Preliminary draft amending budget n° 6 to the general budget 2007 - Statement of expenditure by section - Section III - Commission
Date: 2007-09-13
Institutions: Directorate-General for Budget, European Commission
Subjects: European Commission, World Customs Organisation, amending budget, budgetary expenditure, civil defence, competition law, environmental policy, indemnification, natural disaster, preliminary draft EC budget

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 13.9.2007 
COM(2007) 527 final 

PRELIMINARY DRAFT AMENDING BUDGET N° 6  
TO THE GENERAL BUDGET 2007 

STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE BY SECTION 
Section III - Commission 

(presented by the Commission) 

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PRELIMINARY DRAFT AMENDING BUDGET N° 6  
TO THE GENERAL BUDGET 2007 

STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE BY SECTION 
Section III - Commission 

Having regard to: 

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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 Communities1, 
as  last  amended  by  Council  Regulation  (EC,  Euratom)  No  1995/20062,  and  in 
particular Article 37 thereof, 

The European Commission hereby presents to the budgetary authority the Preliminary Draft 
Amending  Budget  No 6  to  the  2007  budget  for  the  reasons  set  out  in  the  explanatory 
memorandum. 

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OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1. 
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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

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2. 

2.1 

2.2 

2.3 

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4.1 

4.2 

5. 

Introduction .................................................................................................................. 4 

Mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund....................................................................... 4 

Germany: Storm Kyrill ................................................................................................ 5 

France (La Réunion): Tropical Cyclone Gamède ........................................................ 6 

Financing...................................................................................................................... 7 

World Customs Organisation....................................................................................... 8 

Legal Settlements ......................................................................................................... 9 

Court of First Instance Ruling...................................................................................... 9 

Competition Policy..................................................................................................... 10 

Adoption of Legislation in the Field of Environmental Policy.................................. 10 

SUMMARY TABLE BY HEADING OF THE FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK ..................... 12 

STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE BY SECTION 

The statement of expenditure by section is forwarded separately via the SEI-BUD system. An 
English  version  of  the  expenditure  by  section  is  attached  for  information  as  a  budgetary 
annex. 

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1. 

INTRODUCTION 

The Preliminary Draft Amending Budget No 6 to the Budget for 2007 (PDAB 6/2007) covers 
the following points: 

–  The  mobilisation  of  the  EU  Solidarity  Fund  for  an  amount  of  EUR 172,2 million  in 
commitment appropriations relating to a major storm in Germany in January 2007, and a 
tropical  cyclone  in  France  (La  Réunion)  in  February  2007.  The  corresponding  payment 
appropriations will be redeployed.  

–  The  creation  of  a  new  budget  article  14 03 03  to  support  financial  obligations  stemming 
from the accession of the European Communities to the World Customs Organisation. 

–  The  mobilisation  of  new  funds  for  an  amount  of  EUR  35,5  million  in  commitment 
appropriations on article 26 01 50 07 to pay damages to applicants following the Court of 
First  Instance  final  judgements  in  Cases  T-45/01  and  T-144/02,  Sanders  and  others  and 
Eagle  and  others  v  Commission  on  12  July  2007.  The  corresponding  payment 
appropriations will be redeployed. 

–  The  creation  of  a  new  budget  article  03 03 02 Damage  requests  resulting  from  legal 

procedures against the Commission's decisions in the field of competition. 

–  The integration into the budget 2007 of the necessary technical adjustments following the 
adoption  by  the  Council  of  Decision  2007/162/EC  establishing  the  Civil  Protection 
Financial  Instrument  for  the  period  2007-20133;  and  the  adoption  by  the  European 
Parliament  and  the  Council  of  Regulation  (EC)  No  614/2007  concerning  the  Financial 
Instrument for the Environment (LIFE+)4. 

In  summary  the  overall  needs  requested  in  PDAB  6/2007  amount  EUR 207,7 million  in 
additional  commitments.  The  corresponding  EUR 207,7 million  in  payment  appropriations 
will be sought through redeployment. 

