Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the adjustment of the financial framework to take account of implementation and the technical adjustment for 2009 in line with movements in GNI presented by the Commission to Parliament and the Council in accordance with paragraph 48 of the interinstitutional agreement of 17 May 2006
Date: 2008-03-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: adaptation of financial perspectives, budgetary discipline (EU), budgetary procedure, commitment of expenditure, interinstitutional agreement

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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 14.3.2008 
COM(2008) 152 final 

Proposal for a 

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

on the adjustment of the financial framework to take account of implementation and the 
technical adjustment for 2009 in line with movements in GNI 

presented by the Commission 
 to Parliament and the Council in accordance with paragraph 48 of the Interinstitutional 
Agreement of 17 May 2006 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

Points  18  and  48  of  the  Interinstitutional  Agreement  of  17  May  2006  provide  for  the 
Commission to present to the two arms of the budgetary authority proposals for adjustments 
to the financial framework considered necessary in the light of implementation. 

This procedure involves: 

– 

– 

the adjustment of total payment appropriations to ensure, in the light of requirements, 
an orderly progression in relation to the commitment appropriations (point 18); 

in  the  event  of  the  adoption  after  1  January  2007  of  new  rules  or  programmes 
governing  the  Structural  Funds,  the  Cohesion  Fund,  Rural  Development  and  the 
European  Fund  for  Fisheries,  the  two  arms  of  the  budgetary  authority  have 
undertaken  to  authorise  the  transfer  to  subsequent  years,  in  excess  of  the 
corresponding ceilings on expenditure, of allocations not used in 2007 (point 48). 

The Commission's examination of implementation in 2007 from these two angles prompts it 
to present the following proposal for the adjustment of the financial framework in respect of 
point 48 to the budgetary authority. The present proposal to take account of implementation is 
applied on expenditure ceilings at current prices. 

Furthermore,  point 16  of  the  Interinstitutional  Agreement  states  that  each  year  the 
Commission  will,  ahead  of  the  budgetary  procedure  for  year  n+1,  make  a  technical 
adjustment  to  the  financial  framework  in  line  with  movements  in  the  EU's  gross  national 
income  (GNI)  and  prices  and  communicate  the  results  to  the  two  arms  of  the  budgetary 
authority. As far as prices are concerned, expenditure ceilings at current prices are established 
using the fixed 2% deflator foreseen in point 16 of the Interinstitutional Agreement. As far as 
movements in GNI are concerned, the present proposal includes the latest economic forecasts 
available. 

1. 

ADJUSTMENT  OF  STRUCTURAL  FUNDS,  COHESION  FUND,  RURAL  DEVELOPMENT 
AND  THE EUROPEAN FUND FOR FISHERIES  IN  THE  LIGHT  OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES 
OF THEIR IMPLEMENTATION (POINT 48) 

Under point 48  of the Interinstitutional Agreement, in the event of adoption after 1 January 
2007 of new rules or programmes governing the Structural Funds, the Cohesion Fund, Rural 
Development and the European Fund for Fisheries, the two arms of the budgetary authority 
undertake to authorise, on a proposal from the Commission, the transfer to subsequent years, 
in excess of the corresponding ceilings on expenditure, of allocations not used in 2007 

1.1. 

Scope of point 48 of the Interinstitutional Agreement 

The Interinstitutional Agreement sets out the principle that the transfer is limited to 
the unused allocations for the first year of the financial framework. 

The  transfer  is  applicable  to  programmes  funded  by  the  Structural  Funds  (the 
European  Regional  Development  Fund  and  the  European  Social  Fund)  and  the 
Cohesion  Fund,  the  European  Agricultural  Fund  for  Rural  Development  and  the 
European  Fisheries  Fund.  It  also  applies  to  the  European  Regional  Development 

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Fund's  contribution  to  the  cross-border  and  sea-basin  programmes  under  the 
European  Neighbourhood  and  Partnership  Instrument  (ENPI)  and  to  the  Cross-
Border  Programmes  of  the  Instrument  for  Pre-Accession  (IPA).  The  latter  remain 
under the discipline of the Structural Funds and the amounts involved shall be again 
made available to the Member States in the event of delays in the submission of the 
respective programmes1. 

