Amending budget 6/2005: section III Commission, general statement of revenue

On 9 September 2005, the Commission forwarded to the Council Preliminary Draft Amending Budget (PDAB) No 6/2005 concerning the general statement of revenue and expenditure of Section III (Commission) as well as a proposal for the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund for Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, which had been affected by serious storms on 8 January 2005.

The aim of this PDAB is to enter in the budget a total amount of EUR 92.880.830 in commitment and payment appropriations in order to allocate to these Member States financial assistance from the EU Solidarity Fund.

A trialogue meeting provided for by the Interinstitutional Agreement of 7 November 2002 on the funding of the European Union Solidarity Fund was held on 18 October 2005 and agreed the following:

• to approve commitment appropriations as proposed by the Commission;
• to fully cover the necessary payment appropriations for this Draft Amending Budget with the revenue from Article 710 - Fines, periodic penalty, payments and other penalties instead of calling for fresh money; and, lastly,
• to adopt this Amending Budget in a single reading.