SP(2005)3507

PURPOSE: final adoption of amending Budget No 2 of the European Union for the financial year 2005.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: 2005/658/EC, Euratom.

CONTENT: This act represents the European Parliament’s final adoption of amending Budget No 2 of the European Union for the financial year 2005. In its letter of 7 July 2005, the Council had informed the Parliament that it had not made any changes to the amendments that the Parliament had adopted at its plenary session on 23 June 2005.

Thus the amending Budget No 2 is in line with the Council’s draft, as amended by the Parliament, on 23 June (please refer to the summary of the Parliament’s resolution and vote on the 23 June 2005).

Budget 2005/658
OJ L 248 23.09.2005, p. 0001-0360

SP(2005)2882

The European Parliament adopted a resolution drafted by the co-rapporteurs, Salvador GARRIGA POLLEDO (EPP-ED, ES) and Anne Elisabet JENSEN (ALDE, DK). (Please see the summary of 14/06/2005.)

T6-0252/2005
OJ C 133 08.06.2006, p. 0029-0102 E

T6-0253/2005
OJ C 133 08.06.2006, p. 0029-0103 E

Results of vote in Parliament

T6-0253/2005

The European Parliament adopted a resolution drafted by the co-rapporteurs, Salvador GARRIGA POLLEDO (EPP-ED, ES) and Anne Elisabet JENSEN (ALDE, DK). (Please see the summary of 14/06/2005.)

T6-0252/2005

A6-0190/2005

A6-0190/2005

The committee adopted the report drawn up by the co-rapporteurs, Salvador GARRIGA POLLEDO and Anne Elisabet JENSEN. It recommended that Parliament should:

- agree to the salary adjustments of the European Parliament, the Council, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, the European Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions, the European Ombudsman and the European Data-protection Supervisor as adopted in Council's draft amending budget No. 2/2005;

- adjust the salaries and pensions in the Commission's budget as proposed in the preliminary draft amending budget No. 2/2005 and present a budgetary amendment to this effect;

- agree to the establishment plan (Court of Auditors and European Data-protection Supervisor) and nomenclature changes (Commission) as adopted in Council's draft amending budget No. 2/2005;

- adapt the revenue calculations (Economic and Social Committee and Publications Office) as proposed in the preliminary draft amending budget No. 2/2005 and present two budgetary amendments to this effect.

On 30 March 2005 the Commission forwarded to the Council Preliminary Draft Amending Budget (PDAB) No. 2 for the financial year 2005 concerning all sections. The aim of the Commission proposal is to:

- Expenditure:

- adjust for each institution the appropriations required for remunerations and pensions following the decisions taken in December 2004 in connection with the adaptation of salaries and pensions, as well as certain other adjustments;

- concerning the Commission's budget, this PDAB also includes the request to modify the budget remark of item 22 01 04 03 by raising the amount of the ceiling for staff at headquarters from EUR 500 000 to EUR 850 000. The overall credit of the line is unchanged;

- as regards the Court of Auditors' budget, this PDAB also includes the request for an adjustment to its 2005 Establishment Plan, without any demand for additional appropriations;

- concerning the European Data-protection Supervisor's budget, this PDAB also includes the request for the creation of a new item B-1176 "Other benefits and work to be entrusted to the outside", with the indication "token entry" in the part reserved for the appropriations, and the transformation of three new temporary posts (2 A and 1 B) in permanent posts.

- Revenue:

- adjust the respective revenue items on the basis of the decisions taken regarding the appropriations required for remunerations and pensions;

- as regards the Publications Office's budget, this PDAB also includes an increase of EUR 255 022 under Article 4 1 0 "Staff contributions to the pension scheme" due to harmonising the method of calculating the revenue with that used by the Commission;

concerning the European Economic and Social Committee's budget, this PDAB also includes an additional decrease of EUR 2 949 944 under Article 4 0 4 "Proceeds of special levy from the salaries of members of the institutions, officials and other servants in active employment" due to an error of the method of calculating the revenue.

On 30 May 2005 the Council then established Draft Amending Budget 2/2005. The Council stressed the fact that, according to the statement agreed at the conciliation meeting of 25 November 2004, the Draft Amending Budget No. 2 must contain "exclusively the reductions of appropriations for administrative expenditure of the institutions resulting from the annual adaptation of the salaries and pensions". Therefore, the Council was only able to accept:

- the elements related to the decrease of the annual adaptation of the salary and pensions as proposed , apart for the Commission and the Committee of the Regions;

- the changes proposed by the Court of Auditors and the European Data-protection Supervisor concerning their Establishment Plans as well as all changes in nomenclature, as they are technical corrections with no budgetary impact.

09491/2005

On 30 March 2005 the Commission forwarded to the Council Preliminary Draft Amending Budget (PDAB) No. 2 for the financial year 2005 concerning all sections. The aim of the Commission proposal is to:

- Expenditure:

- adjust for each institution the appropriations required for remunerations and pensions following the decisions taken in December 2004 in connection with the adaptation of salaries and pensions, as well as certain other adjustments;

- concerning the Commission's budget, this PDAB also includes the request to modify the budget remark of item 22 01 04 03 by raising the amount of the ceiling for staff at headquarters from EUR 500 000 to EUR 850 000. The overall credit of the line is unchanged;

- as regards the Court of Auditors' budget, this PDAB also includes the request for an adjustment to its 2005 Establishment Plan, without any demand for additional appropriations;

- concerning the European Data-protection Supervisor's budget, this PDAB also includes the request for the creation of a new item B-1176 "Other benefits and work to be entrusted to the outside", with the indication "token entry" in the part reserved for the appropriations, and the transformation of three new temporary posts (2 A and 1 B) in permanent posts.

