Statement of revenue and expenditure of the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products for the financial year 2001
Official Journal L 087 , 27/03/2001 P. 0001 - 0056
Statement of revenue and expenditure of the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products for the financial year 2001 (2001/210/EC) All amounts in this budget document are expressed in euro unless otherwise indicated. Financial year 2000 includes Supplementary and Amending Budget. STATEMENT OF REVENUE Summary >TABLE> TITLE 1 REVENUE FROM SERVICES RENDERED >TABLE> CHAPTER 1 0 - REVENUE FROM SERVICES RENDERED CHAPTER 1 0 - REVENUE FROM SERVICES RENDERED 1 0 0 Fees collected >TABLE> Remarks Council Regulation (EC) No 297/95 of 10 February 1995 on fees payable to the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (OJ L 35, 15.2.1995, p. 1), as amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 2743/98 (OJ L 345, 19.12.1998, p. 3). TITLE 2 EUROPEAN COMMUNITY SUBSIDIES >TABLE> CHAPTER 2 0 - EUROPEAN COMMUNITY SUBSIDY CHAPTER 2 0 - EUROPEAN COMMUNITY SUBSIDY 2 0 0 European Community subsidy >TABLE> Remarks A subsidy for the Agency is entered in the general budget of the European Union. The revenue entered represents the subsidy provided (Article B5-3 1 2 of the statement of expenditure in Section III "Commission" of the general budget). 2 0 1 Special contribution for orphan medicinal products >TABLE> Remarks Council Regulation (EC) No 141/2000 of 16 December 1999, Article 7(2), provides for a specific contribution from the Community to the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products, distinct from any other subsidy from the European Union, to be used exclusively to compensate the Agency for fee exemptions for orphan medicinal products. TITLE 3 PARTICIPATION BY THIRD COUNTRIES IN THE AGENCY'S ACTIVITIES >TABLE> CHAPTER 3 0 - PARTICIPATION BY THIRD COUNTRIES IN THE AGENCY'S ACTIVITIES CHAPTER 3 0 - PARTICIPATION BY THIRD COUNTRIES IN THE AGENCY'S ACTIVITIES 3 0 0 EEA contribution >TABLE> Remarks This article covers the contributions from EFTA States pursuant to the Agreement on the European Economic Area in accordance with Article 82 of and Protocols 31 and 32 to the Agreement. 3 0 1 Contributions from central European associated countries >TABLE> Remarks This article covers contributions from the central European associated countries. TITLE 5 REVENUE ACCRUING FROM THE ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATION OF THE INSTITUTION >TABLE> CHAPTER 5 2 - REVENUE FROM ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS CHAPTER 5 2 - REVENUE FROM ADMINISTRATIVE OPERATIONS 5 2 0 Revenue from bank interest >TABLE> 5 2 1 Revenue from export certificates, parallel distributions and other similar administrative charges >TABLE> Remarks This article covers revenue from the issue of certificates, the authorisation of parallel distributions and other similar administrative charges. 5 2 2 Revenue from sale of publications >TABLE> Remarks This article covers revenue from the sale of the Agency's publications, whatever their form including copyright. 5 2 3 Revenue from the organisation of seminars >TABLE> Remarks This article covers revenue accruing to the Agency from the organisation of seminars. TITLE 6 CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES AND REVENUE FROM SERVICES >TABLE> CHAPTER 6 0 - CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES AND REVENUE FROM SERVICES CHAPTER 6 0 - CONTRIBUTIONS TO COMMUNITY PROGRAMMES AND REVENUE FROM SERVICES 6 0 0 Contributions to community programmes and revenue from services >TABLE> Remarks This article covers revenue for specific activities undertaken by the Agency at the request of the European Commission, of other institutions of the European Union or of international organisations, and authorised by the Agency's management board. TITLE 9 MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE >TABLE> CHAPTER 9 0 - MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE CHAPTER 9 0 - MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE 9 0 0 Miscellaneous revenue >TABLE> EXPENDITURE General summary of appropriations (2001 and 2000) and outturn (1999) >TABLE> TITLE 1 STAFF >TABLE> CHAPTER 1 1 - STAFF IN ACTIVE EMPLOYMENT CHAPTER 1 3 - MISSIONS AND DUTY TRAVEL CHAPTER 1 4 - SOCIOMEDICAL INFRASTRUCTURE CHAPTER 1 5 - EXCHANGES OF CIVIL SERVANTS AND EXPERTS CHAPTER 1 6 - SOCIAL WELFARE CHAPTER 1 7 - ENTERTAINMENT AND REPRESENTATION EXPENSES CHAPTER 1 8 - INSURANCE AGAINST SICKNESS, ACCIDENTS AND OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND MAINTENANCE OF PENSION RIGHTS 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 of officials of the European Communities, and in particular Article 62 and Article 66 applicable pursuant to Council Regulation (EEC) No 2309/93 of 22 July 1993 laying down Community procedures for the authorisation and supervision of medicinal products for human and veterinary use and establishing a European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (OJ L 214, 24.8.1993, p. 1). This appropriation is intended to cover the basic salaries of officials and temporary staff holding posts in the establishment plan. 1 1 0 1 Family allowances >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, and in particular Articles 62, 67 and 68a thereof and section I of Annex VII thereto. This appropriation is intended to cover family allowances: household allowance, dependent child allowance, education allowance (including special grants) of officials and temporary staff. 