REPORT on Draft amending budget No 4/2008 of the European Union for the financial year 2008
30.5.2008 - (9904/2008 – C6‑0207/2008 – 2008/2094(BUD))
Section III – Commission
Committee on Budgets
Rapporteur: Kyösti Virrankoski
MOTION FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION
on Draft amending budget No 4/2008 of the European Union for the financial year 2008, Section III – Commission
(9904/2008 – C6‑0207/2008 – 2008/2094(BUD))
The European Parliament,
– having regard to Article 272 of the EC Treaty and Article 177 of the Euratom Treaty,
– having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities[1], and particularly Article 15(3) and Articles 37 and 38 thereof,
– having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2008, as finally adopted on 13 December 2007[2],
– having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management[3],
– having regard to Preliminary draft amending budget No 4/2008 of the European Union for the financial year 2008, which the Commission presented on 15 April 2008 (COM(2008)0203),
– having regard to Draft amending budget No 4/2008, which the Council established on 26 May 2008 (9904/2008 - C6-0207/2008),
– having regard to Rule 69 of and Annex IV to its Rules of Procedure,
– having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A6-0203/2008),
A. whereas Draft amending budget No 4 to the general budget 2008 aims to enter in the 2008 budget the surplus of the 2007 financial year, amounting to EUR 1 528 833 290,
B. whereas the main elements of this surplus are an over-registering in revenue of EUR 72 957 868,80, an under-spending in expenditure of EUR 1 5 79 386 212,35 and a negative balance of monetary exchange of -EUR 123 510 791,35,
C. whereas the under-spending of payment appropriations, compared to the years before, has further decreased,
D. whereas for Heading 1, the under-spending of payment appropriations in 2007 amounted to EUR 648 million, for Heading 2 to EUR 361 million, for Heading 3 to EUR 241 million, for Heading 4 to EUR 362 million and for Heading 5 to EUR 903 million,
1. Takes note of Preliminary draft amending budget No 4/2008 devoted solely to the presentation of the accounts for the 2007 financial year;
2. Adopts Draft amending budget No 4/2008 unamended;
3. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission.
- [1] OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1525/2007 (OJ L 343, 27.12.2007, p. 9).
- [2] OJ L 71, 14.3.2008, p. 1.
- [3] OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1. Agreement as last amended by Decision 2008/371/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 128, 16.5.2008, p. 8).
EXPLANATORY STATEMENT
According to Article 37(1) of the Financial Regulation, the Commission may present preliminary draft amending budgets, if there are "unavoidable, exceptional or unforeseen circumstances". After the closing of the accounts for the financial year n -1, Article 15, par 3 Financial Regulation has to be applied, which provides that the balance from each financial year, whether surplus or deficit, is entered as revenue or expenditure in the budget of the subsequent financial year.
After the closure of the accounts for each financial year, any discrepancy in relation to the estimates is entered in the budget for the following financial year through an amending budget to be submitted by the Commission within 15 days following the submission of the provisional accounts.
The surplus
The implementation of the budget year 2007 shows a surplus of EUR 1 528 833 290 shared between a final calculation resulting from
§ revenue for the financial year (+ EUR 117 426 308 469,91)
§ payments against current year appropriations (- EUR 112 905 636 590,67)
§ payments appropriations carried over to year n + 1 (- EUR 3 114 011 336,73)
§ Cancellation of unused appropriations carried over from year N-1 (+ EUR 245 683 538,88
§ a negative balance of monetary exchange (‑ EUR 123 510 791, 35)
Appreciation
At the time being and on the basis of the information provided by the Commission, it is not possible to analyse the precise origin of the surplus.
