PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2010, as part of the 2010 discharge procedure.
Analysis of the accounts of the accounts of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking.
CONTENT: this Commission document sets out the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2010 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 Network and Information Security Agency (ENISA).
In 2010, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows:
- description of the Joint Undertaking's tasks: the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking, which is located in Brussels, was established in 2007 by Regulation (EC) No 71/2008 for the period up to 31 December 2017. The objective of the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking is to accelerate the development, validation and demonstration of clean air transport technologies in the EU for earliest possible deployment;
- the Joint Undertaking's budget for the 2010 financial year: the maximum EU contribution to the Clean Sky Joint Undertaking is EUR 800 million to be paid from the budget of the Seventh Research Framework Programme until 2017. In 2010, the EU contribution amounted to EUR 168 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 129 million in payment appropriations.
The complete version of the Agency's final accounts may be found at the following address: http://www.cleansky.eu/content/homepage/about-us