1 1 0 2 Expatriation and foreign residence allowances >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations of 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 of officials and temporary staff. 1 1 0 3 Fixed allowances >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, and in particular Article 4a of Annex VII thereto. This appropriation is intended to cover the fixed allowances of officials and temporary staff in category C posts employed as shorthand typists, telex operators, executive secretaries or principal secretaries. 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 all auxiliary staff and the Agency's social security contributions, excluding the amounts paid in the form of weightings, which are charged to Item 1 1 9 0. 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 item is intended to cover the remuneration (including overtime) of local staff and the Agency's social security contributions in respect of such staff. 1 1 1 3 Special advisers >TABLE> Remarks Conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities, and in particular Articles 5, 82 and 83 thereof. This item is intended to cover the remuneration of special advisers, their mission expenses and other expenses. 1 1 2 Further training, language courses and retraining for staff 1 1 2 0 Further training, language courses and retraining for staff >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, and in particular Article 24(3) thereof. This appropriation is intended to cover induction courses for new recruits, staff development courses, retraining, courses on the use of modern techniques, seminars, etc. It also covers the purchase of equipment and documentation and the hiring of organising consultants. 1 1 4 Miscellaneous allowances and grants 1 1 4 0 Birth and death grants >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, and in particular Articles 70, 74 and 75 thereof. This appropriation is intended to cover: - birth grants, - in the event of an official's death:- the deceased's full remuneration until the end of the third month following that in which death occurred, - the costs of transporting the body to the deceased's place of origin. 1 1 4 1 Travel expenses from place of employment to place of origin >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, and in particular Article 8 of Annex VII thereto. This appropriation is intended to cover the lump-sum payment of travel costs of officials and temporary staff, their spouses and dependants from the place of employment to the place of origin, on the following conditions: - once in each calendar year if the distance by rail is more than 50 but less than 725 km, - twice in each calendar year if the distance by rail is 725 km or more. 1 1 4 2 Rent and transport allowances >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, and in particular Articles 14a and 14b of Annex VII thereto. 1 1 4 3 Fixed entertainment allowances >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, and in particular Article 14 of Annex VII thereto. 1 1 4 4 Fixed local travel allowances >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, and in particular Article 15 of Annex VII thereto. 1 1 4 5 Special allowance for accounting officers and administrators of imprest accounts >TABLE> Remarks This item is intended to cover a special allowance for accounting officers, assistant accounting officers or administrators of imprest accounts. 1 1 4 9 Other allowances and repayments >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, and in particular Article 34 thereof. This item is intended to cover: - allowances in the event of dismissal of a probationary official for obvious inadequacy, - allowances in the event of cancellation by the Agency of the contract of a temporary staff member. 1 1 5 Overtime >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, and in particular Article 56 thereof and Annex VI thereto. This article is intended to cover the flat-rate allowances and payments at hourly rates for overtime worked by officials and auxiliary staff in categories C and D and by local staff who could not be given compensatory leave in accordance with the procedures laid down. 1 1 7 Supplementary services 1 1 7 0 Freelance and joint interpreting and conference service interpreters >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the fees and travel expenses of freelance interpreters and conference operators including the reimbursement of services provided by Commission interpreters for all meetings not directly connected with the implementation of the Agency's work programme. 1 1 7 3 Translation Centre, Luxembourg >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the cost of translations, including payments made to the Translation Centre in Luxembourg for all texts not directly connected with the implementation of the Agency's work programme. 