Preliminary draft amending budget n° 4 to the general budget 2008 - Statement of expenditure by section - Section III - Commission
Date: 2008-04-15
Institutions: Directorate-General for Budget, European Commission
Subjects: European Commission, amending budget, financial year, preliminary draft EC budget

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 15.4.2008 
COM(2008) 203 final 

PRELIMINARY DRAFT AMENDING BUDGET N° 4  
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° 4  
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 4 to the 2008 budget. 

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

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CHANGES TO THE GENERAL STATEMENT OF REVENUE 

The changes to the general statement of revenue are forwarded separately via the SEI-BUD 
system. An English version of the changes to the general statement of revenue is attached for 
information as a budgetary annex. 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

The present Preliminary Draft Amending Budget No 4/2008 is intended to budget the surplus 
resulting from the implementation of the budget year 2007. As provided for in the Financial 
Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities3, under Article 15 
§ 3, it is the only subject of this PDAB and it has to be submitted within 15 days following the 
submission of the provisional accounts, which took place on 31 March 2008. 

1. 

The implementation of the budget year 2007 shows a surplus of EUR 1 528 833 290 
(excluding the net balance with EFTA-EEA), which is therefore entered as revenue 
in the 2008 budget.  

The registering of the surplus can be analysed as follows: 

2007 

EFTA-EEA 

European 
Communities 

Total 

Revenue for the financial year 

136 671 660,00 

117 426 308 469,91 

117 562 980 129,91 

Payments against current year appropriations 

-122 335 221,52 

-112 905 636 590,67 

-113 027 971 812,19 

Payment appropriations carried over to year N+1 

0,00 

-3 114 011 336,73 

-3 114 011 336,73 

EFTA appropriations carried over from year N-1 

-2 103 751,46 

0,00 

-2 103 751,46 

Cancellation of unused appropriations carried over 
from year N-1 

579 671,59 

245 683 538,88 

246 263 210,47 

Exchange differences for the year 

0,00 

-123 510 791,35 

-123 510 791,35 

Budget outturn 2007 

12 812 358,61 

1 528 833 290,04 

1 541 645 648,65 

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The budgeting of the surplus will diminish accordingly the global contribution of the 
Member States to the financing of the EU Budget. This global decrease by Member 
State will also be influenced by the updated own resources forecast (TOR, VAT and 
GNI)  including  the  updated  amount  of  the  UK  correction.  In  early  June,  the 
Commission will present, in a separate Preliminary Draft Amending Budget, updated 
forecasts, which are expected to change further the amounts of the contributions by 
country. 

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