11. Final adoption of the administrative budget shall have the effect of authorizing and  requiring the Commission to collect the corresponding revenue in accordance with the  provisions of Article 49.

Article 78a ( * )

( * ) As amended by Article 3 of the Treaty amending Certain Financial Provisions.

The administrative budget shall be drawn up in the unit of account determined in accordance  with the provisions of the regulations made pursuant to Article 78h.

The expenditure shown on the budget shall be authorized for one financial year, unless the  regulations made pursuant to Article 78h provide otherwise.

In accordance with conditions to be laid down pursuant to Article 78h any appropriations,  other than those relating to staff expenditure, that are unexpended at the end of the financial  year may be carried forward to the next financial year only.

Appropriations shall be classified under different chapters grouping items of expenditure  according to their nature or purpose and subdivided, as far as may be necessary, in accordance  with the regulations made pursuant to Article 78h.

The expenditure of the European Parliament, the Council, the Commission and the Court shall  be set out in separate parts of the administrative budget, without prejudice to special  arrangements for certain common items of expenditure.

Article 78b ( * )

( * ) As amended by Article 4 of the Treaty amending Certain Financial Provisions.

1. It, at the beginning of a financial year, the administrative budget has not yet been voted, a  sum equivalent to not more than one twelfth of the budget appropriations for the preceding  financial year may be spent each month in respect of any chapter or other subdivision of the  administrative budget in accordance with the provisions of the regulations made pursuant to  Article 78h; this arrangement shall not, however, have the effect of placing at the disposal of  the Commission appropriations in excess of one twelfth of those provided for in the draft  administrative budget in course of preparation.

The Commission is authorized and required to impose the levies up to the amount of the  appropriations for the preceding financial year, but shall not thereby exceed the amount which  would have resulted from the adoption of the draft administrative budget.

2. The Council may, acting by a qualified majority, provided that the other conditions laid  down in paragraph 1 are observed, authorize expenditure in excess of one twelfth. The  authorization and requirement to impose the levies may be adjusted accordingly.

If the decision relates to expenditure which does not necessarily result from this Treaty or  from acts adopted in accordance therewith, the Council shall forward it immediately to the  European Parliament; within 30 days the European Parliament, acting by a majority of its

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