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Brussels, 16.4.2010

COM(2010)169 final

DRAFT AMENDING BUDGET N° 4 TO THE GENERAL BUDGET 2010

STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE BY SECTION Section III - Commission

DRAFT AMENDING BUDGET N° 4 TO THE GENERAL BUDGET 2010

STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE BY SECTION Section III - Commission

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 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 Article 37 thereof,

- the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2010 adopted on 17 December 2009[2],

The European Commission hereby presents to the budgetary authority the Draft Amending Budget No 4 to the 2010 budget.

CHANGES TO THE GENERAL STATEMENT OF REVENUE

The changes to the general statement of revenue 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.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

The present Draft Amending Budget (DAB) No 4/2010 is intended to budget the surplus resulting from the implementation of the budget year 2009. As provided for in the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities[3], under Article 15 § 3, it is the only subject of this DAB and it has to be submitted within 15 days following the submission of the provisional accounts, which took place on 31 March 2010.

1. The implementation of the budget year 2009 shows a surplus of EUR 2 253 591 199 (not including contributions from European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and European Economic Area (EEA)), which is therefore entered as revenue in the 2010 budget.

The registering of the surplus can be analysed as follows:

2009 | EFTA-EEA | European Union | Total |

Revenue for the financial year | 218 892 911,00 | (*) 117 406 676 848,42 | 117 625 569 759,42 |

Payments against current year appropriations | -204 128 043,69 | (**) -116 374 827 992,85 | -116 578 956 036,54 |

Payment appropriations carried over to year N+1 | -4 142 623,07 | -1 754 716 988,30 | -1 758 859 611,37 |

Cancellation of unused appropriations carried over from year N-1 | 337 194 076,32 | 337 194 076.32 |

Difference between assigned revenue carried over from years N-1 to N and N to N+1 | 2 453 723 495,39 | 2 453 723 495,39 |

Exchange differences for the year | 185 541 760,39 | 185 541 760,39 |

Budget outturn 2009 | 10 622 244,24 | 2 253 591 199,37 | 2 264 213 443,61 |

(*) Includes assigned revenue receipts of EUR 3 595 628 362

(**) Includes payments against assigned revenue appropriations of EUR 6 049 351 857

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 (Traditional Own Resources (TOR), Value Added Tax (VAT) and Gross National Income (GNI)) including the updated amount of the UK correction. In June, the Commission will present, in a separate Draft Amending Budget, updated forecasts, which are expected to change further the amounts of the contributions by country.

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

[2] OJ L 64, 12.3.2010.

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