Preliminary draft amending budget n° 1 to the general budget 2008 - Statement of expenditure by section - Section III - Commission
Date: 2008-01-18
Institutions: Directorate-General for Budget, European Commission
Subjects: EU financing, European Commission, amending budget, budgetary expenditure, general budget (EU), preliminary draft EC budget

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 18.01.2008 
COM(2008) 18 final 

PRELIMINARY DRAFT AMENDING BUDGET N° 1  
TO THE GENERAL BUDGET 2008 

STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE BY SECTION 
Section III - Commission 

(presented by the Commission) 

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PRELIMINARY DRAFT AMENDING BUDGET N° 1  
TO THE GENERAL BUDGET 2008 

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 1  to  the  2008  budget  for  the  reasons  set  out  in  the  explanatory 
memorandum. 

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OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1. 
OJ L 390, 30.12.2006, p. 1. 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

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2. 

2.1. 

2.2. 

3. 

3.1. 

3.2. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

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

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

United Kingdom: Floods June/July 2007..................................................................... 4 

Financing...................................................................................................................... 5 

Executive Agencies in the Field of Research............................................................... 6 

European Research Council Executive Agency (ERCEA).......................................... 7 

Research Executive Agency (REA) ............................................................................. 8 

Modification of the establishment plan of the FRONTEX Agency............................. 9 

Galileo Programme – Administrative Management .................................................... 9 

Exceptional Crisis Expenditure.................................................................................. 10 

SUMMARY TABLE BY HEADING OF THE FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK ..................... 11 

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 statement of revenue and expenditure by section is attached for information as a 
budgetary annex. 

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1. 

INTRODUCTION 

Preliminary  Draft  Amending  Budget  (PDAB)  No 1  for  the  year  2008  incorporates  the 
following elements: 

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The mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund for an amount of EUR 162,4 million in 
commitment  and  payment  appropriations,  relating  to  major  storm  in  the  United 
Kingdom in June and July 2007.  

The  creation  of  the  necessary  budgetary  structure  to  accommodate  the  Research 
Executive  Agency  (REA)  and  the  European  Research  Council  Executive  Agency 
(ERCEA). 

Modification of the establishment plan of the European Agency for the Management 
of the Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Members States of the 
European Union (FRONTEX). 

The  creation  of  the  budget  item  06 01 04 12  Galileo  Programme  –  expenditure  on 
administrative  management,  as  provided  for  in  the  Commission's  revised  proposal 
COM(2007)535. 

The creation of the budget article 27 01 11 Exceptional crisis expenditure, to enable 
the financing of exceptional expenditure linked to a declared crisis. The line will be 
endowed with a "p.m." 

Only the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund will have a net effect on the budget. 

2. 

THE MOBILISATION OF THE EU SOLIDARITY FUND 

In  June  and  July  2007,  following  successive  waves  of  unusually  intensive  rainfall,  different 
parts of the United Kingdom were affected by  major  floods  causing  severe  damage.  Within 
the ten week deadline set by Article 4 of Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/20023 the United 
Kingdom applied for financial assistance from the EU Solidarity Fund relating to the floods. 

The  Commission  services  have  carried  out  a  thorough  examination  of  the  application  in 
accordance with Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 and in particular with Articles 2, 3 
and  4  thereof.  The  Communication  to  the  Commission  on  an  application  to  mobilise  the 
European Union Solidarity Fund presented by the United Kingdom (floods 2007) was adopted 
on 10 December 2007 (C/2007/6038). 

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

2.1. 

United Kingdom: Floods June/July 2007 

The application was presented to the Commission on 20 August 2007, within the deadline of 
10  weeks  after  the  first  damage  was  recorded  on  12 June 2007.  Upon  request  from  the 

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Council  Regulation  (EC)  N°  2012/2002  of  11  November  2002  establishing  the  European  Union  Solidarity 
Fund (OJ L 311, 14.11.2002). 

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Commission services the UK authorities provided additional information which was received 
on 26 October 2007. 

While flooding occurred in different parts of the UK (England, Northern Ireland and Wales) 
over a period of several weeks, these events may be regarded as a single disaster within the 
meaning  of  the  Solidarity  Fund  Regulation  as  they  were  caused  by  an  underlying, 
unfavourable  meteorological  condition  over  the  UK  during  the  summer  of  2007,  with 
successive  waves  of  exceptionally  high  rainfall  leading  to  saturated  soils  and  as  a 
consequence to severe inundations. 

