency services

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
1 248 000	1 223 000	1 148 890,—

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover the running costs of the travel agency under contract to Parliament.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 50 000.

Chapter 3 2 — EXPERTISE AND INFORMATION: ACQUISITION, ARCHIVING, PRODUCTION AND DISSEMINATION

Article 3 2 0 — Acquisition of expertise

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
10 110 000	7 198 000	8 554 028,55

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover:

— the cost of contracts with qualified experts and research institutes for studies and other research activities (workshops, round tables, expert panels and conferences) carried out for Parliament's governing bodies and the Administration, including for the establishment of the House of European History,

— study appraisal costs and STOA's participation in scientific bodies,

— the travel, subsistence and incidental expenses of experts and other persons, including petitioners to Parliament, invited to take part in committee, study group or working party meetings,

— expenditure on calling in outside persons to take part in the work of bodies such as the Disciplinary Board or the Specialised Financial Irregularities Panel.

Article 3 2 2 — Acquisition of information and archiving

Item 3 2 2 0 — Documentation and library expenditure

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
4 432 300	4 301 300	3 419 931,02

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover:

— the expansion and renewal of the general reference section and the updating of the library's collection,

— subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals and news agencies and to the publications thereof and online services, including copyright fees for the reproduction and dissemination of the above in written and/or electronic form and service contracts for press reviews and cuttings,

— subscriptions or service contracts for the supply of summaries and analyses of the content of periodicals or the storage on optical media of articles taken from such periodicals,

— utilising external documentary and statistical databases (computer hardware and telecommunications charges excepted),

— the obligations assumed by the European Parliament under international and/or interinstitutional cooperation arrangements,

— the purchase or rental of special library, documentation and media library materials, including electrical, electronic and computer facilities and/or systems, as well as outside services for the acquisition, development, installation, use and maintenance of these facilities and systems,

— the cost of services relating to library activities, in particular in dealings with library customers (enquiries, analyses), and quality management systems, etc.,

— the costs of binding and conservation materials and work for the library, documentation service and multimedia resource centre,

— the cost, including materials, of internal publications (brochures, studies etc) and communication (newsletters, videos, CD-ROMs etc.),

— the purchase of new dictionaries and glossaries, or the replacement thereof, regardless of medium, including for the new language sections, and other works for the language services and the Legislative Quality Units.

Item 3 2 2 2 — Expenditure on archive fonds

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
1 858 200	1 830 000	1 782 546,91

Remarks

Regulation (EC) No 1049/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2001 regarding public access to European Parliament, Council and Commission documents (OJ L 145, 31.5.2001, p. 43), and the implementing measures adopted within the European Parliament.

Bureau decision of 16 December 2002 on enhancing information and transparency: the archives of the European Parliament.

Rules on processing the papers of Members of the European Parliament, adopted by the Bureau decision of 10 October 2007.

This appropriation is intended to cover the cost of outside archiving services, the transfer of main archives onto various media (microfilm, disc, cassette, etc.), the purchase, hire and upkeep of special facilities and materials (electronic, computerised and electrical, books and magazines), including the related outside services, and expenditure on publications on all media (brochures, CD-ROM, etc.).

It is also intended to cover the cost of processing the papers of Members of the European Parliament accumulated in the exercise of their office and handed over, in the form of legal donations or legacies, to the European Parliament, to the Historical Archives of the European Communities (HAEC) or to an association or foundation under rules established by the European Parliament.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 20 000.

Article 3 2 3 — Relations with parliaments of third countries and support for parliamentary democracy

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
470 000	367 000	227 451,22

Remarks

Presidency Conclusions, Conference of Speakers of EU Parliaments, Copenhagen 2006 and Bratislava 2007.

Bureau Decision of 18 June 2007.

Geographical area covered: countries outside the European Union with the exception of European Union candidate countries and potential pre-candidate countries.

This appropriation is intended to cover the expenditure committed for promoting relations between the European Parliament and democratically elected national parliaments from third countries as well as with corresponding regional parliamentary organisations. It relates notably to activities aimed at strengthening the parliamentary capacity in new and emerging democracies, and promoting the use of new IC technologies by parliaments.

Article 3 2 4 — Production and dissemination

Item 3 2 4 0 — Official Journal:

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
5 361 000	8 320 000	5 244 159,91

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover the institution’s share of the Publications Office’s expenditure on publishing and dissemination and other ancillary costs with regard to the texts to be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 500 000.

Item 3 2 4 1 — Digital and traditional publications

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
4 395 000	2 100 000	2 660 583,71

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover:

— all costs for digital publishing (Intranet sites) and traditional publishing (miscellaneous documents and printed matter subcontracted out), including distribution,

— upgrading and evolutive and corrective maintenance of editorial and translation systems.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 210 000.

