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Amending budget 2/2018: surplus of the financial year 2017

2018/2057(BUD)

On 13 April 2018, the Commission submitted to the Council draft amending budget (DAB) No 2 to the general budget for 2018 concerning the budgeting of the surplus resulting from the implementation of the budget year 2017.

The implementation of the budget year 2017 shows a surplus of EUR 555 542 325 resulting from:

(a) a positive outturn in the revenue part of the budget (+ EUR 338.58 million) of which:

  • - EUR 67.85 million: own resources;
  • + EUR 11.74 million: surpluses, balances and adjustments;
  • + EUR 342.61 million: default interest and fines;
  • + EUR 52.08 million: other titles.

(b) an under-implementation on the expenditure side of the budget (- EUR 216.96 million), notably of:

  • - EUR 284.14 million: appropriations authorised in the 2017 budget (Commission and other institutions);
  • - EUR 99.26 million: cancellation of appropriations carried over from 2016 (Commission and other institutions);
  • + EUR 166.43 million: exchange rate variations.

The budgeting of this surplus will diminish accordingly the global contribution of Member States to the financing of the EU budget in 2018.

On 18 June 2018, the Council adopted its position on DAB No 2 to the general budget for 2018 as set out in the technical annex to its explanatory memorandum.