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Draft General Budget of the European Communities for the financial year 2009
Commission Communication: The Commission's ex-Economat off budget bank accounts
Draft amendment of the Inter-Institutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management
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| Legal base | (a) Article 272 EC; QMV; the special role of the European Parliament in relation to the adoption of the Budget is set out in Article 272
(b) and (c) —
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| Documents originated | (b) 12 November 2008
(c) 2 December 2008
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| Deposited in Parliament | (b)18 November 2008
(c) 8 December 2008
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| Department | HM Treasury |
| Basis of consideration | Minister's letter of 11 February 2009
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| Previous Committee Report | (a) HC 16-xxx (2007-08), chapter 22 (8 October 2008) and HC 19-i (2008-09), chapter 19 (10 December 2008)
(b)-(c) None
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| Last discussed in Council |
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| Committee's assessment | Politically important
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| Committee's decision | (a) Cleared (decision reported 8 October 2008)
(b)-(c) Cleared
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Background
24.1 The Commission's Preliminary Draft Budget (PDB) is the first
stage in the Community's annual budgetary procedure. We reported
on the 2009 PDB in June 2008[77]
and it was debated in European Committee on 30 June 2008.[78]
The second stage is adoption by the Council of the Draft Budget
(DB). The 2009 DB was adopted on 17 July 2008 and we reported
on this in October 2008.[79]
In December 2008 we reported the European Parliament's first reading
of the 2009 DB and the Government's intended response in forthcoming
further Council consideration and subsequent negotiations between
the Council and the European Parliament, prior to agreement to
the 2009 Adopted Budget.[80]
The Draft Budget
24.2 The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Ian Pearson) writes
now to inform us of the Council's second reading of the 2009 DB,
the conciliation agreement between the Council and the European
Parliament and the European Parliament's second reading of the
2009 DB before agreement of the 2009 Adopted Budget. He also tells
us about the minor consequences for the 2009 Budget of the action
reported in the Commission Communication, document (b) and the
outcome on the Commission proposal in document (c). The Minister
encloses with his letter annexes, which we reproduce partially,
helpfully setting out the euro and sterling figures as finally
agreed for the six budget categories and the changes these represent
in relation to various stages of developing the Budget.
THE OVERALL OUTCOME
24.3 The Minister tells us that the Council adopted a second reading
package, with all Member States voting in favour, on the basis
of a proposal put together by the French Presidency (and supported
by the Government). The package included total commitment appropriations[81]
of €133.02 billion (£119.43 billion). This represented
a €3.01 billion (£2.70 billion) reduction relative to
levels agreed in the European Parliament's first reading and left
a margin of €4.02 billion (£3.61 billion) under the
Financial Framework ceilings. The package had payment appropriations
of €114.36 billion (£102.68 billion) representing 0.88%
of EU GNI, a €10.12 billion (£9.09 billion) reduction
relative to the European Parliament's first reading.
24.4 The Minister continues that to a large extent
the package reverted back to the Council's first reading position,
apart from:
- Heading 2 (Preservation and
management of natural resources) — a reduction of €1.35
billion (£1.22 billion) and €1.24 billion (£1.11
billion) in respective commitment and payment appropriations,
reflecting budgetary adjustments contained within Amending Letter
No. 2 to the Preliminary Draft Budget for 2009[82]
and a €180.00 million (£162.00 million) reduction in
both commitment and payment appropriations in the European Agricultural
Guarantee Fund recoveries budget line for accounting clearance
of previous years' accounts;
- Heading 4 (EU as a global partner) — an
increase of €179 million (£161 million) in commitment
appropriations and €180 million (£162 million) in payment
appropriations for Palestine and Kosovo, as proposed in Amending
Letter No. 1 to the Preliminary Draft Budget for 2009;[83]
and
- Heading 5 (Administration) — a €0.90
million (£0.80 million) reduction to both commitment and
payment appropriations to reflect amendments to its budget notified
by the European Parliament.
