2007 discharge: EU general budget, European Parliament

PURPOSE: to present the final annual accounts of the European Communities for the financial year 2007 – Other institutions: section I – European Parliament.

CONTENT: this document establishes the level of expenditure and the balance sheet of the European Parliament for 2007 and presents an analysis of its financial management.

Total expenditure in 2007: EUR 1 344 470 437, including:

• staff expenditure: EUR 493 984 334;
• fixed asset related expenditure: EUR 81 531 449;
• other administrative expenditure: EUR 788 954 654.

The document reviews, item by item, all of the European Parliaments expenditure throughout 2007, proposing for each of the Directorates-General of the Parliament (DGs) activity and spending targets, DG by DG.

A detailed report of these targets appears in the different “Annual activity reports” of the different DGs of the European Parliament, as listed below:

• DG 1 – Directorate-General for the Presidency;
• DG 2 – Directorate-General for Internal Policies;
• DG 3 – Directorate-General for External Policies;
• DG 4 – Directorate-General for Information;
• DG 5 – Directorate-General for Personnel;
• DG 6 – Directorate-General for Infrastructure and Interpretation;
• DG 7 – Directorate-General for Translation and Publishing;
• DG 8 – Directorate-General for Finance.

Recall that (as in previous years) the main axes of expenditure and key activity targets of the European Parliament for 2007 are as follows:

1.      Succeed with enlargement;

2.      Develop information and communication policies;

3.      Help the Parliament improve the quality of EU legislation;

4.      Make better use of resources.

These main axes have been implemented in each of the aforementioned activity reports.