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PURPOSE: presentation of draft amending budget No 4 to\nthe general budget 2016.
\nCONTENT: the purpose of Draft Amending Budget (DAB) No\n4 for the year 2016 is the following:
\n1. To update the level of appropriations under heading\n3 Security and Citizenship: in order\nto take account of the state of implementation and to reflect the\nlatest developments in relation to migration and security issues,\nthe following is called for:
\nGiven the absence of any margin in heading 3, these\nincreases in commitment appropriations require the mobilisation\nof the Contingency Margin for a total amount of EUR 240.1\nmillion, after taking into account the redeployment of EUR 9.9\nmillion from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in London, as a\nresult of changes in the EUR/GBP exchange rate.
\nThe Commission proposed to fully offset this\nmobilisation in 2016 against the unallocated margins of heading 5\nAdministration in 2016.
\n2. To frontload the provisioning of the European Fund\nfor Strategic Investments (EFSI) 2015-2018 with an increase of EUR 73.9 million in commitment\nappropriations, to take account of the proposed extension of the\nduration of the Fund until 2020. It is proposed to finance the\nincrease by reducing the appropriations of the financial\ninstruments under the energy strand of the Connecting Europe\nFacility (CEF-Energy), with a corresponding compensation in\n2018.
\n3. To reduce commitment appropriations spread across\nseveral budget lines, under heading 2 Sustainable Growth: natural\nresources, by EUR 14.7 million, to\nadjust them to the latest needs assessment.
\n4. To decrease the level of payment appropriations by\nEUR 7 284.3 million, mostly in\nbudget lines under heading 1b Economic, social and territorial\ncohesion and to a lesser extent for headings 2 Sustainable Growth:\nnatural resources and 3 Security and Citizenship as well as from\nthe Emergency Aid Reserve, after taking into account the\nredeployments proposed in the Global Transfer (DEC\n23/2016).
\n5. To frontload in 2016 part of the reinforcement in\nthe staffing levels of Frontex already proposed in the draft budget\n2017, in view of the forthcoming\nentry into force of the new European Border and Coast Guard\nRegulation. This entails an amendment to the establishment plan of\nFrontex with no additional appropriations in 2016.
\nImpact of DAB/4/2014:\nthe net impact of DAB 4/2014 on the expenditure side of the 2016\nbudget is an increase of EUR 225.4 million in commitment\nappropriations and a decrease of EUR 7 274.3 million in\npayment appropriations.
\nRevenue: as the present\nDAB decreases the payment appropriations of the 2016 budget, it\nwill therefore have an impact on the total amount payable by Member\nStates towards this budget. However there are also two adjustments\non the revenue side of the budget which need to be taken into\naccount:
\nThe overall impact of both the expenditure and the\nrevenue adjustments of this DAB is shown in a summary. The table\nalso shows the distribution of total own resources payments between\nMember States: as budgeted in the 2016 budget, as amended in\nAmending Budget (AB) 2/2016, and finally in the present\nDAB.
\nOn 30 September 2016, the Commission submitted to the\nCouncil draft amending budget (DAB) No 4/2016 requesting\nmodifications on the expenditure and revenue side of the 2016\nbudget.
\nWith regard to the expenditure side, the\nfollowing modifications are proposed:
\nAs regards revenue, the main changes on the\nrevenue side proposed in this DAB concern the revision of the\nforecast of Traditional Own Resources (i.e. customs duties and\nsugar levies), value added tax (VAT) and gross national income\n(GNI) bases, and the budgeting of the relevant UK corrections and\ntheir financing, which affects the distribution of own resources\ncontributions from Member States to the EU budget.
\nThe net impact of this DAB on the expenditure side of\nthe 2016 budget is an increase of +EUR 225.4 million in c/a and\na decrease of -EUR 7 274.3 million in p/a, thus lowering by the\nsame amount Member States' contributions for the financial year\n2016 (surplus).
\nOn 8 November 2016, the Council adopted its position\non DAB No 6 to the general budget for 2016 as set out in the annex\nto the DAB 6/2016 (refer\nto the annex to the Council doc. 13583/2016).
\nThe Committee on Budgets adopted the report by\nJosé Manuel FERNANDES (EPP, PT) on the Council position on\nDraft amending budget No 4/2016 of the European Union for the\nfinancial year 2016: Update of appropriations to reflect the latest\ndevelopments on migration and security issues, reduction of payment\nand commitment appropriations as a result of the Global Transfer,\nextension of EFSI, modification of the staff establishment plan of\nFrontex and update of revenue appropriations (Own\nresources).
