1999/770/EC: Statement of revenue and expenditure of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for the financial year 1999
Official Journal L 309 , 03/12/1999 P. 0001 - 0028
Statement of revenue and expenditure of the European Agency for Safety and Health at Work for the financial year 1999 (1999/770/EC) STATEMENT OF REVENUE Summary >TABLE> TITLE 1 EUROPEAN COMMUNITY SUBSIDY >TABLE> CHAPTER 1 0 - EUROPEAN COMMUNITY SUBSIDY CHAPTER 1 0 - EUROPEAN COMMUNITY SUBSIDY 1 0 0 European Community subsidy >TABLE> Remarks Council Regulation (EC) No 2062/94 of 18 July 1994 establishing a European Agency for Safety and Health at Work (OJ L 216 20.8.1994, p. 1), modified by Regulation (EC) No 1643/95 (OJ L 156, 7.7.1995, p. 1). Pursuant to Article 12(3) of this Regulation, a subsidy for the Agency is entered in the general budget. The revenue entered represents the subsidy provided ( item B3-4 3 1 1 of the statement of expenditure in Section III "Commission" of the general budget of the European Union). TITLE 2 OTHER SUBSIDIES >TABLE> CHAPTER 2 0 - OTHER SUBSIDIES CHAPTER 2 0 - OTHER SUBSIDIES 2 0 0 Grant from the Basque Government >TABLE> Remarks A grant of ESP 20000000 (EUR 120000) from the Basque Government is meant to finance about 50 % of the costs for renting the building of the Agency on Gran Via 33, Bilbao. 2 0 1 Grant from the County of Bizkaia >TABLE> Remarks This grant of ESP 10000000 (EUR 60000) from the County of Bizkaia is meant to finance about 25 % of the costs for renting the building of the Agency on Gran Via 33, Bilbao. TITLE 5 MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE >TABLE> CHAPTER 5 0 - PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF MOVABLE AND IMMOVABLE PROPERTY CHAPTER 5 2 - REVENUE FROM INVESTMENTS OR LOANS, BANK INTEREST AND OTHER ITEMS CHAPTER 5 4 - MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE AVAILABLE FOR REUSE BUT NOT USED CHAPTER 5 9 - OTHER REVENUE FROM ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS CHAPTER 5 0 - PROCEEDS FROM THE SALE OF MOVABLE AND IMMOVABLE PROPERTY 5 0 0 Proceeds from the sale of movable and immovable property >TABLE> Remarks Proceeds from the sale of movable and immovable property. CHAPTER 5 2 - REVENUE FROM INVESTMENTS OR LOANS, BANK INTEREST AND OTHER ITEMS 5 2 0 Revenue from investments or loans, bank interest and other items >TABLE> Remarks Revenue from investments or loans, bank interest and other items. CHAPTER 5 4 - MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE AVAILABLE FOR REUSE BUT NOT USED 5 4 0 Miscellaneous revenue available for reuse but not used >TABLE> Remarks Miscellaneous revenue available for reuse but not used. CHAPTER 5 9 - OTHER REVENUE FROM ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS 5 9 0 Other revenue from administrative operations >TABLE> Remarks Other revenue from administrative operations. TITLE 6 REVENUE FROM SERVICES RENDERED AGAINST PAYMENT >TABLE> CHAPTER 6 0 - REVENUE FROM SERVICES RENDERED AGAINST PAYMENT CHAPTER 6 0 - REVENUE FROM SERVICES RENDERED AGAINST PAYMENT 6 0 0 Revenue from services rendered against payment >TABLE> 6 0 1 Revenue from co-financing agreements >TABLE> 6 0 2 Revenue from sale of publications >TABLE> 6 0 3 Proceeds from the letting and hiring of immovable property >TABLE> STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE General summary of appropriations (1999 and 1998) and outturn (1997) >TABLE> TITLE 1 STAFF >TABLE> CHAPTER 1 1 - STAFF IN ACTIVE EMPLOYMENT CHAPTER 1 3 - MISSIONS AND TRAVEL CHAPTER 1 4 - SOCIOMEDICAL INFRASTRUCTURE CHAPTER 1 5 - MOBILITY CHAPTER 1 6 - SOCIAL WELFARE CHAPTER 1 7 - ENTERTAINMENT AND REPRESENTATION CHAPTER 1 9 - PENSIONS AND SEVERANCE GRANTS CHAPTER 1 1 - STAFF IN ACTIVE EMPLOYMENT 1 1 0 Staff holding a post provided for in the establishment plan 1 1 0 0 Basic salaries >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations applicable to officials of the European Communities, and in particular Articles 62 and 66 thereof. This appropriation is intended to cover basic salaries of permanent officials and temporary staff. 1 1 0 1 Family allowances >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations applicable to officials of the European Communities, and in particular Articles 62, 67 and 68 thereof and Section I of Annex VII thereto. This appropriation is intended to cover the household, dependent child and education allowances for permanent officials and temporary staff. 1 1 0 2 Expatriation and foreign-residence allowances >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations applicable to officials of the European Communities, and in particular Articles 62 and 69 thereof and Article 4 of Annex VII thereto. This appropriation is intended to cover the expatriation and foreign-residence allowances for permanent officials and temporary staff. 