EUROPEAN COMMISSION Brussels, 17.10.2014 COM(2014) 649 final DRAFT AMENDING BUDGET N° 6

TO THE GENERAL BUDGET 2014 GENERAL STATEMENT OF REVENUE



STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE BY SECTION

Section III – Commission

Section VIII – European Ombudsman



DRAFT AMENDING BUDGET N° 6

TO THE GENERAL BUDGET 2014 GENERAL STATEMENT OF REVENUE



STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE BY SECTION

Section III – Commission

Section VIII – European Ombudsman 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 Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020, and in particular Article 13 thereof, –the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2014 adopted on 20 November 2013, –the amending budget No 1/2014, adopted on 16 April 2014, –the draft amending budget No 2/2014, adopted on 15 April 2014, –the draft amending budget No 3/2014, adopted on 28 May 2014, –the draft amending budget No 4/2014, adopted on 9 July 2014, as amended on 16 October 2014, –the draft amending budget No 5/2014, adopted on 8 September 2014, The European Commission hereby presents to the budgetary authority the draft amending budget No 6 to the 2014 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. GNI own resources contributions 3. Changes in commitment and payment appropriations (Section III)

3.1. European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (Heading 2) 3.2. Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements (Heading 2) 3.3. Emergency Aid Reserve (Heading 4) 4. European Ombudsman (Section VIII) 5. Summary table by MFF heading 1.Introduction Draft Amending Budget (DAB) No 6 for the year 2014 concerns the following: –A revision of the forecast of Traditional Own Resources (customs duties), VAT and GNI own resources balances. –A reduction in the budgetary appropriations related to the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and the reserve for Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements, for a total amount of EUR 76,3 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 6,2 million in payment appropriations. It is proposed to redeploy the related payment appropriations to the Emergency Aid Reserve. –An increase in the budgetary appropriations, both commitments and payments of EUR 93 500 for the European Ombudsman, in order to ensure that all salary remunerations due in 2014 can be paid by the end of the year. The overall impact in terms of expenditure, is a decrease of EUR 76,2 million commitment appropriations, and an increase of EUR 93 500 for payment appropriations. The overall impact in terms of revenue, is a decrease in the requirements for Own Resources of EUR 9 527,7 million. In addition, the distribution by Member State is adjusted. 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 420 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 implies 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 As far as the VAT and GNI own resources balances of previous years are concerned, and on the basis of the available information, the Commission proposes to enter a negative amount of EUR 285 million for the VAT balances and a positive amount of EUR 9 813 million for the GNI balances, having a global impact of EUR 9 528 million, which reduces the Member States' GNI contributions accordingly. This positive amount relates to chapters 31 and 32 of the revenue side of the budget. The amount for the GNI balances is exceptionally high due to the work carried out by Member States to ensure that existing GNI reservations can be lifted in addition to the major revisions of GNI data made by some of them. At this stage the calculations for Member States' balances are still provisional because of the on-going verification of VAT and GNI data. This may lead the Commission to revise the figures in the course of the procedure for this DAB.

2.3. GNI own resources contributions Taking into account the revised forecasts for traditional own resources, VAT and GNI balances as set out above, the resulting overall impact on Member States' GNI contributions of this DAB 6/2014 is a decrease of EUR 9 947,7million. Member State Draft amending budget No. 5/2014 Draft amending budget No. 6/2014 New amount Belgium 2 920 454 359 - 289 405 330 2 631 049 029 Bulgaria 297 197 481 - 29 451 080 267 746 401 Czech Republic 1 010 207 025 - 100 107 470 910 099 555 Denmark 1 974 528 487 - 195 667 864 1 778 860 623 Germany 21 577 311 887 -2 138 225 185 19 439 086 702 Estonia 138 414 059 - 13 716 279 124 697 780 Ireland 1 067 000 044 - 105 735 430 961 264 614 Greece 1 338 133 757 - 132 603 695 1 205 530 062 Spain 7 650 473 560 - 758 131 287 6 892 342 273 France 15 929 748 815 -1 578 574 303 14 351 174 512 Croatia 314 195 881 - 31 135 553 283 060 328 Italy 11 727 836 170 -1 162 181 591 10 565 654 579 Cyprus 114 142 533 - 11 311 068 102 831 465 Latvia 183 133 065 - 18 147 753 164 985 312 Lithuania 259 834 181 - 25 748 526 234 085 655 Luxembourg 241 820 995 - 23 963 492 217 857 503 Hungary 728 746 903 - 72 215 899 656 531 004 Malta 52 399 087 - 5 192 539 47 206 548 Netherlands 4 649 296 143 - 460 726 626 4 188 569 517 Austria 2 393 635 627 - 237 199 703 2 156 435 924 Poland 2 925 159 273 - 289 871 568 2 635 287 705 Portugal 1 231 673 537 - 122 053 914 1 109 619 623 Romania 1 074 854 216 - 106 513 748 968 340 468 Slovenia 262 105 545 - 25 973 610 236 131 935 Slovakia 539 994 575 - 53 511 300 486 483 275 Finland 1 475 419 202 - 146 208 133 1 329 211 069 Sweden 3 258 647 238 - 322 918 889 2 935 728 349 United Kingdom 15 047 915 871 -1 491 188 191 13 556 727 680 Article 1 4 0 — Total 100 384 279 516 -9 947 680 026 90 436 599 490 3.Changes in commitment and payment appropriations (Section III) 3.1. European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (Heading 2) Due to the late adoption of the legal basis for the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund, a number of actions that were planned will not take place as expected in 2014. The budget for the administrative and support expenditure (budget item 11 01 04 01), intially proposed on the basis of a full year, will not be spent in its entirity. Similarly, the contribution to the executive agency for Small-and Medium-sized Entreprises (budget item 11 01 06 01), that will receive the delegation for managing part of the programme, can be reduced, as recruitments will be made later than originally planned. Both budget lines concern non-differentiated expenditure, with the corresponding EUR 1,6 million becoming available in commitment and payment appropriations. The late adoption of the legal basis has also delayed the implementation of operational expenditure of the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) under direct management. A EUR 2,8 million reduction in commitment appropriations is proposed for Governance and Communication (budget item 11 06 62 04), as communication actions have been delayed and four advisory councils will not yet be operational by the end of 2014. A reduction (EUR 0,9 million) can also be made in commitments for Scientific advice and knowledge (budget item 11 06 62 01). The following table summarises the effect of DAB 6/2014 on the corresponding budget lines: (in EUR ) Budget 2014