The full details of the Council's second reading
are summarised in the tables in the annexes. The Minister adds
that the Council also adopted two statements in its minutes, noting
that the agreement to increases for deprived persons and to the
removal of the budget line for school fruit both contained in
Amending Letter No. 2, would not prejudge the outcome of the examination
of the legal basis under discussion.
AGREEMENT BETWEEN COUNCIL AND EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
24.5 The Minister says that during the Council's
customary conciliation discussions with the European Parliament
it became apparent that no agreement would be reached on the 2009
Budget without also reaching agreement on the financing of the
proposed €1.00 billion (£898 million) Facility for Rapid
Response to Soaring Food Prices in Developing Countries, the "Food
Facility".[84] The
proposal originally included a financing solution with the use
of unspent margins for commitment appropriations under the 2008
and 2009 Financial Framework ceilings for Heading 2, with commitment
appropriations of €750 million (£673 million) in 2008
and €250 million (£225 million) in 2009, to be paid
out over 2009 (€900 million (£808 million)) and 2010
(€100 million (£90 million)). After opposition to this
financing method from the UK and other Member States and lengthy
negotiation between the Council, the European Parliament and the
Commission, agreement was reached on a statement setting out an
alternative financing solution, with the following features:
- redeployment of €240 million
(£216 million) in commitment appropriations from within Heading
4 (EU as a global partner), with €70 million in 2009;
- €100 million (£90 million) to be met
from existing resources in the Emergency Aid Reserve over 2008
and 2009;
- €420 million (£377 million) to be met
from mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument; and
- €240 million (£216 million) from a
time-limited increase to the 2008 allocation to the Emergency
Aid Reserve, following political agreement on an amendment to
the Inter-Institutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 on budgetary
discipline and sound financial management,[85]
with affirmation that this revision is a selective amendment and
will in no way set a precedent and, as set out subsequently, the
Commission draft of an amendment to the Inter-Institutional Agreement,
document (c) .
24.6 The Minister says that additionally five other
statements were agreed by the Council and the European Parliament,
concerning:
- coordination of Community assistance
between the Food Facility and the European Development Fund, with
a declaration that, when implementing the Food Facility special
attention should be paid to the coordination of aid originating
from the general Budget and from the Fund to maximise synergy
and results;
- improving the visibility of the Community's external
assistance, with a call to the Commission to present, together
with its 2010 PDB, a report on initiatives taken to improve that
visibility, without compromising the efficiency and effectiveness
of the assistance;
- acceleration of implementation of cohesion policy
within the ceilings of the Financial Framework, with a call to
the Commission to complete a number of actions, including presenting
a report on the implementation together with the PDB;
- agreement on creation of an Inter-Institutional
Working Group on Agencies, with a first meeting to take place
as soon as possible; and
- payment appropriations, with a traditional request
that the Commission submit an amending budget if appropriations
are insufficient to cover expenditure.
24.7 The Minister also outlines the broad agreement
on key elements of the 2009 Budget agreed by the Council, the
European Parliament and the Commission in these discussions, noting:
- total payment appropriations
of €116.10 billion (£104.23 billion), corresponding
to approximately 0.89% of EU GNI, that is €648 million (£582
million) below the level originally proposed by the Commission
in its PDB;
- acceptance of elements of Amending Letter No.
