REGULATION NO. 2000/67

UNMIK/REG/2000/67

29 December 2000

 

 

ON THE APPROVAL OF THE KOSOVO CONSOLIDATED BUDGET AND AUTHORIZING EXPENDITURES FOR THE PERIOD 1 JANUARY TO 31 DECEMBER 2001

 

 

The Special Representative of the Secretary-General,

 

Pursuant to the authority given to him under United Nations Security Council resolution 1244 (1999) of 10 June 1999,

 

Taking into account United Nations Interim Administration Mission in Kosovo (UNMIK) Regulation No. 1999/1 of 25 July 1999, as amended, on the Authority of the Interim Administration in Kosovo and UNMIK Regulation No. 1999/16 of 6 November 1999, as amended, on the Establishment of the Central Fiscal Authority of Kosovo and Other Related Matters,

 

For the purpose of approving the Kosovo Consolidated Budget for the period 1 January to 31 December 2001 and other related matters,

 

Hereby promulgates the following:

 

 

Section 1

Definitions

 

For the purposes of the present regulation:

 

(a)    "Budget Line" shall mean the total of the expenditure categories for a particular Administrative Department, Departmental Unit or Municipality;

 

(b)   "Expenditure Categories" shall mean Salaries and Wages, Other Goods and Services, Subsidies and Transfers, Capital Outlays and Reserve;

 

(c)    "Central Fiscal Authority Accounting Record" shall mean the accounting record established by the Central Fiscal Authority;

 

(d)   "Kosovo Consolidated Budget" shall mean the overall budget of Kosovo which comprises the budget transactions of the general administrative, municipal and public enterprise sectors of government activity, consolidated in accordance with internationally accepted government finance standards;

 

(e)    "Kosovo Consolidated Fund" shall mean the fund established pursuant to UNMIK Regulation No. 1999/16, as amended;

 

(f)    "Kosovo General Budget Section" shall mean that section of the Kosovo Consolidated Budget that encompasses the budget transactions of the Administrative Departments and associated agencies;

 

(g)    "Kosovo Municipal Budgets Section" shall mean that section of the Kosovo Consolidated Budget that encompasses the budget transactions of the established Kosovo municipal administrations; and

 

(h)   "Kosovo Public Enterprises Statements of Expenditure and Revenue" shall mean that section of the Kosovo Consolidated Budget that encompasses the expenditures and revenues of the specified Kosovo public enterprises or enterprise groups.

 

 

Section 2

General Expenditures Authorized

 

Expenditures are authorized for the period 1 January to 31 December 2001 from the Kosovo General Budget Section for the General Government purposes indicated and the amounts shown in Schedule 1 attached to the present regulation.

 

 

Section 3

Municipal Expenditures Authorized

 

Expenditures are authorized for the period 1 January to 31 December 2001 from the Kosovo Municipal Budgets Section for the purposes indicated and the amounts shown in Schedule 2 attached to the present regulation.

 

 

Section 4

Public Enterprises Expenditures and Revenues

Estimated expenditures and revenues for the period 1 January to 31 December 2001 from the Kosovo Public Enterprises Statements of Expenditure and Revenue for the purposes indicated are shown in Schedule 3 attached to the present regulation. The estimated expenditures in Schedule 3 are authorized only to the extent of revenues realized by each enterprise, including revenues in the form of a subsidy contained in Schedule 1.

 

 

Section 5

Re-Appropriation of Unexpended Commitments and Balances

 

5.1       Following the closure of the Financial Year 2000, the Co-Head of the Central Fiscal Authority shall submit a schedule of unexpended commitments incurred in 2000 and properly recorded in the Central Fiscal Authority Accounting Record to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General and recommend approval of the categories and amounts of such unexpended commitments.  Upon approval of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, expenditures for such commitments shall be deemed authorized for the period 1 January to 31 December 2001 from the Kosovo Consolidated Fund for General Government purposes.

