Amending budget 6/2017: reduction of payment and commitment appropriations and update of revenue

2017/2217(BUD)

PURPOSE: adoption of a Draft Amending Budget (DAB) No. 6 to the 2017 budget.

NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Definitive Adoption (EU, Euratom) 2018/91 of amending budget No 6 of the European Union for the financial year 2017.

CONTENT: the European Parliament definitively adopted Draft Amending Budget No 6 for the financial year 2017 in accordance with its resolution of 30 November 2017 (see the summary of the resolution).

As a reminder, this Amending budget aims:

  • on the expenditure side, to decrease the level of payment appropriations by EUR 7 719.7 million, mostly in budget lines under heading 1b (Economic, social and territorial cohesion) and, to a lesser extent, under headings 2 (Sustainable growth - natural resources), 3 (Security and Citizenship) and 4 (Global Europe) and in the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF);
  • on the revenue side, to: (i) include adjustments linked to the revision of the forecasts of Traditional Own Resources (i.e. customs duties and sugar sector levies), value-added tax (VAT) and gross national income (GNI) bases, and the budgeting of the 2013 and 2016 UK corrections and their financing; (ii) take account of a total amount of EUR 3 209.7 million in fines which has become definitive and exceeds the level initially planned for the 2017 budget, and assigns the difference between the latter and the former (amounting up to EUR 2 209.7 million) to the reduction of own resources contributions from Member States to the Union budget.

Amending Budget No 6/2017 results in a reflow to national budgets of EUR 9 829.6 million additional to the reflow of EUR 6 405 million already confirmed in light of Amending budget 2/2017.