Judging from previous years budget implementation has indeed improved considerably over the past few years (in million EUR)
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Year |
Surplus |
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2000 |
11 613 |
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2001 |
15 003 |
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2002 |
7 413 |
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2003 |
5 4701 |
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2004 |
2 737 |
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2005 |
2 410 |
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2006 |
1 847 |
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2007 |
1 529 |
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The budgeting of the surplus of 2007 will diminish accordingly the global contribution of the Member States to the financing of the EU Budget 2008. It will be distributed in the following way (figures in EUR):
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Member State |
Budget 2008 |
Amending budget No. 4 |
New amount |
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Belgium |
2 188 345 135 |
- 41 534 424 |
2 146 810 711 |
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Bulgaria |
193 594 238 |
- 3 674 386 |
189 919 852 |
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Czech Republic |
780 210 328 |
- 14 808 261 |
765 402 067 |
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Denmark |
1 531 018 319 |
- 29 058 471 |
1 501 959 848 |
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Germany |
15 816 818 622 |
- 300 200 567 |
15 516 618 055 |
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Estonia |
105 917 007 |
- 2 010 287 |
103 906 720 |
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Ireland |
1 100 486 139 |
- 20 887 042 |
1 079 599 097 |
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Greece |
1 392 229 788 |
- 26 424 288 |
1 365 805 500 |
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Spain |
6 924 554 215 |
- 131 426 878 |
6 793 127 337 |
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France |
12 304 498 097 |
- 233 537 311 |
12 070 960 786 |
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Italy |
10 050 102 155 |
- 190 749 254 |
9 859 352 901 |
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Cyprus |
100 675 479 |
- 1 910 804 |
98 764 675 |
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Latvia |
139 947 912 |
- 2 656 188 |
137 291 724 |
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Lithuania |
183 284 577 |
- 3 478 711 |
179 805 866 |
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Luxembourg |
207 205 448 |
- 3 932 724 |
203 272 724 |
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Hungary |
637 121 466 |
- 12 092 458 |
625 029 008 |
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Malta |
34 090 409 |
- 647 030 |
33 443 379 |
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Netherlands |
3 675 262 825 |
- 69 755 872 |
3 605 506 953 |
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Austria |
1 751 088 289 |
- 33 235 362 |
1 717 852 927 |
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Poland |
1 997 829 783 |
- 37 918 475 |
1 959 911 308 |
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Portugal |
1 023 188 312 |
- 19 419 943 |
1 003 768 369 |
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Romania |
842 816 264 |
- 15 996 511 |
826 819 753 |
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Slovenia |
214 399 753 |
- 4 069 271 |
210 330 482 |
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Slovakia |
360 852 867 |
- 6 848 927 |
354 003 940 |
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Finland |
1 170 244 151 |
- 22 211 038 |
1 148 033 113 |
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Sweden |
2 211 437 420 |
- 41 972 712 |
2 169 464 708 |
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United Kingdom |
13 613 191 666 |
- 258 376 095 |
13 354 815 571 |
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Item 1 4 0 0 — Total |
80 550 410 664 |
-1 528 833 290 |
79 021 577 374 |
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PROCEDURE
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Title |
Draft amending budget No 4/2008 of the European Union for the financial year 2008. |
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References |
9904/2008 – C6-0207/2008 – 2008/2094(BUD) |
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Committee responsible Date announced in plenary |
BUDG17.4.2008
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Committee(s) asked for opinion(s) Date announced in plenary |
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Rapporteur(s) Date appointed |
Kyösti Virrankoski 13.12.2006 |
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Date draft amending budget established by the Council |
26.5.2008 |
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Date draft amending budget forwarded by the Council |
28.5.2008 |
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Discussed in committee |
6.5.2008 |
29.5.2008 |
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Date adopted |
29.5.2008 |
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Result of final vote |
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27 |
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Members present for the final vote |
Simon Busuttil, Daniel Dăianu, Brigitte Douay, Szabolcs Fazakas, Markus Ferber, Vicente Miguel Garcés Ramón, Salvador Garriga Polledo, Ingeborg Gräßle, Louis Grech, Nathalie Griesbeck, Catherine Guy-Quint, Jutta Haug, Ville Itälä, Anne E. Jensen, Silvana Koch-Mehrin, Wiesław Stefan Kuc, Janusz Lewandowski, Vladimír Maňka, Mario Mauro, László Surján, Gary Titley, Helga Trüpel, Kyösti Virrankoski |
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Substitute(s) present for the final vote |
Thijs Berman, Marusya Ivanova Lyubcheva, Margarita Starkevičiūtė, Gianluca Susta |
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Substitute(s) under Rule 178(2) present for the final vote
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Date tabled |
29.5.2008 |
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