2005 discharge: Translation Centre for the Bodies of the European Union
PURPOSE: presentation of the final accounts of the Translation Centre for the bodies of the European Union for the financial year 2005.
CONTENT: this document published in the Official Journal of the EU sets out a detailed account of the implementation of the 2005 budget, including the revenue and expenditure and the balance sheet for the year concerned.
According to this document, the final budget amounted to EUR 27.9 million.
As regards the staffing policy, the Centre, which is based in Luxembourg, officially set out 181 posts in its establishment plan. 163 posts are currently occupied + 12 other posts totalling 175 posts assigned to operational, administrative and mixed duties.
Staff expenditure amounted to EUR 14 million in 2005.
The Centre’s role is to provide the EU bodies, and any other EU institutions and bodies which call upon its services, with the translation services necessary for their activities. During 2005, the Centre:
- translated 505 438 pages representing a major increase compared to 2004). The number of pages per language: 501 475 in the official languages and 3 963 in other languages;
- translated 496 665 pages for the EU bodies and 8 773 pages for the institutions with 226 822 pages translated freelance.
The complete version of the final accounts may be found at the following address: