EUROPEAN COMMISSION Brussels, 12.10.2018 COM(2018) 704 final DRAFT AMENDING BUDGET No 6

TO THE GENERAL BUDGET 2018 Reduction of payment and commitment appropriations in line with updated forecasts of expenditure and update of revenue (own resources)



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, –Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (…), and in particular Article 44 thereof, –the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2018, as adopted on 30 November 2017, –the amending budget No°1/2018, adopted on 30 May 2018, –the amending budget No°2/2018, adopted on 4 July 2018, –the amending budget No 3/2018, adopted on 4 July 2018, –the amending budget No 4/2018, adopted on 11 September 2018, –the amending budget No 5/2018 adopted on [3 October 2018]. The European Commission hereby presents draft amending budget No 6 to the general budget 2018 to the European Parliament and to the Council. 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 CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Decrease of payment and commitment appropriations 2.1Sustainable Fisheries Agreements 2.2Decentralised agency – European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) 2.3European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF)

2.4European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) 3. Update of revenue 3.1Overall impact of DAB 6/2018 on the distribution of total own resources payments between Member States 3.2Revision of the forecast of TOR, VAT and GNI bases 3.32017 and 2014 UK correction 4. Summary table by MFF heading 1.Introduction The purpose of Draft Amending Budget (DAB) No 6 for the year 2018 is to update both the expenditure and the revenue sides of the budget to take account of the latest developments: –on the expenditure side, to release commitment and payment appropriations of budget lines for headings 1a "Competitiveness for growth and jobs" and 2 "Sustainable growth – natural resources"; –on the revenue side, to revise the forecast of Traditional Own Resources (i.e. customs duties and sugar sector levies), value-added tax (VAT) and gross national income (GNI) bases, and to budget the relevant UK corrections and their financing, which all affect the distribution of own resources contributions from Member States to the EU budget. 2. Decrease of payment and commitment appropriations The Commission proposes to adjust the level of payment appropriations for certain budget lines in order to align them more closely to the latest estimates of needs and working on the assumption that the rebalancing of payment appropriations between budget lines requested separately by the Commission in the so-called "global transfer" (DEC 22/2018) will be accepted by the European Parliament and the Council. The reduction in the level of commitment and payment appropriations requested in this DAB (EUR 48,7 million and EUR 44,7 million, respectively) only concerns headings 1a and 2. In the budget 2018, no margin remains available under heading 1a and the Global Margin for Commitments (GMC) is used for an amount of EUR 762,5 million. As a result of the reduction in commitment appropriations proposed in this DAB on this heading (see section 2.2 below), the amount of GMC used is reduced accordingly to reach EUR 760,6 million. 2.1 Sustainable Fisheries Agreements On the basis of an updated analysis of the state of play of the negotiations for Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements, EUR 46,6 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 43,3 million in payment appropriations may be released from the reserve line (budget article 40 02 41). EUR Budget line Name Commitment appropriations Payment appropriations 40 02 41 Differentiated appropriations (Reserve for budget article 11 03 01 – Establishing a governance framework for fishing activities carried out by Union fishing vessels in third country waters) -46 565 000 -43 302 703 Total -46 565 000 -43 302 703 2.2 Decentralised agency – European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) in Helsinki carries out two types of fee-financed activities, related to Chemicals legislation under heading 1a and Biocides legislation under heading 2. Fee income actually received for these two activities in the course of 2018 has evolved in opposite directions: while fee income is above forecast in heading 1a, linked to substantial fees received by the registration deadline of May 2018, there is a significant drop in the number of applications for Union authorisations of biocidal products. The resulting shortfall in fee income in heading 2 is partly met by cost savings related to biocides activities. Nonetheless, a reinforcement of the EU balancing contribution under heading 2 is necessary, for an amount of EUR 1,9 million in commitment and payment appropriations, which is proposed to be offset by a corresponding reduction of the EU balancing contribution to the agency under heading 1a.