2. 

MOBILISATION OF THE EU SOLIDARITY FUND 

On  18  January  a  major  storm  hit  large  parts  of  central  Europe  causing  severe  damage  in  a 
number of countries. On 24 February 2007 the tropical Cyclone "Gamède" hit the island of La 
Réunion causing significant damage. Within the ten week deadline set by Article 4 of Council 
Regulation  (EC)  No  2012/20025,  Germany  and  France  applied  for  financial  assistance  from 
the EU Solidarity Fund relating to the major storm and tropical cyclone respectively.  

The  Commission  services  have  carried  out  a  thorough  examination  of  the  applications  in 
accordance with Regulation (EC) 2012/2002 and in particular with Articles 2, 3 and 4 thereof. 

The most important elements of the assessments can be summarised as follows: 

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OJ L 149, 9.6.2007, p. 1. 
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2.1 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

Germany: Storm Kyrill 

The  application  was  presented  to  the  Commission  on  29  March  2007  within  the 
deadline  of  10  weeks  after  the  first  damage  was  recorded  on  18  January  2007.  The 
application was completed on 12 July 2007. 

this  amount  exceeds 

The  disaster  is  of  natural  origin.  The  total  direct  damage  amounts  to  EUR 4 687,3 
million.  As 
threshold  of  EUR 3 267 million  (i.e. 
EUR 3 billion  in  2002  prices)  the  disaster  qualifies  as  a  “major  natural  disaster”  and 
falls thus within the main field of application of Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002. Total 
direct damage is the basis for the calculation of the amount of financial assistance. The 
financial assistance may only be used for essential emergency operations as defined in 
Article 3 of the Regulation. 

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According  to  the  German  authorities,  the  storm  caused  significant  losses  in 
infrastructure  (transport,  electricity,  telecommunications),  forestry,  businesses  and 
private households. In the most affected regions the state of emergency was declared. 
Eleven  people  lost  their  lives  as  a  direct  consequence  of  the  storm.  Road  and  train 
networks  were  blocked  by  felled  trees  and  power  cables,  which  lead  to  a  complete 
shut-down  of  the  railway  traffic  in  the  whole  of  Germany  and  required  extensive 
cleaning-up operations. The disaster caused severe damage to forests, where it totally 
or  partially  destroyed  an  area  of  87 000 ha  causing  damage  of  EUR 1,9 billion  in 
forestry  alone.  The  disaster  also  caused  significant  direct  damage  to  private 
households  and  businesses  which,  based  on  estimates  provided  by  the  insurance 
industry,  amount  to  EUR 2,4 billion.  The  application  contains  a  break-down  of 
damages,  including  in  particular  a  detailed  description  of  forest  damages  for  each 
Land.  In the application,  the German authorities estimated the total  direct  damage at 
EUR 4 748,1 million.  However,  as  the  German  authorities  could  not  exclude  that 
indicated damages to the electricity industry of EUR 60,8 million were also included 
in the private damage estimates by the insurance industry, the Commission deducted 
the  damage  amount  for  the  electricity  industry  from  the  total  damages  in  order  to 
exclude  any  possible  double-counting.  Consequently,  the  total  amount  of  direct 
damage to be taken into account by the Commission amounts to EUR 4 687,3 million 

(4) 

The  cost  of  essential  emergency  operations eligible  under  Article  3(2)  of  Regulation 
(EC)  No  2012/2002  has  been  estimated  by 
the  German  authorities  at 
EUR 1 025 million and has been broken down by type of operation. The largest share 
of  operations  concerns  cleaning  up  operations  in  the  disaster  stricken  area  and  the 
immediate  restoration  to  working  order  of  transport  infrastructure.  Based  on  the 
information  from  the  German  authorities,  it  is  evident  that  the  real  cost  of  eligible 
operations by far exceeds the amount of a possible grant from the Solidarity Fund. The 
types of operation effectively to be financed from the Fund will be clearly defined in 
the Implementation Agreement. 

