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Brussels, 01.12.2005

SEC(2005) 1607 final

AMENDING LETTER N° 3 TO THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT BUDGET FOR 2006

GENERAL STATEMENT OF REVENUE STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE BY SECTION Section III – Commission

AMENDING LETTER N° 3 TO THE PRELIMINARY DRAFT BUDGET FOR 2006

GENERAL STATEMENT OF REVENUESTATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE BY SECTIONSection III – Commission

Having regard to:

- the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 272 thereof,

- the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 177 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 34 thereof,

the European Commission hereby presents to the budgetary authority the amending letter No 3 to the preliminary draft budget for 2006 for the reasons set out in the explanatory memorandum.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 4

SUMMARY TABLE BY HEADING OF THE FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE 5

GENERAL STATEMENT OF REVENUE

STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE BY SECTION

The general statement of revenue and the statement of revenue and expenditure by section are forwarded separately via the SEI-BUD system. An English version of the general statement of revenue and of the statement of revenue and expenditure by section is attached as a budgetary annex by way of example.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

Due to exceptional circumstances, arising in the context of the negotiations on the 2006 budget procedure, the Commission proposes a reduction to the level of payment appropriations in the preliminary draft budget (including amending letters 1/2006 and 2/2006) of EUR 257 million. This is to facilitate an agreement between the two arms of the budgetary authority, who have concurred that they can accept a total level of payment appropriations of EUR 111 969 million (equal to 1.01% of GNI).

Careful analysis of the possible areas, where reductions could be made without having an adverse effect on the budget for 2006, has led to the following proposals:

- A reduction under Heading 4 of payment appropriations by EUR 70 million.

- A reduction under Heading 7 of payment appropriations by EUR 187 million.

The breakdown of the reductions by budget line is set out below. In these cases, the revised amount for payment appropriations is deemed sufficient to cover the obligations of the year.

Line | Description | Heading | Payment Appropriations (million euro) |

PDB | Reduction | New Amount |

01 03 02 02 | MFA for the countries of the Western Balkans | 4 | 58,0 | 15,0 | 43,0 |

19 06 01 | TACIS | 4 | 375,0 | 20,0 | 355,0 |

19 08 02 01 | MEDA | 4 | 660,0 | 20,0 | 640,0 |

19 10 01 | Asia | 4 | 324,0 | 15,0 | 309,0 |

Total Heading 4 | 70,0 |

05 05 01 01 | SAPARD | 7 | 360,0 | 50,0 | 310,0 |

13 05 01 01 | ISPA | 7 | 275,0 | 27,0 | 248,0 |

22 02 01 | Pre-accession assistance for countries of central and eastern Europe | 7 | 700,0 | 80,0 | 620,0 |

22 02 04 01 | Pre-accession assistance Turkey | 7 | 200,0 | 30,0 | 170,0 |

Total Heading 7 | 187,0 |

SUMMARY TABLE BY HEADING OF THE FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE

Financial perspective Heading/subheading | 2006 Financial perspective | APB 2006 (including AL 1 and 2/2006) | AL 3/2006 | APB 2006 + AL 1, 2 and 3/2006 |

|CA |PA |CA |PA |CA |PA |CA |PA | |1. AGRICULTURE | | | | | | | | | |- Agricultural expenditure |44 847 000 000 | |43 279 720 000 |43 279 720 000 | | |43 279 720 000 |43 279 720 000 | |- Rural development and accompanying measures |7 771 000 000 | |7 771 000 000 |7 711 300 000 | | |7 771 000 000 |7 711 300 000 | |Total |52 618 000 000 | |51 050 720 000 |50 991 020 000 | | |51 050 720 000 |50 991 020 000 | | Margin | | |1 567 280 000 | | | |1 567 280 000 | | |2. STRUCTURAL OPERATIONS | | | | | | | | | |- Structural funds |38 523 000 000 | |38 522 922 880 |32 134 099 237 | | |38 522 922 880 |32 134 099 237 | |- Cohesion fund |6 094 000 000 | |6 032 082 110 |3 505 500 000 | | |6 032 082 110 |3 505 500 000 | |Total |44 617 000 000 | |44 555 004 990 |35 639 599 237 | | |44 555 004 990 |35 569 599 237 | | Margin | | |61 995 010 | | | |61 995 010 | | |3. INTERNAL POLICIES |9 385 000 000 | |9 218 659 185 |8 836 227 649 | | |9 218 659 185 |8 836 227 649 | | Margin | | |166 340 815 | | | |166 340 815 | | |4. EXTERNAL ACTION |5 269 000 000 | |5 432 500 000 |5 378 395 920 | |-70 000 000 |5 432 500 000 |5 308 395 920 | | Margin | | |-163 500 000 | | | |-163 500 000 | | |5. ADMINISTRATION |6 708 000 000 | |6 697 756 487 |6 697 756 487 | | |6 697 756 487 |6 697 756 487 | | Margin | | |10 243 513 | | | |10 243 513 | | |6. RESERVES | | | | | | | | | |- Guarantee reserve |229 000 000 | |229 000 000 |229 000 000 | | |229 000 000 |229 000 000 | |- Emergency aid reserve |229 000 000 | |229 000 000 |229 000 000 | | |229 000 000 |229 000 000 | |Total |458 000 000 | | 458 000 000 |458 000 000 | | | 458 000 000 |458 000 000 | | Margin | | |0 | | | |0 | | |7. PREACCESSION STRATEGY |3 566 000 000 | |2 480 600 000 |3 152 150 000 | |-187 000 000 |2 480 600 000 |2 965 150 000 | | Margin | | | 1 085 400 000 | | | | 1 085 400 000 | | |8. COMPENSATIONS |1 074 000 000 | |1 073 500 332 |1 073 500 332 | | |1 073 500 332 |1 073 500 332 | | Margin | | | 499 668 | | | | 499 668 | | | TOTAL |123 695 000 000 |119 292 000 000 |120 966 740 994 |112 226 649 625 | |-257 000 000 |120 966 740 994 |111 969 649 625 | | Margin | | |2 728 259 006 |7 065 350 375 | | |2 728 259 006 |7 332 350 375 | |

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