 

5.2       Expenditures from unexpended balances of designated donor grants, which grants were actually received in 1999 and 2000, are authorized for the period 1 January to 31 December 2001.  If the specified purpose is not already contained in the Schedules to the present regulation, an amount equivalent to the unexpended balance of the designated donor grant shall be deemed to be appropriated and a budget line created to permit expenditure to take place.

 

 

Section 6

Limits on Expenditures

 

6.1       Pursuant to section 4.4 of UNMIK Regulation No. 1999/16, no expenditures from, or commitments against, the Kosovo Consolidated Fund may be made except as authorized in the present regulation.  Notwithstanding this restriction, unanticipated donor grants deposited in the Kosovo Consolidated Fund for specified purposes may be allocated and spent for those purposes.  If the specified purpose is not already contained in the Schedules to the present regulation, an amount equivalent to the deposited donor grant shall be deemed to be appropriated and a budget line created to permit expenditure to take place.

 

6.2       Revenue from co-payments and fees collected by the Administrative Department of Health and Social Welfare in 2001, up to the amount of DM 12,000,000, shall be appropriated as the revenue is received.  For such revenue collected in excess of DM 12,000,000, the Co-Head of the Central Fiscal Authority and the Co-Heads of the Administrative Department of Health and Social Welfare shall recommend to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General how such revenue shall be appropriated.

 

6.3       Administrative Departments and municipalities shall ensure that expenditures on Salaries and Wages do not exceed the amounts shown in Schedules 1 and 2 and that the number of staff at the end of 2001 does not exceed the numbers specified in Schedules 1 and 2.  Any subsequent proposal to increase expenditures on Salaries and Wages or the number of staff may only be approved by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, taking into account the views of the Co-Head of the Central Fiscal Authority and the Co-Heads of the Administrative Departments of Public Services, and where municipalities are concerned, Local Administration.

 

 

Section 7

Contingent Expenditures

 

7.1       The amounts authorized for contingent expenditures may be used only for urgent and unforeseen requirements. The Co-Head of the Central Fiscal Authority may authorize, on receipt of proper justification, the expenditure of up to DM 100,000 for each urgent and unforeseen requirement.  Proposals for amounts to be spent in excess of DM 100,000 shall be forwarded, together with the recommendation of the Co-Head of the Central Fiscal Authority, to the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for authorization.

 

7.2       Municipalities shall submit their proposals for contingent expenditures to the Co-Heads of the Administrative Department of Local Administration for review.  The Co-Heads of the Administrative Department of Local Administration shall recommend to the Co-Head of the Central Fiscal Authority whether to accept the proposal or to consider other options including transfers authorized under sections 8.1 and 9 below. 

 

 

Section 8

Adjustment to Amounts Authorized

 

8.1       The Co-Head of the Central Fiscal Authority may transfer authorized amounts between appropriations for Expenditure Categories for any individual budget line in Schedule 1 and 2, provided that the reallocation does not exceed, in total, twenty five percent (25%) of the category being reduced.  Transfers in excess of this limit, including transfers between budget lines in Schedule 1, may be made upon written approval of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, taking into account the views of the Co-Head of the Central Fiscal Authority. Appropriations for Reserves may be transferred in part or in whole to any other category within the same function with the approval of the Co-Head of the Central Fiscal Authority.

 

8.2       The Co-Head of the Central Fiscal Authority may transfer the amounts authorized pursuant to section 7.1 above between budget lines in Schedules 1 and 2.

 

 

Section 9

Adjustment to Municipal Budget Amounts

 

Upon request of the Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Civil Administration, the Co-Head of the Central Fiscal Authority shall transfer amounts allocated to one municipality to another, provided that the total appropriation for the Kosovo Municipal Budgets does not change.  To the extent that the actual collections of any municipalities own source revenues exceeds the amount shown in Schedule 2, fifty percent (50%) of that amount shall be deemed appropriated and, upon request of a municipality, whose request has been approved by the Co-Heads of the Administrative Department of Local Administration, the Co-Head of the Central Fiscal Authority shall allocate such amount for expenditure.  The remaining fifty percent (50%) shall be deposited into the Kosovo Consolidated Fund and may be appropriated for purposes other than municipal services, upon approval of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General.

