Amending budget 1/2015: revision of the MFF

On 20 January 2015, the Commission submitted draft amending budget (DAB) No 2/2015 accompanying the Proposal for a Council Regulation amending Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 (MFF Regulation).

The purpose of this DAB is to budget commitment appropriations (c/a) that are transferred to 2015 in line with Article 19 of the above-mentioned MFF Regulation.

It proposes to increase commitment appropriations for an amount of EUR 16 476.4 million under sub-heading 1b (Economic, social and territorial cohesion), heading 2 (Sustainable growth: Natural resources) and heading 3 (Security and citizenship).

It also proposes an increase of EUR 2.5 million in commitment appropriations for the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance under heading 4 (Global Europe) in order to maintain the same level of contributions from heading 4 and sub-heading 1b to European Territorial Cooperation programmes.

This DAB does not propose any changes in payment appropriations.

On 21 April 2015, the Council adopted its position on DAB No 2/2015, by accepting the Commission proposal without any changes.