1.2. 

Proposed  transfer  of  commitment  appropriations  from  2007  to  future  years 
(Table 1). 

Commitment  appropriations  totalling  EUR  2  034  million  lapsed  in  2007,  i.e.  they 
were  not  implemented  in  2007  and  were  not  carried  forward  to  2008.  This 
corresponds to the 2007 envelopes related to 45 Operational Programmes that could 
not be adopted in 2007, mainly due to delays in the submission to the Commission. 
The table below shows the distribution by Fund of the delayed programmes. 

Fund

Number of OP
delayed

ERDF
ENPI (with ERDF contribution)
IPA (with ERDF contribution)
Subtotal Heading 1B
EAFRD
EFF
Subtotal Heading 2
TOTAL

5
14
4
23
15
7
22
45

2007 envelopes to be 
reprogrammed

(in current 
prices, in EUR 
million)

375
48
3
426
1.469
139
1.608
2.034

%

18%
2%
0%
21%
72%
7%
79%
100%

Clearly the delays in the initial programming for the period 2007-2013 were sharply 
reduced  compared  to  the  period  2000-2006.  As  illustrated  in  the  comparative  table 
below,  the  amount  that  needs  to  be  reprogrammed  to  later  years  was  reduced  from 
20% to 3%. 

Significance of delays in programming - 2007 versus 2000

(in current prices, in EUR million)

Nominal 
envelope

Carry-
overs

Re- 
programming
to further 
years

Carry-overs +
Re- 
programming

%
Carried-
over

%
Re- 
programming

%
Carry-over
and 
Reprogramming

2000
2007

30.019
58.429

8.038
1.491

6.153
2.034

14.191
3.525

27%
3%

20%
3%

47%
6%

72%  of  the  reprogramming  required  is  due  to  delays  in  the  Rural  Development 
programmes.  Several  aspects  of  rural  development  programming  burdened  their 
approval  procedure  compared  to  that  of  the  Cohesion  programmes.  Firstly,  rural 
development  programming  goes  down  to  the  level  of  rural  development  measures, 
with  quite  detailed  information  required,  for  instance  on  environmental  aspects. 
Secondly,  each  programme  is  submitted  for  approval  to  the  Rural  Development 

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Committee  prior  to  Commission  approval.  Thirdly,  a  significant  number  of 
programmes  were  only  submitted  to  the  Commission  in  the  second  half  of  2007, 
which to some extent might have been influenced by the uncertainty of the outcome 
of  the  negotiations  on  voluntary  modulation  during  the  first  part  of  2007.  Finally, 
other  factors  (such  as  national  institutional  constraints  and  lack  of  previous 
programming experience) may also have contributed to the late presentation of draft 
programmes and/or delays in clarifications requested by the Commission. 

The  delays  in  ERDF  programming  were  mainly  due  to  the  late  submission  of  the 
programmes  involved.  In  some  cases,  their  content  required  further  negotiations  to 
improve  consistency  with  the  Community  objectives.  Negotiations  on  the  four  IPA 
programmes delayed have been progressing slowly, as negotiations involving several 
countries,  some  of  them  third  countries,  are  inevitably  more  complex.  Similar 
difficulties  have  affected  the  ENPI  programmes,  of  which  only  the  Baltic  Sea 
programme was submitted and adopted in 2007. 

Many EFF programmes were also submitted quite late (e.g. December 2007) making 
it impossible to adopt the programmes in 2007. 

Table 1a in Annex gives a complete overview of the under-implementation in 2007 
by objective and Fund. The amount of appropriations under-implemented was EUR 
3 525 million. Of this, EUR 1 491 million were carried forward to 2008, given that 
the preliminary stages of the commitment procedure had already been completed by 
the  end  of  2007.  This  left  EUR  2  034  million,  which  are  here  proposed  to  be 
transferred, under point 48 of the Inter-Institutional Agreement, to later years of the 
programming period.  

