# COM_2015_0545_FIN.ENG.xhtml.1_EN_ACT_part1_v5.docx

european flagEUROPEAN COMMISSION

Brussels, 19.10.2015

COM(2015) 545 final

DRAFT AMENDING BUDGET No 8TO THE GENERAL BUDGET 2015

OWN RESOURCESEUROPEAN DATA PROTECTION SUPERVISOR

Having regard to:

–the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 314 thereof, in conjunction with the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 106a thereof,

–the Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the Union
  1
  , and in particular Article 41 thereof,

–the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015 adopted on 17 December 2014
  2
  ,

–the amending budget No 1/2015
  3
  , adopted on 28 April 2015,

–the amending budget No 2/2015
  4
  , adopted on 7 July 2015,

–the amending budget No 3/2015
  5
  , adopted on 7 July 2015,

–the amending budget No 4/2015
  6
  , adopted on 7 July 2015,

–the amending budget No 5/2015
  7
  , adopted on 7 July 2015,

–the amending budget No 6/2015
  8
  , adopted on 14 October 2015,

–the amending budget No 7/2015
  9
  , adopted on 14 October 2015,

The European Commission hereby presents to the European Parliament and to the Council the Draft Amending Budget No 8 to the 2015 budget.

CHANGES TO THE STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE BY SECTION

The changes to the statement of revenue and expenditure by section are available on EUR-Lex (

  http://eur-lex.europa.eu/budget/www/index-en.htm

  ). An English version of the changes to this statement is attached for information as a budgetary annex.

TABLE OF CONTENT

1.
     Introduction

2.
     Own Resources

2.1.
     Traditional Own Resources

2.2.
     VAT and GNI own resources balances

2.3.
     Other Revenue

2.4.
     GNI own resources contributions

3.
     European Data Protection Supervisor (Section IX)

1.Introduction

Draft Amending Budget (DAB) No 8 for the year 2015 concerns the following:

–A revision of the forecast of Traditional Own Resources (customs duties),

–The budgeting of the remainder of the 2014 VAT and GNI own resources balances,

–The budgeting of the 2015 VAT and GNI own resources balances,

–An update of the forecast for other revenue,

–A reduction of EUR 123 474 in both commitment and payment appropriation in the budget of the European Data Protection Supervisor.

The overall impact in terms of revenue, is a decrease in the GNI based contribution of EUR 9.4 billion.

2.Own Resources

In accordance with Article 16 of Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1150/2000 of 22 May 2000
  10
  , the Commission has revised the forecasts for own resources. This refers in particular to traditional own resources and to VAT (value added tax) and GNI (gross national income) balances.

2.1.Traditional Own Resources

The Commission proposes to increase Traditional Own Resources (TOR) by EUR 800 million in chapter 12 of revenue to reflect the trend in custom duties made available to the budget up to now. If new data for the last quarter of the year imply significant changes to this estimation, the Commission might revise its figures in the course of the budgetary procedure.

2.2.VAT and GNI own resources balances

Remainder of the 2014 VAT and GNI balances

In November 2014, the Commission calculated the VAT and GNI balances for the year 2013 and previous years. In principle, these balances should have been entered into the own resources account on the first working day of December 2014. Given the fact that these balances were exceptionally high (9.5 billion EUR) and on the basis of the Commission's proposal, the Council adopted on 18 December 2014 Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1377/2014
  11
  which allowed retroactively Member States, under certain conditions, to defer making available the amounts of VAT and GNI balances until the first working day of September 2015.

Member States wishing to benefit from a deferred making available transmitted before the first working day of December 2014 a formal request with a payment schedule to the Commission. On this basis, 6 Member States deferred their payments until 2015.

On 17 December 2014 the European Parliament and Council adopted AB5/2014
  12
  , which integrated the VAT and GNI balances made available in 2014 in the budget 2014 for an amount of about 4 billion EUR.

By 1 September 2015, all deferred payments of the VAT and GNI balances were made available. Therefore, the Commission proposes to enter an amount of EUR 5 723,9 million (a negative amount of EUR 211 million for the VAT balances in chapter 31 and a positive amount of EUR 5 934,9 million for the GNI balances in chapter 32).

2015 VAT and GNI balances

For the first working day of December 2015, Member States have to make available the VAT and GNI own resources balances for 2014 and earlier years. As far as the VAT and GNI own resources balances of previous years are concerned, and on the basis of the available information, the Commission proposes to enter an amount of EUR 18, 2 million for the VAT balances and of EUR 1 391,2 million for the GNI balances, having a global impact of EUR 1 409,4 million, which reduces the Member States' GNI contributions accordingly
  13
  . This positive amount relates to chapters 31
  14
  and 32
  15
  of the revenue side of the budget.

