Draft amending budget 1/2025: surplus of the financial year 2024

On 9 April 2025, the Commission submitted to the Council Draft Amending Budget (DAB) No 1 to the 2025 general budget concerning the budgeting of the surplus resulting from the implementation of the 2024 budgetary year.

The implementation of the financial year 2024 shows a surplus of EUR 1 344.53 million, which results from:

1) a positive outturn in the “revenue” part of the budget (+ EUR 1071.99 million),

of which:

- Title 1 (own resources): - EUR 123.13 million

- Title 2 (surpluses, balances and adjustments): + EUR 36.19 million

- Title 3 (administrative revenue): + EUR 83.78 million

- Title 4 (financial product, late payment interest and fines): + EUR 1 210.71 million

- Title 6 (revenue, contributions and refunds related to Union policies): -EUR 135.55 million

2) an under-implementation in the “expenditure” part of the budget (- EUR 272.54 million), including in particular:

- appropriations authorised under the 2024 budget (Commission and other institutions): - EUR 77.84 million;

- cancellation of appropriations carried over from previous financial years (Commission and other institutions): - EUR 151.06 million

- exchange rate variations on expenses: - EUR 43.63 million.

Budgeting this surplus will reduce the overall contribution of Member States to financing the EU budget in 2025.

The Council adopted its position on PBR No. 1 to the 2025 general budget, as set out in this technical annex.