DRAFT AMENDING BUDGET N° 4 TO THE GENERAL BUDGET 2014 GENERAL STATEMENT OF REVENUE STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE BY SECTION Section III – Commission Section IX – European Data Protection Supervisor
Date: 2014-07-09
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: United Kingdom, amending budget, budget estimate, budgetary expenditure, budgetary resources, draft budget (EU), general budget (EU), implementation of the budget













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DRAFT AMENDING BUDGET N° 4
TO THE GENERAL BUDGET 2014
GENERAL STATEMENT OF REVENUE
STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE BY SECTION
Section III – Commission
Section IX – European Data Protection Supervisor

Having regard to:
–                        
the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union, and in particular Article 314 thereof, in conjunction with the
Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular
Article 106a thereof,
–                        
the Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the Financial
Regulation applicable to the general budget of the Union[1], and in particular
Article 41 thereof,
–                        
the Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No
1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework
for the years 2014-2020[2],
and in particular Article 13 thereof,
–                        
the general budget of the European Union for the
financial year 2014 adopted on 20 November 2013[3],
–                        
the amending budget No 1/2014[4], adopted on 16 April
2014,
–                        
the draft amending budget No 2/2014[5], adopted on 15 April
2014,
–                        
the draft amending budget No 3/2014[6], adopted on 28 May 2014,
The European
Commission hereby presents to the budgetary authority the draft amending budget
No 4 to the 2014 budget.
CHANGES TO
THE STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE BY SECTION
The changes to
the statement of revenue and expenditure by section are available on EUR-Lex (http://eur-lex.europa.eu/budget/www/index-en.htm). An
English version of the changes to this statement is attached for information as
a budgetary annex.
TABLE OF
CONTENT
1.       Introduction.. 3
2.       Own Resources. 4
2.1.         Introduction.. 4
2.3.         2013, 2011 and 2010 UK correction.. 7
2.3.1       Introduction.. 7
2.3.2       Calculation of the corrections. 8
2.3.3       Entry in the DAB 4/2014 of the 1st update of the
2013 UK correction  the 3rd update of the 2011 UK correction
and of the definitive amount of the 2010 UK correction.. 11
3.       Other revenue – fines and interests. 12
4.       European Data Protection Supervisor (Section IX) 12
5.       Adaptations to Budget Nomenclature and corresponding Budgetary
Appropriations  13
6.       Other Technical Changes. 14
7.       Summary table by MFF heading.. 15
1.           Introduction
Draft Amending Budget
(DAB) No 4 for the year 2014 concerns the following:
–     
A revision of the forecast of Traditional Own
Resources (TOR, i.e. customs duties and sugar sector levies), VAT and GNI
bases, the budgeting of the relevant UK corrections as well as their financing
resulting in a change in the distribution between Member States of their own
resources contributions to the EU budget.
–     
A revision of the forecast of other revenue,
arising from a series of fines that have become definitive and can therefore be
budgeted.
–     
The reduction of the budgetary appropriations,
both commitments and payments by EUR 248 460 for the European
Data Protection Supervisor, due to the postponement of the appointment of the
new European Data Protection Supervisor and Assistant European Data Protection
Supervisor.
–     
The modification of budget article
13 03 64 European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) - European
territorial cooperation into three separate budget items, to reflect the
final adoption of the related legal base.
–     
The creation of a new budget article
05 03 09 Reimbursement of direct aids in relation to financial
discipline, with a 'p.m.'; and the replacement of the dash '–' for
payment appropriations on budget item 11 06 77 03 Preparatory
action – Maritime policy by a 'p.m.'
The
overall impact in terms of expenditure, is a reduction of
EUR 248 460 for both commitment and payment appropriations in
heading 5.
The overall
impact in terms of revenue, is a substantial decrease in the requirements for
Own Resources by EUR 2 059 million, which is mainly due to the budgeting of
fines and interests. In addition, the distribution by Member State is adjusted.
2.           Own Resources
2.1.        Introduction
The following
summary table shows the distribution of total own resources payments between
Member States as budgeted in:
–      The 2014 Budget,
–      The Draft Amending Budget (DAB) 2/2014,
–      The Draft Amending Budget (DAB) 3/2014,
–      The present DAB 4/2014.
