2000 discharge: EC general budget, section III Commission

2001/2102(DEC)
PURPOSE : to present the balance sheet and analysis of the financial management of the European Communities for the financial year 2000 - Section III - Commission (Volume II). CONTENT : this document presents the statement of accounts of the implementation of the budget of the Commission for the financial year 2000. With regard to the revenue, taking into account the costs incurred by the Member States for the assessment of own resources (EUR 1.696, 35 million), the amount of revenue rises to EUR 92.724.422.418,05 for the year 2000. As regards expenditure, the amount of budgetary expenditure for the year 2000 is EUR 82.867.869.808,55. It should be noted that the difference between revenue and expenditure increased in 2000 to EUR 11,6 billion (this is a record amount in comparison to the 1999 amount of EUR 3,2 billion). In 2000, only 82,5% of the budget had been implemented against 95,7% in 1999 in commitment appropriations. On the other hand, only 88% of payment appropriations have been implemented against 91% in 1999.