The  following  table  shows  the  proposed  reprogramming  proposed  for  heading  1B 
and heading 22. 

H1b
H2

(in current prices, in EUR)
2008
2013
378.007.275
0
393.592.042 387.183.354 387.189.346 146.825.262 146.825.262 146.825.260  
The profile is slightly front-loaded, but the amounts are small in relation to the size 
of the annual envelopes. 

2011
23.789.685

2012
23.789.686

2010
0

2009
0

In addition, table 1b gives the detail by fund and use of the breakdown by year of the 
proposed transfer.  

1.3. 

Effect  of  the  proposed  transfers  on  the  level  of  the  corresponding  payment 
appropriations. 

The  reprogramming  under  heading  1B  has  no  significant  impact  on  the  expected 
profile of payments throughout the period. For the Rural Development programmes 
(heading 2) the reprogramming increases the expected payments in 2008 by EUR 1 

2 

The amounts in this table are given in euros as the programming in Heading 1b, Rural Development and 
the European Fund for Fisheries is made in euros. However, the adjustment of the Financial Framework 
annual ceilings is made in million euros, which involves rounding.  

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014  million,  an  amount  that  had  originally  been  foreseen  for  2007.  The  impact  for 
the years 2009-2013 will only be marginal. 

In view of the fact that the budget 2008 leaves a sufficient margin below the financial 
framework  ceiling,  the  Commission  does  not  consider  it  necessary  to  propose  an 
adjustment  of  the  ceilings  for  payment  appropriations  for  2008  as  a  result  of  the 
proposed reprogramming under point 48 of the IIA. 

2. 

MAINTAINING  AN  ORDERLY  PROGRESSION  BETWEEN  PAYMENT  APPROPRIATIONS 
AND COMMITMENT APPROPRIATIONS (POINT 18) 

One of the purposes of the financial framework is to ensure an orderly progression 
between  commitments  and  payments.  This  relationship  was  established  for  the 
duration of the financial framework on the basis of a number of hypotheses, which 
were  communicated  to  both  arms  of  the  budgetary  authority  in  May  2005.  The 
annual ceiling for appropriations for payments in the financial framework 2007-2013 
was based on this methodology. The Commission is to re-examine these hypotheses 
in 2010 according to the terms of point 19 of the Interinstitutional Agreement.  

Point  18  of  the  Interinstitutional  Agreement  obliges  the  Commission  to  check  the 
global ceiling for payment appropriations, which was established when the financial 
framework was drawn up, against the budget execution for 2007 and the budget for 
2008 and to make any adjustments that are needed. 

The  profile  of  the  global  payment  appropriations  shows  a  peak  in  the  year  2008, 
followed  by  a  dip  in  the  year  2009.  The  peak  in  2008  was  largely  due  to  the 
envisaged  concentration  of  payments  associated  with  the  overlap  between  the  final 
phase of the 2000-2006 programming period and the start-up phase of the 2007-2013 
period  for  structural  actions.  Payments  were  expected  to  decrease  substantially  in 
2009  due  to  phasing  out  of  reimbursements  on  the  2000-2006  programmes,  more 
than offsetting the increase in reimbursements related to the phasing in of the 2007-
2013 programmes. 

The  current  assessment  of  payment  appropriations  needs  does  not  show  a  need  to 
adjust the existing ceiling of payments for 2009. According to the latest estimates for 
structural operations made by the regional policy services, payment requirements are 
fully  compatible  with  the  existing  payment  ceiling.  As  a  consequence,  the 
Commission does not see any need to present now a proposal to adjust the ceiling for 
payment  appropriations  for  the  year  2009.  Of  course,  it  will  continue  to  monitor 
carefully the evolution of the situation.  