2, including adjustments (largely reductions to agricultural spending)
to Heading 2, but with the proposed budget line relating to the
programme to promote the consumption of fruit at school removed
(pending adoption of a legal base) and with the agreed revision
of the financing arrangements for the Food Facility; and
- acceptance of Amending Letter No. 3 to the Preliminary
Draft Budget for 2009,[86]
to provide funding for the reflection group set up by the European
Council on 14 December 2007.[87]
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT'S SECOND READING AND ADOPTION
OF THE 2009 BUDGET
24.8 Commenting that the European Parliament's second
reading of the 2009 DB and its formal adoption of the 2009 Budget,
which took place on 18 December 2008, mark the end of the 2009
budget procedure, the Minister says:
- the conciliation agreement
set the overall totals for commitment and payment appropriations;
- the Council's second reading of the DB determined
the final level of expenditure for compulsory expenditure; but
- the European Parliament had the final say on
setting appropriations for non-compulsory expenditure.[88]
24.9 The full details of the European Parliament's
second reading (adoption) are summarised in the tables in the
annexes. But the Minister comments further:
Heading 1a (Competitiveness for growth and employment)
- commitment appropriations were
set at €11.77 billion (£10.57 billion), €157 million
(£141 million) higher than the Council's second reading,
leaving a €3.00 million (£2.70 million) margin under
the Financial Framework ceiling;
- payment appropriations were set at €11.02
billion (£9.90 billion), €1.24 billion (£1.09 billion)
higher than the Council's second reading, though some €4.03
billion (£3.62 billion) lower than the European Parliament's
first reading;
- in comparison to the adopted 2008 Budget payment
appropriations, those for the sub-heading as a whole were increased
by €1.25 billion (£1.12 billion), or 12.8%;
- relative to the 2008 Budget the most significant
increases in payment appropriations were for the Seventh Research
and Development Framework Programme, with a €732 million
(£657 million) or 10.6% increase, Galileo, with a €460
million (£413 million) or 153.7% increase, and the transport
and energy Trans-European Networks, with a €138 million (£124
million) or 19.4% increase;
- relative to the 2008 Budget there were decreases
in payment appropriations in some areas, including nuclear decommissioning,
with a €40 million (£36 million) or 26.7% decrease;
and "other actions and programmes" (relating to energy
and transport), with a €23 million (£21 million) or
29.2%, decrease;
Heading 1b (Cohesion for growth and employment)
- commitment appropriations were
set at €48.43 billion (£43.48 billion), €13 million
(£12 million) higher than the Council's second reading, leaving
a margin of €1 million (£1 million) under the Financial
Framework ceiling;
- payment appropriations were set at €34.98
billion (£31.40 billion), €311 million (£279 million)
higher than the Council's second reading, though some €4.03
billion (3.62 billion) lower than the European Parliament's first
reading;
- in comparison to 2008 Budget payment appropriations,
the sub-heading as a whole received a reduction of €5.68
billion (£5.01 billion) or 13.8%;
- relative to the 2008 Budget the key changes were
for Structural Funds, with a €6.44 billion (£5.78 billion)
or 19.0% decrease, of which a €5.05 billion (£4.53 billion)
or 28.7% decrease is concerned with the convergence objective
and regional policy, and for the Cohesion Fund, with a €567
million (£509 million) or 8.4% increase;
Heading 2 (Preservation and management of natural
resources)
- commitment appropriations were
set at €56.12 billion (£50.39 billion), €333 million
(£299 million) higher than the Council's second reading,
leaving a margin of €3.52 billion (£3.16 billion) under
the Financial Framework ceiling;
- payment appropriations were set at €52.57
billion (£47.20 billion), €535 million (£480 million)
lower than the Council's second reading and some €4.10 billion
(£3.68 billion) lower than the European Parliament's first
reading;
- in comparison to the 2008 Budget payment appropriations,
the heading as a whole received a reduction of €611.2 million
(£548.8 million) or 1.1%;
- relative to the 2008 Budget the most significant
decreases in payment appropriations were for rural development,
with a €1.15 billion (£1.03 billion) or 10.1% decrease,
and for fisheries governance and international agreements, with
a €29 million (£25 million) or 9.5% decrease;
- relative to the 2008 Budget there were increases
in payment appropriations in some areas, most notably a €192
million (£172.7 million) or 124.6% increase for the Life+
programme;[89]
Heading 3a (Freedom, security and justice)
- commitment appropriations were
set at €864 million (£776 million), €31 million
(£28 million) higher than the Council's second reading, leaving