Item 3 2 4 2 — Expenditure on publication, information and participation in public events

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
17 135 000	16 835 000	29 429 106,35

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure on information publications, including electronic publications, information activities, public relations, participation in public events, trade fairs and exhibitions in the Member States and the accession countries, and updating of the Legislative Observatory (OEIL).

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 5 000.

Item 3 2 4 3 — Visitors Centre

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
6 000 000[8]	3 900 000	4 727 079,84

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to finance the Visitors Centre.

Item 3 2 4 4 — Organisation and reception of groups of visitors, Euroscola programme and invitations to opinion multipliers from third countries

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
27 100 000	27 105 000	26 869 898,47

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover subsidies granted for group visits and associated supervision and infrastructure costs, the running costs of the Euroscola programme, and the financing of traineeships for opinion multipliers from third countries. It shall be increased every year using a deflator that takes into account movements in GNI and prices.

The maximum subsidisable number of visitors should be substantially increased. Each Member of the European Parliament should have the right to invite a maximum of five groups each calendar year for a total of 100 visitors. The number of participants present for any given visit may vary between a minimum of 10 and a maximum of 100.

An appropriate amount is included for disabled visitors.

The subsidy granted shall be increased in order to be duly commensurate with the distance travelled and transport conditions. The services provided for visitors should also be improved.

An evaluation as to whether the new rules take into account specific requirements and restrictions relating to the origin of visitors, proposals for an area to be set aside in the new Visitors Centre for political groups and a report concerning access by visitors groups to the new Visitors Centre and the visit to plenary, availability of meeting rooms and staffing needs for its operation have to be provided.

Item 3 2 4 5 — Organisation of seminars, symposia and cultural activities

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
2 150 000	1 930 000	3 399 145,40

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure or subsidies connected with the organisation of national and multinational symposia and seminars for opinion multipliers from the Member States and the accession countries, the cost of organising parliamentary symposia and seminars, and the financing of cultural projects of European interest, such as the Sakharov Prize and the European Parliament Lux Prize for European Cinema.

A maximum of EUR 300 000 of this appropriation is intended to cover expenditure on special events in the Chamber in Strasbourg and Brussels in accordance with the annual programme adopted by the Bureau.

This appropriation is also intended to cover multilingualism support measures such as meetings with interpreter training providers.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 5 000.

Item 3 2 4 6 — Parliamentary television channel (Web TV)

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
9 000 000	9 000 000	5 168 075,61

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to finance the parliamentary television channel (Web TV).

An evaluation of the prototype will be made. It will have to take into consideration the content and the cost of the project, including the structures and level of participation of political groups and the definition of programme content.

Item 3 2 4 7 — Expenditure on information about the Debate on the Future of Europe

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
p.m.	p.m.	0,—

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure on information measures carried out in the context of the debate on the future of Europe.

Information measures should include diverse information and also meet parliamentary minorities' need to disseminate information.

Item 3 2 4 8 — Expenditure on audiovisual information

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
12 200 000	16 200 000	12 629 164,65

Remarks

European Parliament Resolution of 12 March 2002 on the guidelines for the 2003 budgetary procedure (OJ C 47 E, 27.2.2003, p. 72).

European Parliament Resolution of 14 May 2002 on the estimates of revenue and expenditure of Parliament for the financial year 2003 (OJ C 180 E, 31.7.2003, p. 150).

European Parliament Resolution of 14 May 2003 on the estimates of revenue and expenditure of Parliament for the financial year 2004 (OJ C 67 E, 17.3.2004, p. 179).

This appropriation is intended to cover:

— the operating budget of the audiovisual sector (including services under its own control and outside assistance such as technical services for radio and television stations, provision, production and coproduction of audiovisual programmes, the hiring of lines, the transmission of television and radio programmes, and other measures to develop relations between the institution and audiovisual broadcasting bodies),

— expenditure on live Internet broadcasting of plenary sittings and parliamentary committee meetings,

— the recording of part-session proceedings on DVD-ROMs,

— the establishment of appropriate archives and a search engine ensuring uninterrupted public access to that information.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 13 000.

Item 3 2 4 9 — Information exchanges with national parliaments

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
900 000	1 200 000	760 193,35

Remarks

Conferences of Speakers of European Parliamentary Assemblies (June 1977) and of European Union Parliaments (September 2000, March 2001). Geographical area covered: European Union countries and European Union candidate and pre-candidate countries.

