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Brussels, 15.4.2011

COM(2011) 219 final

DRAFT AMENDING BUDGET N° 3 TO THE GENERAL BUDGET 2011

STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE BY SECTION Section III - Commission

DRAFT AMENDING BUDGET N° 3 TO THE GENERAL BUDGET 2011

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 2011 adopted on 15 December 2010[2],

– the amending budget No 1/2011 adopted on 6 April 2011,

– the draft amending budget No 2/2011[3], adopted on 25 March 2011.

The European Commission hereby presents to the budgetary authority the Draft Amending Budget No 3 to the 2011 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 3/2011 is intended to budget the surplus resulting from the implementation of the budget year 2010. As provided for in the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities[4], 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 2011.

1. The implementation of the budget year 2010 shows a surplus of EUR 4 539 394 283 (not including contributions from European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and European Economic Area (EEA)), which is therefore entered as revenue in the 2011 budget.

The registering of the surplus can be analysed as follows:

2010 || EFTA-EEA || European Union || Total

Revenue for the financial year || 229 689 661,00 || (*) 127 565 636 967,52 || 127 795 326 628,52

Payments against current year appropriations || - 216 638 639,87 || (**) – 120 996 050 692,69 || – 121 212 689 332,56

Payment appropriations carried over to year N+1 || - 4 518 811,01 || - 1 508 002 468,17 || - 1 512 521 279,18

Cancellation of unused appropriations carried over from year N-1 || 776 730,02 || 740 068 183,78 || 740 844 913,80

Difference between assigned revenue carried over from years N-1 to N and N to N+1 || || - 1 284 589 650,14 || - 1 284 589 650,14

Exchange differences for the year || || 22 331 942,47 || 22 331 942,47

Budget outturn 2010 || 9 308 940,14 || 4 539 394 282,77 || 4 548 703 222,91

(*) Includes assigned revenue receipts of EUR 3 025 463 386,67

(**) Includes payments against assigned revenue appropriations of EUR 1 740 873 736,53

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.

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

[2] OJ L 68, 15.3.2011, p. 1.

[3] COM(2011) 154 final

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