Amending budget 4/2010: OLAF; revision of the forecast of TOR, VAT and GNI bases; 2006, 2008 and 2009 UK corrections; gross reductions of GNI payments of Sweden and the Netherlands in 2010

The Committee on Budgets adopted the report drafted by László SURJÁN (EPP, HU) which recommends that the European Parliament approve the Council’s position on Draft amending budget No 5/2010 of the European Union for the financial year 2010, Section III - Commission.

The committee recalls that the Draft amending budget covers modifications to the establishment plan of OLAF, without additional financial provisions, as well as the revision of the forecast of Traditional Own Resources (TOR, i.e. customs duties and sugar sector levies), VAT and GNI bases, the budgeting of the relevant UK corrections as well as their financing and revision of financing of GNI reductions in favour of the Netherlands and Sweden in 2010, resulting in a change in the distribution between Member States of their own-resources contributions to the EU budget.

These adjustments shall be formally entered into the 2010 budget.