Draft Amending Budget

No 6/2014 Budget 2014

(incl. DAB 6/2014) Commitments Payments Commitments Payments Commitments Payments — Support expenditure for maritime affairs and fisheries – Non operational administrative and techncial assistance (11 01 04 01) 4 100 000 4 100 000 - 774 900 - 774 900 3 325 100 3 325 100 — Executive Agency for Small- and Medium-sized Entreprises – Contribution from the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) (11 01 06 01) 1 592 000 1 592 000 - 809 000 - 809 000 783 000 783 000 — Scientific advice and knowledge (11 06 62 01) 14 349 220 21 639 419 - 936 000 13 413 220 21 639 419 — Governance and Communication (11 06 62 04) 6 809 400 4 857 767 - 2 765 500 4 043 900 4 857 767 Total 26 850 620 32 189 186 - 5 285 400 - 1 583 900 21 565 220 30 605 286 3.2. Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements (Heading 2) After analysis of the status of negotiations linked to the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements and the evaluation of the possible dates of entry into force, in DAB 3/2014 the Commission had already identified an amount of EUR 65 million in payment appropriations that could be released from the corresponding reserve (40 02 41). Following an updated assessement, it now appears that a further EUR 4,6 million in payment appropriations can be released and are available for redeployment. This amount has not been included in the Global Transfer (DEC 31/2014), as amounts in reserve are not eligible for a transfer to another budget line. Reflecting the overall reduction in payments from the reserve line proposed in DAB 3/2014 and in this DAB 6/2014, the EUR 71 million in commitment approriations in the reserve can also be reduced. (in million EUR,) Sustainable fisheries partnership agreements Budget 2014 (DAB 3 included) Draft Amending Budget

No 6/2014 Budget 2014

(incl. DAB 6/2014) Commitments Payments Commitments Payments Commitments Payments Reserve (40 02 41) 115 342 000 47 342 000 -71 000 000 -4 567 000 44 342 000 42 775 000 3.3. Emergency Aid Reserve (Heading 4) The Commission proposes to redeploy the EUR 6,2 million in payment appropriations identified in sections 3.1 and 3.2 above to the Emergency Aid Reserve, to help facing possible humanitarian crises till the end of the year. (in million EUR,) Emergency Aid Reserve Budget 2014 (DAB 3 included) Draft Amending Budget

No 6/2014 Budget 2014

(incl. DAB 6/2014) Commitments Payments Commitments Payments Commitments Payments Reserve (40 02 42) 297 000 000 150 000 000 6 150 900 297 000 000 156 150 900 4.European Ombudsman (Section VIII) In accordance with article 41(2) of the Financial Regulation, the European Ombudsman has requested a draft amending budget. The authorised budget for 2014 did not make any provision for the salary adjustment as of 1 July 2012. However, the increase in salaries for 2012 that was finally decided in April 2014, including its retroactive effect as from 1 July 2012, resulted in additional expenditure amounting to EUR 193 800 as regards the remunerations to be paid by the European Ombudsman in 2014. This is a significant amount (+3 % of the authorised appropriations related to salary lines) for an institution with a comparatively small budget like the European Ombudsman, for which most expenditure is linked to contractual obligations.