The  Commission  will  fine-tune  its  estimates  of  payments  in  the  2009  preliminary 
draft budget, for structural operations and for all other headings, in line with actual 
needs,  budget  discipline  principles  and  the  need  to  keep  a  sufficient  margin  for 
unforeseen events. 

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Table 1: Implementation of the Structural Funds in 2007 – Transfer of unused allocations 

Table 1a
Under-utilisation of Structural Funds, Cohesion Fund, Rural Development and European Fund for Fisheries allocations in 2007  
(in current prices, in EUR)

Objective
Convergence
Convergence
Territorial Cooperation (TC)
TC - Contribution to IPA
TC - Contribution to ENPI
Sub-total Heading 1b
Rural Development (RD)
European Fund for Fisheries (EFF),
Convergence
European Fund for Fisheries (EFF),
outside convergence

Fund

ERDF
ESF
ERDF
ERDF
ERDF

EAFRD

EFF

EFF

2007 allocation
21 306 584 583
6 773 139 198
1 028 694 305
26 565 453
47 579 371
29 182 562 910
12 343 028 110

Implementation

20 980 317 541
6 759 975 961
884 635 554
1 817 626
0
28 626 746 682
9 513 362 081

Under-
implementation

326 267 042
13 163 237
144 058 751
24 747 827
47 579 371
555 816 228
2 829 666 029

Carry-over

0
13 163 237
95 533 659
21 532 686
0
130 229 582
1 360 517 165

425 295 599

308 036 726

117 258 873

141 595 022

119 562 233

22 032 789

0

0

To be transferred
under Point 48 IIA

326 267 042
0
48 525 092
3 215 141
47 579 371
425 586 646
1 469 148 864

117 258 873

22 032 789

Sub-total Heading 2

12 909 918 731

9 940 961 040

2 968 957 691

1 360 517 165

1 608 440 526

Total

42 092 481 641

38 567 707 722

3 524 773 919

1 490 746 747

2 034 027 172  

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Table 1b
Schedule of transfers
(in current prices, in EUR)

Objective
Convergence
Territorial Cooperation (TC)
TC - Contribution to IPA
TC - Contribution to ENPI
Sub-total Heading 1b
Rural Development (RD)

Fund

ERDF
ERDF
ERDF
ERDF

EAFRD

Amount to be
transferred
326 267 042
48 525 092
3 215 141
47 579 371
425 586 646
1 469 148 864

to 2008
326 267 042
48 525 092
3 215 141
0
378 007 275
370 376 764

to 2009

0
0
0
0
0
363 968 076

to 2010

0
0
0
0
0
363 974 068

to 2011

0
0
0
23 789 685
23 789 685
123 609 986

to 2012

0
0
0
23 789 686
23 789 686
123 609 986

to 2013

0
0
0
0
0
123 609 984

European Fund for Fisheries (EFF),
Convergence

European Fund for Fisheries (EFF),
outside convergence
Sub-total Heading 2
Total

EFF

EFF

117 258 873

19 543 146

19 543 146

19 543 146

19 543 145

19 543 145

19 543 145

22 032 789
1 608 440 526
2 034 027 172

3 672 132
393 592 042
771 599 317

3 672 132
387 183 354
387 183 354

3 672 132
387 189 346
387 189 346

3 672 131
146 825 262
170 614 947

3 672 131
146 825 262
170 614 948

3 672 131
146 825 260
146 825 260  

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3. 

TECHNICAL ADJUSTMENT OF THE FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK FOR 2009 IN LINE WITH 
MOVEMENTS OF GNI (POINT 16) 

Table 2 shows the financial framework for EU-27 taking account of implementation 
and  adjusted  for  2009  (i.e.  in  current  prices  and  expressed  in  percentage  of  GNI 
using the latest economic forecasts available). 

3.1. 

Total figure for GNI 

According  to  the  latest  forecast  available,  the  GNI  for  2009  is  established  at 
EUR 13 129 billion in current prices for EU-27 (and at EUR 12 547 billion for 2008 
and EUR 11 975 billion for 2007). 

