Amending budget 4/2005: budgeting the surplus from the implementation of the budget year 2004

PURPOSE : to present the preliminary draft amending budget (PDAB) No 4/2005 aiming to budget the surplus resulting from the implementation of the budget year 2004.

CONTENT : this PDAB 4/2005 aims at budgeting the surplus resulting from the implementation of the budget year 2004. As provided for in the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities, under Article 15, it is the only subject of this PDAB and it is submitted within 15 days following the submission of the provisional accounts, which took place on 29 April 2005.

The implementation of the budget year 2004 shows a surplus of EUR 2 736 707 563, 42 shared between a competent resulting from an over-registering in revenue (EUR + 1 596 597 856, 35), an under-spending in expenditure (EUR + 1 190 156 753, 22) and a negative balance of monetary exchange (EUR – 50 047 046, 15).

The budgeting of the surplus will diminish accordingly the global contribution of the Member States to the financing of the EU budget. This global decrease by Member States will also be influenced by the updated own resources forecast including the updated amount of the UK correction and the budgeting of the surplus of the guarantee funds for external loans. These forecasts will be the subject of a separate PDAB to be presented by the Commission at the end of May, which is expected to change further the amounts of the contributions by country.