22 Draft Budget 2011
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Draft Amending Budget No. 10 to the general budget for 2010: Statement of expenditure— Section III —Commission
Revised 2011 Draft Budget
Draft Decision on mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument
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| Legal base | (a) and (b) Article 314 TFEU; co-decision; QMV
(c) —; co-decision; QMV
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| Department | HM Treasury
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| Document originated | (c) 26 November 2010
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| Deposited in Parliament | (c) 1 December 2010
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| Basis of consideration | (a) Minister's letter of 30 November 2010
(b) and (c) EM of 2 December 2010
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| Previous Committee Report | (a) HC 428-vii (2010-11), chapter 12 (10 November 2010)
(b) HC 428-ix (2010-11), chapter 6 (24 November 2010)
(c) None
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| To be discussed in Council | 10 December 2010
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| Committee's assessment | Politically important
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| Committee's decision | (a) Cleared (decision reported on 10 November 2010)
(b) and (c) Cleared
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Background
22.1 The Lisbon Treaty has established a new procedure for considering
and adopting the EU's annual General Budget. In simplified outline
the process is:
- the Commission submits to the Council and the European Parliament
a Draft Budget (DB) (which may be amended by subsequent Amending
Letters from the Commission) for the following financial year
no later than 1 September;
- the Council adopts and forwards to the European
Parliament its position on the DB (commonly referred to as its
first reading position) by 1 October;
- within 42 days the European Parliament adopts
its position on the DB (also commonly referred to as its first
reading position);
- if that position is the same as the Council's,
the DB is adopted as the General Budget;
- if that position is different from the Council's
a Conciliation Committee is convened;
- if the Conciliation Committee agrees within 21
days on a reconciliation of the two positions the Council and
the European Parliament have 14 days to adopt the joint text as
the General Budget;
- if either rejects the joint text the Commission
prepares a new DB and the process begins again;
- if the Conciliation Committee fails to agree
a reconciliation within 21 days the Commission prepares a new
DB and the process begins again; and
- if the General Budget is not adopted by 1 January
EU activity is financed by "provisional twelfths" —
that is one-twelfth of each budget appropriation for the previous
year may be spent each month until a General Budget is adopted.
22.2 In November 2010 we cleared from scrutiny Draft
Amending Budget (DAB) No. 10/2010, document (a). This DAB is a
proposal, presented annually towards the end of the financial
year, to make a series of adjustments to the current General Budget
to take account of actual outturns of both revenue and expenditure.
This year the DAB showed a net increase in forecast revenue of
€466.1 million (£413.9 million) and decreases in commitment
and payment appropriations of €373 million (£331.3 million)
and €1,090.6 million (£968.6 million) respectively.
This would mean a reduction of €1,556.7 million (£1,382.5
million) in the level of contributions required of Member states
for 2010.[106]
22.3 The 2011 DB presented by the Commission in May
2010 failed to secure agreement at the conciliation stage of the
budgetary process.[107]
As we reported on 24 November 2010 this means the Commission has
had to present a revised DB for 2011, document (b). We also drew
attention to a problem in relation to the right of national parliaments
to have eight weeks to scrutinise such proposals.[108]
The Minister's letter
22.4 The Economic Secretary to the Treasury (Justine
Greening) writes now about developments in relation to the Draft
Amending Budget (DAB) No. 10/2010, document (a), particularly
in relation to national parliamentary scrutiny. She tells us that:
- on 26 November 2010 the Commission
published Amending Letter No 1 to the DAB, which gives a brief
summary of a proposed revision to the figures in the DAB;
- it explains that, following the completion of
the agricultural year on 15 October 2010, the needs for the European
Agriculture Guarantee Fund are higher than previously estimated;
- it therefore suggests reversing reductions, proposed
in the DAB, of €330 million (£293 million) to commitment
and payment appropriations in Heading 2 (Preservation and management
of natural resources);
- these break down into €280 million (£249
million) for "milk and milk products" and €50 million
(£44 million) for "Refunds on non-Annex 1 products";
- the Commission explains that it expects that
all the voted appropriations will be used as well as some assigned
revenue generated in 2010;
- the effect of this revision is to decrease the
overall expenditure reductions set out in the DAB from €373
million (£331 million) to €43 million (£38 million)
in commitment appropriations and from €1,091 million (£969
million) to €761 million (£676 million) in payment appropriations;
- the overall reduction in the level of payment
appropriations in the 2010 budget, as set out in DAB, would have
the effect of reducing the UK contribution to the 2010 budget,
after abatement, by €228 million (£208 million) compared
to the contribution shown in Amending Budget No 4/2010;[109]
- the amendment proposed to the DAB has the effect
of decreasing this reduction by €45 million (£40 million)
— therefore, the reduction to the UK contribution to the
2010 budget, after abatement and compared to Amending Budget No
4/2010, is now €183 million (£168 million); and
- the amendment also states clearly that assigned
revenue generated in 2010, but not used, will be carried over
to 2011 — this will have the effect of reducing the need
for voted appropriations, and therefore Member States' contributions,
in 2011.
