The Agency should be financed partly by fees paid by natural or legal persons and partly
by the general budget of the European Communities. The Community budgetary
procedure should remain applicable as far as any subsidies chargeable to the general
budget of the European Communities are concerned. Moreover, the auditing of accounts
should be undertaken by the Court of Auditors in accordance with Article 91 of
Commission Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 2343/2002 of 23 December 2002 on
the framework Financial Regulation for the bodies referred to in Article 185 of
Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable
to the general budget of the European Communities 1 .