\nTo recall, draft amending budget No 4/2016 (DAB\n4/2016):
\nOn the expenditure side,\nwith a reduction of EUR 14.7 million across several budget lines\nunder heading 2 Sustainable Growth: natural resources, the net\nimpact of DAB 4/2014 on the expenditure side of the 2016 budget is\nan increase of EUR 225.4 million in commitment\nappropriations.
\nOn the revenue side, DAB\n4/2016 also includes adjustments linked to the revision of the\nforecast of Traditional Own Resources (i.e. customs duties and\nsugar sector levies), value-added tax (VAT) and gross national\nincome (GNI) bases, and the budgeting of the relevant UK\ncorrections and their financing.
\nThe committee expressed serious concerns over the\npayment surplus of EUR 7 284.3 million, which is the result of\nmajor delays in the implementation of EU programmes under\nshared management and paves the way for an important accumulation\nof payment requests towards the end of the current MFF.
\nMembers agreed with the reinforcements in heading\n3 via the mobilisation of the Contingency Margin, as well as\nthe frontloading of the reinforcement of the Frontex establishment\nplan. They welcomed in particular the partial replenishment of the\nAMIF, but is concerned by the fact that, despite a high rate of\nbudgetary execution based on Member States national\nprogrammes, only a few relocations of refugees have actually taken\nplace to date.
\nThey also agreed with the frontloading of EFSI\nprovided the redeployment from CEF is duly compensated in 2018.\nThey clarified that this frontloading does not pre-empt the final\nfinancing plan of the new proposal for a prolongation of EFSI which\nis to be decided in accordance with the ordinary legislative\nprocedure.
\nMembers also noted with concern the expected\nshortfall of revenues, estimated at EUR 1.8 billion, due to\nthe depreciation of the British Pound against the Euro. They noted\nthe Commissions intention to use the revenues provided by\nadditional fines in order to cover that shortfall.\n
\nMembers called on the European Parliament to approve\nthe Council position on Draft Amending budget No 4/2016.
\nThe European Parliament adopted by 520 votes to 53,\nwith 67 abstentions, a resolution on the Council position on Draft\namending budget No 4/2016 of the European Union for the financial\nyear 2016: Update of appropriations to reflect the latest\ndevelopments on migration and security issues, reduction of payment\nand commitment appropriations as a result of the Global Transfer,\nextension of EFSI, modification of the staff establishment plan of\nFrontex and update of revenue appropriations (Own\nresources).
\nIn brief, draft amending budget No 4/2016 (DAB\n4/2016):
\nOn the expenditure side,\nwith a reduction of EUR 14.7 million across several budget lines\nunder heading 2 Sustainable Growth: natural resources, the net\nimpact of DAB 4/2014 on the expenditure side of the 2016 budget is\nan increase of EUR 225.4 million in commitment\nappropriations.
\nOn the revenue side, DAB\n4/2016 also includes adjustments linked to the revision of the\nforecast of Traditional Own Resources (i.e. customs duties and\nsugar sector levies), value-added tax (VAT) and gross national\nincome (GNI) bases, and the budgeting of the relevant UK\ncorrections and their financing.
\nParliament expressed serious concerns over the payment\nsurplus of EUR 7 284.3 million, which is the result of\nmajor delays in the implementation of EU programmes under\nshared management and paves the way for an important accumulation\nof payment requests towards the end of the current MFF.
\nMobilisation of the Contingency Margin: it agreed with\nthe reinforcements in heading 3 via the mobilisation of the\nContingency Margin, as well as the frontloading of the\nreinforcement of the Frontex establishment plan. It welcomed in\nparticular the partial replenishment of the AMIF, but is concerned\nby the fact that, despite a high rate of budgetary execution based\non Member States national programmes, only a few relocations\nof refugees have actually taken place to date.
\nParliament also agreed with the frontloading of\nEFSI provided the redeployment from CEF is duly compensated in\n2018. It clarified that this frontloading does not pre-empt the\nfinal financing plan of the new proposal for a prolongation of EFSI\nwhich is to be decided in accordance with the ordinary legislative\nprocedure.
\nParliament also noted with concern the expected\nshortfall of revenues, estimated at EUR 1.8 billion, due to\nthe depreciation of the British Pound against the Euro. It noted\nthe Commissions intention to use the revenues provided by\nadditional fines in order to cover that shortfall.\n
\nLastly, Parliament approved the Council position on\nDraft Amending budget No 4/2016.