22.5 The Minister then tells us that the process
for adopting the DAB has not been very clear, saying that:
- the Government had originally
expected that, as in previous years, the Council would adopt its
position on the document at the Budget ECOFIN Council on 11 November;
- it did not, and the Commission now plans for
the institutions to adopt their positions on the DAB alongside
the process for considering the Commission's revised DB for 2011,
document (b);
- this means that the Council is scheduled to adopt
its position on the DAB on 10 December 2010, but the Commission
has noted that this date provides for only seven weeks of national
parliamentary scrutiny of the DAB; and
- the Commission has therefore requested that the
Council decide to shorten the eight week scrutiny period to seven
in this instance.
22.6 The Minister comments that:
- she has noted fully our view
on the parallel decision to shorten substantially the scrutiny
period available for the Commission's new proposed DB for 2011;[110]
- while there is a practical reason for the proposed
change to the scrutiny period for the DAB, the Government will
not support this decision in the Council, on the principle that
any such reduction in the time given to national parliaments to
consider EU budget documents is very unwelcome; and
- the Government will make its concerns clear and
ensure they are put on record.
The revised 2011 Draft Budget
22.7 In presenting its revised DB for 2011, document
(b), the Commission says that:
- the contents of the new DB
are in line with the positions expressed by the Council and the
European Parliament during the conciliation period;
- while based on the Commission's original DB for
2011, as amended by Amending Letters 1-3, the DB reflects some
changes requested by the Council and the European Parliament in
the process of negotiations so far this year;
- the most significant change is in the level of
payment appropriations, which is reduced to reflect a 2.91% increase
above 2010 levels — this replaces the 5.8% increase originally
proposed by the Commission;
- the economic difficulties facing the EU since
its original budget proposal have become more apparent and a general
consensus has developed across Member States on the need to apply
austerity measures;
- the reduction in payments appropriations is applied,
broadly speaking, in the proportions of one third to Sub-Heading
1b (Cohesion for growth and employment), one third to Heading
2 (Preservation and management of natural resources) and one third
on Sub-Headings 1a (Competitiveness for growth and employment),
3a (Freedom, security and justice) and Heading 4 (EU as a global
player); and
- the new DB is set within the context of the spending
ceilings established by the multi-annual Financial Framework,
which sets out the ceilings in 2011 for the five headings of budget
expenditure — "Sustainable growth", "Preservation
and management of natural resources" "Citizenship, freedom,
security and justice" "EU as a global player" and
"Administration".
OVERVIEW OF THE REVISED DB FOR 2011
22.8 The Commission proposes commitment appropriations
of €141,818 million (£123,183 million), or 1.13% of
EU GNI. This is an increase of €334 million (£290 million),
or 0.2%, above 2010 levels, and a decrease of €747 million
(£649 million) from the Commission's first DB. For payment
appropriations the Commission proposes €126,527 million (£109,901
million), or 1.01% of EU GNI. This is an increase of €3,571
million (£3,102 million), or 2.9%, above 2010 levels and
a decrease of €3,609 million (£3,135 million) from the
first DB. The margin under the Financial Framework ceiling is
€1,983 million (£1,722 million) for commitment appropriations
and €7,935 million (£6,892 million) for payment appropriations.
