Amending budget 6/2008: executive agencies (EACEA, PHEA, TENT-T EA); Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU); Eurojust; Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP)

PURPOSE: to present the Preliminary Draft Amending Budget No 6/2008.

CONTENT: this PDAB covers the following elements:

• the necessary budgetary adaptations arising from the extension of the mandate of three executive agencies: the Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), the Executive Agency for the Public Health Programme (PHEA), the Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency (TEN-T EA);
• the creation of the necessary budgetary structure to accommodate the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH JU);
• an increase of EUR 2.2 million in commitment appropriations, to cover part of the costs of a new building for EUROJUST;
• an increase of EUR 3.9 million in commitment appropriations for the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP) – Entrepreneurship and Innovation.

To sum up, the net effect of the modifications to expenditure is an increase of EUR 6.1 million in commitment appropriations, with no change in payment appropriations.