Amending budget 2/2013: increase of revenue and payment appropriations

PURPOSE: definitive adoption of amending budget No 2 of the European Union for the financial year 2013.

NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision 2013/688/EU, Euratom.

CONTENT: the European Parliament definitively adopted amending budget No 2 of the European Union for the financial year 2013, in accordance with its resolution of 11 September 2013 (please see the summary of the resolution.)

This amending budget aims to cover an amount of EUR 7.3 billion in a first tranche for outstanding payment needs across headings 1a, 1b, 2, 3a, 3b and 4 of the 2013 budget and to focus this amount on measures to support economic growth, create jobs and tackle unemployment, especially among young people.

In its legislative resolution, Parliament recalled that the initial needs estimated by the Commission amounted to EUR 11.2 billion. The amount adopted through this amending budget could be insufficient to cover all payment requirements from now to the end of 2013.

However, Parliament accepted that the initial amount proposed by the Commission could be split into two tranches in view of the financial constraints to which the Member States are subject. It urged the Commission to present in the early autumn a further draft amending budget solely devoted to this issue.

For other points made in the resolution accompanying the budgetary decision, please refer to the summary of 11 September 2013.