 

 

Section 10

Expenditures Limited to Revenues

 

The Co-Head of the Central Fiscal Authority, in allocating funds for expenditure, shall only allocate funds to the extent revenue or other financing sources are available in the Kosovo Consolidated Fund to make the expenditure.

 

 

Section 11

Entry into Force

 

The present regulation shall enter into force on 29 December 2000.

 

 

 

Bernard Kouchner

Special Representative of the Secretary-General

 


 

Schedule 1

KOSOVO CONSOLIDATED BUDGET SECTION

1 January – 31 December 2001

(DEUTSCHE MARKS)

Org. Code

Func. / Sub Func. Code

 Department

 F2

Sub-function

Employees

Expenditures on Goods and Services

Subsidies and Transfers

Capital Outlays

Reserve

Total

 

 

 

 

End of Year 2001

Average 2001

Wages & Salaries

Goods & Services

 

 

 

 

10100

0101

 IAC - KTC Secretariat

 01

 Executive, Legislative, Fiscal and External Affairs

10

10

46,800

265,100

 

 

 

311,900

10200

0101

 Joint Advisory Council on Legislative Matters

 01

 Executive, Legislative, Fiscal and External Affairs

17

17

142,560

25,000

 

 

 

167,560

20100

0101

 Central Fiscal Authority

 01

 Executive, Legislative, Fiscal and External Affairs

576

558

3,061,493

3,645,907

 

792,600

 

7,500,000

20101

0101

 

 

 Central Administration

126

108

400,019

1,957,607

 

485,000

 

2,842,626

20104

0101

 

 

 Tax Administration

240

240

905,320

1,519,600

 

257,600

 

2,682,520

20105

0101

 

 

 Customs

210

210

1,756,154

168,700

 

50,000

 

1,974,854

20201

1302

 Department for Reconstruction 

 02

 Multipurpose Development Project Affairs and Services

30

30

119,880

93,060

 

 

 

212,940

20300

1301

 Department of Trade and Industry

 01

 Private Sector Development Affairs

44

33

101,376

234,600

 

40,000

 

375,976

20400

0400

 Department of Education and Science

 

 

27,087

27,087

90,565,000

22,445,000

 

4,990,000

 

118,000,000

20401

0401

 

 01

 Pre-Primary Affairs

678

678

1,928,232

1,075,000

 

166,667

 

3,169,899

20402

0402

 

 02

 Primary Affairs

18,515

18,515

60,432,960

10,270,000

 

3,000,000

 

73,702,960

20403

0403

 

 03

 Secondary Affairs

5,249

5,249

18,518,472

4,828,000

 

630,000

 

23,976,472

20404

0404

 

 04

 Boarding Facilities & Dormitory Affairs

95

95

247,380

230,000

 

20,000

 

497,380

20405

0405

 

 05

 Special Needs Education Affairs

142

142

444,744

197,000

 

275,000

 

916,744

20406

0406

 

 06

 University Affairs

2,006

2,006

7,703,040

4,805,000

 

 

 

12,508,040

20407

0407

 

 07

 National University Library Services

79

79

277,764

110,000

 

85,000

 

472,764

20408

0408

 

 08

 Educational Administration Affairs

187

187

619,680

482,000

 

330,000

 

1,431,680

20409

0409

 

 09

 Pre- School Affairs

136

136

392,728

448,000

 

483,333

 

1,324,061

20500

0800

 Department of Culture

 

 

564

564

1,865,115

216,400

300,000

9,500

 

2,391,015

20501

0801

 

 02

 Central Administration

9

9

32,400

117,400

 

9,500

 

159,300

20502

0802

 

 03

 Municipal Culture Activities

339

339

1,119,436

 

300,000

 

 

1,419,436

20503

0803

 

 04

 Kosovo Cultural Institutions

216

216

713,279

99,000

 

 

 

812,279

20600

0805

 Department of Sports

 01

 

45

45

152,881

104,700

1,541,480

 

 

1,799,061

2070

 

 Department of Public Services

 

 

1,200