EUR Budget line Name Commitment appropriations Payment appropriations 02 03 03 European Chemicals Agency — Chemicals legislation -1 900 000 -1 900 000 17 04 07 European Chemicals Agency — Activities in the field of biocides legislation 1 900 000 1 900 000 Total - - 2.3 European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) Further to some delays in recruiting IT service providers as well as the cancellation of some audits, it is proposed to decrease the level of commitment and payment appropriations of the budget item 05 01 04 01 and budget article 05 08 09. EUR Budget line Name Commitment appropriations Payment appropriations 05 01 04 01 Support expenditure for the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) – Non-operational technical assistance -400 000 -400 000 05 08 09 European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) – Operational technical assistance -1 000 000 -1 000 000 Total -1 400 000 -1 400 000 2.4 European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) Given the postponements of planned actions/events in relation to the European networks for Rural Development and the European Innovation Partnership, it is proposed to decrease the level of commitment appropriations of the budget item 05 04 60 02. EUR Budget line Name Commitment appropriations Payment appropriations 05 04 60 02 Operational technical assistance -700 000 - Total -700 000 - 3. Update of revenue 3.1 Overall impact of DAB 6/2018 on the distribution of total own resources payments between Member States Following the 172nd meeting of the Advisory Committee on Own Resources (ACOR) of 18 May 2018, two adjustments of the revenue side of the budget are required. The first of these adjustments is an update of the estimates for Traditional Own Resources (TOR), as well as of the Value Added Tax (VAT) and Gross National Income (GNI) resources, which are updated to take account of more recent economic forecasts. The second adjustment on the revenue side is an update of the UK correction. These two adjustments are presented in sections 3.2 and 3.3 below.



The overall impact of both the expenditure and the revenue adjustments of this DAB is shown in the summary table below. This table also shows the distribution of total own resources payments between Member States: as budgeted in the 2018 budget, as adjusted in amending budget (AB) 4/2018, and finally in the present DAB. Distribution of total own resources payments by Member States (in million EUR) Budget 2018 AB 4/2018 DAB 6/2018 (1) (2) (3) BE 6 213,5 6 201,5 5 932,0 BG 519,3 518,0 535,3 CZ 1 787,1 1 782,3 1 941,3 DK 2 754,8 2 746,6 2 735,6 DE 29 560,3 29 468,7 29 579,3 EE 232,3 231,7 241,5 IE 2 299,5 2 293,0 2 401,4 EL 1 743,0 1 737,9 1 701,8 ES 11 870,8 11 838,5 11 831,1 FR 21 933,3 21 869,0 22 182,5 HR 470,1 468,8 479,9 IT 16 586,9 16 539,8 16 714,2 CY 182,2 181,7 195,0 LV 281,8 281,1 274,0 LT 434,1 433,0 439,4 LU 363,0 361,9 363,6 HU 1,199,6 1 196,3 1 223,7 MT 103,6 103,3 110,6 NL 7 378,4 7 358,6 7 331,7 AT 3 228,2 3 218,2 3 353,1 PL 4 645,3 4 632,7 4 779,7 PT 1 824,8 1 819,6 1 865,3 RO 1 706,0 1 701,0 1 803,3 SI 443,9 442,8 456,8 SK 813,5 811,2 829,9 FI 2 062,3 2 056,2 2 132,1 SE 4 042,0 4 028,5 4 013,0 UK 18 152,6 18 086,7 16 916,5 EU 142 832,3 142 408,4 142 363,7

3.2 Revision of the forecast of TOR, VAT and GNI bases According to established practice, the Commission proposes to revise the financing of the budget on the basis of more recent economic forecasts, agreed with the Member States at the ACOR meeting.