a margin of €8 million (£7 million) under the Financial
Framework ceiling;
- payment appropriations were set at €617
million (£554 million), €91 million (£82 million)
higher than the Council's second reading, though €47 million
(£42 million) lower than the European Parliament's first
reading;
- in comparison to the 2008 Budget payment appropriations,
the sub-heading as a whole received an increase of €84 million
(£76 million) or 15.8%;
- relative to the 2008 Budget the most significant
increases in payment appropriations were for "solidarity
and management of migration flows", with a €48 million
(£43 million) or 19.5% increase and "security and safeguarding
liberties", with a €17 million (£15 million) or
32.6% increase;
- relative to the 2008 Budget there was a decrease
in payment appropriations of €7 million (£6 million)
in the area of "fundamental rights and justice";
Heading 3b (Citizenship)
- commitment appropriations were
set at €651 million (£584 million), €36 million
(£33 million) higher than the Council's second reading, leaving
a margin of €37 thousand (£33.2 thousand) under the
Financial Framework ceiling;
- payment appropriations were set at €679
million (£610 million), €44 million (£40 million)
higher than the Council's second reading, though €21 million
(£19 million) lower than the European Parliament's first
reading;
- in comparison to the 2008 Budget payment appropriations,
the sub-heading as a whole received a reduction of €29 million
(£26 million) or 4.1%, although this does not take account
of potential future mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund, which,
subject to Budgetary Authority agreement, may increase overall
payment appropriations under this sub-heading;
- relative to the 2008 Budget, the most significant
reductions in payment appropriations were for "other actions
and programmes" (relating to enlargement), with a €49
million (£44 million) or 49.5% decrease, communication actions,
with a €9 million (£8 million) or 10.7% decrease, and
the Culture 2007 programme, with a €8 million (£7 million)
or 15.0% decrease;
- relative to the 2008 Budget there were increases
in payment appropriations in certain areas, the largest of which
was a €19 million (£17 million) or 18.3% increase in
payments for decentralised agencies;
Heading 4 (The EU as a global partner)
- commitment appropriations were
set at €8.32 billion (£7.28 billion), including the
Emergency Aid Reserve. This was €111 million (£99 million)
higher than Council's second reading. No margin was left under
the Financial Framework ceiling, which was exceeded by an additional
€420 million (£377 million) for the financing of the
Food Facility. This was to be met from the Flexibility Instrument
(€420 million (£377 million));
- in comparison to the 2008 Budget payment appropriations,
the heading as a whole received an increase of €211 million
(£190 million) or 2.6%;
- relative to the 2008 Budget, the most significant
increases in payment appropriations were for "other actions
and programmes" (relating to development and relations with
ACP States), with a €471 million (£423 million) or 550.8%
increase, Community guarantees for lending operations, with a
€337 million (£302 million) increase from a pour
memoire line and the European Neighbourhood and Partnership
Instrument, with a €153 million (£138 million) or 12.8%
increase;
- relative to the 2008 Budget, there were significant
reductions in payment appropriations, in particular a €629
million (£565 million) or 21.5% reduction to the Instrument
for Pre-accession;
Heading 5 (Administration)
- commitment and payment appropriations
were set at €7.70 billion (£6.91 billion), €149
million (£134 million) higher than Council's second reading
and the same level as the European Parliament's first reading.
This leaves a margin of €76 million (£69 million) under
the Financial Framework ceiling;
- in comparison to the 2008 Budget payment appropriations,
the heading as a whole received an increase of €416 million
(£374 million) or 5.7%; and
Heading 6 (Compensation)
- no change was made to either
commitment or payment appropriations and they remain at €209
million (£188 million), that is unchanged through each stage
of the budget negotiations.
THE GOVERNMENT'S OBJECTIVES AND THE ADOPTED BUDGET
24.10 The Minister says that the Government's objectives
in the final negotiations were consistent with its approach outlined
to us previously, principally:
- to reach agreement in as many
areas as possible in a way that maintains budget discipline and
sound financial management;
- to oppose inclusion of budget lines for which
the legal base had not yet been adopted; and
- to secure an alternative budget-disciplined funding
solution for the Food Facility.
He comments that the outcome of the European Parliament's
second reading finalising the 2009 Budget, reflecting the agreement
it had made with the Council, is the best outcome for the Government's
objectives in the circumstances.
