PURPOSE: to present Draft Amending Budget No 8 to the general budget 2015.

CONTENT: this Draft Amending Budget (DAB) No 8 for the year 2015 concerns the following:

• a revision of the forecast of Traditional Own Resources (customs duties);
• the budgeting of the remainder of the 2014 VAT and GNI own resources balances;
• the budgeting of the 2015 VAT and GNI own resources balances;
• an update of the forecast for other revenue;
• a reduction of EUR 123 474 in both commitment and payment appropriation in the budget of the European Data Protection Supervisor. On this matter, it was decided to take a prudent approach and request the necessary appropriations to cover for the most expensive scenario, i.e. the replacement of both EDPS members (the new European Data Protection Supervisor and the Assistant). However, the former Assistant EDPS was appointed as the new EDPS, and consequently a part of the temporary allowances will remain unused (EUR 56 160). Furthermore the Management Board of the Translation Centre reimbursed a total of EUR 67 314 to the EDPS this year. This extra assigned revenue was not foreseen in its estimates, and will reduce accordingly the need for fresh appropriations.

Accordingly, the overall impact in terms of revenue, is a decrease in the GNI based contribution of EUR 9.4 billion.