1 1 7 4 Payment for administrative assistance from the Community institutions >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the reimbursement of expenditure incurred by the Commission for administrative assistance given to the Agency, for example, computerised payroll service, assistance for computerised accountancy system (SI2). 1 1 7 5 Interim services >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover: - the employment of interim staff, particularly telephone operators, clerical and secretarial staff, - reproduction and typing which is sent out because it cannot be handled by the Agency, - the cost of computer typesetting for explanatory and supporting documents for the Agency's own requirements and for submission to the budgetary authority, - the grant payable under the work experience training for children of staff members, - the reimbursement of expenditure incurred by the Commission for administrative assistance given to the Agency. 1 1 8 Allowances and expenses on entering and leaving the service and on transfer 1 1 8 0 Miscellaneous expenditure on recruitment >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, and in particular Articles 27 to 31 and 33 thereof and Annex III thereto. This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure arising from recruitment procedures, including: - publication costs, - travel costs and accident insurance for candidates called for examinations and interviews, - costs directly linked to the promotion and organisation of group recruitment tests (hire of rooms, furniture, machines and miscellaneous equipment, fees for the preparation and correction of tests, etc.), - pre-recruitment medical examinations. 1 1 8 1 Travel expenses (including members of the family) >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations of 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 travel expenses due to officials and temporary staff (including their families) on taking up their duties or leaving the institution or transfer to another place of employment. 1 1 8 2 Installation, resettlement and transfer allowances >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, and in particular Articles 5 and 6 of Annex VII thereto. This appropriation is intended to cover installation and resettlement allowances due to officials and temporary staff obliged to change their place of residence on taking up their duties, on transfer to a new place of employment and on finally leaving the institution and resettling elsewhere. 1 1 8 3 Removal expenses >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations of 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 removal expenses due to officials and temporary staff obliged to change their place of residence on taking up their duties, on transfer to a new place of employment and on finally leaving the institution and resettling elsewhere. 1 1 8 4 Temporary daily subsistence allowances >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations of 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 temporary daily subsistence allowances for officials and temporary staff who furnish evidence that they must change their place of residence on taking up their duties, or transferring to a new place of employment. 1 1 9 Salary weightings 1 1 9 0 Weightings >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, and in particular Articles 64 and 65 thereof and Article 17(3) of Annex VII thereto. This appropriation is intended to cover the cost of weightings applied to the remuneration of officials, temporary and auxiliary staff. It also covers the cost of weightings applied to the part of emoluments transferred to a country other than the country of employment. 1 1 9 1 Provisional appropriation >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, and in particular Articles 65 and 65a thereof and Annex XI thereto. 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 2673/1999 (OJ L 326, 18.12.1999, p. 1). This item is intended to cover the cost of any adjustments to remuneration approved by the Council during the financial year. It is purely provisional and can only be used after its transfer to other articles or items in this chapter in accordance with the Financial Regulation. CHAPTER 1 3 - MISSIONS AND DUTY TRAVEL 1 3 0 Mission expenses, travel expenses and incidental expenditure 1 3 0 0 Mission expenses, travel expenses and incidental expenditure >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, and in particular Articles 11 to 13 of Annex VII thereto. This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure on travel expenses, the payment of daily mission allowances and ancillary or exceptional expenses incurred in carrying out missions by Agency staff covered by the Staff Regulations and by national or international experts or officials seconded to Agency departments. CHAPTER 1 4 - SOCIOMEDICAL INFRASTRUCTURE 1 4 0 Restaurant and canteens >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the cost of running restaurants, cafeterias and canteens, including maintenance facilities. It is also intended to cover routine expenditure on replacement of existing equipment and purchase of new equipment which is not suitable for inclusion in current expenditure, and the cost of consultancy fees. 1 4 1 Medical service >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, and in particular Article 59 thereof and Article 8 of Annex II thereto. Apart from doctors' fees, the appropriations under this article are intended to cover the cost of check-ups (special examination analyses, etc.), consumables (dressings, medicines, etc.), special equipment and fittings and the administrative costs of the Invalidity Committee. CHAPTER 1 5 - EXCHANGES OF CIVIL SERVANTS AND EXPERTS 1 5 2 Staff exchanges between Community institutions and the public and private sectors, visiting experts >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the expenditure of visiting experts from public institutions and other bodies from within and outside the European Union. 