24.11 The Minister continues that:
- in respect of budget discipline,
the agreement reached with the European Parliament, setting overall
payment appropriations below the level proposed in the Commission's
PDB and well below the level contained in the 2008 Budget brings
the budget more into line with implementation capacity and reduces
the potential levels of future budgetary underspend;
- in line with the Government's intention to scrutinise
agricultural spending, it, working closely with like-minded Member
States, was able to secure a €1.73 billion (£1.55 billion)
or 4.0% reduction in payment appropriations for market related
expenditure and direct aids within Heading 2;
- in line with objections raised by the Government
and other Member States the agreement included removal of the
budget line for school fruit, which had been proposed by the Commission
in Amending Letter No. 2, but for which the legal base had not
yet been adopted at the time of the negotiation;
- in respect of a budget-disciplined funding solution
for the Food Facility, the agreement ensured that the costs of
the Facility would be met from the appropriate portion of the
budget, Heading 4 (EU as a global partner), that a significant
portion of the costs would be met from redeployment within Heading
4, limiting the extent of Inter-Institutional Agreement revision
required to finance the Facility, and that a joint statement emphasised
the exceptional nature of the Inter-Institutional Agreement revision
and that this would no way set a precedent for any future revisions;
and
- the adopted budget meets, additionally the Government's
objectives on external actions where it sought to ensure sufficient
resources were allocated for Afghanistan, Palestine, Kosovo and
Iraq, co-operation with developing countries in Asia, the Common
Foreign and Security Policy and adjustment support for Sugar Protocol
Countries.
THE COMMISSION'S EX-ECONOMAT OFF-BUDGET BANK ACCOUNTS
24.12 The Minister tells us that the Commission's
Communication, document (b) notifies the Council and the European
Parliament about closure of the Commission's off-budget bank accounts
relating to its staff shops, Economat. He says that:
- following outsourcing of the
shops' operations and sale of stock in 2002, the revenue of the
fees and sale was placed into two Commission bank accounts;
- the Commission Accountant decided that these
accounts should be closed and the account sums totalling €2.7
million (£2.4 million) be transferred to the Community budget;
- the Commission and European Parliament decided
on four projects which would be financed by these funds, which,
given that the shops' operating surplus had originated from activity
involving expenditure by staff and their families, should complement
existing budget lines supporting staff facilities, without requiring
additional financial or human resources;
- the projects chosen are integration of children
with disabilities into the day-care facilities, improvement of
sports facilities at the staff centre at Overijse, improvement
of leisure facilities in the VM2 Commission building and renovation
of shared staff fitness facilities at the European Parliament;
and
- there are no major policy or financial implications
for the UK arising from this Communication.
Conclusion
24.13 We are grateful to the Minister for this
account of the final stages of setting the 2009 Budget and clear
documents (b) and (c).
Annex: Table 1: Summary of 2009 PDB, Council
2nd Reading, and EP 2nd Reading (Adopted
Budget) -- € million
Heading
|
FF Ceiling
| 2009 PDB
| Council 2nd Reading (3)
| Adopted Budget (3)
| Diff: 2009 PDB & Adopted Budget
|
| | CA (1)
| PA (2) | CA
| PA |
CA | PA
| CA |
PA |
| 1. Sustainable Growth
1a. Competitiveness for Growth and Employment (4)
Margin
