Amending budget 8/2009: bluetongue, High Flux Reactor, Europol, Eurojust, OLAF

2009/2050(BUD)

PURPOSE: final adoption of amending budget 8/2009.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: 2009/803/EC, Euratom.

CONTENT: the European Parliament has definitively adopted amending budget 8/2009 of the European Union, in accordance with its resolution of 15 September (please refer to the summary of the resolution).

This amending budget covers the following elements:

  • an increase in commitment appropriations for animal disease eradication and monitoring programmes and monitoring of the physical conditions of animals that could pose a public health risk linked to an external factor,
  • the creation of a budget item "Operation of the high-flux reactor (HFR) Supplementary HFR programmes",
  • the creation of a budget item European Police Office – transition costs,
  • a reinforcement of the Community subsidy to EUROJUST,
  • modifications to the establishment plan of OLAF.

As regards the financing of the creation of the Europol budget item, the amending budget confirms the decision of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission to provide EUR 1 250 000 in order to cover transition costs in the year 2009. The creation of this budget line is neutral in terms of the budget since the equivalent appropriations will be redeployed from article 18 05 09 Prevention of and fight against crime.