For subsequent years (2010-2013) the EU-27 GNI has been calculated on the basis of 
internal  Commission  projections  for  the  annual  average  growth  rate  in  real  terms. 
These  projections  are  indicative  and  will  be  updated  annually  on  the  basis  of  the 
latest economic forecasts available. 

3.2.  Main results of the technical adjustment of the Financial Framework for 2009 

The  overall  ceiling  on  commitment  appropriations  for  2009,  taking  into  account  of 
implementation (i.e. EUR 136 211 million) equals 1.04 % of GNI. 

The  corresponding  overall  ceiling  concerning  the  payment  appropriations  (i.e. 
EUR 123 858 million)  equals  0.94 %  of  GNI.  On  the  basis  of  the  latest  economic 
forecasts,  this  leaves  a  margin  beneath  the  1.24 %  own  resources  ceiling  of 
EUR 38 941 million (i.e. 0.30 % of GNI for EU-27). 

3.3. 

Other elements linked to the technical adjustment 

Heading 5 (Administration) 

In the case of heading 5, a footnote to the financial framework states that the figures 
for  pensions  included  under  the  ceiling  for  this  heading  are  to  be  calculated  net  of 
staff  contributions  to  the  pension  scheme,  up  to  a  maximum  of  EUR 500 million 
(2004 constant prices) for the period 2007-2013. This provision should be interpreted 
as  imposing  a  dual  limit  on  the  amounts  deducted  from  expenditure  on  pensions 
when applying the ceiling of the heading: 

– 

– 

This  amount  may  not  exceed  the  contributions  actually  entered  as  budget 
revenue in any one year; 

The accumulated total of deductions for the period 2007-2013 may not exceed 
EUR 500 million at 2004 constant prices. 

The  recurrent  nature  of  administrative  expenditure  imposes  that  the  lowest  limit  is 
adopted annually to avoid using a margin at the start of the period which would no 
longer  be  fully  available  afterwards.  For  2009  the  amount  to  be  deducted  is 
EUR 78.0 million at current prices. 

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Expenditure outside the financial framework 2007-2013 

A  number  of  instruments  are  available  outside  expenditure  ceilings  agreed  in  the 
financial framework 2007-2013. These instruments aim at providing rapid response 
to exceptional or unforeseen events, and provide some flexibility beyond the agreed 
expenditure ceilings within certain limits: 

•  the Emergency Aid reserve, which can be mobilised up to a maximum amount of 
EUR 221.0 million  per  year  in  2004 constant prices,  or  EUR 244.0 million  in 
2009 at current prices; 

•  the  EU  Solidarity  Fund,  whose  maximum  annual  amount  in  current  prices  is 

EUR 1 billion; 

•  the  Flexibility  Instrument,  with  a  maximum  annual  amount  in  current  prices  of 
EUR 200 million, plus the portion of the unused annual amounts of the years 2007 
and 2008, which may be carried over to year 2009; 

In  addition,  it  will  be  possible  to  mobilise  the  European  Globalisation  Adjustment 
Fund  (EGF)  up  to  a  maximum  of  EUR 500 million  per  year  in  current  prices  by 
drawing  from  any  margin  existing  under  the  global  ceiling  for  commitment 
appropriations  of  the  previous  year,  and/or  from  cancelled  commitments  from  the 
previous  two  years  (excluding  those  related  to  heading 1b).  For  the  year  2009  the 
conditions are met to enter the EUR 500 million provision in the budget. 

Operations outside the budget and own resources 

The  fourth  subparagraph  of  point 11  of  the  Interinstitutional  Agreement  states  that 
information  relating  to  operations  not  included  in  the  general  budget  and  the 
foreseeable development of the various categories of own resources is to be set out in 
tables, as an indication, and updated annually when the technical adjustment is made 
to the financial framework. 

This  information,  updated  in  line  with  the  latest  estimates  available,  is  set  out  in 
Table 3. It covers the European Development Fund (EDF) and the structure of own 
resources.

