Amending budget 8/2015: own resources and European Data Protection Supervisor

PURPOSE: to adopt Amending Budget No 8 to the general budget of the European Union for 2015.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Definitive adoption (EU, Euratom) 2016/70 of Amending budget No 8 of the European Union for the financial year 2015.

CONTENT: the European Parliament definitely adopted the Amending Budget No 8/2015 of the European Union, in accordance with its resolution of 25 November 2015 (please refer to the summary of the resolution).

This Amending Budget concerns the following:

• the upward revision (EUR 800 million) of the forecast of traditional own resources (customs duties);
• the budgeting of the remainder of the 2014 VAT and GNI own resources balances (EUR 5.7 billion);
• the budgeting of the 2015 VAT and GNI own resources balances (EUR 1.4 billion).
• an update of the forecast for other revenue (EUR 1.5 billion);
• a reduction of EUR 123 474 in both commitment and payment appropriations in the budget of the European Data Protection Supervisor is also included in this DAB.

The overall impact in terms of revenue, is a decrease in the GNI based contribution of EUR 9.4 billion.