EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

1. background to the proposal

· Reasons and objectives for the proposal

a) Extension of increased co-financing for Member States threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability

The sustained financial and economic crisis has put national financial resources under pressure as Member States pursue necessary policies of fiscal consolidation. In this context, ensuring a smooth implementation of cohesion policy programmes is of particular importance for investment in growth and jobs.

Programme implementation is often challenging, not least as a result of the liquidity problems resulting from fiscal consolidation. This is particularly the case for those Member States which have been most affected by the crisis and have received financial assistance under an adjustment programme. To date, seven countries have received financial assistance and have agreed a macro-economic adjustment programme with the Commission. These countries are Cyprus, Hungary, Romania, Latvia, Portugal, Greece and Ireland, hereafter called "programme countries". Hungary, Romania and Latvia are no longer under an adjustment programme.

To ensure that these Member States (and any other Member State which may benefit from such assistance programmes in the future) continue to implement cohesion policy programmes on the ground and continue to disburse funds to projects, the current proposal contains provisions that would allow the Commission to make increased payments to these countries for the period they are under the support mechanisms, without modifying their overall allocation under cohesion policy for the period 2007-2013. This will provide additional financial resources to the Member States at a critical juncture and will facilitate the continued implementation of programmes on the ground.

b) Follow-up of European Council conclusions of 8 February 2013, paragraph 87

The European Council has invited the Commission to explore practical solutions to reduce the risk of automatic decommitment of funds from the 2007-2013 envelopes for Romania and Slovakia, including through an amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006[1] (hereinafter the 'General Regulation') (conclusions of 8 February 2013, paragraph 87). The provisions of the European Council agreement of 8 February on the capping of 2014-2020 allocation at 110% of the 2007-2013 allocation in real terms will affect both Slovakia and Romania (paragraph 46 of the conclusions). This will be reflected in paragraph [13 of annex III bis of the Common Provisions Regulation (CPR) concerning the financial framework].

The above elements are dependent on the on-going negotiations between the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission and the legislative process and approval of the Multi-annual Financial Framework (MFF) and the CPR regulations.

Having explored practical solutions to reduce the risk of automatic decommitment for Romania and Slovakia, it is clear that the risk cannot be substantially reduced without an amendment of the General Regulation. In order, therefore, to implement the agreement reflected in the European Council Conclusions, and to facilitate the absorption of the 2007-2013 funds for Romania and Slovakia, it is necessary to extend the decommitment deadline for these two Member States. Taking into account paragraph 8 of the European Council Conclusions – which retains as an integral part of the MFF agreement a strict application of decommitment rules in all headings, in particular the rules for automatic decommitments - the extension proposed covers the 2011 and 2012 commitments. In this case, the automatic decommitment of the 2011 commitment will not be at the end of 2013 but at the end of 2014 and the automatic decommitment of 2012 will not be at the end of 2014 but at the end of 2015.

The end date for eligibility of expenditure for the programming period remains unchanged as 31 December 2015. These extended deadlines should help Romania and Slovakia to overcome any difficulties in implementation and reduce the risk of decommitment in 2013 and 2014, while maintainng the necessary discipline and incentive to complete the 2007-2013 programming period in timely manner. This will allow to concentrate on the implementation of the 2014-2020 programmes without delay.

· General context and provisions in force in the policy sphere of the proposal

Article 77 of the General Regulation provides that the interim payments and the final balance shall be calculated by applying the co-financing rate for each priority axis laid down by the Commission decision adopting the operational programme concerned. It also provides for the application of an increased co-financing rate for programme countries. This provision currently applies until 31 December 2013.

Article 93 of the General Regulation provides that the Commission shall automatically decommit amounts for which an application for payment has not been submitted before the end of the second year (third year for countries whose GDP from 2001 to 2003 was below 85% of the EU average for commitments made into the programmes between 2008 and 2010) with a special treatment of the 2007 commitment.

· Consistency with other policies and objectives of the Union

The proposal is consistent with other proposals and initiatives adopted by the Commission as a response to the financial crisis.

