PURPOSE: definitive adoption of Amending budget No 5/2015.
LEGISLATIVE ACT: definitive adoption (EU, Euratom) 2015/1769 of Amending budget No 5 of the European Union for the financial year 2015.
CONTENT: the European Parliament definitively adopted Amending budget 5/2015 of the European Union in accordance with its resolution of 7 July 2015 (please see the summary of the resolution).
This draft amending budget No 5/2015 aims to reinforce the Union's resources to manage migration and refugee flows, following recent tragedies in the southern Mediterranean, particularly through increased appropriations for FRONTEX, the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund and funds for internal security.
The Amending budget increases
- commitment appropriations amounting to EUR 75 722 000 and
- payment appropriations amounting to EUR 69 652 000 that is fully redeployed from the Galileo programme, leaving the overall level of payment appropriations in the 2015 budget unchanged.
The increase proposed for FRONTEX amounts to a total of EUR 26.8 million in both commitment and payment appropriations, partially stemming from additional appropriations through amending budget No 5/2015 and partially from redeployment within Chapter 18 02 (Internal Security) due to the closure of old files under the External Borders Fund.
The Amending budget No 5/2015 also increases the staffing level of 3 agencies, namely 16 additional posts for FRONTEX, 4 posts for the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) and 3 posts for Europol.