§ Mr. JenkinTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of the likely annual cost of each of the new Community bodies that were formally established at the European Council meeting on 29 October.
§ Mr. GoodladWe have the following information on estimated annual costs for those European Community bodies whose locations were determined at the European Council in Brussels on 29 October 1993:
European Environment Agency
The 1994 budget for the European Environment Agency has been fixed at at 8 million ecu.
European Training Foundation
The European Communities budget provides for expenditure of 5 million ecu for the European Training Foundation in 1994.
Office for Veterinary and Plant Health Inspection and Control
No detailed work has yet been done on the projected budget for the agency.
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction
The reserve chapter of the European Communities budget for 1994 includes provision of 4.8 million ecu for commitments and 4.64 million ecu for payments.
European Medicines Evaluation Agency
The budget for 1994 has been set at 7.5 million ecu (of which 0.7 million ecu is in the reserve chapter of the European Communities budget). The intention is that running costs will in due course be offset by fees so that within a relatively short period the Agency will be self-financing.
Agency for Health and Safety at Work
The appropriation requested by the European Commission in 1991, when the original proposal was made, was 6 million ecu for a fun financial year. Discussions are still continuing on the remit for the agency, and a final assessment of costs cannot be made until agreement has been reached. No budgetary provision has been made for 1994, but the European Parliament voted 500,000 ecu to the existing European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions "to take over the tasks of the planned Health and Safety Agency" pending the setting up of the agency.
European Monetary Institute
The size of the European Monetary Institute's resources is a matter for the Council of the European Monetary Institute (ie the central bank governors of all the member states and their President) which has not yet reached a view on the question.
The Office for Harmonisation in the Internal Market (trade marks, designs and models)
The European Communities budget for 1994 includes provision for start-up costs of ½million ecu in its reserve chapter for this office. This may increase in subsequent years—in 1990 the European Commission, based on a study by consultants, estimated annual operating costs at 17 million ecu. The intention is that running costs will in due course be offset by fees so that within a relatively short period the office will be self-financing.
European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (CEDEFOP)
546WCEDEFOP's budget for 1994 has been set at 11 million ecu.
Translation Centre
No detailed work has yet been done on the projected budget for this centre although it is planned that it should be self-financing on the basis of charges for its services.
The European Council in Brussels on 29 October 1993 also determined the location of Europol, an intergovernmental organisation created under the third pillar of the Treaty or, European Union. The total budget estimated for the European Drugs Unit (the first phase of Europol) for 1994 is 2.065 million ecu.