1 1 0 3 Secretarial allowances >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations applicable to officials of the European Communities, and in particular Article 4a of Annex VII thereto. This item is intended to cover the secretarial allowance paid to temporary staff in category C employed as shorthand-typists or typists, teleprinter operators, typesetters, executive secretaries or principal secretaries. 1 1 0 4 DG IX administrative help >TABLE> 1 1 1 Other staff 1 1 1 0 Auxiliary staff >TABLE> Remarks Conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities, and in particular Article 3 and Title III thereof. This appropriation is intended to cover the remuneration of, and the employer's social security contributions for, auxiliary staff. 1 1 1 1 Auxiliary interpreters >TABLE> Remarks Conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities, and in particular Article 3 and Title III thereof. This item is to be used only when the Joint Interpreting and Conference Service is unable to provide the resources requested by the Translation Centre, in particular for meetings of its Management Board. 1 1 1 2 Local staff >TABLE> Remarks Conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities, and in particular Article 4 and Title IV thereof. This appropriation is intended to cover the remuneration (including overtime) and the employer's share of social security contributions for local staff. 1 1 2 Professional training of staff 1 1 2 0 Professional training of staff >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations applicable to officials of the European Communities, and in particular the third paragraph of Article 24 thereof. 1 1 3 Employer's social security contributions 1 1 3 0 Insurance against sickness >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations applicable to officials of the European Communities, and in particular Article 72 thereof. Rules on sickness insurance for officials of the European Communities, and in particular Article 23 thereof. This appropriation is intended to cover the employer's contribution (3,4 % of the basic salary); the official's contribution is 1,7 % of the basic salary. 1 1 3 1 Insurance against accidents and occupational disease >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations applicable to officials of the European Communities, and in particular Article 73 thereof. This appropriation is intended to cover: - the employer's contribution to insurance against accidents and occupational disease (0,77 % of the basic salary), - a further 2 % is added to the appropriations thus calculated (increasing the rate to 0,7854 %) to cover expenditure not covered by the insurance (Article 73 of the Staff Regulations). 1 1 3 2 Insurance against unemployment >TABLE> Remarks Council Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 2799/85 of 27 September 1985 amending the Staff Regulations of officials and the conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities (OJ L 265, 8.10.1985, p. 1). This appropriation is intended to insure temporary staff against unemployment. 1 1 3 3 Constitution or maintenance of pension rights >TABLE> Remarks Conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities, and in particular Article 42 thereof. This item is intended to cover payments by the Centre on behalf of temporary staff in order to constitute or maintain their pension rights in their country of origin. 1 1 4 Miscellaneous allowances and grants 1 1 4 0 Childbirth and death allowances and grants >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations applicable to officials of the European Communities, and in particular Articles 70, 74 and 75 thereof. This item is intended to cover: - the childbirth grant, and, in the event of the death of an official: - payment of the deceased's full remuneration until the end of the third month after the month in which the death occurred, - the cost of transporting the body to the official's place of origin. 1 1 4 1 Travel expenses for annual leave >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations applicable to officials of the European Communities, and in particular Article 8 of Annex VII thereto. This appropriation is intended to cover the flat-rate travel expenses for officials or temporary staff, their spouses and dependants, from their place of employment to their place of origin in accordance with the following conditions: - once per calendar year if the distance by rail is greater than 50 kilometres and less than 725 kilometres, - twice per calendar year if the distance by rail is at least 725 kilometres. 