Article 12
1. The administrative board shall draw up a draft estimate of revenue and expenditure of the Agency for each calendar year and send it to the Commission. The draft estimate submitted must be in balance. An establishment plan showing the appointed staff of the delegations referred to in Article 3 (1) (a) shall be attached to the draft. 2. The Commission shall send the draft estimate to the EDF Committee and to the corresponding Committees for the operations in respect of which the intervention of the Agency is or will be necessary. For the purpose of examining the draft estimate, these Committees shall form themselves into a single Committee composed of representatives of the Governments of the Member States and chaired by a representative of the Commission. At the meeting at which the draft estimate is examined the Committee shall hold an exchange of information and views on general questions relating to the Agency. The examination of the draft estimate and the exchange of information and views shall form the subject of reports setting out the main conclusions of the Committee and the basic positions adopted by the representatives of the Governments of the Member States. 3. Taking account of the report on the examination of the draft estimate by the Committee referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 2, the Commission shall adopt the draft estimate of revenue and expenditure of the Agency and send it to the budget authority with the preliminary draft budget of the European Communities and the aforementioned report so that an examination can take place during the budgetary procedure. 4. The Commission shall adopt the estimate of revenue and expenditure of the Agency before the beginning of the financial year, adjusting it to the subsidies granted by the budget authority. 5. If so requested by a Member State or by the Commission, the chairman may convene the Committee referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 2 during the year to examine new facts concerning general questions relating to the Agency.