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Amending budget 6/2012: revenue; reinforcement of payment appropriations; reductions in commitment and payment appropriations

2012/2281(BUD)

PURPOSE: definitive adoption of amending budget No 6 of the European Union for the financial year 2012.

ACT: Decision 2013/83/EU, Euratom.

CONTENT: the European Parliament definitively adopted amending budget 6/2012 of the European Union, in accordance with its resolution of 12 December 2012 (please refer to the summary of the resolution).

This amending budget aims to:

  • update the forecast of revenue after the latest revision of the forecasts of own resources and other revenue;
  • increase payment appropriations across headings 1a, 1b, 2, 3a and 4 of the multi-annual financial framework, with the aim of meeting outstanding needs to the end of the year.

The net effect on the Member States’ contributions to the EU budget will be EUR +2.9 billion. This amount, well below the initial amount foreseen by the Commission in its draft budget, creates a significant difference in payment appropriations to ensure the payments during 2012. It is for this reason that the interinstitutional trilogue was committed to adopting a new amending budget. Its main aim being to cover outstanding expenditure from 2012, beginning of 2013 to cover the outstanding payment appropriations.