PURPOSE: Final adoption of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2004.
LEGISLATIVE ACT: 2004/132/EC, Euratom.
CONTENT: The European Union's general budget for 2004 was definitively adopted in accordance with the budgetary procedure concluded on 18 December 2003.
The adopted budget is in line with the priorities defined by the budgetary authorities at the conciliation meeting on 24 November 2003 and the vote on the second reading adopted by the Parliament in plenary session on 18 December 2003 (please refer to the summary on the Parliament's resolution of 18.12.2003).
This budget is valid for the EU of fifteen Member States. After 1 May 2004, the official date of the accession of the ten new Member States, an amending budget with complement this budget and will take into account all the expenses relating to the enlargement of the Union (see BUD/2004/2009).