1 1 4 2 Housing and transport allowances >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations applicable to officials of the European Communities, and in particular Articles 14a and 14b of Annex VII thereto. Regulation No 6/66/Euratom, No 121/66/EEC of the Councils of 28 July 1966 laying down the list of places for which a rent allowance may be granted, the maximum amount of that allowance and the rules for granting it (OJ L 150, 12.8.1966 - OJ English Special Edition (1965 to 1966) of November 1972, p. 212). Regulation No 7/66/Euratom, No 122/66/EEC of the Councils of 28 July 1966 laying down the list of places for which a transport allowance may be granted, the maximum amount of that allowance and the rules for granting it (OJ L 150, 12.8.1966 - OJ English Special Edition (1965 to 1966) of November 1972, p. 214). 1 1 4 3 Fixed duty allowances >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations applicable to officials of the European Communities, and in particular Article 14 of Annex VII thereto. 1 1 4 5 Special allowance for accounting officers and administrators of advance funds >TABLE> Remarks Financial Regulation of 21 October 1977 applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (OJ L 356, 31.12.1997, p. 1), as last amended by Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 2779/98 (OJ L 347, 23.12.1998, p. 3) and in particular Article 75(4) thereof. 1 1 5 Overtime >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations applicable to officials of the European Communities, and in particular Article 56 thereof and Annex VI thereto. This article is intended to cover flat-rate payments or hourly-rate payments for overtime worked by officials and auxiliary staff in categories C and D and local staff whom it has not been possible to compensate by free time under the normal arrangements. 1 1 7 Supplementary services 1 1 7 1 Freelance interpreters and conference technicians >TABLE> Remarks Payment of freelance interpreters hired by the Agency for non-routine conferences for which the Commission is unable to provide interpreting. In addition to remuneration, this includes contributions to a life insurance scheme and insurance against sickness, accident and death, and reimbursement, for freelance translators whose business address is not at the place of employment, of travel expenses and payment of fixed travel allowances. 1 1 7 4 Freelance services >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the services of freelance translators and typing and coding work sent out (Translation Centre). 1 1 7 5 Temporary staff >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover use of temporary staff, mainly typists. Recourse to temporary staff is useful when certain departments require flexibility in adapting to ad hoc needs. 1 1 7 6 Officials on secondment from Member States >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to enable the Agency to organise a programme of exchange for civil servants from Member States. 1 1 8 Miscellaneous expenditure on staff recruitment and transfer 1 1 8 0 Miscellaneous expenditure on staff recruitment >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations applicable to officials of the European Communities, and in particular Articles 27 to 31 and 33 thereof and Annex VII thereto. This appropriation is intended to cover the expenditure involved in recruitment procedures. 1 1 8 1 Travel expenses >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations applicable to officials of the European Communities, and in particular Articles 20 and 71 thereof and Article 7 of Annex VII thereto. This appropriation is intended to cover the travel expenses of staff (including members of their families) entering or leaving the service. 1 1 8 2 Installation, resettlement and transfer allowances >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations applicable to officials of the European Communities, and in particular Articles 5 and 6 of Annex VII thereto. This appropriation is intended to cover the installation allowances for staff obliged to change residence after taking up their appointment or when they definitively cease their duties and settle elsewhere. 1 1 8 3 Removal expenses >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations applicable to officials of the European Communities, and in particular Articles 20 and 71 thereof and Article 9 of Annex VII thereto. This appropriation is intended to cover the removal costs of staff obliged to change residence after taking up their appointment or when transferred to a new place of work or when they definitively cease their duties and settle elsewhere. 1 1 8 4 Temporary daily subsistence allowances >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations applicable to officials of the European Communities, and in particular Articles 20 and 71 thereof and Article 10 of Annex VII thereto. This appropriation is intended to cover the daily subsistence allowances due to staff able to prove that they were obliged to change their place of residence after taking up their duties (including transfer). 