Amending budget 4/2012: own resources; risk-sharing instruments; EuroGlobe

PURPOSE: definitive adoption of amending budget No 4 of the European Union for the financial year 2012.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: 2012/781/EU, Euratom.

CONTENT: Parliament decided to definitively adopt the amending budget No 4/2012 of the European Union, in accordance with its resolution of 23 October 2012 (please refer to the summary of the resolution).

This amending budget aims to:

• review the forecast of the Member States’ own resources;
• create budget lines for the implementation of risk-sharing instruments financed from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund, all with a token entry (p.m.);
• amend budget line 16 03 05 01 – Preparatory action – EuroGlobe aiming to promote European Public Spaces, public debates on EU policies and activities, culture and studies to replace the "dash" for payments on the line with a token entry (p.m.), in order to allow the final payments to be made.