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 Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT).
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 Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT).
In 2012, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows:
§ Commitment appropriations :
- committed : EUR 97 million;
- paid : EUR 95 million;
- carried-over : 0.
§ Payment appropriations :
- committed : EUR 83 million;
- paid : EUR 71 million;
- carried-over : EUR 7 million.
Please refer also to the final accounts of the EIT.