2001 discharge: EC general budget, section III Commission

PURPOSE : to present the revenue and expenditure account and the balance sheet relating to activities of the 2001 budget - Section III - Commission - Volumes II and IV). CONTENT : this document comprises of a summary on the implementation of the Commission's budget for the financial year 2001. Concerning the revenue, the total amount of revenue amounts to EUR 94.210.562.802,91. As regards the expenditure the amount of budgetary expenditure for the financial year amounts to EUR 79.325.967.715,70. The appropriations carried over to 2002 amount to EUR 2.089.687.959,54 and the amounts carried over from 2000, unused in 2001 and eventually cancelled amount to EUR 2.134.344.871,85. The balance of this financial year amounts to EUR 15 billion (against EUR 11.6 billion in 2000 and 3.2 billion in 1999). In 2001, the commitment appropriations have been made at an implementation rate of 96.6% against 82.3% in 2000. The payment appropriations have been made at a rate of 82.2% against 88% in 2000. �