1b. Cohesion for Growth and Employment
Margin
| 59,700
11,272
--
48,428
--
| 60,104
11,690
82
48,414
14
| 45,199
10,285
--
34,914
--
| 60,026
11,612
160
48,414
14
| 44,478
9,814
--
34,664
--
| 60,196
11,769
3
48,427
1
| 46,000
11,024
--
34,975
--
| 92
79
--
13
--
| 800
739
--
61
--
|
| 2. Preservation and Management of Natural Resources
Margin
| 59,639
--
| 57,526
2,113
| 54,835
--
| 55,789
3,850
| 53,101
--
| 56,121
3,518
| 52,566
--
| -1,404
--
| -2,269
--
|
| -- of which market related expenditure and direct aids
| 46,679 |
42,860 | 42,814
| 41,125 |
41,082 | 41,131
| 41,084 |
-1,729 | -1,730
|
| 3. Citizenship, Freedom, Security and Justice
3a. Freedom, Security and Justice
Margin
3b. Citizenship
Margin
| 1,523
872
--
651
--
| 1,468
839
33
629
22
| 1,266
597
--
669
--
| 1,447
833
39
615
36
| 1,208
573
--
635
--
| 1,515
864
8
651
0
| 1,296
617
--
679
--
| 47
25
--
22
--
| 31
21
--
10
--
|
| 4. European Union as a Global Partner (5)
Margin
| 7,440
--
| 7,440
244
| 7,579
--
| 7,993
-309
| 7,817
--
| 8,104
-420
| 8,324
--
| 663
--
| 745
--
|
| 5. Administration (6)
Margin
| 7,699
--
| 7,655
122
| 7,655
--
| 7,552
225
| 7,552
--
| 7,701
76
| 7,701
--
| 45
--
| 45
--
|
| 6. Compensation
Margin
| 210
--
| 209
1
| 209
--
| 209
1
| 209
--
| 209
1
| 209
--
| 0
--
| 0
--
|
| TOTAL (7)
Margin
| 136,211
--
| 134,402
2,631
| 116,744
--
| 133,016
4,017
| 114,364
--
| 133,846
3,187
| 116,096
--
| -556
--
| -648
--
|
| Appropriations for payment as % of GNI
| 1.03% | 1.04%
| 0.90% | 1.02%
| 0.88% | 1.03%
| 0.89% | --
| -- |
Notes:
(1) CA = Commitment Appropriations.
(2) PA = Payment Appropriations.
(3) Council and European Parliament 2nd
Readings incorporate: Amending Budgets 1 and 3; Amending Budget
2 excluding initial Food Facility proposals and budget line for
school fruit; joint agreement on Food Facility financing.
(4) For consistency totals for sub-heading 1a incorporate
the appropriations related to the European Globalisation Adjustment
Fund (€500m), however as it sits over and above the margin
it is not incorporated in the margin totals shown.
(5) Totals for Heading 4 incorporate €244m in
appropriations related to the Emergency Aid reserve (EAR), however
as it sits over and above the margin for Heading 4 it is not incorporated
in the margin totals shown.
(6) Totals for Heading 5 incorporates €7.4 million
adjustment to the provisional budgets for the institutions incorporated
in the PDB, following provision of final draft estimates from
the institutions. The margin for Heading 5 incorporates an additional
€78 million for staff contributions to the pension scheme.
(7) Due to rounding the sum of the totals may not
equal the total.
Table 2: Summary of 2009 PDB, Council 2nd
Reading, and EP 2nd Reading (Adopted Budget) -- £
million (1)
Heading
|
FF Ceiling
| 2009 PDB
| Council 2nd Reading (4)
| EP's Adopted Budget (4)
| Diff: 2009 PDB & Adopted Budget
|
| | CA (2)
| PA (3) | CA
| PA |
CA | PA
| CA |
PA |
| 1. Sustainable Growth
1a. Competitiveness for Growth and Employment (5)
Margin
1b. Cohesion for Growth and Employment
Margin
| 53,600
10,120
--
43,480
--
| 53,963
10,496
74
43,467
13
| 40,581
9,234
--
31,347
--
| 53,893
10,425
144
43,467
13
| 39,934
8,811
--
31,122
--
| 54,045
10,567
3
43,479
1
| 41,300
9,898
--
31,402
--
| 83
71
--
12
--
| 719
664
--
55
--
|
| 2. Preservation and Management of Natural Resources
Margin
| 53,546
--
| 51,648
1,897
| 49,232
--
| 50,089
3,457
| 47,675
--
| 50,387
3,158
| 47,195
--
| -1,261
--
| -2,037
--
|
| -- of which market related expenditure and direct aids
| 41,910 |
38,481 | 38,440
| 36,923 |
36,884 | 36,929
| 36,886 |
-1,552 | -1,554
|
| 3. Citizenship, Freedom, Security and Justice
3a. Freedom, Security and Justice
Margin
3b. Citizenship
Margin
| 1,367
783
--
584
--
| 1,318
753
30
564
20
| 1,136
536
--
601
--
| 1,300
