CHAPTER 6

BUDGET

Annual budget
Article 19
1
Each year the administrator shall draw up a draft budget for the following financial year, with the assistance of each operation commander for his or her operation.
2
The draft shall include:
a
the appropriations deemed necessary to cover the common costs incurred in preparation for, or further to, operations;
b
the appropriations deemed necessary to cover the operational common costs for ongoing or planned operations, including, where appropriate, to reimburse common costs which have been pre-financed by a State or third party;
c
the provisional appropriations as referred to in Article 26;
d
a forecast of the revenue needed to cover expenditure.
3
The commitment and payment appropriations shall be classified in titles and chapters grouping expenditure together by type or purpose, subdivided as necessary into articles. Detailed comments by chapter or article shall be included in the draft budget. One specific title shall be dedicated to each operation. One specific title shall be the general part of the budget and shall include the common costs incurred in preparation for, or further to, operations.
4
Each title may include a chapter entitled ‘provisional appropriations’. These appropriations shall be entered where there is uncertainty, based on serious grounds, about the amount of appropriations needed or the scope for implementing the appropriations entered.
5
Revenue shall consist of:
a
contributions payable by the participating and contributing Member States and, where appropriate, by contributing third States;
b
miscellaneous revenue, subdivided by title, which includes interest received, revenue from sales and the budget outturn from the previous financial year, after it has been determined by the Special Committee.
6
The administrator shall propose the draft budget to the Special Committee by 31 October at the latest. The Special Committee shall approve the draft budget by 31 December. The administrator shall adopt the approved budget and notify the participating Member States and contributing third States.