The Minister gives us two tables summarising the key figures,
in euros and sterling, of the revised 2011 DB, which we annex.
DETAIL OF PROPOSED EXPENDITURE BY HEADING
Heading 1 — Sustainable Growth
22.9 Overall, the Commission proposes expenditure
in Heading 1 of €64,501 million (£56,026 million) in
commitment appropriations, an increase of €252 million (£219
million) or 0.4% from 2010 levels and of €94 million (£82
million) from the Commission's first DB. For payment appropriations,
it proposes €53,328 million (£46,321 million), an increase
of €5,614 million (£4,876 million) or 11.8% from 2010
levels and a decrease of €1,323 million (£1,149 million)
from the Commission's first DB.
22.10 For Sub-Heading 1a (Competitiveness for Growth
and Employment), the Commission proposes €13,521 million
(£11,744 million) in commitment appropriations, a decrease
of €1,342 million (£1,166 million) or 9% from 2010 levels
and an increase of €84 million (£73 million) from the
earlier DB. The Commission explains that it has made small increases
across a limited number of budget lines to reflect the European
Parliament's priorities, specifically in the areas of youth policy,
support to small and medium-sized enterprises, and research. These
increases mean that total commitment appropriations exceed the
Financial Framework ceiling in this Sub-Heading. The Commission
therefore proposes, in document (c), a mobilisation of the Flexibility
Instrument[111] for
€34 million (£30 million) in commitment appropriations
— €18 million (£16 million) for the Lifelong Learning
Programme and €16 million (£14 million) for the Competitiveness
and Innovation Programme.
22.11 For payment appropriations under this Sub-Heading
the Commission proposes €11,646 million (£10,116 million).
This is an increase of €303 million (£263 million) or
2.7% from 2010 levels and a decrease of €464 million (£403
million) from the earlier DB. The most significant changes from
that earlier budget proposal are:
- an increase of €22 million
(£19 million) in commitment appropriations and a decrease
of €268 million (£233 million) in payment appropriations
for the Seventh Research Framework Programme (including completion
of the Sixth Research Framework Programme);
- a decrease of €43 million (£37 million)
in payment appropriations for the Trans-European Networks;
- an increase of €20 million (£17 million)
in commitment appropriations and a decrease of €29 million
(£25 million) in payment appropriations for Lifelong Learning
and Erasmus Mundus; and
- an increase of €20 million (£17 million)
in commitment appropriations and a decrease of €14 million
(£12 million) in payment appropriations for the Competitiveness
and Innovation Framework Programme.
22.12 In Sub-Heading 1b (Cohesion for Growth and
Employment) the Commission proposes €50,981 million (£44,282
million) in commitment appropriations. This is an increase of
€1,594 million (£1,385 million) or 3.2% from 2010 and
of €11 million (£10 million) from the first DB. A margin
of €6 million (£5 million) is left under the Financial
Framework ceiling for commitment appropriations. For payment appropriations,
the Commission proposes €41,683 million (£36,206 million),
an increase of €5,312 million (£4,614 million) or 14.6%
from 2010 and a decrease of €858 million (£745 million)
from the previous DB. Compared to that previous proposal, the
main changes in the new DB are:
- a decrease of €673 million
(£585 million) in payment appropriations for the regional
competitiveness and employment objective under the Structural
Funds;
- a decrease of €70 million (£61 million)
in payment appropriations for the European territorial cooperation
objective under the Structural Funds; and
- a decrease of €118 million (£102 million)
in payment appropriations under the Cohesion Fund.
Heading 2 (Preservation and Management of Natural
Resources)
22.13 In this Heading the Commission proposes commitment
appropriations of €58,659 million (£50,951 million).