(5) 

In  addition  to  the  Solidarity  Fund  aid,  the  German  authorities  envisage  to  use  the 
European  Agricultural  Fund  for  Rural  Development  (EAFRD)  programmes  (when 
adopted  by  the  Commission)  for  reforestation,  restoration  of  road  infrastructure  and 
forest protection measures. 

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The German authorities confirmed that the eligible operations referred to under point 4 
above are not covered by insurance. 

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In conclusion, for the reasons set out above, it is proposed to accept the application made by 
Germany  relating  to  the  storm  in  January  2007  as  a  “major  disaster”  and  to  propose  the 
mobilisation of the Solidarity Fund. 

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(2) 

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(5) 

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(7) 

France (La Réunion): Tropical Cyclone Gamède 

The application was presented to the Commission on 4 May 2007 within the deadline 
of  10  weeks  after  the  first  damage  was  recorded  on  24  February  2007  Updated 
information on damage figures was received on 29 June, 12 and 17 July 2007. 

The  disaster  is  of  natural  origin.  The  French  authorities  estimate  the  total  direct 
damage  at  EUR 211,6 million.  This  amount  represents  0,01%  of  France's  GNI  and 
6,5% of the normal threshold applicable to France for mobilising the Solidarity Fund 
of  EUR 3,267  billion  (i.e.  EUR 3 billion  in  2002  prices).  Total  direct  damage  is  the 
basis for the calculation of the amount of financial assistance. The financial assistance 
may  only  be  used  for  essential  emergency  operations  as  defined  in  Article  3  of  the 
Regulation. 

As  total  damage  remains  below  the  normal  threshold  the  application  is  based  on  the 
so-called  “extraordinary  regional  disaster”  criterion  laid  down  in  Article  2(2),  final 
subparagraph  of  Regulation  (EC)  No  2012/2002  setting  out  the  conditions  for 
mobilising  the  Solidarity  Fund  “under  exceptional  circumstances”.  Under  this 
criterion, a region can exceptionally benefit from assistance from the Fund where that 
region has been affected by an extraordinary disaster, mainly a natural one, affecting 
the  major  part  of  its  population,  with  serious  and  lasting  repercussions  on  living 
conditions  and  the  economic  stability  of  the  region.  The  Regulation  calls  for  special 
focus on remote and isolated regions such as the insular and outermost regions defined 
in Article 299(2) of the Treaty. 

As set out in the Annual Report on the Solidarity Fund (2002-2003) the Commission 
considers that, in order for the specific criteria for regional disasters to be meaningful 
in the national context, a distinction needs to be drawn between serious regional events 
and  those  that  are  merely  local.  In  accordance  with  the  principle  of  subsidiarity  the 
latter  are  the  responsibility  of  the  national  authorities,  while  the  former  can  be 
considered for support under the Solidarity Fund. 

The  French  authorities  justify  their  application  with  the  special  situation  of  La 
Réunion  which  is  the  most  distant  and  at  the  same  time  the  most  populated  ultra-
peripheral  region  of  the  Union.  Evidence  is  presented  to  show  that  because  of  La 
Réunion's isolated location and its already critical socio-economic situation the impact 
and lasting repercussions of the damage caused by the cyclone are much more serious 
than would otherwise be the case. 

The  French  authorities  reported  serious  damage  to  infrastructures,  in  particular  to 
roads,  water  supply  and  telecommunications  (nearly  EUR 100 million),  as  well  as  in 
agriculture and fisheries (over EUR 61 million). 

According  to  the  French  authorities  the  disaster  affected  -  to  varying  degrees  -  the 
entire  population  of  La  Réunion,  some  784 000  inhabitants.  In  21  of  the  island's  24 
communes a state of emergency (état de catastrophe naturelle) had to be declared. 

