2001 discharge: EC general budget, section III Commission

PURPOSE : to present the revenue and expenditure account and the balance sheet covering operations from the 2001 budget - Section III - Commission. CONTENT : the document presents a synthesis of the use of appropriations from the Commission in 2001, heading by heading. For budget year 2001, (financial analysis completed as at 31/12/2002), EUR 101.6 billion commitments have been made from total authorised appropriations of EUR 105.2 billion, that is an implementation rate of 96.6% (against 82.3% in 2000). Payments of EUR 78.3 billion have been made from total authorised appropriations of EUR 95.2 billion, an implementation rate of 82.2%, compared to 88% in 2000. The lower implementation rate for payments in 2001 was mainly because of the under-utilisation of appropriations by EUR 10.5 billion for Structural Actions and by EUR 2.5 billion for Agriculture. Of these unused appropriations in 2001, EUR 412 million for commitments and EUR 498 million for payment are to be carried forward to the next financial year under Article 7 of the Financial Regulation.