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TABLE 2: FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK 2007 -2013 in current prices 

COMMITMENT APPROPRIATIONS

1. Sustainable Growth

1a Competitiveness for Growth and Employment
1b Cohesion for Growth and Employment

2. Preservation and Management of Natural Resources
of which: market related expenditure and direct payments

3. Citizenship, freedom, security and justice

3a Freedom, Security and Justice
3b Citizenship

4. EU as a global player
5. Administration (1)
6. Compensations

2007

53.979

8.918

45.061

55.143

45.759

1.273

637

636

6.578

7.039

445

2008

57.653

10.386

47.267

59.193

46.217

1.362

747

615

7.002

7.380

207

2009

59.700

11.272

48.428

59.639

46.679

1.523

872

651

7.440

7.699

210

2010

61.782

12.388

49.394

60.113

47.146

1.693

1.025

668

7.893

8.008

2011

63.638

12.987

50.651

60.338

47.617

1.889

1.206

683

8.430

8.334

2012

66.628

14.203

52.425

60.810

48.093

2.105

1.406

699

8.997

8.670

(EUR million - current prices)

2013

69.621

15.433

54.188

61.289

48.574

2.376

1.661

715

9.595

9.095

Total
2007-2013
433.001

85.587

347.414

416.525

330.085

12.221

7.554

4.667

55.935

56.225

862

TOTAL COMMITMENT APPROPRIATIONS

124.457

132.797

136.211

139.489

142.629

147.210

151.976

974.769

as a percentage of GNI

1,04%

1,06%

1,04%

1,02%

1,00%

0,99%

0,98%

1,02%

TOTAL PAYMENT APPROPRIATIONS

122.190

129.681

123.858

133.505

133.452

140.200

142.408

925.294

as a percentage of GNI
Margin available
Own Resources Ceiling as a percentage of GNI

1,02%

0,22%

1,24%

1,03%

0,21%

1,24%

0,94%

0,30%

1,24%

0,97%

0,27%

1,24%

0,93%

0,31%

1,24%

0,94%

0,30%

1,24%

0,91%

0,33%

1,24%

0,96%

0,28%

1,24%

(1) The expenditure on pensions included under the ceiling for this heading is calculated net of the staff contributions to the relevant scheme, within the limit of € 500 million at 
2004 prices for the period 2007-2013.

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TABLE 3: INDICATIVE PROGRAMME OF EXPENDITURE NOT ENTERED IN THE GENERAL BUDGET 
AND PROSPECTIVE TREND IN THE VARIOUS OWN RESOURCES 

EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT FUND

Commitments (C) and Payments (P)
EUR million - current prices
2001

2000

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

P
1 640

C
1 927

C
4 007
The series relate to the measures managed by the Commission. Measures managed by the European Investment Bank are not included.
The amounts for 2001 to 2004 have been amended to take account of the impact of the regularisation of certain payments made on the Stabex instrument. 
The actual amounts for 2008 will depend upon the moment of entry into force of the 10th EDF.

P
1 922

P
2 544

P
1 779

C
2 125

C
2 648

P
2 929

P
2 464

C
3 511

C
3 636

C
3 769

P
2 345

C
3 408

P
2 826

C
2 900

P
3 280

C
3 750

P
3 075

OWN RESOURCES BY CATEGORY

% of total
Traditional own resources (TOR)
VAT
GNP/GNI
2000-2006: outturns
(including the retroactive adjustment in 2002 of 15% of the amounts retained in 2001 as TOR collection costs)
2007: Amending Budget 7/2007 & 2008: Budget 2008 [forecasts are based upon the Own Resources Decision of 29 September 2000 (OJ L 253/42)]

2004
13%
15%
72%

2002
12%
29%
59%

2007
16%
17%
67%

2001
18%
39%
43%

2003
13%
25%
62%

2005
14%
16%
70%

2006
15%
17%
69%

2000
17%
40%
43%

2008
16%
16%
68%

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Proposal for a 

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

amending the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and 
sound financial management as regard adjustment of the multiannual financial 
framework 

