EC: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2008 amending the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and sound financial management as regard adjustment of the multiannual financial framework - Main contents

1. Legislative text

16.5.2008

Official Journal of the European Union

L 128/8

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 29 April 2008

amending the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and sound financial management as regard adjustment of the multiannual financial framework

(2008/371/EC)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (1), and in particular to point 48 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

As a result of delays in the adoption of certain operational programmes of headings 1b and 2, EUR 2 034 million in current prices of the allocation provided for the Structural Funds, the Cohesion Fund, Rural Development and the European Fund for Fisheries could not be committed in 2007 nor carried over to 2008. Under point 48 of the Interinstitutional Agreement, this amount must be transferred to subsequent financial years by increasing the corresponding expenditure ceilings for commitment appropriations.

(2)	Annex I of the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and sound financial management should therefore be amended accordingly (2),

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

Annex I to the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and sound financial management is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.

Done at Brussels, 29 April 2008.

For the European Parliament

The President

H.-G. PÖTTERING

For the Council

The President

D.

RUPEL

(1)

OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1. Agreement as amended by Decision 2008/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 6, 10.1.2008, p. 7).

(2)

For that purpose, the figures in current prices are converted into 2004 prices.

ANNEX

Financial framework 2007-2013

(EUR million — constant 2004 prices)

Committee appropriations

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

Total 2007-2013

1.	Sustainable growth

50 865

53 262

54 071

54 860

55 400

56 866

58 256

383 580

1a	Competitiveness for growth and employment

8 404

9 595

10 209

11 000

11 306

12 122

12 914

75 550

1b	Cohesion for growth and employment

42 461

43 667

43 862

43 860

44 094

44 744

45 342

308 030

2.	Preservation and management of natural resources

51 962

54 685

54 017

53 379

52 528

51 901

51 284

369 756

of which: market related expenditure and direct payments

43 120

42 697

42 279

41 864

41 453

41 047

40 645

293 105

3.	Citizenship, freedom, security and justice

1 199

1 258

1 380

1 503

1 645

1 797

1 988

10 770

3a	Freedom, Security and Justice

600

690

790

910

1 050

1 200

1 390

6 630

3b	Citizenship

599

568

590

593

595

597

598

4 140

4.	EU as a global player

6 199

6 469

6 739

7 009

7 339

7 679

8 029

49 463

5.	Administration (1)

6 633

6 818

6 973

7 111

7 255

7 400

7 610

49 800

6.	Compensations

419

191

190

800

Total commitment appropriations

117 277

122 683

123 370

123 862

124 167

125 643

127 167

864 169

as a percentage of GNI

1,08 %

1,09 %

1,07 %

1,05 %

1,03 %

1,02 %

1,01 %

1,048 %

Total payment appropriations

115 142

119 805

112 182

118 549

116 178

119 659

119 161

820 676

as a percentage of GNI

1,06 %

0,97 %

1,00 %

0,97 %

0,95 %

1,00 %

Margin available

0,18 %

0,27 %

0,24 %

0,27 %

0,29 %

0,24 %

Own resources ceiling as percentage of GNI

1,24 %

(1)

The expenditure on pensions included under the ceiling for this heading is calculated net of the staff contributions to the relevant scheme, within the limit of EUR 500 million at 2004 prices for the period 2007-2013.

This summary has been adopted from EUR-Lex.