Amending budget 1/2016: emergency support within the Union; European Police Office (Europol)

PURPOSE: adoption of the amending budget No 1 to the general budget for 2016.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Definitive adoption (EU, Euratom) 2016/836 of Amending budget No 1 of the European Union for the financial year 2016.

CONTENT: with this Act, the Parliament declares that the procedure under Article 314 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union is complete and Amending budget No 1 of the European Union for the financial year 2016 has been definitively adopted.

Amending budget 1/2016 is adopted in accordance with the Parliament's resolution of 13 April 2016 (refer to the summary of the resolution).

To recall, it aims to:

• to create the budget structure for the proposed new instrument to provide emergency support within the Union, and to make an amount of EUR 100 million in commitment appropriations available for immediate funding needs and EUR 80.2 million in payment appropriations. The appropriations for the new instrument are made available through an adjustment of the funding currently available for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF);
• to reinforce the staffing levels of the European Counter-Terrorism Centre in EUROPOL, to enable the agency to play a central role in the fight against terrorism in the EU.

Overall, this amending budget has no net impact on the level of appropriations in the 2016 budget.