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Amending budget 10/2010: Section III, Commission: increase in the forecast of revenue; decrease in payment appropriations; modifications in Heading 1a; preservation and management of natural resources; type 2 European Schools

2010/2246(BUD)

On 20 October 2010, the Commission forwarded to the Council draft amending budget (DAB) No 10 to the general budget for 2010. This DAB was amended by letter of amendment No 1 of 29 November 2010. This draft amending budget takes account of an increase in the forecast of revenue as well as a decrease in appropriations on the expenditure side, in line with the latest estimates of needs. It also includes the creation, budgetary neutral, of two new budget items.

As regards revenue, a net increase of EUR 466.1 million results from the revision of the forecasts for:0

·        VAT and GNI balances (-EUR 627.9 million);

·        traditional own resources (-EUR 100 million);

·        other revenue (+EUR 1 194 million, of which EUR 995 million for fines, periodic penalty payments and other penalties).

The two new items are:

·        06 04 14 04, with a token entry, for the financing of projects in areas of energy efficiency and energy from renewable sources under the European Economic Recovery Plan;

·        26 01 51 31, "EU contribution to the so-called "Type 2" European Schools", with an amount of EUR 4.83 million in c/a and p/a which will be made available by redeployment within the same title 26 (Commission's administration).

As regards expenditure, taking into account letter of amendment No 1 to DAB No 10/2010, the total decrease of EUR 43 million in commitment appropriations (c/a) and of EUR 760.6 million in payment appropriations (p/a) results from the following main adjustments, which take into account also the redeployments proposed in transfer DEC 53/2010 ("global transfer"): (a) within sub-heading 1a  Competitiveness for growth and employment); (b) within sub-heading 1b (Cohesion for growth and employment); (c) within heading 2 (Preservation and management of natural resources); (d) within heading 4 (The EU as a global player). 

On 10 December 2010, the Council adopted its position on draft amending budget No 10 of the European Union for the financial year 2010 as set out in the technical annex to this explanatory memorandum (see Doc 17634/10 ADD).