2. CONSULTATION OF INTEREST PARTIES AND IMPACT ANALYSIS

· Consultation of interested parties

There was no consultation of external stakeholders

· Procurement and use of expertise

Use of external expertise has not been necessary.

· Impact analysis

The proposal would allow the Commission to top up payments to programme countries until the end of the 2007-2013 period. The increase will be an amount calculated by applying ten percentage points top-up to the co-financing rates applicable to the priority axes of the programmes to the newly certified expenditure submitted during the period in question until the ceiling for payments is reached.

At the same time, it will allow Romania and Slovakia to submit expenditure claims up to the end of 2014, rather that up to the end of 2013, for the 2011 commitment and up to closure, rather than up to the end of 2014, for the 2012 commitment. This will reduce the risk of automatic decommitment of the 2011 and 2012 commitments.

The total financial allocation for the period from the Funds to the countries and the programmes in question will not change.

3. Legal elements of the proposal

· Summary of the proposed measures

It is proposed to modify article 77 of the General Regulation to allow the Commission to continue, until the end of the 2007-2013 period, to reimburse the newly declared expenditure by an increased amount calculated by applying a 10 percentage points top-up of the applicable co-financing rates for the priority axis.

In applying the top-up, the co-financing rate of the programme cannot exceed by more than 10 percentage points the maximum ceilings of Annex III of the General Regulation. In addition, contribution from the funds to the priority axis concerned cannot be higher than the amount mentioned in the Commission decision approving the operational programme.

It is also proposed to modify Article 93 of the General Regulation to allow a one-year extension of the automatic decommitment period of the 2011 and 2012 commitments for Romania and Slovakia.

· Legal basis

The General Regulation defines the common rules applicable to the three Funds. Based on the principle of shared management between the Commission and the Member States, this Regulation includes provisions for the programming process as well as arrangements for programme (including financial) management, monitoring, financial control and evaluation of projects.

· Subsidiarity principle

The proposal complies within the subsidiarity principle to the extent that it seeks to provide increased support through Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund for certain Member States which are experiencing serious difficulties, notably with respect to economic growth and financial stability and with a deterioration in their deficit and debt position, also as a result of the international economic and financial environment. In this context, it is necessary to establish at the Union level a temporary mechanism which allows the Commission to increase the reimbursement on the basis of the certified expenditure under Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund.

The proposal also complies with the subsidiarity principle to the extent that it allows more time for certain Member States to spend their 2011 and 2012 commitments. This rule has already been set at Union level.

· Proportionality principle

The proposal conforms to the proportionality principle:

The extension of the application of the increased co-financing rates is proportional in relation to the sustained economic crisis and to the other efforts undertaken to help these Member States.

The extension of the deadline for automatic decommitment is also proportional in that it is focused on those Member States which would see their financial allocations under the 2014-2020 period capped by the European Council agreement, to limit the risk of losing further allocations from the 2007-2013 period due to automatic decommitments.

· Choice of instruments

Proposed instrument: amendment of the current regulation.

The Commission has explored the scope for manoeuvre provided by the legal framework and considers it necessary, in the light of experience up to now, to propose modifications to the General Regulation.

4. Budgetary impact

There is no impact on commitment appropriations since no modification is proposed to the maximum amounts of Structural Funds and Cohesion Fund financing provided for in the operational programmes for the 2007-2013 programming period.

For payment appropriations, the proposal relating to the top-up is budget neutral. However, it can result in a higher reimbursement to the Member States concerned in 2014, but will be balanced out at closure in 2017. The additional payment appropriations for this proposal will imply an increase of payment appropriations (for 2014 of approximately EUR 484 million) which will be compensated by the end of the programming period. Therefore, the total payment appropriations for the whole programming period remain unchanged.

The budgetary impact of the proposal to extend the automatic de-commitment by one year for Romania and Slovakia does not change the total amount of commitment appropriations. However, it could have a net positive impact on total payment appropriations in future years linked to the reduced decommitment risk.

