DECISION No 01/2021

OF THE REGIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE TRANSPORT COMMUNITY

("Official Herald of the RS", No. 55/2021)

(following the written consultation)

on the adoption of the budget of the Transport Community for the year 2021

THE REGIONAL STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE TRANSPORT COMMUNITY,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the Transport Community1, and in particular Article 24(1) and Article 35 thereof,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The budget of the Transport Community for the year 2021, attached to this Decision, is hereby adopted.

Article 2

1. In accordance with Article 10(1) of the financial rules and auditing procedures applicable to the Transport Community, appropriations of a given budget line of the 2021 budget may be used for purposes that the budget attributes to another budget line, within the total limit of 10% of the appropriations of the former budget line. This shall not apply to the budget line regarding the human resources budget.

2. Appropriations carried over in order to meet obligations signed at the end of 2020, as specified in the budget attached, shall not be eligible for the use referred to in paragraph 1. They shall not be taken into account for determining the maximum amount corresponding to the limit of 10% referred to therein.

Article 3

Appropriations which have not been committed at the end of the financial years 2019 and 2020 shall be cancelled and paid back to the Parties in accordance with the percentages established in Annex V of the Treaty establishing the Transport Community and the actual contributions paid.

Done in Sarajevo, on January 28th 2021

For the Regional Steering Committee
The President

BUDGET OF THE TRANSPORT COMMUNITY FOR THE YEAR 2021

Budget line

Amount
(EUR)

1. Permanent Secretariat

 

1.1. Human resources

1 465 706

1.2. Travel costs

172 560

1.3. Office costs, equipment and software

353 080

- Of which fresh credits

303 080

- Of which carried-over budget appropriations corresponding to obligations signed at the end of 2020 for which payments are due in 2021

50 0002

1.4. Other costs and services, including:
- Outsourced and other services (audit, visibility, staff training, bank charges)
- Meeting and conference costs
- Information technology and communication costs
- Recruitment costs

247 590

1.5. Studies, technical assistance for supporting the implementation of EU acquis and action plans

530 000

- Of which fresh credits

400 000

- Of which carried-over budget appropriations corresponding to obligations signed at the end of 2020 for which payments are due in 2021

130 0003

2. Ministerial Council

 

2.1. Meeting and conference costs

60 000

3. Regional Steering Committee

 

3.1. Meeting and conference costs

20 950

4. Technical Committees

 

4.1. Meeting and conference costs

99 100

5. Social Forum

 

5.1. Meeting conference costs

13 300

Reserve (approximately 8% of fresh credits)

217 714

Total fresh credits

3 000 000

Total carry-overs from 2020

180 0004

Grand total

3 180 0005

EU contribution (80% of fresh credits)

2 400 000

South East European Parties' contribution (20% of fresh credits: Annex V to the TCT provides the distribution per country)

600 000

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1 OJ EU L 278, 27.10.2017, p. 3.
2 Indicative amount: procurement procedures for video teleconferencing and accounting/HR software ongoing, contracts expected to be signed in December 2020.
3 Indicative amount: procurement procedure for Technical Assistance for a Transport Observatory ongoing, contract expected to be signed in December 2020.
4 Indicative amount, final amount to be confirmed in December 2020 upon closure of the corresponding procurement procedures and signature of the contracts.
5 Indicative amount, final amount to be confirmed when the total carried over amount from 2020 will be known.