1 5 3 Cost of organising graduate traineeships with the Agency >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure incurred in practical administrative training for young graduates. This expenditure can include trainees' social security allowances and contributions, travel expenses at the beginning and end of the courses, travel expenses for travel connected with the training programme and reception or meal and documentation costs. CHAPTER 1 6 - SOCIAL WELFARE 1 6 0 Special assistance grants >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, and in particular Article 76 thereof. This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure on gifts, loans or advances which may be made to an official, a former official or survivors of an official who are in particularly difficult circumstances. 1 6 3 Early childhood centres and other crèches >TABLE> Remarks This article is intended to cover the expenditure relating to early childhood centres and crèches. 1 6 4 Complementary aid for the handicapped >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended for the following categories of disabled persons, as part of a policy to assist the disabled: - officials and temporary staff in active employment, - spouses of officials and temporary staff in active employment, - all dependent children within the meaning of the Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities. CHAPTER 1 7 - ENTERTAINMENT AND REPRESENTATION EXPENSES 1 7 0 Entertainment and representation expenses 1 7 0 0 Entertainment and representation expenses >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure on the Agency's obligations in respect of entertainment and representation. This expenditure may be incurred by authorised staff individually in the fulfilment of their duties and as part of the Agency's activities. CHAPTER 1 8 - INSURANCE AGAINST SICKNESS, ACCIDENTS AND OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE, UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE AND MAINTENANCE OF PENSION RIGHTS 1 8 2 Social contacts between staff 1 8 2 0 Social contacts between staff >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover part of the costs of the recreation centre, cultural activities, subsidies to staff clubs, the management of, and extra equipment for, sports centres, and projects to promote social contact between staff of different nationalities. 1 8 3 Insurance against sickness, accidents and occupational disease, unemployment insurance and maintenance of pension rights 1 8 3 0 Insurance against sickness >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations of 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 Agency's sickness contributions (3,4 % of the basic salary). 1 8 3 1 Insurance against accidents and occupational disease >TABLE> Remarks Staff Regulations of officials of the European Communities, and in particular Article 73 thereof and Article 15 of Annex VIII thereto. This appropriation is intended to cover the Agency's contribution towards insurance against accidents and occupational diseases and the supplementary expenditure arising from the application of the statutory provisions in this area. 1 8 3 2 Unemployment insurance for temporary staff >TABLE> Remarks Council Regulation (ECSC, EEC, Euratom) No 2799/85 of 27 September 1985 amending the Staff Regulations of Officials of the European Communities 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 cover the cost of unemployment insurance for temporary staff. 1 8 3 3 Accumulation or maintenance of pension rights for temporary staff >TABLE> Remarks Conditions of employment of other servants of the European Communities and in particular Article 42 thereof. This appropriation is intended to cover payments by the Agency to accumulate or maintain pension rights for temporary staff in their country of origin. TITLE 2 BUILDINGS, EQUIPMENT AND MISCELLANEOUS OPERATING EXPENDITURE >TABLE> CHAPTER 2 0 - INVESTMENTS IN IMMOVABLE PROPERTY, RENTING OF BUILDINGS AND ASSOCIATED COSTS CHAPTER 2 1 - EXPENDITURE ON DATA PROCESSING CHAPTER 2 2 - MOVABLE PROPERTY AND ASSOCIATED COSTS CHAPTER 2 3 - CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE CHAPTER 2 4 - POSTAL CHARGES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS CHAPTER 2 5 - EXPENDITURE ON FORMAL AND OTHER MEETINGS CHAPTER 2 0 - INVESTMENTS IN IMMOVABLE PROPERTY, RENTING OF BUILDINGS AND ASSOCIATED COSTS 2 0 0 Rent >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the payment of rents relating to occupied buildings or part of buildings and the renting of storerooms, garages, off-site storage and parking facilities. 