Amending budget 10/2004: section III Commission, general statement of revenue

 PURPOSE : to present the draft Amending Budget 10 for the financial year 2004 (Section III – Commission) as established by the Council.

CONTENT : to recall, on 15 October 2004, the Commission forwarded to the Council Preliminary Draft Amending Budget (PDAB) 11/2004. The Commission proposal highlighted the increase of payment appropriations for most of the Structural Funds budget lines (EUR 3.4 billion); the decrease of appropriations for several budget lines for the EAGGF-Guarantee, which are redeployed to the Structural Funds budget lines (EUR 1.1 billion) and the increase in the forecast revenue from "import duties" and "miscellaneous revenue" (EUR 1.3 billion).

The supplementary call on Member States for new own resources amounted to EUR 1 billion.

On 25 November 2004 during the conciliation meeting, the Commission presented revised figures following the analysis of new data available: increase of payment appropriations for most of the Structural Funds budget lines (EUR 3.7 billion); decrease of appropriations for several budget lines for the EAGGF-Guarantee, which are redeployed to the Structural Funds budget lines (EUR 1.7 billion); increase in the forecast revenue (EUR 1.5 billion).

Therefore, the supplementary call on Member States for new own resources amounts now to EUR 0.5 billion.

Following conciliation with the European Parliament delegation on 25 November 2004 prior to the Budget Council meeting, the Council decided, as part of an overall agreement with the European Parliament and the Commission involving adoption of the Amending Budget at a single reading, to accept Draft Amending Budget 10/2004 as modified by the Commission.

It should be noted that the PDAB 11/2004 has been transformed into 10/2004.