At this stage the calculations for Member States' balances are still provisional because of the on-going verification of VAT and GNI data. This may lead the Commission to revise the figures in the course of the procedure for this DAB.

2.3.Other Revenue

Taking into account the amounts that at this stage of the year are cashed or will probably be cashed, it is proposed to increase the initial forecasts by a net amount of EUR 1 470 million. The detail by line is shown in the table below.

| Revenue lines | Budget 2015 | DAB 8/2015 | New amount |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 5 2 1  — Revenue from investments or loans granted, bank and other interest on the accounts of organisations receiving subsidies transferred to the Commission | 10 000 000 | 40 000 000 | 50 000 000 |
| 7 0 0 0 — Interest due on late payments into the accounts held with the treasuries of the Member States | 5 000 000 | 5 000 000 | 10 000 000 |
| 7 0 1 — Interest on late payments and other interest on fines | 15 000 000 | 30 000 000 | 45 000 000 |
| 7 1 0 — Fines, periodic penalty payments and other penalties | 100 000 000 | 1 315 000 000 | 1 415 000 000 |
| 7 1 2 — Penalty payments and lump sums imposed on a Member State for not complying with a judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union on its failure to fulfil an obligation under the Treaty | p.m. | 50 000 000 | 50 000 000 |
| 8 1 0 — Capital repayments and interest in respect of special loans and risk capital granted in the framework of financial cooperation with Mediterranean third countries | p.m. | 30 000 000 | 30 000 000 |
| Total | 130 000 000 | 1 470 000 000 | 1 600 000 000 |

Revenue lines

Budget 2015

DAB 8/2015

New amount

5 2 1  — Revenue from investments or loans granted, bank and other interest on the accounts of organisations receiving subsidies transferred to the Commission

10 000 000

40 000 000

50 000 000

7 0 0 0 — Interest due on late payments into the accounts held with the treasuries of the Member States

5 000 000

5 000 000

10 000 000

7 0 1 — Interest on late payments and other interest on fines

15 000 000

30 000 000

45 000 000

7 1 0 — Fines, periodic penalty payments and other penalties

100 000 000

1 315 000 000

1 415 000 000

7 1 2 — Penalty payments and lump sums imposed on a Member State for not complying with a judgment of the Court of Justice of the European Union on its failure to fulfil an obligation under the Treaty

p.m.

50 000 000

50 000 000

8 1 0 — Capital repayments and interest in respect of special loans and risk capital granted in the framework of financial cooperation with Mediterranean third countries

p.m.

30 000 000

30 000 000

Total

130 000 000

1 470 000 000

1 600 000 000

2.4.GNI own resources contributions

Taking into account the revised forecasts for traditional own resources, VAT and GNI balances, the increased other revenue, as set out above, and the decreased payment appropriations for the European Data Protection Supervisor, the resulting overall impact on Member States' GNI contributions of this DAB 8/2015 is a decrease of EUR 9 403,4 million.