Compared with 2010 levels this is a decrease of €840 million
(£730 million) or 1.4% and is a decrease of €827 million
(£718 million) from the budget proposal. There is a margin
of €1,679 million (£1,458 million) left under the Financial
Framework ceiling for commitment appropriations. For payment appropriations,
the Commission proposes €56,409 million (£48,997 million),
a decrease of €1,726 million (£1,499 million) or 3%
from 2010 and of €1,727 million (£1,500 million) from
the earlier DB.
22.14 Significant changes from the Commission's earlier
DB include:
- reductions as proposed in the
Commission's Amending Letter No 3 to the first DB, which reduced
commitment and payment appropriations by €348 million (£302
million), to reflect updated market estimates;
- an increase from €210 million (£182
million) to €540 million (£469 million) in assigned
revenue for European Agriculture Guarantee Fund carried over from
2010 to 2011, reducing the need for appropriations in 2011 by
a corresponding amount of €330 million (£287 million);
- a reduction of €200 million (£174 million)
in accounting clearance of previous years' accounts under the
European Agriculture Guidance and Guarantee Fund;
- an increase of €10 million (£8.6 million)
in commitment and payment appropriations for the School Milk programme;
and
- an increase of €10 million (£8.6 million)
in commitment appropriations for the Life+ instrument.
Heading 3 (Freedom, security, justice, citizenship)
22.15 Proposed expenditure under this Heading is
€1,822 million (£1,583 million) in commitment appropriations,
an increase of €134 million (£116 million) or 8% from
2010 and of €19 million (£17 million) from the earlier
DB. In payment appropriations, the Commission suggests €1,460
million (£1,268 million), an increase of €49 million
(£43 million) or 3.5% from 2010 and a decrease of €32
million (£28 million) from the previous DB.
22.16 Under Sub-Heading 3a (Freedom, security and
justice), proposed commitment appropriations are €1,139 million
(£989 million), an increase of €132 million (£115
million) or 13.2% from 2010 and of €4 million (£3 million)
from the earlier DB. There is a margin of €67 million (£58
million) under the Financial Framework ceiling for commitment
appropriations. For payment appropriations the Commission proposes
€814 million (£707 million), an increase of €76
million (£66 million) or 10.2% from 2010 and a decrease of
€39 million (£34 million) from the earlier DB. The main
changes in the DB compared to the Commission's previous budget
proposal are:
- a decrease of €20 million
(£17 million) in payment appropriations for solidarity and
the management of migration flows;
- an increase of €1 million (£0.87 million)
in commitment appropriations and a decrease of €7 million
(£6 million) in payment appropriations for security and the
safeguarding of liberties;
- an increase of €3 million (£3 million)
in commitment appropriations and a decrease of €7 million
(£6 million) in payment appropriations for fundamental rights
and justice; and
- a decrease of €4 million (£3 million)
in commitment and payment appropriations for decentralised agencies.
22.17 Under Sub-Heading 3b (Citizenship) the Commission
proposes commitment appropriations of €683 million (£593
million). This is an increase of €2 million (£2 million)
or 0.3% from 2010 and of €15 million (£13 million) from
the previous DB. The margin below the Financial Framework ceiling
for commitment appropriations is reduced to €0.1 million
(£0.09 million). For payment appropriations the Commission
proposes €646 million (£561 million), a decrease of
€26 million (£23 million) or 3.9% from 2010 and an increase
of €7 million (£6 million) from the first DB. The main
changes in the DB compared to the Commission's previous proposal
include:
- an increase of €11 million
(£10 million) in commitment appropriations and €5 million
(£4 million) in payment appropriations for other actions
and programmes, including an increase in both commitment and payment
appropriations of €4 million (£3 million) for special
annual events; and
- an increase of €3 million (£3 million)
for commitment appropriations and €1.5 million (£1.3
million) for payment appropriations for Youth in Action.