- Revenue:

- adjust the respective revenue items on the basis of the decisions taken regarding the appropriations required for remunerations and pensions;

- as regards the Publications Office's budget, this PDAB also includes an increase of EUR 255 022 under Article 4 1 0 "Staff contributions to the pension scheme" due to harmonising the method of calculating the revenue with that used by the Commission;

concerning the European Economic and Social Committee's budget, this PDAB also includes an additional decrease of EUR 2 949 944 under Article 4 0 4 "Proceeds of special levy from the salaries of members of the institutions, officials and other servants in active employment" due to an error of the method of calculating the revenue.

On 30 May 2005 the Council then established Draft Amending Budget 2/2005. The Council stressed the fact that, according to the statement agreed at the conciliation meeting of 25 November 2004, the Draft Amending Budget No. 2 must contain "exclusively the reductions of appropriations for administrative expenditure of the institutions resulting from the annual adaptation of the salaries and pensions". Therefore, the Council was only able to accept:

- the elements related to the decrease of the annual adaptation of the salary and pensions as proposed , apart for the Commission and the Committee of the Regions;

- the changes proposed by the Court of Auditors and the European Data-protection Supervisor concerning their Establishment Plans as well as all changes in nomenclature, as they are technical corrections with no budgetary impact.

09491/2005

PURPOSE : to present the preliminary draft amending budget 2 to the general budget for 2005 (all sections).

CONTENT : this Amending Budget aims to incorporate the decisions taken during the conciliation of 25 November 2004, regarding the adjustment of the administrative appropriations resulting from the annual adaptations of the salaries and pensions. In fact, the parameter used, in April 2004, when calculating these appropriations for the 2005 budget was 2.6 %. But the increase decided in December 2004 was 0.7 %.

In this framework the Institutions proceeded to a mechanical calculation of the related reductions of the appropriations as well as of the revenue, taking into account the cuts that had already been made by the budgetary authority, in anticipation of the reduction of the parameter.

It should be stressed finally that owing to the uncertainties of the effects of the new staff regulations during the transition period , some Institutions could be confronted, at the end of 2005, with a shortage of appropriations for remunerations. Should it be the case, the budgetary authority will be informed in due course. Each Institution will try to cover its needs by transfers. However the need to present an Amending Budget can not be excluded at this stage.

Additionally, some further modifications related to administrative expenditure are also proposed.

Adjustments of appropriations for remunerations and pensions :

- Parliament: -7 975 278 EUR

- Council: -5 180 000 EUR

- Commission: (incl. pensions: -15 197 000 EUR) -39 031 022 EUR

- Court of Justice: -3 394 000 EUR

- Court of Auditors: -1 612 000 EUR

- European Economic and Social Committee: -984 709 EUR

- Committee of the Regions: -209 446 EUR

- European Ombudsman: -88 060 EUR

- European Data-protection Supervisor: -38 572 EUR

- TOTAL -58 513 087 EUR.

In conclusion, this Amending Budget increases the margin of heading 5. Taken into account exclusively the reduction due to the adaptation of the salaries and pensions (EUR -58 513 087) the margin will be EUR 67 313 829. Indeed, all the other modifications are budgetary neutral.

SEC(2005)0421
EUR-Lex

PURPOSE : to present the preliminary draft amending budget 2 to the general budget for 2005 (all sections).

CONTENT : this Amending Budget aims to incorporate the decisions taken during the conciliation of 25 November 2004, regarding the adjustment of the administrative appropriations resulting from the annual adaptations of the salaries and pensions. In fact, the parameter used, in April 2004, when calculating these appropriations for the 2005 budget was 2.6 %. But the increase decided in December 2004 was 0.7 %.

In this framework the Institutions proceeded to a mechanical calculation of the related reductions of the appropriations as well as of the revenue, taking into account the cuts that had already been made by the budgetary authority, in anticipation of the reduction of the parameter.

It should be stressed finally that owing to the uncertainties of the effects of the new staff regulations during the transition period , some Institutions could be confronted, at the end of 2005, with a shortage of appropriations for remunerations. Should it be the case, the budgetary authority will be informed in due course. Each Institution will try to cover its needs by transfers. However the need to present an Amending Budget can not be excluded at this stage.

Additionally, some further modifications related to administrative expenditure are also proposed.

Adjustments of appropriations for remunerations and pensions :

- Parliament: -7 975 278 EUR

- Council: -5 180 000 EUR

- Commission: (incl. pensions: -15 197 000 EUR) -39 031 022 EUR

- Court of Justice: -3 394 000 EUR

- Court of Auditors: -1 612 000 EUR

- European Economic and Social Committee: -984 709 EUR

- Committee of the Regions: -209 446 EUR

- European Ombudsman: -88 060 EUR

- European Data-protection Supervisor: -38 572 EUR

- TOTAL -58 513 087 EUR.

In conclusion, this Amending Budget increases the margin of heading 5. Taken into account exclusively the reduction due to the adaptation of the salaries and pensions (EUR -58 513 087) the margin will be EUR 67 313 829. Indeed, all the other modifications are budgetary neutral.

SEC(2005)0421
EUR-Lex