The  disaster  is  of  natural  origin.  The  UK  authorities  estimated  the  total  direct  damage  at 
EUR 4 612 million which is the third highest amount of damage caused by a single disaster 
since  the  Solidarity  Fund  was  set  up  in  2002.  As  this  amount  exceeds  the  threshold  of 
EUR 3 267 million applicable to the UK for triggering the Solidarity Fund (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. 

The  UK  authorities  reported  very  serious  damages  in  housing  (over  EUR 2 billion),  to 
businesses  (over  EUR 1 billion)  and  agriculture  (over  EUR 700 million).  Moreover, 
infrastructures,  in  particular  in  the  water/waste  water  sector,  in  the  transport  sector  and  for 
education were heavily damaged. The reliability of the damage estimates presented by the UK 
authorities was confirmed by a sample survey carried out by the Joint Research Centre using 
among others data from satellite imaging. 

The cost of essential emergency operations eligible under Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 
2012/2002  has  been  estimated  by  the  UK  authorities  at  EUR 356,7 million  and  has  been 
presented  broken  down  by  type  of  operation.  Based  on  the  information  from  the  British 
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. 

The UK authorities announced that in assisted regions they also intend using financing from 
the 2000-2006 Structural Funds programmes for purposes related to the flooding. 

The UK authorities confirmed that the eligible operations referred to above are not covered by 
insurance. 

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

2.2. 

Financing 

The  total  annual  budget  available  for  the  Solidarity  Fund  is  EUR 1 billion.  In  2008,  no 
resources have yet been earmarked for earlier applications leaving EUR 1 billion available. 

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 

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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. 

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

Direct damage 

Threshold 

Amount based 
on 2.5% 

Amount based on 
6% 

(EUR) 
Total amount of 
aid proposed 

4 612 000 000 

3 266 629 000 

81 665 725 

80 722 260 

162 387 985 

162 387 985

UK/Floods 
June/July 
2007 
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. 

3. 

EXECUTIVE AGENCIES IN THE FIELD OF RESEARCH 

In  accordance  with  Article  166  of  the  EC  Treaty,  the  European  Parliament  and  the  Council 
adopted, through Decision No 1982/2006/EC of 18 December 2006, the seventh Framework 
Programme  of  the  European  Community  for  research,  technological  development  and 
demonstration  activities, 
the  Framework  Programme.  The  Council 
subsequently adopted, on 19 December 2006, the Capacities, Cooperation, Ideas and People 
specific  programmes  for  research,  technological  development  and  demonstration  activities  - 
the Specific Programmes. 

(2007-2013) 

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The Framework Programme provides for the establishment of the European Research Council 
(ERC)  as  the  means  of  implementing  the  Ideas  Specific  Programme.  With  its  Decision 
2007/134/EC  of  2  February  2007,  the  Commission  established  the  European  Research 
Council,  setting  up  the  Scientific  Council  and  announcing  the  setting-up  of  the  dedicated 
implementation structure in the form of an executive agency. After consulting the Regulatory 
Committee for Executive Agencies and informing the Budgetary  Authority  the Commission 
adopted  Decision  C/2007/6268  on  14  December  2007  setting  up  the  European  Research 
Council  Executive  Agency  for  the  management  of  the  specific  Community  programme 
"Ideas" in the field of frontier research in application of Council Regulation (EC) No 58/2003. 

In its proposals for the Framework Programmes the Commission also announced its intention 
to  "externalise,  under  its  responsibility,  activities  which  generate  a  large  number  of  small 
operations;  an  executive  agency  will  manage,  in  particular  the  Marie  Curie  actions,  the 
support to SMEs, as well as administrative tasks related to other research projects, including 
collaborative research projects".  

The  ninth  meeting  of  the  Regulatory  Committee  for  Executive  Agencies  took  place  on  14 
November.  The  Committee  gave  a  favourable  opinion  on  the  draft  Commission  Decisions 
setting  up  the  "Research  Executive  Agency"  for  the  management  of  certain  areas  of  the 
specific Community programmes People, Capacities and Cooperation in the field of research, 
and  for  the  setting  up  of  the  "European  Research  Council  Executive  Agency"  for  the 
management of the specific Community Programme "Ideas" in the field of frontier research in 
application of Council Regulation (EC) N°58/2003. 

