PURPOSE: final adoption of amending budget No 3 of the European Union for the financial year 2006.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: 2006/763/EC, Euratom.

CONTENT: the European Parliament has enacted the final adoption of the amending budget 3/2006 of the European Union, in accordance with its resolution dated 27 September 2006 (please refer to the summary of that date).

This amending budget aims to revise the forecast of traditional own resources (TOR, i.e. customs duties, agricultural duties and sugar levies), and VAT and GNI bases. It also aims to budget the relevant UK corrections for the years 2002, 2004 and 2005, and the 2005 surplus from the Guarantee Fund for external measures (EUR 92 730 000).

The European Parliament adopted a resolution drafted by Giovanni PITTELLA (PES, IT) approving Draft amending budget No 4/2006.

The committee adopted the report by Giovanni PITTELLA (PES, IT) approving Draft amending budget No 4/2006 unamended.

In June 2006, the Commission forwarded a Preliminary Draft Amending Budget (PDAB) No.4/2006. This PDAB proposes:

1) a revision of i) Traditional Own Resources (TOR) – i.e. customs duties, agricultural duties and sugar levies, ii) VAT and iii) GNI bases as well as the budgeting of certain UK corrections (i.e. the first update of the 2005 UK correction, the second update of the 2004 UK correction and the definitive amount of the 2002 UK correction) as well as their financing.

The revision would result in a change in the redistribution between the Member States of their own resource contributions to the EU budget.

2) to enter a surplus from the Guarantee Fund for external measures in the general budget at 31 December 2005. The surplus amounts to EUR 92 730 000. The contributions from the Member States’ own resources, based on GNI, have been reduced accordingly.

In July 2006, the Council established “Draft Amending Budget No. 4 for the financial year 2006” as submitted by the Commission in its PDAB No. 4 and as set out in the technical annex.

In June 2006, the Commission forwarded a Preliminary Draft Amending Budget (PDAB) No.4/2006. This PDAB proposes:

1) a revision of i) Traditional Own Resources (TOR) – i.e. customs duties, agricultural duties and sugar levies, ii) VAT and iii) GNI bases as well as the budgeting of certain UK corrections (i.e. the first update of the 2005 UK correction, the second update of the 2004 UK correction and the definitive amount of the 2002 UK correction) as well as their financing.

The revision would result in a change in the redistribution between the Member States of their own resource contributions to the EU budget.

2) to enter a surplus from the Guarantee Fund for external measures in the general budget at 31 December 2005. The surplus amounts to EUR 92 730 000. The contributions from the Member States’ own resources, based on GNI, have been reduced accordingly.

In July 2006, the Council established “Draft Amending Budget No. 4 for the financial year 2006” as submitted by the Commission in its PDAB No. 4 and as set out in the technical annex.

PURPOSE : to present the preliminary draft amending budget (PDAB) No 4 to the general budget 2006.

CONTENT : this PDAB 4/2006 covers the following points:

- the revision of the forecast of traditional own resources (TOR, i.e. customs duties, agricultural duties and sugar levies), VAT and GNI bases and the budgeting of the relevant UK corrections as well as their financing, resulting in a change in the distribution between Member States of their own resources contributions to the EU budget;

- Article 7 of Council Decision 2000/597/EC, Euratom on the system of the European Communities' own resources states that "surplus from the Guarantee Fund arising from external measures, transferred to the revenue account in the budget, shall be regarded as constituting own resources ". Thus in addition to the revision of the forecasts of own resources, this PDAB enters the surplus in the general budget, at 31 December 2005, from the Guarantee Fund for external measures. This amounts to EUR 92 730 000 .

PURPOSE : to present the preliminary draft amending budget (PDAB) No 4 to the general budget 2006.

CONTENT : this PDAB 4/2006 covers the following points:

- the revision of the forecast of traditional own resources (TOR, i.e. customs duties, agricultural duties and sugar levies), VAT and GNI bases and the budgeting of the relevant UK corrections as well as their financing, resulting in a change in the distribution between Member States of their own resources contributions to the EU budget;

- Article 7 of Council Decision 2000/597/EC, Euratom on the system of the European Communities' own resources states that "surplus from the Guarantee Fund arising from external measures, transferred to the revenue account in the budget, shall be regarded as constituting own resources ". Thus in addition to the revision of the forecasts of own resources, this PDAB enters the surplus in the general budget, at 31 December 2005, from the Guarantee Fund for external measures. This amounts to EUR 92 730 000 .