2013/0156 (COD)

Proposal for a

REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 as regards certain provisions relating to financial management for certain Member States experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability and to the decommitment rules for certain Member States

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 177 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national Parliaments,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee[2],

Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions[3],

Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure,

Whereas:

(1) The unprecedented global financial crisis and economic downturn have seriously damaged economic growth and financial stability and provoked a strong deterioration in financial and economic conditions in several Member States. In particular, certain Member States are experiencing serious difficulties or are threatened with such difficulties, notably with problems in their economic growth and financial stability and with a deterioration in their deficit and debt position, also as a result of the international economic and financial environment.

(2) Whilst important actions to counterbalance the negative effects of the crisis have already been taken, including amendments of the legislative framework, the impact of the financial crisis on the real economy, the labour market and citizens is being widely felt. Pressure on national financial resources is increasing and further steps should be taken to alleviate that pressure through the maximum and optimal use of the funding from the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund. In view of the persisting financial difficulties, it is necessary to extend the application of the measures adopted by amending Regulation (EU) No 1311/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council[4]. These measures were adopted pursuant to to Articles 122(2), 136 and 143 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).

(3) In order to facilitate the management of Union funding, to help accelerate investments in Member States and regions and to improve the availability of funding to the economy, Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999[5] was amended by Regulation (EU) No 1311/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council to allow the increase of interim payments from the Structural Funds as well as from the Cohesion Fund by an amount corresponding to ten percentage points above the actual co-financing rate for each priority axis for Member States which are facing serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability and have requested to benefit from this measure.

(4) Article 77(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 allows for the application of an increased co-financing rate up to 31 December 2013. However, since Member States still face serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability the duration of the application of an increased co-financing rate should not be limited until the end of 31 December 2013.

(5) [Regulation (EU) No … (CPR) of the Council and the European Parliament] [The future Common Provisions Regulation] aims to contribute to achieving adequate concentration of cohesion funding on the least developed regions and Member States. In order to contribute to the reduction of disparities in average per capita aid intensities, the maximum level of transfer (capping) from the Funds to each individual Member State pursuant to future Regulations is foreseen to be fixed at 2.35% of the GDP of the Member State. The capping will be applied on an annual basis, and will - if applicable - proportionally reduce all transfers (except for the more developed regions and "European territorial cooperation") to the Member State concerned in order to obtain the maximum level of transfer. For Member States which acceded to the Union before 2013 and whose average real GDP growth 2008-2010 was lower than -1%, the maximum level of transfer will be 2.59 %.

(6) Regulation (EU) No …/…[Common Provisions Regulation] caps the allocations per Member State at 110% of their level in real terms for the 2007-2013 period. Member States affected by this capping need to be further protected from the risk of automatic decommitment of allocations in the 2007-2013 period.

(7) In its conclusions of 8 February 2013, the European Council invited the Commission to explore practical solutions to reduce the risk of automatic de-commitment of the Funds from the 2007-2013 national envelope for Romania and Slovakia, including the amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006.

(8) The European Council also highlighted the need to ensure a manageable level and profile for the payments in all headings in order to limit the outstanding budgetary commitments notably by applying rules for automatic decommitments in all headings. Hence, provisions releasing the decommitment rules for Member States affected by the capping set out in Regulation (EU) No …/… [Common Provisions Regulation] should be balanced in view of its effects on the outstanding budgetary commitments.

(9) The deadline for the calculation of the automatic decommitment of the annual budget commitments for years 2011 and 2012 should be extended by one year, but the 2012 budget commitment, which will still be open on 31 December 2015 is to be justifed by 31 December 2015. This should help to improve the absorption of funding committed for operational programmes in Member States that are affected by the capping of their future cohesion policy allocations at 110% of their level in real terms for the 2007-2013 period. Such flexibility is necessary in order to address a slower than expected implementation of programmes affecting in particular those Member States.

(10) Given the unprecedented crisis, swift adoption of support measures are needed and therefore it is appropriate that this Regulation enters into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

(11) Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 is amended as follows:

(1) In Article 77, paragraph 6 is deleted.

(2) Article 93 is amended as follows:

(a) The following paragraph 2b is inserted:

"2b. By way of derogation from the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 and from paragraph 2, for Member States whose cohesion policy allocations in the 2014-2020 programming period are capped at 110% of their level in real terms for the 2007-2013 period, the deadline referred to in paragraph 1 shall be 31 December of the third year following the year of the annual budget commitment from 2007 to 2012 under their operational programmes."