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(8) 

The  evidence  presented  by  the  French  authorities  to  demonstrate  serious  and  lasting 
repercussions on living conditions and the economic stability of the region is mostly 
based  on  the  problems  arising  from  the  damage  caused  to  some  major  roads,  in 
particular the destruction of a bridge on the single most important road connecting the 
two  economic  poles  in  the  north  and  the  south  of  the  island.  While  a  provisional 
passage  of  the  river  has  meanwhile  been  put  in  place  the  full  repair  of  the  bridge  is 
expected to last into next year. It is argued that the slow down of traffic on this route 
to which hardly any alternatives exist affects some 100 000 people (1/3 of the working 
population) in their daily movement and has a serious impact on the economic activity. 
The  French  authorities  expect  this  to  negatively  affect  employment  and  economic 
growth  including  the  expected  closure  of  a  number  of  SMEs.  At  over  29%,  the 
unemployment rate is already very high. 

(9)  Moreover, the storm has lead to important income losses in fisheries and particularly 
in the agricultural sector (sugar cane and vegetable production) representing over 12 % 
of  the  annual  turnover.  In  tourism  the  figures  presented  show  a  slowdown  over  the 
past  years,  mostly  due  to  the  Chicungunya  epidemic  (a  virus  transmitted  by 
mosquitoes). The effects of the cyclone (i.e. direct damage in tourism infrastructures 
of  EUR 3,3 million  plus 
to 
considerably add to this trend. 

losses  from  cancellations)  are  expected 

income 

(10)  The  cost  of  essential  emergency  operations eligible  under  Article  3(2)  of  Regulation 
(EC) No 2012/2002 has been estimated by  the French authorities at EUR  25 million 
and has been broken down by type of operation. 

(11)  France  does  not  intend  to  use  financing  from  other  Community  Instruments  for 
purposes  related  to  the  cyclone.  Structural  Funds  money  under  the  2000-2006 
programmes is no longer available. Money from the new period 2007-2013 is not yet 
available. 

(12)  The French authorities confirmed that the eligible operations referred to under point 9 

above are not covered by insurance. 

In conclusion, for the reasons set out above, it is proposed to accept the application made by 
France relating to the tropical cyclone Gamède as an “extraordinary regional disaster” and to 
propose the mobilisation of the Solidarity Fund. 

2.3 

Financing 

The  total  annual  budget  available  for  the  Solidarity  Fund  is  EUR 1 billion.  In  2007, 
EUR 24 370 114  have  already  been  earmarked 
leaving 
EUR 975 629 886 available. 

for  earlier  applications 

As solidarity was the central justification for the creation of the Fund, the Commission takes 
the view that aid from the Fund should be progressive. That means that, according to previous 
practice,  the  portion  of  the  damage  exceeding  the  threshold  (0,6  %  of  the  GNI  or 
EUR 3 billion in 2002 prices, whichever is the lower amount) should give rise to higher aid 
intensity  than  damage  up  to  the  threshold.  The  rate  applied  in  the  past  for  defining  the 
allocations  for  major  disasters  is  2,5 %  of  total  direct  damage  under  the  threshold  and  6 % 
above. It is proposed to apply the same percentages in this case. 

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The  Commission’s  proposed  allocation  under  the  Fund  is  based  on  the  information  made 
available by the applicants, and is as follows: 

Direct 
damage 

Amount based on 
2,5 % 

Amount based on 
6 % 

(EUR)
Total amount of 
aid proposed 

4 687 300 000 

81 665 725 

85 240 260 

166 905 985 

211 600 000 

5 290 000 

0 

5 290 000 

172 195 985 

Germany, storm 
Kyrill 
France/La Réunion, 
cyclone Gamède 
Total 

This amount of compensation will leave at least 25 % of the European Union Solidarity Fund 
available  for  allocation  during  the  last  quarter  of  the  year,  as  required  by  Article  4(2)  of 
Regulation (EC) 2012/2002. 