2 0 1 Insurance >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the payment of insurance premiums on the buildings or parts of buildings occupied by the Agency as well as for contents, civil liability and professional liability. 2 0 2 Water, gas, electricity and heating >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover water, gas, electricity and heating costs. 2 0 3 Maintenance and cleaning >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover maintenance costs, calculated from current contracts, for premises, lifts, central heating, air-conditioning equipment, etc.; the expenditure occasioned by regular cleaning operations, the purchase of maintenance, washing, laundry and dry-cleaning products, etc. and by repainting, repairs and supplies used by the maintenance shops. 2 0 4 Fitting-out of premises >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the fitting-out of buildings, for example alterations to partitioning, alterations to technical installations and other specialist work on locks, electrical equipment, plumbing, painting, floor coverings, etc. It also covers the necessary equipment. 2 0 5 Security and surveillance of buildings >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover various expenses concerned with the security of persons and buildings, especially contracts for the guarding of buildings, the purchase, the hire and the maintenance of security and fire-fighting equipment, the replacement of equipment for fire pickets and statutory inspection costs, including recurrent expenditure on, for instance, badges, access cards, etc. 2 0 8 Other expenditure preliminary to construction or fitting-out of a building >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the cost of the financial and technical consultancy fees prior to the acquisition and construction of buildings. It also covers technical assistance fees relating to major fitting-out operations for premises. 2 0 9 Other expenditure on buildings >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure on buildings not specifically provided for in the other articles of this chapter, in particular management fees for multiple-tenanted buildings, costs of surveys of premises and charges for utilities (refuse collection etc.). CHAPTER 2 1 - EXPENDITURE ON DATA PROCESSING 2 1 1 Computer networks 2 1 1 0 New purchases of hardware >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the procurement of computing and other similar electronic office equipment and hardware, including initial equipment with Agency standard software. 2 1 1 1 New procurement of software >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the procurement of program packages and software. 2 1 1 2 Replacement of hardware and software >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the replacement of existing hardware, program packages and software. 2 1 1 3 Hire of hardware and software >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the hire or leasing of hardware or software where purchase is either uneconomical or difficult because of budgetary restrictions. 2 1 1 4 Maintenance and repair of hardware and software >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure on the maintenance and repair of equipment referred to in Items 2 1 1 0 to 2 1 1 3. 2 1 4 Analysis, programming, preliminary analysis and special projects handled by persons other than the Agency's own staff 2 1 4 0 Analysis, programming, preliminary analysis and special projects handled by persons other than the Agency's own staff >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure on outside staff and services, for analysis, programming and special projects. CHAPTER 2 2 - MOVABLE PROPERTY AND ASSOCIATED COSTS 2 2 0 Technical equipment and installations 2 2 0 0 New purchases of technical equipment and installations >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure on audiovisual, reproduction, archive, library and interpreting equipment. It also covers installations and equipment for handicapped officials. 2 2 0 1 Replacement of technical equipment and installations >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the replacement, in particular of: - audiovisual, reproduction, archive, library and interpreting equipment, namely booths, handsets and switching units for simultaneous interpreting facilities, - various tools for building maintenance shops. It also covers installations and equipment for handicapped officials. 2 2 0 2 Hire of technical equipment and installations >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the hire of equipment whose purchase is either uneconomical or difficult because of budgetary restrictions. It also covers installations and equipment for handicapped officials. 2 2 0 3 Maintenance, use and repair of technical equipment and installations >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure relating to the maintenance and repair of the equipment referred to in Items 2 2 0 0 to 2 2 0 2 and also, for instance, lease agreements for photocopying and other technical equipment. It also covers the installations and equipment for handicapped officials. 