(b) In paragraph 3, the following subparagraph is added:

"The first subparagraph is without prejudice to the application of the deadline laid down in Article 93(2)(b) to the 2012 budget commitment for the Member State referred to in that paragraph."

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Strasbourg,

For the European Parliament For the Council

The President The President

LEGISLATIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENT

1. NAME OF THE PROPOSAL:

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 as regards certain provisions relating to financial management for certain Member States experiencing or threatened with serious difficulties with respect to their financial stability and to the decommitment rules for certain Member States.

2. ABM / ABB FRAMEWORK

Policy Area(s) concerned and associated Activity/Activities:

Regional Policy; ABB activity 13.03

Employment and Social Affairs; ABB activity 04.02

Cohesion Fund, ABB 13.04

3. BUDGET LINES

3.1. Budget lines (operational lines and related technical and administrative assistance lines (ex- B.A lines)):

The proposed new action will be implemented on the following budget lines:

· 13.031600 Convergence (ERDF)

· 13.031800 Regional competitiveness & employment (ERDF)

· 04.0217 Convergence (ESF)

· 04.0219 Regional competitiveness & employment (ESF)

· 13.04.02 Cohesion Fund

3.2. Duration of the action and of the financial impact:

None of the proposed changes will have a financial impact. Indeed, the increased need in 2014 to cover the payment claims for Member States under financial assistance, will be offset at closure of te programmes in year 2017. The mechanism allows some frontloading of payments compared to a situation without “top-up”. As for the extension of the automatic de-commitment rule, it could have a net positive impact on total payment appropriations in future years linked to the reduced decommitment risk.. 3.3. Budgetary characteristics:

Budget line || Type of expenditure || New || EFTA contribution || Contributions from applicant countries || Heading in financial perspective

13.031600 || Non-comp || Diff || NO || NO || NO || No 1b

13.031800 || Non-comp || Diff || NO || NO || NO || No 1b

04.0217 || Non-comp || Diff || NO || NO || NO || No 1b

13.0402 || Non-comp || Diff || NO || NO || NO || No 1b

04.0219 || Non-comp || Diff || NO || NO || NO || No 1b

4. SUMMARY OF RESOURCES

4.1. Financial Resources

4.1.1. Summary of commitment appropriations (CA) and payment appropriations (PA)

The following tables show the estimated impact of the proposed measures in 2014 to 2017. Since no new financial resources are proposed for commitment appropriations, no figures are inserted in the tables but n.a. (non-applicable) is indicated. The proposal is therefore in line with the multi-annual financial framework for 2007-2013.

For payments, the proposal to extend the top-up mechanism can result in a higher reimbursement to the Member States concerned, that will be offset at closure. Based on the latest available payment forecast from Member States, top-up payments paid out to the concerned Member States in 2012, and the payment appropriations included in the 2013 Budget, the budgetary needs would be approximately EUR 484 million for 2014. This amount will be reversed at closure in 2017.

The budgetary impact of the proposal to extend the automatic de-commitment period for the 2011 and 2012 commitments by one year for Romania and Slovakia does not change the total amount of commitment appropriations. However, it could have a net positive impact on total payment appropriations in future years linked to the reduced decommitment risk.

The Commission has reviewed the need for additional payment credits and thus proposes hereby the necessary actions to the Budgetary Authority.

EUR million (to 3 decimal places)

Expenditure type || Section no. || || Year n || n + 1 || n + 2 || n + 3 || n + 4 || n + 5 and later || Total

Operational expenditure[6] || || || || || || || ||

Commitment Appropriations (CA) || 8.1 || a || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a.

Payment Appropriations (PA) || || b || n.a || +0.484 || n.a || n.a. || -0.484 || n.a; || 0.

Administrative expenditure within reference amount[7] || || || ||

Technical & administrative assistance (NDA) || 8.2.4 || c || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a.

TOTAL REFERENCE AMOUNT || || || || || || ||

Commitment Appropriations || || a+c || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a.

