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Endorses the agreement reached in the Conciliation between the Bureau and the Committee on Budgets on 30 March 2022 to set the increase over the 2022 budget at 6,24 %, corresponding to an overall level of estimates of EUR 2 244 696 416 for 2023, to decrease the level of expenditure of the preliminary draft estimates approved by the Bureau on 7 March 2022 by EUR 33,96 million, to provide for 60 new posts in relation to cybersecurity and security but only request 52 additional posts in the establishment plan for 2023 given that 8 posts are redeployed from other administrative services and to reduce accordingly the appropriations proposed on the following budget lines: 1 0 0 4 — Ordinary travel expenses, 1 2 0 0 — Remuneration and allowances, 1 4 0 5 — Expenditure on interpretation, 1 4 2 — External translation services, 2 0 0 7 — Construction of buildings and fitting-out of premises, 2 1 0 2 — Computing and telecommunications — Business-as-usual operations — General support for users, 2 1 0 3 — Computing and telecommunications — Business-as-usual operations — Management of ICT applications , 2 1 0 4 — Computing and telecommunications — Investment in infrastructure, 2 1 0 5 — Computing and telecommunications — Investment in projects, 2 1 2 — Furniture, 2 1 4 — Technical equipment and installations, 2 1 6 — Transport of Members, other persons and goods, 2 3 7 — Removals, 2 3 8 — Other administrative expenditure, 3 0 0 — Expenses for staff missions and duty travel between the three places of work, 3 2 0 — Acquisition of expertise, 3 2 1 — Expenditure on European parliamentary research services, including the library, the historical archives, scientific and technological options assessment (STOA) and the European Science-Media Hub, 3 2 4 1 — Digital and traditional publications, 3 2 4 2 — Expenditure on publication, information and participation in public events, 3 2 4 3 — European Parliament visitor centres, 3 2 4 4 — Organisation and reception of groups of visitors, Euroscola programme and invitations to opinion multipliers from third countries, 3 2 4 8 — Expenditure on audiovisual information, 4 0 0 — Current administrative expenditure and expenditure relating to the political and information activities of the political groups and non-attached Members; furthermore, given the extraordinary effects of the international crisis on inflation, statutory expenses and the need to reinforce Parliament’s resilience, in particular by investing in security and cybersecurity, to increase the level of expenditure of the preliminary draft estimates approved by the Bureau on 7 March 2022 by EUR 62 million and to increase accordingly the appropriations proposed on the following budget lines: 1 0 0 0 — Salaries, 1 0 0 4 — Ordinary travel expenses, 1 0 0 5 — Other travel expenses, 1 0 0 6 — General expenditure allowance, 1 0 2 — Transitional allowances, 1 0 3 0 — Retirement pensions (PEAM), 1 0 3 1 — Invalidity pensions (PEAM), 1 0 3 2 — Survivors’ pensions (PEAM), 1 2 0 0 — Remuneration and allowances, 1 4 0 0 — Other staff — Secretariat and political groups, 1 4 0 1 — Other staff — Security, 1 4 0 2 — Other staff — Drivers in the Secretariat, 1 4 0 5 — Expenditure on interpretation, 2 0 2 4 — Energy consumption, 2 1 0 4 — Computing and telecommunications — Investment in infrastructure, 4 2 2 — Expenditure relating to parliamentary assistance