2011 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 2011 as part of the 2011 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 2011 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 2011, 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 and 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 data will allow the analysis of the demand for drugs and the means of reducing it as well, in a general manner, the phenomena associated with the drug market;
• the Centre's budget for the financial year 2011: the Centre’s budget for 2011, as presented in the Commission document on the consolidated annual accounts of the European Union, gives the following figures:

§         forecasted income budget: EUR 16 million;

§         entitlements established: EUR 16 million;

§         amounts received: EUR 16 million;

§         outstanding: EUR 0 million.

The complete version of EMCDDA's final accounts may be found at the following address: http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/searchresults?action=list&type=PUBLICATIONS&SERIES_PUB=w219