PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2012, as part of the 2012 discharge procedure.
Analysis of the accounts of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Members States (FRONTEX).
CONTENT: this Commission document sets out the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2012 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 Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Members States (FRONTEX).
In 2012, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows:
§ Commitment appropriations :
- committed : EUR 90 million;
- paid : EUR 89 million;
- carried-over : EUR 1 million.
§ Payment appropriations :
- committed : EUR 128 million;
- paid : EUR 99 million;
- carried-over : EUR 22 million.
Please refer also to the final accounts of the FRONTEX Agency.