Use of ESA 95 in the determination of Member States' payments to the VAT-based own resource

The committee adopted the report by Jutta HAUG (PES, D) approving the proposal under the codecision procedure (1st reading), subject to a few amendments. These consisted of new recitals in the regulation. One new recital was aimed at confirming that the change in the accounting system would have no impact on the level of own resources. Another called on the Commission to present an annual document explaining the state of play regarding the collection of own resources, the forecasted level of own resources for the next financial year and topical problems related to the own resources system. Lastly, and more controversially, the committee introduced a new recital providing for the revenue side of the budget (the collection of own resources and the forecasted level of own resources for the next financial year) to be discussed during the annual budgetary procedure.