This appropriation is intended to cover:

— expenditure committed for promoting relations between the European Parliament and national parliaments. It relates to parliamentary relations other than those covered by Chapters 1 0 and 3 0, exchanges of information and documentation, and assistance in the analysis and management of that information, including exchanges with the European Centre for Parliamentary Research and Documentation (ECPRD),

— funding of cooperation programmes and training schemes for officials of the aforementioned parliaments and, in general, activities to strengthen their parliamentary capacities,

Training schemes include study visits to the European Parliament in Brussels, Luxembourg and Strasbourg; the appropriation is intended to cover all or part of the expenditure incurred by participants, in particular travelling costs, travel expenses, accommodation and daily allowances,

— cooperation measures, including those linked to legislative work, and measures linked to documentation, analysis and information, including those carried out by the ECPRD.

Article 3 2 5 — Expenditure relating to Information Offices

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
1 040 000	1 110 000	818 869,04

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover all expenditure (staff, buildings, conferences, meetings, publications, etc.) linked to the Information Offices of the European Parliament.

Title 4 — EXPENDITURE RESULTING FROM SPECIAL FUNCTIONS CARRIED OUT BY THE INSTITUTION

Chapter 4 0 — EXPENDITURE RELATING TO CERTAIN INSTITUTIONS AND BODIES

Article 4 0 0 — Current administrative expenditure and expenditure relating to the political and information activities of the political groups and non-attached Members

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
53 750 000	52 690 000	57 266 607,—

Remarks

Rules adopted by the Bureau decision of 1 February 2001.

This appropriation is intended to cover, in respect of the political groups and the non-attached Members:

— secretarial, administrative and operational expenditure,

— expenditure on political and information activities conducted in connection with the European Union's political activities.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 50 000.

Article 4 0 2 — Contributions to European political parties

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
11 075 000	10 858 000	10 339 866,—

Remarks

Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 191 thereof.

Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 November 2003 on the regulations governing political parties at European level and the rules regarding their funding, as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1524/2007 of 18 December 2007 (OJ L 343, 27.12.2007, p. 5).

Decision of the Bureau of the European Parliament of 29 March 2004 laying down the procedures for implementing Regulation (EC) No 2004/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the regulations governing political parties at European level and the rules regarding their funding, as amended by the Decision of 18 February 2008 (OJ C 252, 3.10.2008, p. 1).

This appropriation is intended to finance political parties at European level.

Article 4 0 3 — Contributions to European political foundations

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
7 140 000	7 000 000	4 268 630,—

Remarks

Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 191 thereof.

This appropriation is intended to finance political foundations at European level.

Chapter 4 2 — EXPENDITURE RELATING TO PARLIAMENTARY ASSISTANCE

Article 4 2 2 — Parliamentary assistance

Item 4 2 2 0 — Parliamentary assistance

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
159 892 000	184 767 000	154 301 746,55

Remarks

Statute for Members of the European Parliament, and in particular Article 21 thereof.

Implementing measures for the Statute for Members of the European Parliament, and in particular Articles 33 to 44 thereof.

Council Regulation No ... of ... on the statute for parliamentary assistants, amending Regulation (EEC, Euratom, ECSC) No 259/68 laying down the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities and the Conditions of employment of other servants of the Communities (OJ L ..., ..., p. ...).

General implementing provisions adopted by the Bureau.

This appropriation is intended to cover parliamentary assistance expenses.

The amount of assigned revenue in accordance with Article 18(1)(e) to (j) of the Financial Regulation is estimated at EUR 400 000.

Item 4 2 2 2 — Exchange losses

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
250 000	500 000	0,—

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover exchange differences to be met from the budget of the European Parliament in accordance with the provisions applicable to reimbursement of parliamentary assistance expenses.

Chapter 4 4 — MEETINGS AND OTHER ACTIVITIES OF CURRENT AND FORMER MEMBERS

Article 4 4 0 — Cost of meetings and other activities of former Members

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
170 000	170 000	130 000,—

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover the cost of meetings of the association of former Members of the European Parliament plus any other associated costs, if appropriate.

Article 4 4 2 — Cost of meetings and other activities of the European Parliamentary Association

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
140 000	140 000	121 300,—

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover the cost of meetings of the European Parliamentary Association plus, if appropriate, any other associated costs.

Title 10 — OTHER EXPENDITURE

Chapter 10 0 — PROVISIONAL APPROPRIATIONS

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
14 300 000	5 003 992	0,—

Remarks

1.	Item	2 0 0 7	Fitting-out of premises	3 300 000
2.	Item	2 1 0 0	Equipment and software for information and innovation technologies	4 000 000
3.	Item	2 1 0 2	Outside assistance for information and innovation technologies	4 000 000
4.	Item	3 2 4 3	Visitors Centre	3 000 000
			Total	14 300 000

Chapter 10 1 — CONTINGENCY RESERVE

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
10 000 000	10 018 600	0,—

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure resulting from budgetary decisions taken in the course of the financial year (expenditure that cannot be estimated).

