Amending and supplementary budget 4/2002

PURPOSE : to present draft supplementary and amending budget No 4/2002 (Section III-Commission). CONTENT : on 20 September 2002, the Council adopted the preliminary draft supplementary and amending budget 4/2002. In view of the discussions within COREPER, a large majority of delegations believe that the Fund itself should focus on natural disasters, thereby excluding technological and environmental disasters as suggested by the Commission. This draft incorporates the Commission's proposals, except for the deletion at the end of the first sentence of the comment relating to the new budget lines B2-400 and B7-090 "..in case of natural, technological and environmental disasters", so as to not prejudge the decision on the legal basis. Following this supplementary and amending budget 4/2002 for the financial year 2002, the total commitment appropriations rise to EUR 98.706.358.738 and the payment appropriations remain unchanged. �