However,  taking  into  account  the  identification  of  excess  appropriations  in  line  13 04 01 
Cohesion  Fund  –  completion  of  previous  projects,  there  will  be  no  need  of  fresh  payment 
appropriations  for  financing  the  EU  Solidarity  Fund  payments  for  Germany  and  France  (La 
Réunion).  An  amount  of  EUR 172,2 million  would  thus  be  allocated  from  budget  line 
13 04 01 to budget line 13 06 01 to cover the corresponding needs related to the mobilisation 
of the EU Solidarity Fund.  

3. 

WORLD CUSTOMS ORGANISATION 

The Council of the European Union decided on 13 March 2001 that the European Community 
should seek membership of the World Customs Organisation. It authorised the Commission to 
negotiate the membership of the European Community with the World Customs Organisation. 
Based on this Council decision, the European Community submitted a request to the World 
Customs Organisation to become a full member in April 2001. 

The issue of membership was discussed during the 2001 June sessions of the Council of the 
World  Customs  Organisation  as  well  as  the  subsequent  World  Customs  Organisation 
meetings of December 2001 and June 2002. Following contacts at political level, the request 
was presented again at the meeting of the Council of the World Customs Organisation in June 
2006,  and  in  December  2006,  the  Council  of  the  World  Customs  Organisation  and 
subsequently the Policy Commission of the World Customs Organisation examined the legal, 
voting and budgetary issues pertinent to the membership of the European Community in the 
World Customs Organisation. 

Currently the European Community participates in those World Customs Organisation bodies 
which  are  created  by  other  international  conventions  or  agreements  to  which  it  is  already  a 
party  (e.g.  Valuation  Agreement,  Harmonised  System,  Revised  Kyoto  Convention,  etc.).  In 
the case of other bodies and meetings it can only participate as observer and in some cases a 
special invitation is required (e.g. Policy Commission meeting). As member of the WCO, the 
European Community will be entitled to participate fully in all World Customs Organisation 
bodies  which  are  open  to  general  membership  and  to  be  elected  in  bodies  with  elected 
membership.

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The  European  Community  will  pay  an  annual  contribution  to  the  World  Customs 
Organisation to strengthen the work of the Organisation and to cover additional administrative 
expenses. The European Community contribution will be such that the combined EU Member 
States and European Community contributions to the World Customs Organisation reflect the 
weight  and  importance  of  the  European  Community  in  international  trade  and  customs 
matters.  

On 19 June 2007, the Council took the Decision on the exercise of rights and obligations akin 
to membership ad interim by the European Community in the World Customs Organisation. 
The annual Council of the World Customs Organisation of 29 June 2007 adopted the decision 
to amend the Convention establishing a Customs Co-operation Council to enable accession of 
customs and economic unions inter alia the European Community.  

It  is  proposed  to  create  the  following  new  budget  article:  14 03 03  -  Membership  of 
international  organisations  in  the  field  of  customs  and  tax,  with  a  token  entry  ("p.m.").  The 
financial obligation stemming from the accession of the European Community to the World 
Customs  Organisation  as  of  1  July  2007  for  half  year  is  estimated  at  EUR 0,5 million.  This 
amount will be allocated by means of an internal transfer. 

4. 

LEGAL SETTLEMENTS 

4.1 

Court of First Instance Ruling 

On  12  July  2007  the  Court  of  First  Instance  ("CFI")  gave  the  final  judgements  in  Cases  T-
45/01  and  T-144/02,  Sanders  and  others,  and  Eagle  and  others  v  Commission.  The  two 
judgments  require  the  Commission  to  pay  substantial  amounts  of  damages  to  over  100 
applicants,  who  were  former  contractual  staff  at  the  JET  joint  undertaking  and  had  claimed 
damages  for  not  having  been  recruited  as  Euratom  staff.  These  are  the  final  judgments 
following  interlocutory  judgments  of  2004  which  upheld  the  principle  of  the  applicants' 
claims, but limited them to five years, following the Commission's arguments on that point.  