Chapter 10 3 — ENLARGEMENT RESERVE

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
750 000	500 000	0,—

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover the cost of the institution's preparations for enlargement.

Chapter 10 4 — RESERVE FOR INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION POLICY

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
p.m.	p.m.	0,—

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure on information and communication policy.

Chapter 10 5 — PROVISIONAL APPROPRIATION FOR BUILDINGS

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
p.m.	20 000 000	0,—

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover property investments and fitting-out work carried out by the institution.

Chapter 10 6 — RESERVE FOR PRIORITY PROJECTS UNDER DEVELOPMENT

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
p.m.	p.m.	0,—

Remarks

This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure on the institution’s priority projects under development.

Chapter 10 8 — EMAS RESERVE

Figures

Appropriations 2010	Appropriations 2009	Outturn 2008
p.m.	1 000 000	0,—

Remarks

Further to the decisions to be taken by the Bureau for implementation of the EMAS plan, in particular following Parliament's carbon audit, this appropriation is intended to endow the relevant operational headings.

Annex

ASSIGNED REVENUE

Budget line	Heading	Revenue received in	Projections
Budget line	Heading	2008
5000	Proceeds from the sale of vehicles	0.00	80 000.00
5001	Proceeds from the sale of other movable property	6 900.00	5 000.00
5002	Proceeds from the supply of goods to other institutions or bodies	0.00	5 000.00
502	Proceeds from the sale of publications, printed works and films	486 310.71	250 000.00
5110	Proceeds from letting and subletting immovable property	1 359 143.13	895 000.00
5111	Reimbursement of charges connected with lettings	15 613.61	96 000.00
550	Proceeds from the supply of services and work for other institutions or bodies, including refunds by other institutions or bodies of mission allowances paid on their behalf	2 452 076.88	145 000.00
551	Revenue from third parties in respect of services or work supplied at their request	3 323 943.04	p.m.
570	Revenue arising from the repayment of amounts wrongly paid	3 728 159.74	1 300 000.00
571	Revenue earmarked for a specific purpose, such as income from foundations, subsidies, gifts and bequests, including the earmarked revenue specific to each institution	0.00	p.m.
573	Other contributions and refunds connected with the administrative operation of the institution	3.788.455.00	p.m.
581	Revenue from insurance payments received	960.332.33	25.000.00
6600	Other assigned contributions and refunds	31 430 800.12	2 001 000.00
	TOTAL	47 551 734.56	4 802 000.00

[1] An appropriation of EUR 703 992 is entered in Chapter 10 0.
[2] An appropriation of EUR 1 200 000 is entered in Chapter 10 0.
[3] An appropriation of EUR 3 300 000 is entered in Chapter 10 0.
[4] An appropriation of EUR 2 700 000 is entered in Chapter 10 0.
[5] An appropriation of EUR 4 000 000 is entered in Chapter 10 0.
[6] An appropriation of EUR 4 000 000 is entered in Chapter 10 0.
[7] An appropriation of EUR 400 000 is entered in Chapter 10 0.
[8] An appropriation of EUR 3 000 000 is entered in Chapter 10 0.

PROCEDURE

Title	Estimates of revenue and expenditure of Parliament for the financial year 2010
Procedure number	2009/2006(BUD)
Committee responsible	BUDG
Rapporteur(s) Date appointed	Vladimír Maňka14.1.2009
Previous rapporteur(s)	Janusz Lewandowski
Discussed in committee	11.3.2009		16.4.2009	22.4.2009
Date adopted	22.4.2009
Result of final vote	+: –: 0:	37
Members present for the final vote	Reimer Böge, Costas Botopoulos, Paulo Casaca, Daniel Dăianu, Vasilica Viorica Dăncilă, Brigitte Douay, Göran Färm, Szabolcs Fazakas, Vicente Miguel Garcés Ramón, Salvador Garriga Polledo, Ingeborg Gräßle, Nathalie Griesbeck, Catherine Guy-Quint, Jutta Haug, Ville Itälä, Anne E. Jensen, Alain Lamassoure, Janusz Lewandowski, Liene Liepina, Vladimír Maňka, Mario Mauro, Jan Mulder, Gianni Pittella, Margaritis Schinas, Esko Seppänen, László Surján, Gary Titley, Helga Trüpel
Substitute(s) present for the final vote	Bárbara Dührkop Dührkop, Michael Gahler, Marusya Ivanova Lyubcheva, José Javier Pomés Ruiz, Paul Rübig, Peter Šťastný
Substitute(s) under Rule 178(2) present for the final vote	Erna Hennicot-Schoepges, Manolis Mavrommatis, Jean Spautz
Date tabled	27.4.2009
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