Heading 4 (EU as a global player)
22.18 Under this Heading the Commission proposes
commitment appropriations of €8,754 million (£7,604
million). This is an increase of €613 million (£532
million) or 7.5% above 2010 levels and of €140 million (£122
million) from the earlier DB. Similarly to the situation in Sub-Heading
1a, the proposed commitment appropriations exceed the Financial
Framework ceiling for this Heading. The Commission therefore suggests
a mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument of €71 million
(£62 million) in commitment appropriations for support to
Palestine. In payment appropriations the Commission proposes €7,249
million (£6,296 million), a decrease of €539 million
(£468 million) or 6.9% from 2010 and of €353 million
(£307 million) from the previous DB. The main changes from
that earlier proposal include:
- a decrease of €68 million
(£59 million) in payment appropriations for the Instrument
for Pre-Accession;
- a decrease of €38 million (£33 million)
in payment appropriations for Humanitarian Aid;
- a decrease of €13 million (£11 million)
in payment appropriations for the Common Foreign and Security
Policy;
- an increase of €101 million (£88 million)
in commitment appropriations and €16 million (£14 million)
in payment appropriations for the European Neighbourhood and Partnership
Instrument; and
- an increase of €35 million (£30 million)
in commitment appropriations, with a decrease of €92 million
(£80 million) in payment appropriations, in the Development
and Cooperation Instrument.
Heading 5 (Administration)
22.19 Under this Heading the Commission proposes
€8,082 million (£7,020 million) in commitment appropriations.
This is an increase of €174 million (£151 million) or
2.2% from 2010 and a decrease of €173 million (£150
million) from the earlier DB. There is a margin of €334 million
(£290 million) under the Financial Framework ceiling for
commitment appropriations. For payment appropriations the Commission
proposes €8,080 million (£7,018 million). This is an
increase of €173 million (£150 million) or 2.2% from
2010 and a decrease of €176 million (£153 million) from
the previous DB.
22.20 The main changes in the DB, compared to the
Commission's earlier DB Budget, are:
- inclusion of a separate budget
of €460 million (£400 million) in commitment and payment
appropriations for the European External Action Service (EEAS);
- a decrease in the Commission's budget of €429
million (£373 million) in commitment appropriations and €431
million (£374 million) in payment appropriations, which includes
funds transferred from the Commission's to the EEAS' budget;
- a decrease of €94 million (£82 million)
in commitment and payment appropriations in the Council's budget,
including funds transferred from the Council's to the EEAS's budget;
and
- a decrease of €32 million (£28 million)
in commitment and payment appropriations in the European Parliament's
budget.
The Government's view
22.21 The Minister reminds us that:
- the Government believes that
the EU budget in 2011 should reflect the very difficult economic
and financial situation in the Member States;
- it called for a budget freeze at 2010 levels
in 2011 and voted against any budget increase when Council adopted
its position on the original DB in August 2010;
- since then the Prime Minister has led 12 other
EU leaders in stating very clearly that any increase above the
2.91% agreed by the majority in Council is unacceptable; and
- the European Parliament's original position was
to support a 6% increase in the 2011 budget — however, at
the Conciliation Committee from 27 October — 15 November
2010 it said that it was willing in principle to accept a limited
budget increase of 2.91%.
She then comments that:
- the Government welcomes that
the Commission's revised DB respects this level of increase in
payment appropriations and has reduced the proposed increase in
commitment appropriations from the levels proposed by both the
Commission and the European Parliament earlier this year;
- this level of budget for 2011 has found consensus
on all sides in the conciliation process and the Government would
like to see the 2011 budget adopted at this level; and
- the Government also welcomes that, compared with
the Commission's earlier DB, this new DB shows some funding increases
for areas, including competitiveness spending, of higher value
for money within the EU budget and, at the same time, shows decreases
for lower value for money areas, such as agriculture and administration
spending.
22.22 Finally, on the financial implications the
Minister says that:
- the UK contribution to the
2011 budget is provisionally estimated to be around 15% pre-abatement
and around 12.5% post-abatement;
- the actual net financial cost to the UK of the
2011 budget will depend not only on the size of the budget that
is finally adopted, but also on the balance between different
spending programmes within the budget; and
- this determines the level of UK receipts and
subsequently affects the size of the UK's abatement in the following
year.
