Amending budget 8/2005: exceptional increase in the forecast of revenue, increase of payment appropriations for the structural funds

PURPOSE : to adopt amending budget 8/2005.

LEGISLATIVE ACT : 2006/5/EC, Euratom.

CONTENT : the European Parliament has finally adopted amending budget No 8 of the European Union for the financial year 2005 in accordance with its resolution dated 13 December 2005 (please refer to the summary of the resolution).

This amending budget reduces, by EUR 3 868 billion, the total amount of contributions from the Member States to the 2005 budget.