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The Committee on Budgets of the European Parliament has been informed on the results of 
the meeting and gave a favourable opinion at its meeting on 27 November 2007. 

The  Commission  adopted  Decision  C/2007/6262  on  14  December  2007  setting  up  the 
"Research Executive Agency" for the management of certain areas of the specific Community 
programmes  People,  Capacities  and  Cooperation  in  the  field  of  research  in  application  of 
Council Regulation N° 58/2003. 

The current proposal concerns the creation of the corresponding budget lines for the subsidies 
to these two agencies: 

08 01 04 30  European Research Council Executive Agency 

08 01 04 31  Research Executive Agency 

No additional appropriations are requested in the framework of the creation of these two new 
budget lines. The appropriations will be deducted from the budget lines corresponding to the 
support expenditure of the corresponding policy areas: 

02 01 05 

Support expenditure for research activities of Enterprise policy area 

06 01 05 

Support expenditure for research activities of Energy and transport policy area 

08 01 05 

Support expenditure for operations of 'Research' policy area 

09 01 05 
policy area 

Support  expenditure  for  research  activities  of  Information  society  and  media 

Savings that result from the creation of the agencies will be used to increase the operational 
appropriations  of  the  corresponding  programme  areas.  In  2008  this  will  lead  to  increased 
operational appropriations for the following areas: 

02 04 01 01  Space research 

02 04 01 02  Security research 

08 10 01 

Ideas 

3.1. 

European Research Council Executive Agency (ERCEA) 

For  2008,  it  is  proposed  to  allocate  EUR 19 994 000  in  both  commitment  and  payment 
appropriations to line 08 01 04 30. This amount will be deducted from budget line 08 01 05. 
The details of this are as follows: 

Line 

Description 

08 01 05 01 

08 01 05 03 

to  research 

Expenditure  related 
staff 
Other management expenditure for 
research 

Amount 
(EUR) 
1 591 000  20 

officials 
Commission 

Comments 

seconded 

from 

the 

18 403 000  Other staff, infrastructure administrative 
and  management  expenditure  of  the 
ERCEA  corresponding  to  the  tasks 
relating to the Ideas specific programme 

Total 

19 994 000 

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The calculation is based upon 2007 staff costs indexed at 2% per annum. The unit costs for 
2007 are: temporary staff: EUR 0,117 million; contractual staff: EUR 0,063 million; seconded 
national experts: EUR 0,068 million. The 2008 costs are based upon an average presence for 
ERCEA staff of eight months. 

The transfer of tasks to the ERCEA is expected to result in savings of EUR 84 085 000 during 
the period 2008 to 2013. For 2008 it is proposed to increase the operational appropriations on 
line 08 10 01 – Ideas by EUR 3 619 000 whilst decreasing line 08 01 05 - Support expenditure 
for operations of 'Research' policy area by EUR 3 619 000: 

Line 

08 10 01 
08 01 05 

Description 

Ideas 
Support  expenditure  for  operations  of  'Research' 
policy area 

Amount 
(EUR) 
3 619 000 
-3 619 000 

3.2. 

Research Executive Agency (REA) 

For  2008,  it  is  proposed  to  allocate  EUR 14 601 000  in  both  commitment  and  payment 
appropriations to line 08 01 04 31. This amount will be deducted from budget lines 02 01 05, 
06 01 05, 08 01 05 and 09 01 05. The details of this are: 

Line 

Description 

02 01 05 01 

Expenditure related to research staff 

02 01 05 03 

Other management expenditure for 
research 

06 01 05 03 

Other  management  expenditure  for 
research 

Amount 
(EUR) 

Comments 

60 000  1 

official 
Commission 

seconded 

from 

the 

1 809 000  Other 

256 000  Other 

the 

area 

staff, 

infrastructure 
and  management 
administrative 
expenditure 
REA 
of 
corresponding  to  tasks  relating  to  the 
the 
of 
policy 
Enterprise 
Cooperation specific programme 
staff, 

infrastructure 
and  management 
administrative 
expenditure 
REA 
of 
corresponding  to  tasks  relating  to  the 
Energy  and  Transport  policy  area  of 
the Cooperation specific programme 

the 

08 01 05 01 

Expenditure related to research staff 

715 000  12  officials 
Commission 

seconded 

from 

the 

08 01 05 02 

External staff for research 

08 01 05 03 

Other  management  expenditure  for 
research 

09 01 05 03 

Other  management  expenditure  for 
research 

64 000  Appropriations  corresponding  to  2 
contractual agent contracts suppressed 
following the transfer of tasks into the 
REA 
10 771 000  Other 