The revision concerns the forecast of Traditional Own Resources (TOR) to be paid to the budget in 2018, as well as the forecast of the 2018 VAT and GNI bases. The forecast in the 2018 Budget was established at the 169th ACOR meeting on 19 May 2017. The revision in the present DAB takes into account the agreed forecasts of the 172nd ACOR meeting held on 18 May 2018. The use of an updated forecast of own resources improves the accuracy of the revenue forecasts and hence of the payments that Member States are asked to make to the EU budget during the budgetary year. As compared to the forecast agreed in May 2017, the forecast for 2018 has been revised as follows: –Total 2018 net customs duties are now forecast at EUR 20 164,6 million (after deduction of 20 % in collection costs), which represents a decrease of 11,73 % relative to the forecast of EUR 22 844,0 million included in the Budget 2018. The Commission compared the results of the traditional ACOR forecasting methodology (based on the Spring 2018 macroeconomic forecast) with the results of the extrapolation based on the latest outturn data for collected customs duties (January – April 2018). Since the difference between the two methods was relatively significant, the traditional ACOR updated TOR forecast was fully adjusted to the extrapolation method forecast. However, taking also into account the cashed amounts after the ACOR meeting (May – August 2018), and based on the same extrapolation method, the Commission has now further updated its estimate for net customs duties in 2018. Forecast Amount in EUR million Difference with previous forecast Budget 2018 22 844,0 ACOR May 2018 20 501,6 -2 342,4 DAB 6/2018 20 164,6 -337,0 –The Court of Justice’s judgment case C-585/15 (the “Raffinerie Tirlemontoise” case), annulled Regulations (EC) No 2267/2000 and (EC) No 1993/2001. Council Regulation (EU) 2018/264 of 19 February 2018 establishes the revised production levies and the coefficient for calculating the additional levy in the sugar sector for the 1999/2000 marketing year, and the production levies in the sugar sector for the 2000/2001 marketing year. As a result, an estimated amount of EUR 93,0 million (net amount) will be reimbursed to the Member States concerning overpaid sugar levies. This reimbursement is expected to be made by year-end. Therefore, the Commission proposes to budget the reimbursement under Article 110 (production levies related to the marketing year 2005/2006 and previous years) of the revenue side of the budget. –The total 2018 EU uncapped VAT base is now forecast at EUR 6 695 538,5 million, which represents a decrease of -0,53 % compared to the May 2017 forecast of EUR 6 731 265,9 million. The total 2018 EU capped VAT base is forecast at EUR 6 676 686,2 million, which represents a decrease of -0,52% compared to the May 2017 forecast of EUR 6 711 411,1 million. –The total 2018 EU GNI base is forecast at EUR 15 871 050,2 million, which is an increase (+0,78 %) compared to the May 2017 forecast of EUR 15 747 670,0 million. The exchange rates of 29 December 2017 have been used for converting the forecast VAT and GNI bases in national currency into euro (for the nine Member States that are not members of the euro area). This avoids distortions since it is this rate that is used to convert budgeted own resources payments from euro into national currency when the amounts are called in (as stipulated in Article 10a(1) of Council Regulation No 609/2014). The revised forecasts of TOR, uncapped VAT bases and GNI bases for 2018, are set out in the following table: Revised forecasts of TOR, VAT and GNI bases for 2018 (in million EUR) Sugar levies (80%) Customs duties (80%) Uncapped VAT bases GNI bases Capped VAT bases BE - 5,7 2 090,5 192 420,2 452 469,9 192 420,2 BG 0,0 75,2 25 520,9 52 909,9 25 520,9 CZ 0,0 260,9 83 389,2 197 318,5 83 389,2 DK - 3,4 336,1 113 888,9 304 009,8 113 888,9 DE - 28,4 4 036,0 1 394 449,9 3 459 748,4 1 394 449,9 EE 0,0 30,0 12 105,4 24 232,9 12 105,4 IE - 0,7 282,7 86 665,6 255 025,2 86 665,6 EL - 0,7 158,0 72 214,4 183 573,7 72 214,4 ES - 2,3 1 518,6 520 432,1 1 210 798,4 520 432,1 FR - 26,9 1 623,0 1 053 145,8 2 409 104,3 1 053 145,8 HR 0,0 41,3 30 897,0 50 176,7 25 088,4 IT - 9,2 1 821,2 686 348,0 1 775 333,9 686 348,0 CY 0,0 21,4 13 076,7 19 832,7 9 916,4 LV 0,0 34,1 11 487,9 28 465,5 11 487,9 LT 0,0 78,8 17 514,0 42 597,6 17 514,0 LU 0,0 21,5 27 693,1 39 171,3 19 585,7 HU 0,0 145,6 53 323,9 126 897,4 53 323,9 MT 0,0 11,7 7 430,8 11 309,9 5 655,0 NL - 6,5 2 437,3 311 915,0 764 707,6 311 915,0 AT - 2,7 215,3 171 017,2 387 050,1 171 017,2 PL 0,0 648,8 206 768,9 485 536,5 206 768,9 PT - 0,2 155,1 97 465,1 196 157,5 97 465,1 RO 0,0 160,2 73 124,7 196 940,5 73 124,7 SI 0,0 65,8 20 783,1 45 497,7 20 783,1 SK 0,0 91,3 30 752,0 89 215,0 30 752,0 FI - 0,6 138,1 98 780,8 234 697,1 98 780,8 SE - 1,4 519,3 214 417,0 497 268,8 214 417,0 UK - 4,4 3 146,8 1 068 510,9 2 331 003,4 1 068 510,9 EU-28 - 93,0 20 164,6 6 695 538,5 15 871 050,2 6 676 686,2

