Amending budget 3/2007: surplus from the 2006 financial year

2007/2073(BUD)

On 13 April 2007, the Commission submitted to the Council Preliminary Draft Amending Budget (PDAB) No. 4 to the general budget for 2007 concerning the budgeting of the surplus resulting from the implementation of the budget year 2006.

The implementation of the budget year 2006 shows a surplus of EUR 1 847 631 711 resulting from:

a) an over-registering in revenue (+ EUR 914 569 139.79) divided by Title as follows:

  • Own resources: - EUR 166 233 480.84
  • Surpluses, balances and adjustments: - EUR 9 031 573.37
  • Revenue accruing from persons working with the institutions and with other Community bodies: - EUR 176 719 882.26
  • Revenue accruing from the administrative operation of the institutions: + EUR 154 572 388.21
  • Contributions and refunds in connection with Community agreements and programmes: + EUR 1 071 659 839.57
  • Interest on late payment and fines: + EUR 4 769 764.21
  • Borrowing and lending operations: + EUR 12 773 151.63
  • Miscellaneous revenue: + EUR 22 778 932.64

b) an under-spending of payment appropriations (+ EUR 949 899 477.07) divided by Heading of the Financial Perspective as follows:

  • Agriculture: + EUR 426 126 937.88
  • Structural operations: + EUR 53 899 651.71
  • Internal policies - EUR 121 848 423.36
  • External action + EUR 154 148 357.81
  • Administration + EUR 51 364 318.22
  • Reserves + EUR 258 360 000.00
  • Pre-accession aid +EUR 127 848 634.81
  • Compensation: +EUR 0.00

c) a negative balance of monetary exchange (- EUR 16 836 905.86).

On 14 May 2007, the Council established Draft Amending Budget No. 3 to the budget for 2007 as submitted by the Commission in its Preliminary Draft Amending Budget No. 4 and set out in the technical annex to this explanatory memorandum.