staff, 

infrastructure 
and  management 
administrative 
expenditure 
REA 
of 
corresponding  to  tasks  relating  to  the 
Research 
the 
Capacities,  Cooperation  and  People 
specific programmes 

policy 

area 

the 

of 

926 000  Other 

staff, 

infrastructure 
and  management 
administrative 
expenditure 
REA 
of 
corresponding  to  tasks  relating  to  the 
Information  society  and  media  policy 
and 
the  Cooperation 
area 
Capacities specific programmes 

the 

of 

Total 

14 601 000 

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The calculation is based upon 2007 staff costs indexed at 2% per annum. The unit costs for 
2007 are: temporary staff: EUR 0,117 million; contractual staff: EUR 0,063 million; seconded 
national experts: EUR 0,068 million. The 2008 costs are based upon an average presence for 
REA staff of six months. 

The transfer of tasks to the REA is expected to result in EUR 76 571 000 of savings during 
the period 2008 to 2013. For 2008 it is proposed to increase the operational appropriations on 
line  02 04 01 01  –  Space  research  by  EUR 3 672 000  and  on  line  02 04 01 02  –  Security 
research by EUR 3 327 000 whilst decreasing line 02 01 05 - Support expenditure for research 
activities of Enterprise policy area by EUR 6 999 000: 

Line 

Description 

02 04 01 01 
02 04 01 02 
02 01 05 01 
02 01 05 02 
02 01 05 03 

Space research 
Security research 
Expenditure related to research staff 
External staff for research 
Other management expenditure for research 

Amount 
(EUR) 

3 672 000 
3 327 000 
-3 340 000 
-1 700 000 
-1 959 000 

4. 

MODIFICATION OF THE ESTABLISHMENT PLAN OF THE FRONTEX AGENCY 

For 2008, the budgetary authority allocated an additional amount of EUR 30 million for the 
European Agency for the Management of the Operational Cooperation at the External Borders 
of 
the  European  Union  (FRONTEX)  (EUR 2.8 million  for 
administrative and EUR 27.2 million for operational expenditure). This represents an increase 
of 79% when compared to the Commission's 2008 Preliminary Draft Budget. 

the  Member  States  of 

Consequently, FRONTEX has prepared a revised Work Programme 2008, which was sent to 
the Board of Management on 12 November 2007. The additional appropriations will entail a 
substantial  increase  in  workload  for  the  Agency.  The  current  staff  numbers  are  considered 
insufficient  to  handle  the  increase  and  prolongation  of  operational  activities.  It  is  therefore 
necessary  to  amend  the  2008  establishment  plan  in  order  to  allow  FRONTEX  to  properly 
execute its revised work programme.  

For these reasons, it is proposed to increase the 2008 establishment plan from 69 to 94 posts, 
on  basis  of  the  Decisions  of  the  Management  Board  of  FRONTEX  dated  20  September  (-1 
AD9;  +1  AD8)  and  7  November  2007  (+25  posts).  The  additional  staff  will  be  mainly 
allocated  to  operational  tasks  (17  posts).  The  proposed  modifications  do  not  require  any 
additional  spending,  as  the  corresponding  additional  administrative  appropriations  have 
already been authorised in the 2008 budget. 

5. 

GALILEO PROGRAMME – ADMINISTRATIVE MANAGEMENT 

The amended proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the 
further implementation of the European satellite radio-navigation programmes (EGNOS and 
Galileo) (COM(2007)535 final) provided for the creation of a new budget line for expenditure 
on administrative management. However, this line had not been included in the preliminary 
draft budget for 2008, and was not created in the course of the budget procedure. 

It  is  therefore  proposed  to  create  the  budget  line  06 01 04 12:  Galileo  Programme- 
expenditure on administrative management. The line will be endowed with EUR 2 million in 

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both commitment and payment appropriations, which will be taken from the operational line 
06 02 10 Galileo Programme.  

The European Commission,  on behalf of  the EU as the owner of the system, shall have the 
responsibility,  in  particular,  to  ensure  that  the  EU's  political  and  international  commitments 
are implemented, determine and agree on the overall specifications and requirements for the 
system.  During  the  deployment  phase  the  Commission  should  implement  an  integrated 
programme risk management at all levels of the programme as well as structural measures to 
identify, control, mitigate and monitor risks. 

