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Brussels, 13.4.2007

SEC(2007) 483 final

PRELIMINARY DRAFT AMENDING BUDGET No 4 TO THE GENERAL BUDGET FOR 2007

GENERAL STATEMENT OF REVENUE

(presented by the Commission)

PRELIMINARY DRAFT AMENDING BUDGET No 4 TO THE GENERAL BUDGET FOR 2007

GENERAL STATEMENT OF REVENUE

Having regard to:

- the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 272 thereof,

- the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 177 thereof,

- the Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities[1], and in particular Articles 15 § 3 and 38 thereof,

The European Commission hereby presents to the budgetary authority the preliminary draft amending budget No 4 to the 2007 budget for the reasons set out in the explanatory memorandum.

GENERAL STATEMENT OF REVENUE

The general statement of revenue is forwarded separately via the SEI-BUD system. A language version is attached as a budgetary annex by way of example.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

The present Preliminary Draft Amending Budget No 4/2007 aims at budgeting the surplus resulting from the implementation of the budget year 2006. As provided for in the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities[2], under Article 15 § 3, it is the only subject of this PDAB and it has to be submitted within 15 days following the submission of the provisional accounts, which took place on 30 March 2007.

1. The implementation of the budget year 2006 shows a surplus of EUR 1 847 631 711,00 shared between a component resulting from an over-registering in revenue (+ EUR 914 569 139,79), an under-spending in expenditure (+ EUR 949 899 477,07) and a negative balance of monetary exchange (- EUR 16 836 905,86).

The over-registering of revenue can be analysed by title as follows:

Revenue by budget title | Budgeted revenue | Revenue | Balance of revenue in the financial year |

1. | Own resources | 101 010 391 494,00 | 100 844 158 013,16 | -166 233 480,84 |

3. | Surpluses, balances and adjustments | 4 018 889 033,00 | 4 009 857 459,63 | -9 031 573,37 |

4. | Revenue accruing from persons working with the institutions and with other Community bodies | 1 034 904 640,00 | 858 184 757,74 | -176 719 882,26 |

5. | Revenue accruing from the administrative operation of the institutions | 78 630 000,00 | 233 202 388,21 | 154 572 388,21 |

6. | Contributions and refunds in connection with Community agreements and programmes | 235 000 000,00 | 1 306 659 839,57 | 1 071 659 839,57 |

7. | Interest on late payment and fines | 911 500 000,00 | 916 269 764,21 | 4 769 764,21 |

8. | Borrowing and lending operations | 59 028 454,00 | 71 801 605,63 | 12 773 151,63 |

9. | Miscellaneous revenue | 30 126 000,00 | 52 904 932,64 | 22 778 932,64 |

Total | 107 378 469 621,00 | 108 293 038 760,79 | 914 569 139,79 |

The under-spending of payment appropriations in 2006 can be analysed by heading of the Financial perspective as follows.

Expenditure by title of financial perspective | Payment appropriations* (1) | Expenditure, 2006 (2) | Difference* (3) = (1) – (2) | Appropriations carried over to 2007 (4) | Appropriations carried over from 2005 which lapse (5) | Balance of expenditure, 2006* (6) = (3) – (4) + (5) |

1. | Agriculture | 50 210 520 000,00 | 49 572 765 283,42 | 637 754 716,58 | 270 968 741,37 | 59 340 962,67 | 426 126 937,88 |

2. | Structural operations | 32 495 209 237,00 | 32 390 118 252,85 | 105 090 984,15 | 58 046 134,36 | 6 854 801,92 | 53 899 651,71 |

3. | Internal policies | 8 769 269 147,16 | 8 693 793 397,32 | 75 475 749,84 | 278 117 466,13 | 80 793 292,93 | -121 848 423,36 |

4. | External action | 5 407 083 634,00 | 5 147 282 591,20 | 259 801 042,80 | 133 730 153,80 | 28 077 468,81 | 154 148 357,81 |

5. | Administration | 6 654 345 932,84 | 6 016 977 945,11 | 637 367 987,73 | 665 421 333,65 | 79 417 664,14 | 51 364 318,22 |

6. | Reserves | 386 000 000,00 | 127 640 000,00 | 258 360 000,00 | 0,00 | 0,00 | 258 360 000,00 |

7. | Pre-accession aid | 2 382 541 338,00 | 2 268 887 581,40 | 113 653 756,60 | -5 388 967,16 | 8 805 911,05 | 127 848 634,81 |

8. | Compensation | 1 073 500 332,00 | 1 073 500 332,00 | 0,00 | 0,00 | 0,00 | 0,00 |

Total | 107 378 469 621,00 | 105 290 965 383,30 | 2 087 504 237,70 | 1 400 894 862,15 | 263 290 101,52 | 949 899 477,07 |

* not including payment appropriations corresponding to assigned revenue

2. The budgeting of the surplus will diminish accordingly the global contribution of the Member States to the financing of the EU Budget. This global decrease by Member State will also be influenced by the updated own resources forecast including the updated amount of the UK correction and the budgeting of the surplus of the guarantee fund for external loans. These forecasts will be the subject of a separate Preliminary Draft Amending Budget, to be presented by the Commission at the beginning of June 2007, which is expected to change further the amounts of the contributions by country.

[1] OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p.1.

[2] OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p.1.