SP(2006)3065-2

PURPOSE: final adoption of amending budget 2/2006.

LEGISLATIVE ACT : 2006/465/EC, Euratom.

CONTENT: The European Parliament agreed to the final adoption of amending budget 2/2006 of the European Union in accordance with its resolution of 18 May 2006. (see summary of the resolution).

This amending budget relates to the surplus of the implementation of the 2005 financial year and involves a total amount of 2 410 million euros .

Budget 2006/465
OJ L 193 13.07.2006, p. 0001-0020

SP(2006)2902

Results of vote in Parliament

The European Parliament adopted a resolution drafted by Giovanni PITTELLA (PES, Italy) and decided to accept Council's Draft amending budget unamended.

To recall, draft amending budget No 2/2006 aims to enter in the 2006 budget the surplus from the financial year 2005, amounting to EUR 2 410 million. The two main elements of this surplus are an over-registering in revenue of EUR 1 292 million and an under-spending in expenditure of EUR 1 077 million. The under-spending of payment appropriations, compared to the years before, has decreased overall to about 1% of the budget, i.e. only EUR 1 077 million of the total EU 2005 budget of EUR 105 684 048 940 were not used. For agriculture, the sum not spent amounted to EUR 157 million, or 0.3%, of EUR 48 510 million, for structural funding it was EUR 58 million (0.2%) of a total EUR 32 641 million, for external action it amounted to EUR 181 million (3.5%) of the total allowance of EUR 5 171 million, for administration it was EUR 66 million (1.0%) of a total EUR 6 292 million and for pre-accession strategy it amounted to EUR 463 million (13.5%) of a total of EUR 3 428 million.

Parliament stated that, compared to 2004, there have been considerable general improvements in the uptake of allocations in the fields of structural funds, where in 2004, EUR 232 million or 0.7% of the total budget of EUR 34 451 million were not spent, and internal policies, where an amount of EUR 50 million (0.7%) of a total of EUR 7 432 million was left unused in 2004. There is still some room for improvement, especially in the field of external action, where EUR 181 million equalling 3.5% of the total allowance were not spent in 2005, and in pre-accession strategy where the amount unused, compared to 2004, has actually gone up to EUR 463 million or 13,5% of the allowance initially planned.

Parliament welcomed the positive development in budget implementation over the last few years. It called on the Commission to continue its efforts to fully implement the budget which is even more important in view of the limited resources that will be available under the new financial framework 2007 – 2013.

T6-0215/2006

A6-0181/2006

A6-0181/2006

On 21 April 2006, the Council established Draft Amending Budget No 2 for the financial year 2006 as submitted by the Commission in its Preliminary Draft Amending budget No. 2 (please refer to the summary dated 12/04/2006) and set out in the technical annex to this explanatory memorandum (see Council document 8513/2006 ADD 1).

08513/2006

PE372.147

On 21 April 2006, the Council established Draft Amending Budget No 2 for the financial year 2006 as submitted by the Commission in its Preliminary Draft Amending budget No. 2 (please refer to the summary dated 12/04/2006) and set out in the technical annex to this explanatory memorandum (see Council document 8513/2006 ADD 1).

08513/2006

PURPOSE : to present the preliminary draft amending budget No 2 to the general budget for 2006.

CONTENT : the Preliminary Draft Amending Budget 2/2006 aims at budgeting the surplus resulting from the implementation of the budget year 2005. As provided for in the Financial Regulation, it is the only subject of this PDAB and it has to be submitted within 15 days following the submission of the provisional accounts, which took place on 31 March 2006.

The Commission’s proposal can be summarised as follows:

Revenue :

- entry in the budget of the surplus of the implementation of the budget year 2005, which amounts to EUR 2 410 079 591,35 including an over-registering in revenue of EUR 1 292 374 750,19 divided as follows by title:

1. Own resources: - EUR 10 834 757,10

3. Surpluses available: - EUR 13 531 728,64

4. Miscellaneous Community taxes levies and dues: - EUR 12 809 953,05

5. Revenue accruing from the administrative operation of the institutions: + EUR 123 098 462,50

6. Contributions and repayments, EEA: + EUR 1 167 571 621,12

7. Interest on late payment and fines: + EUR 38 379 646,77

8. Borrowing and lending operations: + EUR 16 396 732,60

9. Miscellaneous revenue: - EUR 15 895 274,01

Expenditure :

a) an under-spending of EUR 1 076 780 696,79 divided as follows by Heading of the Financial Perspective:

• Agriculture: EUR 156 574 401,67

• Structural operations: EUR 58 463 440,29

• Internal policies: - EUR 54 653 266,07

• External action: EUR 181 080 519,83

• Administration: EUR 66 405 283,89

• Reserves: EUR 205 890 000,00

• Pre-accession aid: EUR 463 020 317,18

b) a negative balance of monetary exchange of - EUR 40 924 144,37.

The budgeting of the surplus will diminish accordingly the global contribution of the Member States to the financing of the EU Budget. This global decrease by Member State will also be influenced by the updated own resources forecast including the updated amount of the UK correction and the budgeting of the surplus of the guarantee fund for external loans. These forecasts will be the subject of a separate Preliminary Draft Amending Budget, to be presented by the Commission at the beginning of June 2006,

which is expected to change further the amounts of the contributions by country.

SEC(2006)0490
EUR-Lex

PURPOSE : to present the preliminary draft amending budget No 2 to the general budget for 2006.

CONTENT : the Preliminary Draft Amending Budget 2/2006 aims at budgeting the surplus resulting from the implementation of the budget year 2005. As provided for in the Financial Regulation, it is the only subject of this PDAB and it has to be submitted within 15 days following the submission of the provisional accounts, which took place on 31 March 2006.

The Commission’s proposal can be summarised as follows:

Revenue :

- entry in the budget of the surplus of the implementation of the budget year 2005, which amounts to EUR 2 410 079 591,35 including an over-registering in revenue of EUR 1 292 374 750,19 divided as follows by title:

1. Own resources: - EUR 10 834 757,10

3. Surpluses available: - EUR 13 531 728,64

4. Miscellaneous Community taxes levies and dues: - EUR 12 809 953,05

5. Revenue accruing from the administrative operation of the institutions: + EUR 123 098 462,50

6. Contributions and repayments, EEA: + EUR 1 167 571 621,12

7. Interest on late payment and fines: + EUR 38 379 646,77

8. Borrowing and lending operations: + EUR 16 396 732,60

9. Miscellaneous revenue: - EUR 15 895 274,01

Expenditure :

a) an under-spending of EUR 1 076 780 696,79 divided as follows by Heading of the Financial Perspective:

• Agriculture: EUR 156 574 401,67

• Structural operations: EUR 58 463 440,29

• Internal policies: - EUR 54 653 266,07

• External action: EUR 181 080 519,83

• Administration: EUR 66 405 283,89

• Reserves: EUR 205 890 000,00

• Pre-accession aid: EUR 463 020 317,18

b) a negative balance of monetary exchange of - EUR 40 924 144,37.

The budgeting of the surplus will diminish accordingly the global contribution of the Member States to the financing of the EU Budget. This global decrease by Member State will also be influenced by the updated own resources forecast including the updated amount of the UK correction and the budgeting of the surplus of the guarantee fund for external loans. These forecasts will be the subject of a separate Preliminary Draft Amending Budget, to be presented by the Commission at the beginning of June 2006,

which is expected to change further the amounts of the contributions by country.

SEC(2006)0490
EUR-Lex