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The European Commission has proposed to amend the 2020 budget, increasing the level of payment appropriations related to the 'global transfer' exercise, adjusting the revenue side, and budgeting expenditure adjustments related to the European Agriculture Guarantee Fund and some decentralised agencies. The overall proposed impact of Draft Amending Budget No 10/2020 (DAB 10/2020) is an increase in payment appropriations of €1 569.3 million. The European Parliament is set to vote on the Council's position ...

Following the 10 November 2020 political agreement between the European Parliament and the Council on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2021 to 2027, the Commission adopted an amending letter (AL 1/2020) to adjust its draft EU budget for the year 2021, presented in July 2020. Moreover, AL 1/2020 also includes updated estimates for agricultural expenditure, other adjustments and technical updates. Overall, AL 1/2020 decreases commitment appropriations by €2 608.8 million and increases ...

During the November I plenary session, the European Parliament is due to decide on amendments to the Council's position on the draft EU budget for 2021. The Parliament is preparing its reading in the extraordinary situation of a lack of agreement on the forthcoming multiannual financial framework (MFF) for 2021-2027 and in the context of the far-reaching consequences of the coronavirus crisis. The report of the Committee on Budgets reverses many of the reductions proposed by the Council. Furthermore ...

The purpose of Draft Amending Budget No 7/2020 (DAB 7/2020) is to update the revenue side of the budget, taking into account the latest economic developments. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the outlook for the European economy has changed significantly since the budget was adopted. DAB 7 proposes the following adjustments on the revenue side of the 2020 budget: an update of the estimates for traditional own resources, the own resources based on the value added tax and gross national income. Further ...

Draft Amending Budget No 8/2020 (DAB 8/2020) aims to provide additional payments of €6.2 billion in 2020. Of this amount, €1.1 billion is needed for the financing of actions contributing to the deployment of an effective and safe vaccine against Covid-19, assumed under the Emergency Support Instrument (ESI). Cohesion funds will be reinforced with €5.1 billion to ensure that a sufficient amount of payments is available to cover the Member States’ reimbursement requests for actions taken under the ...

Draft Amending Budget No 5/2020 (DAB 5/2020) accompanies the proposed decision of the European Parliament and of the Council to mobilise the Contingency Margin in order to continue support to refugees and host communities in response to the Syria crisis. Under the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) heading 4, 'Global Europe', €100 million in commitment and payment appropriations is proposed as resilience support to refugees and host communities in Jordan and Lebanon, whereas €485 million in commitment ...

The June 2020 plenary session was the fourth conducted with Members participating remotely, although this time a majority were present in Brussels, and using the alternative voting procedure put in place in March by Parliament's Bureau. The session focused on a number of urgent legislative proposals as well as votes on draft amending budgets and the guidelines for the 2021 EU budget. Parliament adopted recommendations on the negotiations for a new partnership with the United Kingdom, and discussed ...

Draft Amending Budget No 3/2020 (DAB 3/2020) to the general budget 2020 enters the surplus resulting from implementation of the 2019 budget as revenue into the EU's 2020 budget. The 2019 surplus totals over €3.2 billion (as compared to €1.8 billion in 2018 and €0.56 billion in 2017). It consists mostly of higher than expected revenues, and underspending on the expenditure side. Inclusion of the surplus will reduce the gross national income contributions of Member States (including the United Kingdom ...

Draft amending budget No 2 to the general budget 2015 accompanies the revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework for the years 2014-2020 (MFF) under Article 19 of Council Regulation No 1311/2013 (the MFF Regulation). The Parliament voted to consent to this revision on 15 April. As a consequence of the late agreement on the 2014-2020 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), the various legal acts setting out the provisions for implementing the funds were adopted much later than planned, resulting ...