748
35
552
33
| 1,084
514
--
570
--
| 1,360
776
7
584
0
| 1,164
554
--
610
--
| 42
22
--
20
--
| 28
19
--
9
--
|
| 4. European Union as a Global Partner (6)
Margin
| 6,680
--
| 6,680
219
| 6,805
--
| 7,176
-278
| 7,018
--
| 7,276
-377
| 7,474
--
| 596
--
| 669
--
|
| 5. Administration (7)
Margin
| 6,912
--
| 6,873
109
| 6,873
--
| 6,780
202
| 6,780
--
| 6,914
68
| 6,914
--
| 41
--
| 41
--
|
| 6. Compensation
Margin
| 189
--
| 188
--
| 188
--
| 188
--
| 188
--
| 188
1
| 188
--
| 0
--
| 0
--
|
| TOTAL (8)
Margin
| 122,294
--
| 120,670
2,362
| 104,816
--
| 119,426
3,606
| 102,679
--
| 120,171
2,861
| 104,234
--
| -499
--
| -582
--
|
| Appropriations for payment as % of GNI
| 1.03% | 1.04%
| 0/90% | 1.02%
| 0.88% | 1.03%
| 0.89% | --
| -- |
Notes
(1) Sterling converted from Euros at 31 January 2009
exchange rate, £1 = €1.1138.
(2) CA = Commitment Appropriations.
(3) PA = Payment Appropriations.
(4) Council and European Parliament 2nd
Readings incorporate: Amending Budgets 1 and 3; Amending Budget
2 excluding initial Food Facility proposals and budget line for
school fruit; joint agreement on Food Facility financing.
(5) For consistency totals for sub-heading 1a incorporate
the appropriations related to the European Globalisation Adjustment
Fund (€500m), however as it sits over and above the margin
it is not incorporated in the margin totals shown.
(6) Totals for Heading 4 incorporate €244m in
appropriations related to the Emergency Aid reserve (EAR), however
as it sits over and above the margin for Heading 4 it is not incorporated
in the margin totals shown.
(7) Totals for Heading 5 incorporates €7.4 million
adjustment to the provisional budgets for the institutions incorporated
in the PDB, following provision of final draft estimates from
the institutions. The margin for Heading 5 incorporates an additional
€78 million for staff contributions to the pension scheme.
(8) Due to rounding the sum of the totals may not
equal the total.
77 (29715): See HC 16-xxiii (2007-08) chapter 1 (4
June 2008). Back
78
Gen Co Deb, European Committee,
30 June 2008, cols. 3-22. Back
79
HC 16-xxx (2007-08), chapter 22 (8 October 2008). Back
80
See headnote. Back
81
Commitment appropriations are the cost of legal obligations that
can be entered into during the current financial year for payments
in the current and future years. Payment appropriations are the
amounts available to be spent in the current financial year on
commitments made in the current or past years. In exceptional
circumstances unused payment appropriations may be carried forward
into the following year. Back
82
(30089) 14892/08: see HC 19-i (2008-09), chapter 19 (10 December
2008). Back
83
(29956) 13046/08: see HC 19-i (2008-09), chapter 19 (10 December
2008). Back
84
(29865) 11983/08: see HC 16-xxix (2007-08), chapter 4 (10 September
2008), HC 16-xxxiv (2007-08), chapter 5 (5 November 2008) and
HC 19-i (2008-09), chapter 13 (10 December 2008). Back
85
See http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:C:2006:139:0001:0017:EN:PDF. Back
86
(30181) 15845/08: see HC 19-i (2008-09), chapter 19 (10 December
2008). Back
87
Established to identify the key issues and developments which
the Union is likely to face and to analyse how these might be
addressed: see http://www.consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressData/en/ec/97669.pdf
, paragraphs 8-13 and http://www.consilium.europa.eu/ueDocs/cms_Data/docs/pressData/en/ec/103441.pdf
, paragraph 23. Back
88
Compulsory expenditure necessarily results from the Treaty, or
acts under it. It mainly concerns agricultural guarantee expenditure.
Back
89
The 2007-2013 Financial Instrument for the environment: see http://ec.europa.eu/environment/life/funding/lifeplus.htm. Back
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