Responsibilities
- prepare the Commission's budget proposals, which are then voted on by the European Parliament and the Council
- manage EU expenditure
- allocate resources to Commission departments
- collect budget contributions from EU countries
- manage the treasury function, execute all payments and receive all income to the EU budget
- publish EU annual accounts
- propose and implement the regulatory framework for the EU budget
- coordinate the discharge procedure from the preparation to the follow-up of the European Parliament’s and Council’s discharge recommendations
- report on implementation of EU budget
- manage ABAC, which is the Commission’s accounting system
Plans and reports
Commission work programme – overview of institution-wide deliverables for current year
Strategic plan – department strategy, objectives for 2016-2020
Management plan – department forecasted outputs, activities, resources for current year
Annual activity report – department achievements, resources used during previous year