The judgements ordered the parties to seek agreement on the amounts. The CFI has now ruled 
on  the  last  issues  that  could  not  be  agreed  between  the  parties.  The  result  is  that  the  CFI 
accepts  the  Applicants'  claims  to  damages,  as  calculated  following  the  interlocutory 
judgments, for the five year period allowed under those judgments. Although the Commission 
might still appeal this would not have a suspensive effect and the Commission would continue 
to be bound by the obligation to pay the amounts ordered by the CFI.  

The  Commission  has  calculated  the  damages  using  the  interest  rate  quoted  in  the  operative 
part  of  the  judgment  (which  was  agreed  by  the  parties,  on  the  basis  of  various  Court 
judgments of the period around 1999-2000). The total amount of damages for the two cases 
stands at EUR 47 805 000 if the sums are liquidated on 31 October 2007; at EUR 47 951 000 
if the sums are liquidated on 30 November 2007. The obligation to pay interest continues until 
payment, the interest rate retained by the Court is 5,25 %, so there is some urgency in making 
the payments.  

Considering that the judgements concern staff and administrative processes, the Commission 
proposes  that  damages  should  be  liquidated  from  budget  item  26 01 50 07  Damages  in 
heading 5 of the financial framework.  

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Appropriations for budget item Damages stand at only EUR 250 000 in Budget 2007. 

The Commission has duly scrutinised the possibilities to replenish the budget item through a 
transfer  of  existing  appropriations  in  heading  5.  It  has  found  that  EUR 12,5 million  can  be 
mobilised through redeployment of existing commitment appropriations. 

The  request  of  additional  commitment  appropriations  for  budget  item  26 01 50 07  can 
therefore  be  limited  to  EUR  35,5  million  to  reach  the  necessary  EUR 48 million  package, 
whereas  heading  5  of  the  multi-annual  financial  framework  has  an  available  margin  of 
EUR 172,6 million  under  its  2007  ceiling.  The  full  amount  will  be  entirely  committed  and 
paid  in  2007.  Payment  appropriations  will  be  made  available  through  redeployment  from 
budget  items  02 04 01 01  Space  research and  02 04 01 02  Security  research.  The  needs  for 
payment appropriations for "Security and space research" activities are lower than originally 
foreseen,  due  to  the  late  adoption  of  the  FP7  legal  base.  Given  the  time  needed  from  the 
moment of the publication of the call for research proposals to the signature of the contracts, 
lower  than  anticipated  amounts  will  be  paid  in  2007,  and  part  of  the  pre-financing  will  be 
postponed to 2008. 

In  parallel  to  this  Draft  Amending  Budget  the  Commission  is  introducing  a  request  for  a 
transfer  of  appropriations  for  EUR 12.5 million  in  order  to  redeploy  existing  credit 
commitments and replenish budget item 26 01 50 07. 

4.2 

Competition Policy 

As a prudential measure, it is proposed that a new budget article 03 03 02 Damage requests 
resulting from legal procedures against the Commission's decisions in the field of competition 
should  be  created,  to  take  into  account  the  possibility  of  budgetary  implications  stemming 
from rulings of the Court of Justice or the Court of First Instance. The line will be endowed 
with a token entry ("p.m."). 

The  present  article  is  intended  to  cover  any  expenditure  originated  by  damages  awarded  by 
the Court to claimants and resulting from legal proceedings against Commission's decisions in 
the field of competition.  

As  a  reasonable  estimate  of  the  financial  impact  on  the  EU  budget  cannot  be  established 
beforehand, a token entry ("p.m.") appears in this article. If necessary, the Commission will 
propose to make available the appropriations related to actual needs by means of transfers or 
through a preliminary draft amending budget. 

5. 

