EUROPEAN COMMISSION Brussels, 19.10.2015 COM(2015) 545 final DRAFT AMENDING BUDGET No 8

TO THE GENERAL BUDGET 2015 OWN RESOURCES

EUROPEAN 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, and in particular Article 41 thereof, –the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015 adopted on 17 December 2014, –the amending budget No 1/2015, adopted on 28 April 2015, –the amending budget No 2/2015, adopted on 7 July 2015, –the amending budget No 3/2015, adopted on 7 July 2015, –the amending budget No 4/2015, adopted on 7 July 2015, –the amending budget No 5/2015, adopted on 7 July 2015, –the amending budget No 6/2015, adopted on 14 October 2015, –the amending budget No 7/2015, 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 , 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 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.