3.3 2017 and 2014 UK correction 3.3.1 Introduction The correction of budgetary imbalances in favour of the United Kingdom (UK correction), to be budgeted in the present DAB, concerns two years: 2014 and 2017. The 2014 and 2017 UK correction is subject to the rules of Council Decision 2014/335/EU, Euratom on the system of own resources of the European Union and its accompanying working document, the 2014 Calculation Method . Pursuant to the rules of this Decision, the net TOR "windfall gains" of the UK resulting from the increase since 2001 in the percentage of TOR retained by Member States as a compensation for their collection costs are neutralised and the allocated expenditure is adjusted by the total allocated expenditure in Member States that have acceded to the EU after 30 April 2004, except for agricultural direct payments and market-related expenditure as well as that part of the rural development expenditure originating from the EAGGF, Guarantee section. Furthermore, the share of Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden in the financing of the UK correction is reduced to one fourth of their normal share for both, 2014 and 2017 corrections. The reduction is financed by the other Member States, excluding the UK. In the present DAB, the calculation and financing of the 1st update of the 2017 UK correction and the definitive amount of the 2014 UK correction are entered. The difference between the definitive amount of the 2014 UK correction and the amount previously budgeted (the 2nd update entered in AB 5/2016) is entered in chapter 35 (Result of the definitive calculation of the financing of the correction of budgetary imbalances for the United Kingdom) of the present DAB.

The 1st update amount of the 2017 UK correction is entered in chapter 15 (Correction of budgetary imbalances) of the present DAB, replacing the previously budgeted provisional amount. 3.3.2 Calculation of the corrections The update of the corrections for 2014 and 2017 stems mainly from the update of the VAT and GNI bases as communicated by Member States in autumn 2017. In addition the update of the correction for 2017 also takes into account the allocated expenditure of 2017. 3.3.2.1 2017 UK correction The following table summarises the changes between the provisional amount of the 2017 UK correction entered in Budget 2018 and the 1st update of the 2017 UK correction to be entered in the present DAB.



2017 UK correction 2017 UK correction PROVISIONAL Budget 2018 2017 UK correction 1st UPDATE DAB 6/2018 Difference (1) (2) (2)-(1) (1) UK share of uncapped VAT base 17,1194% 16,2266% -0,8928% (2) UK share of enlargement-adjusted total allocated expenditure 7,4429% 7,0114% -0,4315% (3) = (1) - (2) 9,6765% 9,2152% -0,4613% (4) Total allocated expenditure 118 550 222 885 110 827 970 366 - 7 722 252 519 (5) Enlargement-related expenditure

