2009 discharge: SESAR Joint Undertaking to develop the new generation European air traffic management system

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 SESAR Joint Undertaking.

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 SESAR Joint Undertaking.

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

• description of the tasks of the Joint Undertaking : SESAR Joint Undertaking, located in Brussels, was set up in 2007 by Regulation (EC) 219/2007 for a period extending to 31 December 2017. It aims to modernise air traffic management (ATM) in Europe

• budget of the Joint Undertaking for the 2009 financial year : the budget for SESAR’s development phase (2008-2013) amounts to EUR 2.1 billion to be provided in equal parts by the EU, by Eurocontrol and by public and private partners. The final 2009 budget adopted by the Administrative Board included commitment appropriations of EUR 325 and payment appropriations of EUR 157 million.

The complete version of the Joint Undertaking’s accounts final accounts may be found at the following address

http://ec.europa.eu/transport/air/sesar/doc/2009_annual_report_en.pdf