2 2 1 Furniture 2 2 1 0 New purchases of furniture >TABLE> Remarks This item is intended to cover the purchase of office furniture and specialised furniture, including ergonomic furniture, shelving for archives, etc. 2 2 1 1 Replacement of furniture >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the replacement of worn-out and obsolete furniture. 2 2 1 2 Hire of furniture >TABLE> Remarks This item is intended to cover the hiring of furniture. 2 2 1 3 Maintenance, use and repair of furniture >TABLE> Remarks This item is intended to cover furniture maintenance and repair costs. 2 2 3 Vehicles 2 2 3 0 New purchases of vehicles >TABLE> Remarks This item is intended to cover new purchases of vehicles. 2 2 3 1 Replacement of vehicles >TABLE> Remarks This item is intended to cover the replacement of vehicles which, during the year reach a total mileage such as to justify replacement. 2 2 3 2 Hire of vehicles >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the costs of hiring cars for short or long periods. 2 2 3 3 Maintenance, use and repair of vehicles >TABLE> Remarks This item is intended to cover the cost of maintaining, repairing and insuring official vehicles (fuel, lubricants, tyres, inner tubes, miscellaneous supplies, spare parts, tools, etc.). 2 2 5 Documentation and library expenditure 2 2 5 0 Library funds, purchase of books >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the purchase of books, documents and other non-periodic publications and the updating of existing volumes required by Agency departments. 2 2 5 1 Special library, documentation and reproduction equipment >TABLE> Remarks This item is intended to cover special library equipment (card indexes, shelving, catalogue units, etc.). 2 2 5 2 Subscriptions to newspapers and periodicals >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the cost of subscriptions to newspapers, specialist periodicals, official journals, parliamentary papers, foreign trade statistics, various bulletins, online databases, other specialised publications and library services. 2 2 5 4 Binding and conservation of library books >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the cost of binding and other expenditure necessary for the preservation of books and publications, and to cover the cost of charges relating to the handling and retrieval of documents in off-site storage areas and, where required by the contractual agreement, storage costs. CHAPTER 2 3 - CURRENT ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENDITURE 2 3 0 Stationery and office supplies 2 3 0 0 Stationery and office supplies >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the cost of purchasing paper, envelopes, office supplies and supplies for the reproduction service and of some printing done outside. 2 3 2 Financial charges 2 3 2 0 Bank charges >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover bank charges (commission, agios, miscellaneous expenditure). 2 3 2 1 Exchange losses >TABLE> Remarks This item is intended to cover exchange-rate losses incurred by the Agency in the management of its budget, in so far as these losses cannot be offset against exchange-rate gains. 2 3 2 9 Other financial charges >TABLE> 2 3 3 Legal expenses 2 3 3 0 Legal expenses >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover preliminary legal costs and the services of lawyers or other experts called in to advise the Agency. It also covers costs awarded against the Agency by the Court of Justice, or other courts. 2 3 4 Damages 2 3 4 0 Damages >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover expenses for damages. 2 3 5 Other operating expenditure 2 3 5 0 Miscellaneous insurance >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover various types of insurance (mission insurance, insurance for accountants, etc.) and the insurance costs referred to in Article 64 of the Financial Regulation of the Agency. 2 3 5 3 Departmental removals and associated handling >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover departmental removals and regrouping and handling costs (reception, storage, placing) in respect of equipment, furniture and office supplies. 2 3 5 9 Other operating expenditure >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover other administrative expenditure not separately provided for in other items. 2 3 9 Publications 2 3 9 0 Publications >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover publishing expenses not covered in Title 3, in particular expenses for the publication of the Agency's statement of revenue and expenditure in the Official Journal of the European Communities in compliance with Article 14 of the Agency's Financial Regulation. CHAPTER 2 4 - POSTAL CHARGES AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS 2 4 0 Postal and delivery charges 2 4 0 0 Postal and delivery charges >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure on postal and delivery charges for ordinary mail, on reports and publications, on postal and other packages sent by air, sea or rail, and on the Agency's internal mail. 2 4 1 Telecommunications 2 4 1 0 Telephone, fax and telex >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover fixed rental costs, the cost of calls and messages, maintenance fees, repairs and maintenance of equipment, subscription charges, the cost of cable or radio communications (telephone, telex, telegraph, television, teleconferencing, video-conferencing, including data transmission). It also covers the purchase of directories. 