ADOPTION OF LEGISLATION IN THE FIELD OF ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY  

Adaptations to the budget remarks need to be made in order to integrate into the budget 2007 
the  necessary  technical  adjustments  following  the  adoption  of  the  Council  Decision 
2007/162/EC  establishing  the  Civil  Protection  Financial  Instrument  for  the  period  2007-
20136.  The  changes  affect  the  following  budget  articles/  items:  07 01 04  02,  07 04 01  and 
19 06 05.

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Technical adjustments are also necessary following the adoption by the European Parliament 
and the Council of Regulation (EC) No 614/2007 concerning the Financial Instrument for the 
Environment  (LIFE+)7,  as  well  as  the  transitional  measures  approved  by  the  budgetary 
authority  through  the  Joint  Statement  adopted  as  part  of  the  2007  budget  procedure.  The 
changes affect the following budget articles items: 07 01 04 01 and 07 03 07. 

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SUMMARY TABLE BY HEADING OF THE FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK 

2007 Financial framework 

Budget 2007 + AB 1-5/2007 

PDAB 6/2007 

Budget 2007 + AB 1-5/2007 +PDAB 6  

CA 

PA 

CA 

PA 

CA 

PA 

CA 

PA 

Financial framework 
Heading/subheading 

1. SUSTAINABLE GROWTH 
1a. Competitiveness for growth and 
employment 
1b. Cohesion for growth and 
employment 

Total 
Margin8 

2. PRESERVATION AND 
MANAGEMENT OF NATURAL 
RESOURCES 
Of which market related expenditure and 
direct payments 

Total 
Margin 

3. CITIZENSHIP, FREEDOM, 
SECURITY AND JUSTICE 
3a. Freedom, Security and Justice 
3b. Citizenship 

Total 
Margin9   

8 918 000 000

45 487 000 000

54 405 000 000

45 759 000 000

58 351 000 000

637 000 000
 636 000 000
1 273 000 000

4. EU AS A GLOBAL PARTNER10 

6 578 000 000

5. ADMINISTRATION11 

6. COMPENSATION 

Margin 

Margin 

Margin 
TOTAL 

Margin   

7 039 000 000

445 000 000

128 091 000 000

123 790 000 000

9 367 547 511

7 046 794 397

-35 500 000

9 367 547 511

7 011 294 397 

45 486 784 504

37 790 265 808

-172 195 985

45 486 784 504

37 618 069 823 

54 854 332 015

50 667 985  

44 837 060 205

54 854 332 015

44 629 364 220 

50 667 985  

42 713 661 000

42 437 641 756

42 713 661 000

42 437 641 756 

56 250 230 036
2 100 769 964  

54 718 545 736

623 833 000
647 603 114
1 271 436 114

25 934 000  

6 812 460 000
67 000
6 942 364 030
172 635 970
444 646 152
353 848
126 575 468 347
2 350 428 767

473 683 000
728 272 766
1 201 955 766

7 352 746 732

+172 195 985

+172 195 985

6 942 264 030

+35 500 000

+35 500 000

444 646 152

115 497 218 621
8 368 781 379

+207 695 985

+0

56 250 230 036
2 100 769 964  

54 718 545 736 

623 833 000
819 799 099
1 443 632 099

25 934 000  

6 812 460 000
67 000
6 977 864 030
137 135 970
444 646 152
353 848
126 783 164 932
2 314 928 767

473 683 000 
90 468 751 
1 374 151 751 

7 352 746 732 

6 977 764 030 

444 646 152 

115 497 218 621 
8 368 781 379 

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The European Globalisation adjustment Fund (EGF) is not included in the calculation of the margin under Heading 1a. 
The European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) amount is entered over and above the relevant headings as foreseen by the IIA of 17 May 2006 (OJ C 139 of 14.6.2006) 
The 2007 margin for heading 4 does not take into account the appropriations related to the Emergency Aid Reserve (EUR 234,5 million). 
For calculating the margin under the ceiling for heading 5, account is taken of the footnote (1) of the financial framework 2007-2013 for an amount of EUR 76 million for the staff 
contributions to the pensions scheme. 

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