PURPOSE: to present the preliminary draft budget (PDB) 2009 for the other institutions.
CONTENT: the Commission has presented its 2009 preliminary draft budget which takes account of the forecasts of the other institutions of the European Union (except Section III: Commission).
The document includes the following budget provisions: EUR 3 561 million to cover the Commission’s administrative expenditure and EUR 2 803 million for the other institutions (an increase of 5% compared to 2008).
A margin of EUR 129.1 million is left in the Commission’s PDB.
The breakdown of Heading 5 of the PDB 2009 is as follows
§ Commission (excluding pensions): EUR 3 561 million (46.6%);
§ Other institutions: EUR 2 803 million including (36.7%):
- European Parliament: EUR 1 531 million;
- Council: EUR 612.82 million;
- Court of Justice: EUR 317.7 million;
- Court of Auditors: EUR 134.09 million;
- Economic and Social Committee: EUR 121.42 million;
- Committee of the Regions: EUR 77.74 million;
- European Ombudsman: EUR 9.01 million;
- European Data Supervisor: EUR 6.84 million.
§ Pensions (all institutions): EUR 1 135 million (14.8%)
§ European schools: EUR 148 million (1.9%)
Total: EUR 7 648 million for heading 5.
It should be noted that in 2009 the evolution of posts is still strongly influenced by the needs of enlargement.