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having  regard  to  the  Interinstitutional  Agreement  between  the  European  Parliament,  the 
Council  and  the  Commission  of  17  May  2006  on  budgetary  discipline  and  sound  financial 
management3, and in particular to Point 48 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,4 

Whereas: 

(1) 

As a result of delays in the adoption of certain operational programmes of Headings 1b 
and 2, EUR 2 034 million in current prices of the allocation provided for the Structural 
Funds,  the  Cohesion  Fund,  Rural  Development  and  the  European  Fund  for  Fisheries 
could  not  be  committed  in  2007  nor  carried  over  to  2008.  Under  point  48  of  the 
Interinstitutional Agreement, this amount must be transferred to subsequent financial 
years  by 
the  corresponding  expenditure  ceilings  for  commitment 
appropriations. 

increasing 

(2) 

Annex  I  of  the  Interinstitutional  Agreement  on  budgetary  discipline  and  sound 
financial management should therefore be amended accordingly5, 

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:  

Annex  I  to  the  Interinstitutional  Agreement  on  budgetary  discipline  and  sound  financial 
management is replaced by the Annex to this Decision. 

Sole Article 

3 

4 
5 

OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1. as amended by Decision 2008/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the 
Council of 18 December 2007 amending the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 on budgetary 
discipline  and  sound  financial  management  as  regard  the  multiannual  financial  framework,  OJ  L  6, 
10.1.2008, p.7. 
OJ COM xxx, xx.xx.2008 
For that purpose, the figures in current prices are converted into 2004 prices. 

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Done at Brussels,  

For the European Parliament 
The President 

For the Council 
The President 

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FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK 2007 -2013 

COMMITMENT APPROPRIATIONS

1. Sustainable Growth

1a Competitiveness for Growth and Employment
1b Cohesion for Growth and Employment

2. Preservation and Management of Natural Resources
of which: market related expenditure and direct payments

3. Citizenship, freedom, security and justice

3a Freedom, Security and Justice
3b Citizenship

4. EU as a global player
5. Administration (1)
6. Compensations

(EUR million - constant 2004 prices)

2007

50.865

8.404

42.461

51.962

43.120

1.199

600

599

6.199

6.633

419

2008

53.262

9.595

43.667

54.685

42.697

1.258

690

568

6.469

6.818

191

2009

54.071

10.209

43.862

54.017

42.279

1.380

790

590

6.739

6.973

190

2010

54.860

11.000

43.860

53.379

41.864

1.503

910

593

7.009

7.111

2011

55.400

11.306

44.094

52.528

41.453

1.645

1.050

595

7.339

7.255

2012

56.866

12.122

44.744

51.901

41.047

1.797

1.200

597

7.679

7.400

2013

58.256

12.914

45.342

51.284

40.645

1.988

1.390

598

8.029

7.610

Total
2007-2013
383.580

75.550

308.030

369.756

293.105

10.770

6.630

4.140

49.463

49.800

800

TOTAL COMMITMENT APPROPRIATIONS

117.277

122.683

123.370

123.862

124.167

125.643

127.167

864.169

as a percentage of GNI

1,08%

1,09%

1,07%

1,05%

1,03%

1,02%

1,01%

1,048%

TOTAL PAYMENT APPROPRIATIONS

115.142

119.805

112.182

118.549

116.178

119.659

119.161

820.676

as a percentage of GNI
Margin available
Own Resources Ceiling as a percentage of GNI

1,06%

0,18%

1,24%

1,06%

0,18%

1,24%

0,97%

0,27%

1,24%

1,00%

0,24%

1,24%

0,97%

0,27%

1,24%

0,97%

0,27%

1,24%

0,95%

0,29%

1,24%

1,00%

0,24%

1,24%

(1) The expenditure on pensions included under the ceiling for this heading is calculated net of the staff contributions to the relevant scheme, within the limit of € 500 million at 
2004 prices for the period 2007-2013.

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