\nPURPOSE: presentation of draft amending budget No 4 to\nthe general budget 2016.
\nCONTENT: the purpose of Draft Amending Budget (DAB) No\n4 for the year 2016 is the following:
\n1. To update the level of appropriations under heading\n3 Security and Citizenship: in order\nto take account of the state of implementation and to reflect the\nlatest developments in relation to migration and security issues,\nthe following is called for:
\nGiven the absence of any margin in heading 3, these\nincreases in commitment appropriations require the mobilisation\nof the Contingency Margin for a total amount of EUR 240.1\nmillion, after taking into account the redeployment of EUR 9.9\nmillion from the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in London, as a\nresult of changes in the EUR/GBP exchange rate.
\nThe Commission proposed to fully offset this\nmobilisation in 2016 against the unallocated margins of heading 5\nAdministration in 2016.
\n2. To frontload the provisioning of the European Fund\nfor Strategic Investments (EFSI) 2015-2018 with an increase of EUR 73.9 million in commitment\nappropriations, to take account of the proposed extension of the\nduration of the Fund until 2020. It is proposed to finance the\nincrease by reducing the appropriations of the financial\ninstruments under the energy strand of the Connecting Europe\nFacility (CEF-Energy), with a corresponding compensation in\n2018.
\n3. To reduce commitment appropriations spread across\nseveral budget lines, under heading 2 Sustainable Growth: natural\nresources, by EUR 14.7 million, to\nadjust them to the latest needs assessment.
\n4. To decrease the level of payment appropriations by\nEUR 7 284.3 million, mostly in\nbudget lines under heading 1b Economic, social and territorial\ncohesion and to a lesser extent for headings 2 Sustainable Growth:\nnatural resources and 3 Security and Citizenship as well as from\nthe Emergency Aid Reserve, after taking into account the\nredeployments proposed in the Global Transfer (DEC\n23/2016).
\n5. To frontload in 2016 part of the reinforcement in\nthe staffing levels of Frontex already proposed in the draft budget\n2017, in view of the forthcoming\nentry into force of the new European Border and Coast Guard\nRegulation. This entails an amendment to the establishment plan of\nFrontex with no additional appropriations in 2016.
\nImpact of DAB/4/2014:\nthe net impact of DAB 4/2014 on the expenditure side of the 2016\nbudget is an increase of EUR 225.4 million in commitment\nappropriations and a decrease of EUR 7 274.3 million in\npayment appropriations.
\nRevenue: as the present\nDAB decreases the payment appropriations of the 2016 budget, it\nwill therefore have an impact on the total amount payable by Member\nStates towards this budget. However there are also two adjustments\non the revenue side of the budget which need to be taken into\naccount:
\nThe overall impact of both the expenditure and the\nrevenue adjustments of this DAB is shown in a summary. The table\nalso shows the distribution of total own resources payments between\nMember States: as budgeted in the 2016 budget, as amended in\nAmending Budget (AB) 2/2016, and finally in the present\nDAB.
\nOn 30 September 2016, the Commission submitted to the\nCouncil draft amending budget (DAB) No 4/2016 requesting\nmodifications on the expenditure and revenue side of the 2016\nbudget.
\nWith regard to the expenditure side, the\nfollowing modifications are proposed:
\nAs regards revenue, the main changes on the\nrevenue side proposed in this DAB concern the revision of the\nforecast of Traditional Own Resources (i.e. customs duties and\nsugar levies), value added tax (VAT) and gross national income\n(GNI) bases, and the budgeting of the relevant UK corrections and\ntheir financing, which affects the distribution of own resources\ncontributions from Member States to the EU budget.
\nThe net impact of this DAB on the expenditure side of\nthe 2016 budget is an increase of +EUR 225.4 million in c/a and\na decrease of -EUR 7 274.3 million in p/a, thus lowering by the\nsame amount Member States' contributions for the financial year\n2016 (surplus).
\nOn 8 November 2016, the Council adopted its position\non DAB No 6 to the general budget for 2016 as set out in the annex\nto the DAB 6/2016 (refer\nto the annex to the Council doc. 13583/2016).
\nThe Committee on Budgets adopted the report by\nJosé Manuel FERNANDES (EPP, PT) on the Council position on\nDraft amending budget No 4/2016 of the European Union for the\nfinancial year 2016: Update of appropriations to reflect the latest\ndevelopments on migration and security issues, reduction of payment\nand commitment appropriations as a result of the Global Transfer,\nextension of EFSI, modification of the staff establishment plan of\nFrontex and update of revenue appropriations (Own\nresources).
