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1. Estimates of all revenue and expenditure for the Authority shall be prepared each financial year, corresponding to the calendar year, and shall be shown in the Authority’s budget.

2. The Authority’s budget shall be balanced in terms of revenue and expenditure.

3. Without prejudice to other resources, the Authority’s revenue shall consist of a combination of the following:

(a) a contribution from the Union entered in the general budget of the Union;

(b) the fees paid by the selected and non-selected obliged entities in accordance with Article 77, for the tasks mentioned in Article 5(2), points (a), (b) and (c), and Article 5(3), points (a) to (d), (f) and (g);

(c) any voluntary financial contribution from the Member States;

(d) agreed charges for publications, and for training and any other services provided by the Authority where they have been specifically requested by one or more FIUs or their counterparts in third countries or by non-AML/CFT authorities;

(e) possible Union funding in the form of contribution agreements or ad hoc grants in accordance with the Authority’s financial rules referred to in Article 81 and with the provisions of the relevant instruments supporting the policies of the Union. The amount and origin of any revenue referred to in the first subparagraph, points (b), (c), (d) and (e), of this paragraph shall be included in the annual accounts of the Authority and clearly detailed in the annual report on the Authority’s budgetary and financial management referred to in Article 80(2).

4. The expenditure of the Authority shall include staff remuneration, administrative and infrastructure expenses and operating costs.