Amending budget 9/2008: increase in the forecast of revenue; decrease in payment appropriations

The Committee on Budgets unanimously adopted the report drafted by Kyösti VIRRANKOSKI (ALDE, FI) on Draft amending budget No 9/2008 of the European Union for the financial year 2008.

The committee recalls that this draft amending budget covers the following items:

·         a net increase in the forecast of revenues (EUR 1 198.7 million) after the revision of the forecasts of own resources and other revenue;

·         a decrease of payment appropriations in budget lines for headings 1a, 1b, 2, 3b and 4 (EUR 4 891.3 million), after taking into account the redeployments proposed in the global transfer;

·         the inclusion of the budgetary aspects related to the financing of the Facility for rapid response to soaring food prices in developing countries in 2008, as resulting from the joint declaration of the Parliament and of the Council of 21 November 2008 on the financing of the Food Facility (please refer to BUD/2008/2026).

MEPs recall that the Council has adopted Preliminary draft amending budget (PDAB) No 10/2008 as DAB 9/2008, following the cancellation of PDAB 8/2008.