Payment Appropriations || || b+c || n.a. || +0.484 || n.a || n.a. || -0.484 || n.a. || 0,000

Administrative expenditure not included in reference amount[8] || ||

Human resources and associated expenditure (NDA) || 8.2.5 || d || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a.

Administrative costs, other than human resources and associated costs, not included in reference amount (NDA) || 8.2.6 || e || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a.

Total indicative financial cost of intervention

TOTAL CA including cost of Human Resources || || a+c+d+e || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a.

TOTAL PA including cost of Human Resources || || b+c+d+e || n.a || n.a. || n.a || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a

Co-financing details

EUR million (to 3 decimal places)

Co-financing body || || Year n || n + 1 || n + 2 || n + 3 || n + 4 || n + 5 and later || Total

…………………… || f || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a.

TOTAL CA including co-financing || a+c+d+e+f || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a.

4.1.2. Compatibility with Financial Programming

x Proposal is compatible with existing financial programming.

¨ Proposal will entail reprogramming of the relevant heading in the financial perspective.

¨ Proposal may require application of the provisions of the Interinstitutional Agreement[9] (i.e. flexibility instrument or revision of the financial perspective).

4.1.3. Financial impact on Revenue

x Proposal has no financial implications on revenue

¨ Proposal has financial impact – the effect on revenue is as follows:

EUR million (to one decimal place)

|| || Prior to action [Year n-1] || || Situation following action

Budget line || Revenue || || [Year n] || [n+1] || [n+2] || [n+3] || [n+4] || [n+5][10]

|| a) Revenue in absolute terms || || || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a.

b) Change in revenue || D || || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a.

(Please specify each revenue budget line involved, adding the appropriate number of rows to the table if there is an effect on more than one budget line.)

4.2. Human Resources FTE (including officials, temporary and external staff) – see detail under point 8.2.1.

Annual requirements || Year n || n + 1 || n + 2 || n + 3 || n + 4 || n + 5 and later

Total number of human resources || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a.

5. CHARACTERISTICS AND OBJECTIVES

5.1. Need to be met in the short or long term

The sustained financial and economic crisis is increasing the pressure on national financial resources, as Member States are reducing their budgets. In this context ensuring a smooth implementation of cohesion policy programmes is of particular importance as a tool for injecting funds into the economy. In order to ensure that these Member States continue the implementation of the Structural Fund and Cohesion Fund programmes on the ground and disburse funds to projects, the proposal contains provisions that would allow the Commission to increase payments to Member States, for the period they are under the support mechanisms. It will also allow certain Member States more time to make full use of the 2011 and 2012 commitments.

5.2. Value-added of Community involvement and coherence of the proposal with other financial instruments and possible synergy

The proposal will allow the continuation of the implementation of the programmes, injecting money into the economy while at the same time help reduce the burden on public expenditure.

5.3. Objectives, expected results and related indicators of the proposal in the context of the ABM framework

The objective is to help those Memebr States mostly affected by the financial crisis to be able to continue with the implementation of the programmes on the ground, hence injecting funds into the economy.

5.4. Method of Implementation (indicative)

Show below the method(s) chosen for the implementation of the action.

· With Member States

6. MONITORING AND EVALUATION

6.1. Monitoring system

Not needed, as it falls under the established monitoring of Structural Funds.

6.2. Evaluation

6.2.1. Ex-ante evaluation

This proposal has been prepared at the request from the Cabinet of the President of the Commission following the Council conclusions of 8 February 2013.

6.2.2. Measures taken following an intermediate/ex-post evaluation (lessons learned from similar experiences in the past)

N/A

6.2.3. Terms and frequency of future evaluation

N/A

7. ANTI-FRAUD MEASURES

N.A.

