REPORT on Draft amending budget No 5/2009 of the European Union for the financial year 2009
29.4.2009 - (9127/2009 – C6‑0157/2009 – 2009/2040(BUD))
Section III – Commission
Committee on Budgets
Rapporteur: Jutta Haug
MOTION FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION
on Draft amending budget No 5/2009 of the European Union for the financial year 2009, Section III – Commission
(9127/2009 – C6‑0157/2009 – 2009/2040(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 Articles 37 and 38,
– having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2009, as finally adopted on 18 December 2008[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 5/2009 of the European Union for the financial year 2009, which the Commission presented on 15 April 2009 (COM(2009)0177),
– having regard to Draft amending budget No 5/2009, which the Council established on 27 Apirl 2009 (9127/2009 – C6‑0157/2009),
– having regard to Rule 69 of and Annex IV to its Rules of Procedure,
– having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A6‑0282/2009),
A. whereas Draft amending budget No 5 to the general budget 2009 covers the budgeting of the surplus resulting from the implementation of the budget for the year 2008,
B. whereas the purpose of Draft amending budget No 5/2009 is to formally enter these budgetary adjustments into the 2009 budget,
1. Takes note of Preliminary draft amending budget No 5/2009;
2. Approves Draft amending budget No 5/2009 unamended;
3. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission.
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 of the Financial Regulation has to be applied. The article foresees 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. Therefore an amending budget is needed, that has to be submitted by the Commission to the budgetary authority within 15 days following the submission of the provisional accounts.
Content of Commission Proposal
The implementation of the budget year 2008 shows a surplus of EUR 1 796 151 821 which the Commission proposes to enter as revenue in the 2009 budget. The surplus results from:
· Revenue for the financial year (+ EUR 121 584 382 284,55)
· Payments against current year appropriations (- EUR 115 549 972 381,55)
· Payment appropriations carried over to year N+1 (- EUR 3 912 336 487,46)
· EFTA appropriations carried over from year N-1 (-EUR2 324 641,86)
· Cancellation of unused appropriations carried over from year N-1 (+EUR 187 895 817,94)
· Exchange differences for the year (-EUR 497 711 435,90)
Judging from the data provided in the table beneath, budget implementation has improved considerably over the past few years:
The budgeting of the surplus will diminish accordingly the global contribution of the Member States to the financing of the EU Budget. This global decrease by Member State will also be influenced by the updated own resources forecast (TOR, VAT and GNI) including the updated amount of the UK correction.
Since EU budget must be balanced over the year, any extra cash is returned to Member States. The following table provides the figures of funds returned per Member State. The amount is calculated on the basis of each country's Gross National Income (GNI).
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Member State |
Surplus of the 2008 budget |
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Belgium |
49.7 |
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Bulgaria |
5.0 |
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Czech Republic |
20.7 |
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Denmark |
34.4 |
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Germany |
356.7 |
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Estonia |
2.5 |
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Ireland |
23.6 |
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Greece |
35.2 |
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Spain |
153.2 |
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France |
280.1 |
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Italy |
222.7 |
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Cyprus |
2.4 |
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Latvia |
3.5 |
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Lithuania |
4.7 |
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Luxembourg |
4.3 |
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Hungary |
14.5 |
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Malta |
0.8 |
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Netherlands |
84.3 |
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Austria |
40.3 |
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Poland |
52.4 |
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Portugal |
23.0 |
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Romania |
19.9 |
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Slovenia |
5.2 |
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Slovak Republic |
9.1 |
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Finland |
27.5 |
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Sweden |
49.9 |
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United Kingdom |
270.7 |
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Total |
1 796 |
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(1) rounded figures |
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The Rapporteur recommends to adopt the draft amending budget unamended.
RESULT OF FINAL VOTE IN COMMITTEE
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Date adopted |
27.4.2009 |
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Result of final vote |
+: –: 0: |
17
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Members present for the final vote |
Reimer Böge, James Elles, Salvador Garriga Polledo, Alain Lamassoure, Liene Liepiņa, Alexandru Nazare, Nina Škottová, László Surján, Glenn Bedingfield, Brigitte Douay, Catherine Guy-Quint, Jutta Haug, Vladimír Maňka, Ralf Walter, Anne E. Jensen |
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Substitute(s) present for the final vote |
Michael Gahler, Paul Rübig |
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