Amending budget 4/2006 (ex-draft budget 3/2006): Section III Commission, Section VIII Part B European Data-protection Supervisor

PURPOSE : to present the Preliminary Draft Amending Budget No 3 to the general budget for 2006 which aims to increase the budget of 3 Community Agencies and to amend the budget of the European Data protection Supervisor.

CONTENT : this preliminary draft amending budget comprises four elements, three being amendments to Section III (Commission) and one an amendment to Section VIII Part B (European Data protection Supervisor). They specifically concern:

Section III (Commission):

§         strengthening the European GNSS Supervisory Authority to take account of the transfer to it of some of the activities of the Galileo Joint Undertaking: the Supervisory Authority is in a position to take over all the activities that are currently being carried out by the Joint Undertaking in the course of 2006. The proposed preliminary draft amending budget proposed an increase in staff from 20 to 39. Before the end of 2006, the Supervisory Authority should possess the necessary financing to carry out the tasks additional to those initially envisaged. A supplementary budget of EUR 3 050 000 would be required for that purpose;

§         reinforcing the staff of the European Aviation Safety Agency to cover the standardisation inspections programme: the proposed preliminary draft amending budget is based on an estimated staff for 2006 of 336 (328 planned for 2006 and a further 8 recruited on adoption of the amending budget by the budgetary authority). A supplementary budget of EUR 1 114 000 would be required for that purpose. The appropriations necessary will be taken from the budget heading for transport safety (06 02 03) by redeploying funds within the budget allocation for policy area TREN;

§         reinforcing the staff of the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders: the amending budget takes account of recent operating experience and an amendment introduced by the European Parliament which raises the title 3 allocation. It has therefore been estimated that the administrative expenditure should amount to EUR 6.1 million and that 11 new posts shall also be funded. To avoid increasing the Community contribution, EUR 3.786 million in appropriations should be transferred from title 3 to titles 1 and 2.

Section VIII Part B (European Data protection Supervisor)

§         increasing the appropriations entered in line B-1 1 7 5 “Translation and interpretation costs” for the European Data-protection Supervisor : the total budget for the European Data-protection Supervisor in 2006 amounts to EUR 3 583 833. This PDAB for 2006 increases the appropriations entered in line B-1 1 7 5 “Translation and interpretation costs” from EUR 112 491 to EUR 667 036 : an additional amount of EUR 554 545.