Health: Community action programme 2008-2013

In accordance with the requirements of Decision No 1350/2007/EC establishing a second programme of Community action in the field of health (2008-13), the Commission presents a working document, providing detailed information on the budget for 2010 and its execution. Moreover, examples of key results of actions funded in 2010 are provided in an appendix to this report.

In brief, the budget for the second Health Programme for the period 2008-2013 is EUR 321.5 million. The estimated budget set out in the work plan for 2010 was EUR 47.1 million. This was broken down as follows:

• Operational expenditure: EUR 45.7 million corresponding to budget line 17 03 06 — Community action in the field of health. With EFTA/EEA and Croatia credits as well as recovery credits from previous budgetary years, the total operational budget amounted to EUR 47.4 million.
• Administrative expenditure: EUR 1.4 million corresponding to budget line 17 01 04 02 — Expenditure on administrative management.