To this end, the Commission must establish the appropriate instruments and ensure it possess 
the necessary resources, in particular in terms of assistance, needed to accomplish this task. 
Therefore, the European Commission will be advised by experts, senior professionals coming 
from  disciplines  such  as  project  management,  space  engineering,  financial,  technology 
marketing, and which act as independent reviewers of the programme. 

6. 

EXCEPTIONAL CRISIS EXPENDITURE 

The Commission has put in place a business continuity plan, designed to ensure the smooth 
running of its services, in the event of a major disruption. Indeed, procedures have been set up 
to  facilitate  and  speed  up  urgent  expenditure  (and  continue  collection  of  resources),  while 
respecting the rules laid down in the Financial Regulation and Implementing Rules applicable 
to the general budget of the European Communities. 

However,  in  case  of  expenditure  linked  to  a  declared  crisis,  the  Commission  might  need  to 
finance urgently exceptional expenditure not foreseen in its normal administrative budget. 

It  is  therefore  proposed  to  create  one  single  special  line  27 01 11  Exceptional  Crisis 
Expenditure in Section III of the budget, to cover all types of administrative expenditure not 
authorised elsewhere in the budget.  

Since  the  administrative  budget  of  the  Commission  already  covers  almost  all  types  of 
expenditure  which  could  be  necessary  during  a  crisis,  the  new  line  would  be  restricted  to 
expenditure which is (i) made during the crisis; (ii) which cannot be posted to other existing 
administrative lines; and (iii) for which the budget authority should be informed of its precise 
nature immediately after the crisis is over. 

Given  the  expected  marginal  incidence  of  this  expenditure  relative  to  the  overall 
administrative  budget  of  the  Commission,  and  its  hypothetical  nature,  the  Commission 
considers it sufficient to inscribe a "p.m" on the proposed line. 

The amounts that will prove necessary will be transferred to this line from the budget item of 
Title  "Budget",  line  27 01 02 19  "other  management  expenditure-  non-  decentralised 
management". Should the required amounts exceed the appropriations available on this item, 
the Commission would submit the necessary transfer proposals to the budget authority. 

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SUMMARY TABLE BY HEADING OF THE FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK 

2008 Financial framework 

Budget 2008 

PDAB 1/2008 

Budget 2008 + AB 1/2008 

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 
Margin4 

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 
Margin5   

10 386 000 000

46 889 000 000

57 275 000 000

46 217 000 000

58 800 000 000

747 000 000
615 000 000
1 362 000 000

4. EU AS A GLOBAL PARTNER6 

7 002 000 000

5. ADMINISTRATION7 

6. COMPENSATION 

Margin 

Margin 

Margin 
TOTAL 

Margin   

7 380 000 000

207 000 000

132 026 000 000

129 681 000 000

11 086 000 000

9 772 639 600

46 877 941 445

40 551 565 026

57 963 941 445

-188 941 445  

50 324 204 626

11 086 000 000

9 772 639 600 

46 877 941 445

40 551 565 026 

57 963 941 445

50 324 204 626 

-188 941 445  

40 876 490 000

40 825 600 500

40 876 490 000

40 825 600 500 

55 041 123 496
3 758 876 504  

53 177 320 053

728 034 000
614 843 000
1 342 877 000

19 123 000  

7 311 218 000
-70 000 000
7 283 860 235
173 139 765
206 636 292
363 708
129 149 656 468
3 692 561 532

533 196 000
708 253 006
1 241 449 006

8 112 728 400

7 284 420 235

206 636 292

120 346 758 612
9 650 459 388

162 387 985
162 387 985

162 387 985
162 387 985

162 387 985

162 387 985

55 041 123 496
3 758 876 504  

53 177 320 053 

728 034 000
777 230 985
1 505 264 985

19 123 000  

7 311 218 000
-70 000 000
7 283 860 235
173 139 765
206 636 292
363 708
129 312 044 453
3 692 561 532

533 196 000 
870 640 991 
1 403 836 991 

8 112 728 400 

7 284 420 235 

206 636 292 

120 509 146 597 
9 650 459 388 

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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 2008 margin for heading 4 does not take into account the appropriations related to the Emergency Aid Reserve. 
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 77 million for the staff 
contributions to the pensions scheme. 

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