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2009 discharge: European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy

2010/2187(DEC)

PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2009, as part of the 2009 discharge procedure.

Analysis of the accounts of the European Joint Undertaking for ITER.

CONTENT: this Commission document sets out the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2009 as prepared on the basis of the information presented by the institutions, organisations and bodies of the EU, in accordance with Article 129 (2) of the Financial Regulation applicable to the EU’s General Budget, including the European Joint Undertaking for ITER and the Development of Fusion Energy.

In 2009, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows:

  • description of joint undertakings’s tasks: the joint undertaking is located in Barcelona, while the main fusion facilities are to be developed at Cadarache, in France. It was set up under Council Decision 2007/198/Euratom, for a period of 35 years. Its tasks include providing the contribution of Euratom to the ITER International Fusion Energy Organisation, as well as complementary joint fusion research activities with Japan for the rapid development of fusion energy;
  • the joint undertaking’s budget for the 2009 financial year: the total contribution from Euratom for the period 2007 to 2041 was set at EUR 9 653 million. For 2009, the budget allocation was EUR 173.61 million in payment appropriations.

The complete version of the joint undertaking’s final accounts may be found at the following address:

http://fusionforenergy.europa.eu/mediacorner/annualreport.aspx