Amending budget 2/2008: Adjustments for ERDF, EAFRD and EFF, modifications to the establishment plans of the EMEA and the EMSA

PURPOSE: final adoption of amending budget No 2 of the European Union for the financial year 2008.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision 2008/546/EC, Euratom.

CONTENT: the European Parliament effected the final adoption of amending budget 2/2008 of the European Union (in accordance with its resolution of 22 May 2008 – please see the summary of the resolution).

This amending budget deals with the following matters:

• inclusion into the 2008 budget of unused commitment appropriations for the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and the European Fisheries Fund (EFF), arising from delays in the implementation of the first year of the multiannual financial framework 2007-2013. This entails an increase in commitment appropriations of EUR 378 million for sub-heading 1b (Cohesion for Growth and Employment) and of EUR 393.6 million for Heading 2 (Preservation and Management of Natural Resources);
• modifications to the establishment plan of two EU agencies (European Medicines Agency and European Maritime Safety Agency).