2010 budget: other sections

PURPOSE: to present the preliminary draft budget (PDB) 2010 for the other institutions (budget “other sections”).

CONTENT: the Commission has presented its 2010 preliminary draft budget which takes account of the forecasts of the other institutions of the European Union (except Section III: Commission).

The document includes the following budget provisions: EUR 3.595 billion to cover the Commission’s administrative expenditure and EUR 2.916 billion for the other institutions (an increase of 2.1% compared to 2009).

For the whole of Heading 5, total expenditure amounts to EUR 7.858 billion (including pensions of all the institutions and expenditure for European schools), an increase of EUR 162.7 million compared to 2009.

A margin of EUR 230.2 million is left in the Commission’s PDB.

The breakdown of Heading 5 of the PDB 2010 is as follows:

• Commission (excluding pensions): EUR 3.595 billion (45.7%);
• Other institutions: EUR 2.916 billion (37.1%) for the European Parliament, the Council, the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, the Economic and Social Committee, the Committee of the Regions, the European Ombudsman and the European Data Protection Supervisor;
• Pensions (all institutions): EUR 1.193 billion (15.2%);
• European schools: EUR 154.2 million (2%).

Total: EUR 7.858 billion for heading 5.

Note that, in 2010, the Commission requests no new posts.