1 1 9 Salary weightings - Adjustments to remuneration 1 1 9 0 Salary weightings >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations applicable to officials of the European Communities, and in particular Articles 64 and 65 thereof. This appropriation is intended to cover the impact of salary weightings applicable to the remuneration of officials and temporary staff and to overtime. 1 1 9 1 Adjustments to remuneration >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations applicable to officials of the European Communities, and in particular Article 65 thereof. Financial Regulation of 21 December 1977 applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (OJ L 356, 31.12.1977, p. 1), as last amended by Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 2779/98 (OJ L 347, 23.12.1998, p. 3). Council Regulation (Euratom, ECSC, EEC) of 19 December 1991 amending the Staff Regulations of the European Communities and the conditions of employment of other servants of those Communities in respect of detailed rules for adjusting the remuneration (OJ L 361, 31.12.1991, p. 1). This appropriation is intended to cover the effects of any salary adjustments decided by the Council during the financial year. CHAPTER 1 3 - MISSIONS AND TRAVEL 1 3 0 Mission expenses, duty travel expenses and other ancillary expenditure >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure on transport, the payment of daily mission allowances and the ancillary or exceptional expenses incurred by established staff in the interests of the service, in accordance with the provisions of the Staff Regulations applicable to officials of the European Communities. CHAPTER 1 4 - SOCIOMEDICAL INFRASTRUCTURE 1 4 1 Medical service >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations applicable to officials of the European Communities, and in particular Article 59 thereof and Article 8 of Annex II thereto. 1 4 2 Other welfare expenditure >TABLE> CHAPTER 1 5 - MOBILITY 1 5 2 Mobility 1 5 2 0 Staff exchanges >TABLE> 1 5 2 1 Centre officials seconded to national administrations, international organisations or public sector institutions or undertakings >TABLE> Remarks This item is intended to cover expenditure relating to the secondment or temporary assignment of Agency officials to national or international departments. 1 5 2 2 Trainees >TABLE> CHAPTER 1 6 - SOCIAL WELFARE 1 6 0 Special assistance grants >TABLE> Remarks This article is intended to cover assistance in the form of cash which may be granted to an official, former official or survivors of a deceased official who find themselves in difficult circumstances. 1 6 2 Other social expenditure >TABLE> Remarks This article is intended to cover assistance for families, new arrivals, legal aid, grants for scouts and guides, grant to the secretariat of the parents' association. 1 6 3 Nursery centre >TABLE> Remarks This article is intended to cover the Centre's share of the cost of child care for Agency staff in nurseries not administered by the Commission. 1 6 4 Additional aid for disabled persons >TABLE> Remarks This article is to enable reimbursement to disabled officials in active employment, spouses and dependent children, after national entitlements have been exhausted, of expenses (other than medical expenses) recognised as necessary, resulting from the disability and supported by documentary evidence. CHAPTER 1 7 - ENTERTAINMENT AND REPRESENTATION 1 7 0 Entertainment and representation expenses >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover representation expenses. CHAPTER 1 9 - PENSIONS AND SEVERANCE GRANTS 1 9 0 Pensions and severance grants >TABLE> Remarks This article is intended to cover pensions and severance grants. TITLE 2 BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING EXPENDITURE >TABLE> CHAPTER 2 0 - RENTAL OF BUILDINGS AND ASSOCIATED COSTS CHAPTER 2 1 - DATA PROCESSING CHAPTER 2 2 - MOVABLE PROPERTY AND ASSOCIATED COSTS CHAPTER 2 3 - CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE CHAPTER 2 4 - POSTAGE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS CHAPTER 2 0 - RENTAL OF BUILDINGS AND ASSOCIATED COSTS 2 0 0 Rent >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the payment of rents for buildings or parts of buildings occupied by the Agency. 2 0 1 Insurance >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the insurance policy premiums in respect of the buildings or parts of buildings occupied by the Agency. 2 0 2 Water, gas, electricity and heating >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover current expenditure. 2 0 3 Cleaning and maintenance >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the costs of cleaning and upkeep of the premises used by the Agency. 2 0 4 Fitting-out of premises >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the fitting-out of the premises and repairs in the building. 