8. DETAILS OF RESOURCES

8.1. Objectives of the proposal in terms of their financial cost

Commitment appropriations in EUR million (to 3 decimal places)

(Headings of Objectives, actions and outputs should be provided) || Type of output || Av. cost || Year n || Year n+1 || Year n+2 || Year n+3 || Year n+4 || Year n+5 and later || TOTAL

No. outputs || Total cost || No. outputs || Total cost || No. outputs || Total cost || No. outputs || Total cost || No. outputs || Total cost || No. outputs || Total cost || No. outputs || Total cost

OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVE No.1 Sustain the implementation of the operational programmes || || || || || || || || || || || || || || || ||

|| || || || 0,000 || || 0,000 || || || || || || || || || || 0,000

TOTAL COST || || || || 0,000 || || 0,000 || || || || || || || || || || 0,000

8.2. Administrative Expenditure

8.2.1. Number and type of human resources

Types of post || || Staff to be assigned to management of the action using existing and/or additional resources (number of posts/FTEs)

|| || Year n || Year n+1 || Year n+2 || Year n+3 || Year n+4 || Year n+5

Officials or temporary staff (XX 01 01) || A*/AD || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a.

B*, C*/AST || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a.

Staff financed by art. XX 01 02 || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a.

Other staff financed by art. XX 01 04/05 || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a.

TOTAL || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a.

8.2.2. Description of tasks deriving from the action

N/A

8.2.3. Sources of human resources (statutory)

(When more than one source is stated, please indicate the number of posts originating from each of the sources)

¨ Posts currently allocated to the management of the programme to be replaced or extended

¨ Posts pre-allocated within the APS/PDB exercise for year n

¨ Posts to be requested in the next APS/PDB procedure

¨ Posts to be redeployed using existing resources within the managing service (internal redeployment)

¨ Posts required for year n although not foreseen in the APS/PDB exercise of the year in question

8.2.4. Other Administrative expenditure included in reference amount (XX 01 04/05 – Expenditure on administrative management)

EUR million (to 3 decimal places)

Budget line (number and heading) || Year n || Year n+1 || Year n+2 || Year n+3 || Year n+4 || Year n+5 and later || TOTAL

1 Technical and administrative assistance (including related staff costs) || || || || || || ||

Executive agencies || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a.

Other technical and administrative assistance || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a.

- intra muros || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a.

- extra muros || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a.

Total Technical and administrative assistance || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a.

8.2.5. Financial cost of human resources and associated costs not included in the reference amount

EUR million (to 3 decimal places)

Type of human resources || Year n || Year n+1 || Year n+2 || Year n+3 || Year n+4 || Year n+5 and later

Officials and temporary staff (XX 01 01) || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a.

Staff financed by Art XX 01 02 (auxiliary, END, contract staff, etc.) (specify budget line) || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a.

Total cost of Human Resources and associated costs (NOT in reference amount) || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a.

Calculation– Officials and Temporary agents

Reference should be made to Point 8.2.1, if applicable

n.a.

Calculation– Staff financed under art. XX 01 02

Reference should be made to Point 8.2.1, if applicable

n.a.

8.2.6. Other administrative expenditure not included in reference amount

EUR million (to 3 decimal places)

|| Year n || Year n+1 || Year n+2 || Year n+3 || Year n+4 || Year n+5 and later || TOTAL

XX 01 02 11 01 – Missions || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a.

XX 01 02 11 02 – Meetings & Conferences || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a.

XX 01 02 11 03 – Committees || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a.

XX 01 02 11 04 – Studies & consultations || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a.

XX 01 02 11 05 - Information systems || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a.

2 Total Other Management Expenditure (XX 01 02 11) || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a.

3 Other expenditure of an administrative nature (specify including reference to budget line) || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a.

Total Administrative expenditure, other than human resources and associated costs (NOT included in reference amount) || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a. || n.a.

Calculation - Other administrative expenditure not included in reference amount

n.a.

[1] Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 of 11 July 2006 laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999

[2] OJ L , , p. .

[3] OJ L , , p. .

[4] OJ L 337, 20.12.2011, p. 5.

[5] OJ L 210, 31.7.2006, p. 25.

[6] Expenditure that does not fall under Chapter xx 01 of the Title xx concerned

[7] Expenditure within article xx 01 04 of Title xx.

[8] Expenditure within chapter xx 01 other than articles xx 01 04 or xx 01 05.

[9] See points 19 and 24 of the Inter-institutional agreement.

[10] Additional columns should be added if necessary i.e. if the duration of the action exceeds 6 years