= (5a) + (5b) 25 135 292 635 20 962 713 989 - 4 172 578 647 (5a) Pre-accession expenditure 0 0 0 (5b) Expenditure related to Art 4(1)(g) 25 135 292 635 20 962 713 989 - 4 172 578 647 (6) Enlargement-adjusted total allocated expenditure = (4) - (5) 93 414 930 250 89 865 256 377 - 3 549 673 872 (7) UK correction original amount = (3) x (6) x 0.66 5 965 942 623 5 465 655 078 - 500 287 545 (8) UK advantage 1 019 406 910 548 929 008 - 470 477 902 (9) Core UK correction = (7) - (8) 4 946 535 713 4 916 726 069 - 29 809 643 (10) TOR windfall gains - 45 769 948 - 17 211 574 + 28 558 374 (11) UK correction = (9) - (10) 4 992 305 660 4 933 937 643 - 58 368 017 The 1st update of the 2017 UK correction is around EUR 58 million lower as compared to the provisional amount of the 2017 UK correction entered in Budget 2018. 3.3.2.2 2014 UK correction The following table summarises the changes between the 2nd update of the 2014 UK correction entered in Amending Budget 5/2016 and the definitive amount of the 2014 UK correction to be entered in the present DAB. 2014 UK correction 2014 UK correction

2nd UPDATE

AB 5/2016 2014 UK correction

DEFINITIVE

DAB 6/2018 Difference (1) (2) (2)-(1) (1) UK share of uncapped VAT base 17,4319% 17,3737% + 0,0582% (2) UK share of enlargement-adjusted total allocated expenditure 7,4180% 7,4180% + 0,0000% (3) = (1) - (2) 10,0139% 9,9557% + 0,0582% (4) Total allocated expenditure 128 669 838 650 128 669 838 650 0 (5) Enlargement-related expenditure

= (5a) + (5b) 33 342 488 843 33 342 488 843 0 (5a) Pre-accession expenditure 0 0 0 (5b) Expenditure related to Art 4(1)(g) 33 342 488 843 33 342 488 843 0 (6) Enlargement-adjusted total allocated expenditure = (4) - (5) 95 327 349 807 95 327 349 807 0 (7) UK correction original amount = (3) x (6) x 0.66 6 300 352 079 6 263 729 054 - 36 623 025 (8) UK advantage 1 162 878 038 1 023 430 934 - 139 447 104 (9) Core UK correction = (7) - (8) 5 137 474 040 5 240 298 119 + 102 824 079 (10) TOR windfall gains -28 189 034 -26 930 139 + 1 258 896 (11) UK correction = (9) - (10) 5 165 663 075 5 267 228 258 +101 565 183 The definitive amount of the 2014 UK correction is EUR 102 million higher than the 2nd update of the 2014 UK correction entered in AB 5/2016 mainly due to the updates of the VAT and GNI bases as communicated by Member States in autumn 2017.

3.3.3 Entry in the DAB 6/2018 of the 1st update of the 2017 UK correction and definitive amount of the 2014 UK correction 3.3.3.1 2014 UK correction (chapter 35) The amount of the UK correction to be budgeted in chapter 35 of the present DAB is the difference between the definitive amount of the 2014 UK correction (i.e. EUR 5 267 228 258) and the 2nd update of the 2014 UK correction (i.e. EUR 5 165 663 075 entered in AB 5/2016) amounting to EUR 101 565 183. This amount is to be financed along the revised 2014 GNI bases as known at the end of 2017. The budgeting of this amount in chapter 35 is summarised below: 2014 UK correction — Chapter 35 BE 1 189 588 LU 396 101 BG 1 314 590 HU 1 450 317 CZ 4 774 050 MT 287 498 DK 6 637 880 NL 1 144 795 DE 4 827 592 AT 1 225 444 EE 79 593 PL 3 032 377 IE 17 082 160 PT 904 421 EL 1 707 571 RO 974 427 ES 6 540 304 SI -64 803 FR 23 264 515 SK 1 838 327 HR 827 042 FI 2 716 018 IT 17 952 849 SE 793 690 CY 552 558 LV -273 682 UK - 101 565 183 LT 389 961 Total 0 1.3.3.2 2017 UK correction (chapter 15)