2 0 5 Security and surveillance of buildings >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover miscellaneous expenditure on buildings connected with security and safety, in particular contracts governing building surveillance, hire and replenishment of extinguishers, purchase and maintenance of fire-fighting equipment, replacement of equipment for officials acting as voluntary firemen, costs of carrying out statutory inspections. 2 0 9 Other expenditure >TABLE> Remarks The appropriation is intended to cover expenditure on buildings not specially provided for in the articles in Chapter 20, for example administrative expenses other than services (water, gas, electricity), maintenance and insurance, particularly for buildings occupied by a number of tenants, expenses arising from drawing up the inventory of fixtures, hiring parking space, municipal taxes and ancillary expenses. CHAPTER 2 1 - DATA-PROCESSING 2 1 0 Operation of the data-processing centre >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure on software licences, installation, developing and maintenance of information systems (in particular S12) and data-processing consumables. 2 1 2 Services provided by data-processing staff >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure on external operating staff (help-desk, operators, administrators, system engineers, etc.). CHAPTER 2 2 - MOVABLE PROPERTY AND ASSOCIATED COSTS 2 2 0 Technical installations and electronic office equipment 2 2 0 0 New purchases >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the purchase and installation of technical and data-processing equipment. 2 2 0 1 Replacement >TABLE> Remarks The purchase of equipment and installations under this item is conditional upon the discarding, in accordance with established procedure, of the technical and data-processing equipment and installations to be replaced. 2 2 0 2 Hire >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the hiring of miscellaneous equipment and various technical and data-processing installations. 2 2 0 3 Maintenance, use and repair >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the costs of maintaining and repairing the technical installations. 2 2 0 4 Electronic office equipment >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover unforeseen costs associated with electronic office equipment. 2 2 1 Furniture 2 2 1 0 New purchases >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover furniture requirements for the staff of the Agency as well as the installation of meeting rooms and the office for the Management Board. 2 2 1 1 Replacement >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the replacement of furniture. 2 2 1 3 Maintenance, use and repair >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the maintenance and repair of furniture. 2 2 3 Office vehicle 2 2 3 1 Purchase of vehicle >TABLE> 2 2 3 2 Upkeep, petrol and hiring means of transport >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the maintenance, petrol expenses and the cost of hiring other means of transport (taxi, bus, rent car). 2 2 5 Documentation and library expenditure 2 2 5 0 Library stocks, purchase of books >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the purchase of books, documents and other publications (not on subscription) necessary for the Agency. 2 2 5 1 Special library, documentation and reproduction equipment >TABLE> Remarks This relates to minimum initial equipment. 2 2 5 2 Subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the cost of subscriptions to specialised newspapers and periodicals, official journals, different bulletins and other specialised publications in line with the Agency's own needs. 2 2 5 4 Binding and upkeep of library books >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover binding and other costs essential for the upkeep of books and periodicals. 2 2 5 5 Subscriptions to rapid information services >TABLE> Remarks Access directly networks and databases. CHAPTER 2 3 - CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE 2 3 0 Stationery and office supplies >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the purchase of paper, envelopes and office supplies. 2 3 2 Financial charges 2 3 2 0 Bank charges >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover bank charges and the cost of connecting to the interbank telecommunications network. 2 3 2 1 Exchange rate losses >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover exchange rate losses incurred by the Agency in the management of its budget, in so far as such losses cannot be offset against exchange rate gains. 2 3 2 9 Other financial charges >TABLE> 2 3 3 Legal expenses >TABLE> 2 3 4 Damages >TABLE> 2 3 5 Other operating expenditure 2 3 5 0 Miscellaneous insurance >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover various types of insurance (third party liability, theft, etc.). 