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: final adoption of amending budget No 6 of the European Union for the financial year 2008.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision 2008/834/EC, Euratom.

CONTENT: the European Parliament finally adopted amending budget 6/2008 of the European Union (in accordance with its resolution of 23 September 2008 – please see the summary of the resolution).

This amending budget covers the following matters:

• an increase for line 01 04 04 – Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme – Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme of EUR 3.9 million in commitment appropriations;

• an increase of EUR 2.24 million in commitment appropriations to partially cover the rent and costs relating to the renting of the new "ARC" building for Eurojust;
• the changes to the establishment plan of the 3 executive agencies (Education, Audiovisual and Culture Executive Agency (EACEA), Executive Agency for the Public Health Programme (PHEA) which is becoming the Executive Agency for Health and Consumers and the Trans-European Transport Network Executive Agency);
• the creation of the necessary budgetary structure (a new item 08 01 04 41 and a new article 08 05 02) to accommodate the Joint Technology Initiative Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH).