2009 discharge: European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction EMCDDA

PURPOSE: presentation by the Commission of the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2009, as part of the 2009 discharge procedure.

Analysis of the accounts of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA).

CONTENT: this Commission document sets out the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union for the financial year 2009 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 Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA).

In 2009, the tasks and budget of this agency were as follows:

·         description of the Centre’s tasks: the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction, which is located in Lisbon, was established by Council Regulation (EEC) No 302/93. Its main task is to collect data on drugs and drug addiction in order to prepare and publish information at European level that is objective, reliable and comparable;

·         the Centre’s budget for the financial year 2009: the Centre’s 2009 budget amounted to EUR 14.7 million, compared with EUR 15.1 million the previous year. The number of staff employed by the Centre at the end of the year was 78.

The complete version of EMCDDA’s final accounts may be found at the following address: http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/html.cfm/index115776EN.html