2 3 5 2 Internal meeting expenses >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure for refreshments and snacks at internal meetings, including those of the Management Board. 2 3 5 3 Departmental removals >TABLE> Remarks This item is intended to cover the cost of removals within the building. 2 3 5 9 Other expenditure >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover other operating expenditure not specifically provided for. 2 3 9 Interpreting - Publications 2 3 9 1 Interpreting >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover interpreting services to be billed to it by the institutions, particularly the Commission. 2 3 9 3 Publications >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover principally the cost of publishing the Agency's budget. CHAPTER 2 4 - POSTAGE AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS 2 4 0 Postage and delivery charges >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure on postal and delivery charges, including parcels sent by post. 2 4 1 Telecommunications 2 4 1 0 Telephone, telegraph, telex, radio and television/subscriptions and charges >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover telephone subscription costs and communications (official communications only, as private communications will be charged for), fax, conference calls, data transmission and the purchase of directories. TITLE 3 OPERATING EXPENDITURE >TABLE> CHAPTER 3 0 - OPERATING EXPENDITURE CHAPTER 3 0 - OPERATING EXPENDITURE 3 0 0 Establishment of operational documents and information network >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the purchase of publications, the compilation of card indexes and catalogues and the necessary computer work to enable a selective documentation system to be created (an information network consisting of the set up and maintenance of a network organisation, technology and information, in particular up-to-date data, information on recent developments and research in the fields concerned by the Agency's work programmes. 3 0 1 Dissemination of information 3 0 1 0 Publication of studies >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the publication costs of results of studies which will contribute to the implementation of the Agency's work programmes. 3 0 1 1 Publication of the annual report >TABLE> 3 0 1 2 Marketing, promotional activities and information bulletins >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the costs of organisation of marketing and promotional activities relating to the Agency's work (newsletters, magazines, surveys, brochures, videos, posters, public events, etc.). 3 0 2 Participation in congresses and public events and contributions for specific network activities >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the contribution from the Agency to the work of similar institutions and foundations that could contribute to the development of the Agency's network (for example topic centers). 3 0 3 Studies and pilot schemes concerning health and safety at work >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover studies and specific projects which will contribute to the implementation of the Agency's programme in relation to health and safety at work. 3 0 4 Expenditure for meetings (including interpretation costs) 3 0 4 0 General costs of meetings >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the organisation of seminars, colloquia, coordination and evaluation meetings which will contribute to the implementation of the Agency's work programmes. 3 0 4 1 Interpretation costs >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover interpretation costs connected with the organisation of board meetings, meetings of the Committee of Experts, seminars, colloquia, coordination and evaluation meetings which will contribute to the implementation of the Agency's work programmes. 3 0 4 2 Meetings of the Administrative Board >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the operating expenses of the Administrative Board, including travel and subsistence expenses and hire of rooms if necessary. 3 0 4 3 Meetings of the Committee of Experts >TABLE> 3 0 4 4 Meetings: focal points and thematic network >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the operating expenses of the thematic network groups (national Community programmes, research, practical solutions and others) including travel and subsistence expenses and the hire of rooms if necessary. 3 0 5 Translation of study reports and working documents for seminars, coordination meetings, colloquia, etc. >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the translation of the Agency's study reports and the working documents for seminars, colloquia and evaluation meetings, etc., into the different Community languages. Establishment plan >TABLE>