Amending budget 8/2008: European Economic and Social Committee EESC, adjustments of pay and pensions expenditure

PURPOSE: final adoption of amending budget 8/2007.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: 2009/8/EC, Euratom.

CONTENT: the European Parliament has definitively adopted the amending budget 8/2007 of the European Union, in accordance with its resolution adopted on 20 November 2008. (Please refer to the summary of the resolution).

This amending budget only concerns the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) and relates to two technical adjustments concerning salaries and pensions.

The impact of these adjustments on the budget will be EUR 318 262 in expenditure (approximate 0.6 % reduction in commitment appropriations and payment appropriations for remuneration) and EUR 48 265 in revenue (corresponding reduction in the contribution to the pension scheme), resulting in a net reduction of EUR 269 997 in the EESC's budget for 2008.