2011 budget: all sections, first version

PURPOSE: presentation of amending budget N° 2 to the draft general budget 2011 for the EU - Section III – Commission.

CONTENT: the Amending Letter No 2 (AL 2) to the Draft Budget for 2011 (DB 2011) covers the following:

• a reinforcement of the EU contribution to Europol by EUR 552 000, as well as modifications to the establishment plan of Europol, reflecting a request for four additional establishment plan posts (all AD posts);
• a reinforcement of the EU contribution to the three Financial Supervision Authorities (EBA, EIOPA and ESMA) by EUR 1 224 000, as well as modifications to the establishment plans of the Authorities, reflecting a request for six additional establishment plan posts for EBA (of which 3 AD posts and 3 AST posts), six additional establishment plan posts for EIOPA (of which 5 AD posts and 1 AST post), and fifteen additional establishment plan posts for ESMA (of which 10 AD posts and 5 AST posts);
• the creation of a new budget item 01 04 01 03 for the guarantee provided by the European Union in accordance with the provisions of Article 122(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) and, correspondingly, a new article 802 on the revenue side. This has no budgetary implications.

The net financial impact of this amending letter is EUR 1 776 000, both in commitment appropriations and payment appropriations.