PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the
consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the
financial year 2010, as part of the 2010 discharge
procedure.
Analysis of the accounts of the ENIAC Joint
Undertaking.
CONTENT: this Commission document sets out the
consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the
financial year 2010 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 ENIAC Joint
Undertaking.
In 2010, the tasks and budget of this agency were as
follows:
-
description of the EIGE’s tasks: the European
Joint Undertaking for the implementation of the Joint Technology
Initiative on Nanoelectronics (ENIAC Joint Undertaking), located in
Brussels, was set up by Council Regulation (EC) No
72/2008 setting up the ENIAC
Joint Undertaking in December 2007 for a period of 10 years. The
main objective of the Joint Undertaking is to define and implement
a ‘research agenda’ for the development of key
competences for nanoelectronics across different application areas
in order to strengthen European competitiveness and sustainability,
and allow the emergence of new markets and societal
applications;
- ENIAC’s budget for the 2010 financial
year: the maximum EU contribution to
the ENIAC Joint Undertaking to cover running costs and research
activities is EUR 450 million to be paid from the budget of the
Seventh Research Framework Programme. The final budget for 2010
included commitment and payment appropriations amounting to EUR
38.44 million.
The complete version of ENIAC’s final accounts
may be found at the following address: http://www.eniac.eu/web/documents/Annual%20Reports.php