\nTo recall, draft amending budget No 4/2016 (DAB\n4/2016):
\nOn the expenditure side,\nwith a reduction of EUR 14.7 million across several budget lines\nunder heading 2 Sustainable Growth: natural resources, the net\nimpact of DAB 4/2014 on the expenditure side of the 2016 budget is\nan increase of EUR 225.4 million in commitment\nappropriations.
\nOn the revenue side, DAB\n4/2016 also includes adjustments linked to the revision of the\nforecast of Traditional Own Resources (i.e. customs duties and\nsugar sector levies), value-added tax (VAT) and gross national\nincome (GNI) bases, and the budgeting of the relevant UK\ncorrections and their financing.
\nThe committee expressed serious concerns over the\npayment surplus of EUR 7 284.3 million, which is the result of\nmajor delays in the implementation of EU programmes under\nshared management and paves the way for an important accumulation\nof payment requests towards the end of the current MFF.
\nMembers agreed with the reinforcements in heading\n3 via the mobilisation of the Contingency Margin, as well as\nthe frontloading of the reinforcement of the Frontex establishment\nplan. They welcomed in particular the partial replenishment of the\nAMIF, but is concerned by the fact that, despite a high rate of\nbudgetary execution based on Member States national\nprogrammes, only a few relocations of refugees have actually taken\nplace to date.
\nThey also agreed with the frontloading of EFSI\nprovided the redeployment from CEF is duly compensated in 2018.\nThey clarified that this frontloading does not pre-empt the final\nfinancing plan of the new proposal for a prolongation of EFSI which\nis to be decided in accordance with the ordinary legislative\nprocedure.
\nMembers also noted with concern the expected\nshortfall of revenues, estimated at EUR 1.8 billion, due to\nthe depreciation of the British Pound against the Euro. They noted\nthe Commissions intention to use the revenues provided by\nadditional fines in order to cover that shortfall.\n
\nMembers called on the European Parliament to approve\nthe Council position on Draft Amending budget No 4/2016.
\nThe European Parliament adopted by 520 votes to 53,\nwith 67 abstentions, a resolution on the Council position on Draft\namending budget No 4/2016 of the European Union for the financial\nyear 2016: Update of appropriations to reflect the latest\ndevelopments on migration and security issues, reduction of payment\nand commitment appropriations as a result of the Global Transfer,\nextension of EFSI, modification of the staff establishment plan of\nFrontex and update of revenue appropriations (Own\nresources).
\nIn brief, draft amending budget No 4/2016 (DAB\n4/2016):
\nOn the expenditure side,\nwith a reduction of EUR 14.7 million across several budget lines\nunder heading 2 Sustainable Growth: natural resources, the net\nimpact of DAB 4/2014 on the expenditure side of the 2016 budget is\nan increase of EUR 225.4 million in commitment\nappropriations.
\nOn the revenue side, DAB\n4/2016 also includes adjustments linked to the revision of the\nforecast of Traditional Own Resources (i.e. customs duties and\nsugar sector levies), value-added tax (VAT) and gross national\nincome (GNI) bases, and the budgeting of the relevant UK\ncorrections and their financing.
\nParliament expressed serious concerns over the payment\nsurplus of EUR 7 284.3 million, which is the result of\nmajor delays in the implementation of EU programmes under\nshared management and paves the way for an important accumulation\nof payment requests towards the end of the current MFF.
\nMobilisation of the Contingency Margin: it agreed with\nthe reinforcements in heading 3 via the mobilisation of the\nContingency Margin, as well as the frontloading of the\nreinforcement of the Frontex establishment plan. It welcomed in\nparticular the partial replenishment of the AMIF, but is concerned\nby the fact that, despite a high rate of budgetary execution based\non Member States national programmes, only a few relocations\nof refugees have actually taken place to date.
\nParliament also agreed with the frontloading of\nEFSI provided the redeployment from CEF is duly compensated in\n2018. It clarified that this frontloading does not pre-empt the\nfinal financing plan of the new proposal for a prolongation of EFSI\nwhich is to be decided in accordance with the ordinary legislative\nprocedure.
\nParliament also noted with concern the expected\nshortfall of revenues, estimated at EUR 1.8 billion, due to\nthe depreciation of the British Pound against the Euro. It noted\nthe Commissions intention to use the revenues provided by\nadditional fines in order to cover that shortfall.\n
\nLastly, Parliament approved the Council position on\nDraft Amending budget No 4/2016.
\n