Conclusion
22.23 We are grateful to the Minister for her
account of how matters stand on Draft Amending Budget No. 10/2010,
document (a). And we note with approval the Government's intention
in relation to the proposed further override of national parliaments'
rights under Protocol 1 of the TFEU.
22.24 As for the revised DB, document (b), and
the complementary draft Decision on use of the Flexibility Instrument,
document (c), we note that the Commission's proposals respect
the Council's position that the overall increase in payment appropriations
should be limited to 2.91% of the 2010 figure — a position
to which the Government is already committed. We have no questions
to ask on the revised proposals and clear the documents. However
we urge the Government to continue its protests in relation to
the override of the provisions of Protocol 1 of the TFEU.
Annex: Draft Budget 2011 (€
million)
| Heading
| FF Ceiling1
| 1
Draft Budget 2011
| 2
2010 Budget
| Difference 1-2
| Difference 1-2 (%)
|
|
| CA2
| PA3
| CA
| PA
| CA
| PA
| CA
| PA
|
| 1. Sustainable growth
1a. Competitiveness for Growth and Employment
Margin4
1b. Cohesion for Growth and Employment
Margin
| 63,974
12,987-
-
50,987
| 64,501
13,521
-34
50,981
6
| 53,328
11,646
-
41,682
-
| 64,249
14,863
-
49,387
-
| 47,714
11,343
-
36,371
-
| 252
-1,342
-
1,594
-
| 5,614
303
-
5,312
-
| 0.4
-9
-
3.2
-
| 11.8
2.7
14.6
--
|
| 2. Preservation and Management of Natural Resources
Margin
Of which: market related expenditure and direct aids
| 60,338
-
47,617
| 58,659
1,679
42,891
| 56,409
-
42,789
| 59,499
-
43,820
| 58,136
-
43,701
| -840
-
-929
| -1,726
-
-913
| -1.4
-
-2.1
| -3
-
-2.1
|
| 3. Citizenship, freedom, security and justice
3a. Freedom, Security and Justice
Margin
3b. Citizenship
Margin
| 1,889
1,206
-
683
-
| 1,822
1,139
67
683
0.1
| 1,460
814
-
646
-
| 1,688
1,006
-
681
-
| 1,411
739
-
672
-
| 134
132
-
2
-
| 49
76
-
-26
-
| 8
13.2
-
0.3
-
| 3.5
10.2
-
-3.9
-
|
| 4. European Union as a Global Player
Margin5
| 8,430
-
| 8,754
-70
| 7,249
-
| 8,141
-
| 7,788
-
| 613
-
| -539
-
| 7.5
-
| -6.9
-
|
| 5. Administration
Margin6
| 8,334
-
| 8,082
334
| 8,080
-
| 7,908
-
| 7,907
-
| 174
-
| 173
-
| 2.2
-
| 2.2
-
|
| TOTAL
Margin
Appropriations as a percentage of EU GNI
| 142,965
-
1,14%
| 141,818
1,983
1.13%
| 126,527
-
1.01%
| 141,485
1.17%
| 122,956
1.02%
| 334 | 3,571
| 0.2 | 2.9
|
Due to rounding,
figures in difference column may not equal column differences,
and sum of rows may not equal total
1 FF = Financial
Framework
2 CA = commitment
appropriations
3 PA = payment
appropriations
4 The margin
for Heading 1a does not take into account €500m in appropriations
for the European Globalisation Adjustment fund, a contingency
fund that sits above the Financial Framework ceilings
5 The margin
for Heading 4 does not take into account the €253.9m appropriations
for the emergency Aid Reserve, a contingency reserve that sits
above the Financial Framework ceilings
6 For calculating
the margin of Heading 5, account is taken of the footnote (1)
of the financial framework 2007-2013 for an amount of €82m
for the staff contributions to the pensions scheme
Draft Budget 2011 (£ million)
| Heading
| FF Ceiling7
| 1
Draft Budget 2011
| 2
2010 Budget
| Difference 1-2
| Difference 1-2 (%)
|
|
| CA8
| PA9
| CA
