PURPOSE: presentation of the final accounts of the Translation Centre for the bodies of the European Union for the financial year 2006.
CONTENT: this document sets out a detailed account of the implementation of the 2006 budget, including the revenue and expenditure and the balance sheet for the year concerned.
According to this document, the final budget amounted to EUR 40.88 million (in comparison to EUR 27.9 million in 2005).
As regards the staffing policy, the Centre, which is based in Luxembourg, officially set out 189 posts in its establishment plan. 169 posts are currently occupied and are assigned to operational and administrative duties. Staff expenditure amounted to EUR 13.793 million in 2006.
The Centre’s role is to provide the EU bodies, and any other EU institutions and bodies which call upon its services, with the translation services necessary for their activities.
During 2006, the Centre:
- translated 546 735 pages. The number of pages per language: 537 797 in the official languages and 8 938 in other languages;
- translated 531 454 pages for the EU bodies and 15 281 pages for the institutions with 260 301 pages translated freelance.
The complete version of the final accounts may be found at the following address: http://www.cdt.europa.eu/cdt/ewcm.nsf