2 4 1 1 Telecommunications equipment >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure on equipping buildings with telecommunications, notably purchase, hire, installation and maintenance of cabling. CHAPTER 2 5 - EXPENDITURE ON FORMAL AND OTHER MEETINGS 2 5 0 Meetings in general 2 5 0 0 Meetings in general >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover travel, subsistence, and incidental expenses of external experts invited for meetings not directly connected with the implementation of the Agency's work programme. It also covers the corresponding expenditure resulting from organising these meetings where they are not covered by the infrastructure. TITLE 3 OPERATING EXPENDITURE >TABLE> CHAPTER 3 0 - OPERATING EXPENDITURE CHAPTER 3 0 - OPERATING EXPENDITURE 3 0 0 Meetings 3 0 0 0 Reimbursement of persons attending meetings >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover travel, subsistence, and incidental expenses of members of the management board and scientific committees and their working parties and of experts invited to those committees and working parties. It also covers the corresponding expenditure resulting from organising these meetings where they are not covered by the existing infrastructure. 3 0 0 1 Interpretation >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the fees and travel expenses of freelance interpreters and conference operators including the reimbursement of services provided by Commission interpreters, for all meetings connected with the implementation of the work programme. 3 0 0 2 Catering >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the cost of catering services in respect of meetings. 3 0 0 3 Other expenditure >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover other expenditure in relation to meetings. 3 0 1 Evaluation of medicinal products 3 0 1 0 Evaluation of medicinal products >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure for rapporteurs and co-rapporteurs on specialised studies and consultations contracted out to highly qualified experts (individuals or firms) if the Agency does not have suitable staff available to carry out such studies, as provided for in Article 53(3) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2309/93. It also covers the purchase of studies already carried out or subscriptions from specialist research institutions and payments for testing and sampling by the official medicines control laboratory under the European Department for Quality of Medicines of the European Pharmacopoeia. 3 0 1 1 Orphan medicinal products/MRLs >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover fee exemptions for orphan medicinal products and for similar exemptions for veterinary medicines and maximum residue limits (MRLs). 3 0 2 Translation expenses 3 0 2 0 Translation Centre, Luxembourg >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the costs of translations sent to the Translation Centre in Luxembourg, for all texts directly connected with the implementation of the Agency's work programme. 3 0 2 1 Other translations >TABLE> 3 0 3 Studies and consultants 3 0 3 0 Studies and consultants >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover costs of concluding professional service contracts and evaluation studies in relation to the Agency's activities. 3 0 4 Information and publications 3 0 4 0 Information and publications >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover the cost of preparing, editing and publishing, in whichever form, the Activities Report and other publications of the Agency, including, for example, costs of paper, typing, copying or printing, reproduction of slides, photos, posters, distribution and other freelance activities and costs incurred in promoting the Agency's activities. 3 0 5 Community programmes 3 0 5 0 Community programmes >TABLE> Remarks This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure required to execute Community programmes such as the Pan-European Regulatory Forum or other programmes undertaken by the Agency at the request of the European Commission, or other institutions of the European Union and authorised by the Agency's management board. It covers travel, subsistence of members of the management board, scientific committees and their working parties and of central and east European countries' delegates and of experts. This appropriation also covers the costs of organising meetings, fees and travel expenses of interpreters or conference operators, translation costs where relevant, the costs of the Agency's staff attending such meetings, interim and other staff to assist in the execution of the programme, IT-related expenditure and other costs in relation to these activities. TITLE 9 OTHER EXPENDITURE >TABLE> CHAPTER 9 0 - PROVISIONAL APPROPRIATIONS CHAPTER 9 0 - PROVISIONAL APPROPRIATIONS 9 0 0 Provisional appropriations >TABLE> Establishment plan >TABLE>