| PA
| CA
| PA
| CA
| PA
|
| 1.Sustainable growth
1a. Competitiveness for Growth and Employment
Margin10
1b. Cohesion for Growth and Employment
Margin
| 55,568
11,281
-
44,287
-
| 56,026
11,744
-30
44,282
5
| 46,321
10,116
-
36,206
-
| 55,807
12,910
-
42,898
-
| 41,444
9,853
-
31,592
| 219
-1,166
-
1,385
-
| 4,876
263
-
4,614
-
| 0.4
-9
-
3.2
-
| 11.8
2.7
-
14.6
-
|
| 2. Preservation and Management of Natural Resources
Margin
Of which: market related expenditure and direct aids
| 52,410
-
41,360
| 50,951
1,458
37,255
| 48,997
-
37,167
| 51,681
-
38,062
| 50,497
-
37,959
| -730
-
-807
| -1,499
-
-793
| -1.4
-
-2.1
| -3
-
-2.1
|
| 3. Citizenship, freedom, security and justice
3a. Freedom, Security and Justice
Margin
3b. Citizenship
Margin
| 1,641
1,048
-
593
-
| 1,583
989
67
593
0.09
| 1,268
707
-
561
-
| 1,466
874
-
592
-
| 1,226
642
-
584
-
| 116
115
-
2
-
| 49
66
-
-23
-
| 8
13.2
-
0.3
| 3.5
10.2
-
-3.9
|
| 4. European Union as a Global Player
Margin11
| 7,322
-
| 7,604
61
| 6,296
-
| 7,071
-
| 6,765
-
| 532
-
| -468
-
| 7.5 | -6.9
-
|
| 5. Administration
Margin12
| 7,239
-
| 7,020
290
| 7,018
-
| 6,869
-
| 6,868
-
| 151
-
| 150
-
| 2.2
-
| 2.2
-
|
| TOTAL
Margin
Appropriations as a percentage of EU GNI
| 124,179
-
1.14%
| 123,183
1,722
1.13%
| 109,901
-
1.01%
| 122,894
-
1.17%
| 106,800
-
1,02%
| 290 | 3,102
| 0.2 | 2.9
|
Due to rounding,
figures in difference column may not equal column differences,
and sum of rows may not equal total
7 FF = Financial
Framework
8 CA = commitment
appropriations
9 PA = payment
appropriations
10 The margin
for Heading 1a does not take into account €500m in appropriations
for the European Globalisation Adjustment fund, a contingency
fund that sits above the Financial Framework ceilings
11 The margin
for Heading 4 does not take into account the €253.9m appropriations
for the emergency Aid Reserve, a contingency reserve that sits
above the Financial Framework ceilings
12 For calculating
the margin of Heading 5, account is taken of the footnote (1)
of the financial framework 2007-2013 for an amount of €82m
for the staff contributions to the pensions scheme
106 See headnote. Back
107
(31644): see HC 428-i (2010-11), chapter 5 (8 September 2010),
HC 428-iii (2010-11), chapter 6 (13 October 2010), HC 428-vii
(2010-11), chapter 12 (10 November 2010), HC 428-ix (2010-11),
chapter 6 (24 November 2010) and HC Deb, 13 October 2010,
cols 409-459. Back
108
See headnote.
Back
109
(31506) 8729/10: see HC 428-i (2010-11), chapter 81 (8 September
2010). Back
110
We commented in our first report on that document that "We
are, however, very concerned at the apparent Presidency intention
to override the national parliamentary rights of adequate time
for scrutiny enshrined in Protocol 1 of the TFEU … we wish
the Government to make it very plain to the Council that this
approach to legitimate national parliament involvement in EU business
sends out a very bad message": see headnote. Back
111
The Flexibility Instrument, established under the Inter-Institutional
Agreement of 17 May 2006 which governs budget and financial management
matters, provides for additional financing for clearly identified
expenditure which cannot be made available within a spending category
of the budget.
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