| Member State | Amending budget No. 6/2015 | Draft amending budget No. 8/2015 | New amount |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Belgium | 2 948 138 218 | - 271 023 955 | 2 677 114 263 |
| Bulgaria | 300 569 728 | - 27 631 539 | 272 938 189 |
| Czech Republic | 1 042 222 019 | - 95 812 038 | 946 409 981 |
| Denmark | 1 961 742 240 | - 180 344 034 | 1 781 398 206 |
| Germany | 21 864 405 229 | -2 010 006 699 | 19 854 398 530 |
| Estonia | 142 812 302 | - 13 128 812 | 129 683 490 |
| Ireland | 1 170 159 800 | - 107 573 428 | 1 062 586 372 |
| Greece | 1 281 873 093 | - 117 843 293 | 1 164 029 800 |
| Spain | 7 815 907 916 | - 718 520 678 | 7 097 387 238 |
| France | 15 814 431 821 | -1 453 829 344 | 14 360 602 477 |
| Croatia | 302 256 027 | - 27 786 561 | 274 469 466 |
| Italy | 11 502 867 468 | -1 057 464 881 | 10 445 402 587 |
| Cyprus | 118 108 966 | - 10 857 822 | 107 251 144 |
| Latvia | 179 251 974 | - 16 478 732 | 162 773 242 |
| Lithuania | 265 124 885 | - 24 373 075 | 240 751 810 |
| Luxembourg | 220 672 982 | - 20 286 587 | 200 386 395 |
| Hungary | 749 838 714 | - 68 933 082 | 680 905 632 |
| Malta | 57 924 570 | - 5 325 038 | 52 599 532 |
| Netherlands | 4 802 411 377 | - 441 488 298 | 4 360 923 079 |
| Austria | 2 333 565 332 | - 214 525 934 | 2 119 039 398 |
| Poland | 2 913 421 073 | - 267 832 388 | 2 645 588 685 |
| Portugal | 1 245 527 807 | - 114 502 050 | 1 131 025 757 |
| Romania | 1 106 037 387 | - 101 678 620 | 1 004 358 767 |
| Slovenia | 267 427 364 | - 24 584 744 | 242 842 620 |
| Slovakia | 537 365 257 | - 49 400 281 | 487 964 976 |
| Finland | 1 452 033 370 | - 133 486 220 | 1 318 547 150 |
| Sweden | 3 135 321 563 | - 288 231 821 | 2 847 089 742 |
| United Kingdom | 16 756 318 720 | -1 540 417 520 | 15 215 901 200 |
| Article 1 4 0 — Total | 102 287 737 202 | -9 403 367 474 | 92 884 369 728 |

Member State

Amending budget No. 6/2015

Draft amending budget No. 8/2015

New amount

Belgium

2 948 138 218

- 271 023 955

2 677 114 263

Bulgaria

300 569 728

- 27 631 539

272 938 189

Czech Republic

1 042 222 019

- 95 812 038

946 409 981

Denmark

1 961 742 240

- 180 344 034

1 781 398 206

Germany

21 864 405 229

-2 010 006 699

19 854 398 530

Estonia

142 812 302

- 13 128 812

129 683 490

Ireland

1 170 159 800

- 107 573 428

1 062 586 372

Greece

1 281 873 093

- 117 843 293

1 164 029 800

Spain

7 815 907 916

- 718 520 678

7 097 387 238

France

15 814 431 821

-1 453 829 344

14 360 602 477

Croatia

302 256 027

- 27 786 561

274 469 466

Italy

11 502 867 468

-1 057 464 881

10 445 402 587

Cyprus

118 108 966

- 10 857 822

107 251 144

Latvia

179 251 974

- 16 478 732

162 773 242

Lithuania

265 124 885

- 24 373 075

240 751 810

Luxembourg

220 672 982

- 20 286 587

200 386 395

Hungary

749 838 714

- 68 933 082

680 905 632

Malta

57 924 570

- 5 325 038

52 599 532

Netherlands

4 802 411 377

- 441 488 298

4 360 923 079

Austria

2 333 565 332

- 214 525 934

2 119 039 398

Poland

2 913 421 073

- 267 832 388

2 645 588 685

Portugal

1 245 527 807

- 114 502 050

1 131 025 757

Romania

1 106 037 387

- 101 678 620

1 004 358 767

Slovenia

267 427 364

- 24 584 744

242 842 620

Slovakia

537 365 257

- 49 400 281

487 964 976

Finland

1 452 033 370

- 133 486 220

1 318 547 150

Sweden

3 135 321 563

- 288 231 821

2 847 089 742

United Kingdom

16 756 318 720

-1 540 417 520

15 215 901 200

Article 1 4 0 — Total

102 287 737 202

-9 403 367 474

92 884 369 728

3.European Data Protection Supervisor (Section IX)

In accordance with article 41(2) of the Financial Regulation, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) has requested that the Commission present a draft amending budget on its behalf. The purpose is to reduce by EUR 123 474 both commitment and payment appropriations (non-differentiated expenditure).

The selection procedure of the new European Data Protection Supervisor and the Assistant was not completed when preparing the draft budget for year 2015. Therefore, it was decided to take a prudent approach and request the necessary appropriations to cover for the most expensive scenario, i.e. the replacement of both EDPS members. Finally, the former Assistant EDPS was appointed as the new EDPS, and consequently a part of the temporary allowances will remain unused (EUR 56 160).

Further to amending budgets adopted by the Management Board of the Translation Centre, a total of EUR 67 314 was reimbursed to the EDPS this year. This extra assigned revenue was not foreseen in its estimates, and will reduce accordingly the need for fresh appropriations. As a result, on the basis of the principle of sound financial management, the EDPS considers that it should be given back to the EU general budget.