]
Distribution
of total own resources payments by Member States (in million EUR)
   || Budget 2014 || DAB 2/2014 || DAB 3/2014 || DAB 4/2014 || DAB 4/2014 vs. DAB 3/2014 
 (1)  (2) || (3) || (4) || in % || (5) = (4) – (3) 
 BE || 5 310,8 || 5 281,0 || 5 374,8 || 5 110,3 || 3,81% || -264,5 
 BG || 449,7 || 446,6 || 456,4 || 444,5 || 0,33% || -11,9 
 CZ || 1 520,2 || 1 509,6 || 1 543,1 || 1 460,9 || 1,09% || -82,2 
 DK || 2 732,2 || 2 712,5 || 2 774,5 || 2 759,8 || 2,06% || -14,7 
 DE || 28 473,2 || 28 261,4 || 28 929,2 || 29 021,8 || 21,65% || 92,5 
 EE || 198,2 || 196,8 || 201,2 || 201,9 || 0,15% || 0,8 
 IE || 1 524,4 || 1 514,1 || 1 546,6 || 1 608,9 || 1,20% || 62,3 
 EL || 1 771,4 || 1 757,9 || 1 800,5 || 1 794,4 || 1,34% || -6,0 
 ES || 10 869,9 || 10 791,6 || 11 038,5 || 10 866,1 || 8,11% || -172,4 
 FR || 21 796,2 || 21 635,3 || 22 142,6 || 21 875,2 || 16,32% || -267,3 
 HR || 456,3 || 453,0 || 463,4 || 444,6 || 0,33% || -18,8 
 IT || 16 371,5 || 16 252,2 || 16 628,4 || 16 141,2 || 12,04% || -487,2 
 CY || 163,8 || 162,6 || 166,3 || 164,9 || 0,12% || -1,4 
 LV || 247,6 || 245,7 || 251,6 || 250,8 || 0,19% || -0,8 
 LT || 381,4 || 378,8 || 387,1 || 382,5 || 0,29% || -4,6 
 LU || 337,9 || 335,4 || 343,4 || 325,4 || 0,24% || -18,0 
 HU || 1 006,2 || 998,9 || 1 021,9 || 1 014,9 || 0,76% || -7,0 
 MT || 74,7 || 74,2 || 75,8 || 77,9 || 0,06% || 2,2 
 NL || 7 453,4 || 7 406,7 || 7 554,0 || 7 477,6 || 5,58% || -76,4 
 AT || 3 088,6 || 3 064,0 || 3 141,4 || 3 057,3 || 2,28% || -84,1 
 PL || 4 130,7 || 4 101,4 || 4 193,9 || 4 138,0 || 3,09% || -55,8 
 PT || 1 654,2 || 1 642,2 || 1 680,2 || 1 710,7 || 1,28% || 30,6 
 RO || 1 484,6 || 1 473,4 || 1 508,8 || 1 442,4 || 1,08% || -66,3 
 SI || 400,3 || 397,7 || 405,9 || 401,2 || 0,30% || -4,8 
 SK || 776,5 || 770,8 || 788,6 || 752,0 || 0,56% || -36,6 
 FI || 2 093,0 || 2 077,6 || 2 126,2 || 2 018,0 || 1,51% || -108,1 
 SE || 4 499,1 || 4 465,2 || 4 572,0 || 4 340,1 || 3,24% || -231,9 
 UK || 14 694,3 || 14 548,2 || 15 008,8 || 14 782,1 || 11,03% || -226,7 
 EU || 133 960,2 || 132 954,8 || 136 124,9 || 134 065,6 || 100,00 || -2 059,3 
2.2.      Revision of the forecast of
TOR, VAT and GNI bases
According to established
practice, the Commission proposes to revise the financing of the budget on the
basis of more recent economic forecasts, adopted at a meeting of the Advisory
Committee on Own Resources (ACOR).
The revision concerns the
forecast of Traditional Own Resources (TOR) to be paid to the budget in 2014 as
well as the forecast of the 2014 Value Added Tax (VAT) and Gross National
Income (GNI) bases. The forecast in the 2014 Budget was established at the 157th
ACOR meeting on 16 May 2013 (the customs duties forecast was revised in autumn
2013 with amending letter (AL) 2/2014[7]).
The revised forecast taken into account in the present DAB 4/2014 was adopted
at the 160th ACOR meeting on 19 May 2014. The use of an updated
forecast of own resources improves the accuracy of the revenue forecasts and
hence of the payments that Member States are asked to make during the budgetary
year.
As compared to the
forecast agreed in May 2013 (for the customs duties the reference is the
revised forecast in amending letter (AL) 2/2014), the forecast agreed in May 2014
has been revised as follows:
–      The total forecast of 2014 net sugar sector levies is now EUR 124,5 million
(after deduction of 25 % in collection costs). However, this forecast needs to be corrected by a negative amount of
EUR 214 million corresponding to the estimated reimbursements to
Member States of sugar levies according to Council Regulation (EU) No 1360/2013
of 2 December 2013. The difference between these two amounts (i.e. a negative
amount of EUR 89,5 million) is entered in the DAB 4/2014.
–      Total 2014 net customs duties (including duties on agricultural
products) are now forecast at EUR 15 754,1 million (after deduction
of 25 % in collection costs), which represents a decrease of 2,67%
relative to the forecast of EUR 16 185,6 million included in the
AL 2/2014. The main reason for this decrease is a lower forecasted growth rate
of extra EU imports. The forecast was made on a Member State basis, using
forecast growth rates of extra-EU imports as published in the Spring 2014
economic forecasts of 2 May 2014.
–     
The total 2014 EU uncapped VAT base is now
forecast at EUR 5 916 888,4 million, which represents a
decrease of -1,08 % compared to the May 2013 forecast of EUR 5 981 772,3 million.
The total 2014 EU capped VAT base[8] is forecast at EUR 5 896 578,5 million, which
represents a decrease of -1.08 % compared to the May 2013 forecast of EUR 5 960 726,5 million.
–     
The total 2014 EU GNI base is forecast at EUR 13 492 916,7 million,
which is practically unchanged compared to the May 2013 forecast of EUR 13 499 401,4 million.
The exchange rates of 31 December
2013 have been used for converting the forecast VAT and GNI bases in national
currency into euro (for the ten Member States that are not members of the euro
zone). This avoids distortions since it is this rate that is used to convert
budgeted own resources payments from euro into national currency when the
amounts are called in (as stipulated in Article 10(3) of Council
Regulation No 1150/2000).
The revised forecasts of
TOR, uncapped VAT bases and GNI bases for 2014, as adopted at the 160th
ACOR meeting on 19 May 2014, are set out in the following table (rounded
figures):
Revised
forecasts of TOR, VAT and GNI bases for 2014 (in million EUR)
   || Sugar levies (75%) – adj. || Customs duties (75%) || Uncapped VAT bases || GNI bases || Capped VAT bases[9] 
 BE || -7,0 || 1 400,6 || 166 540,7 || 392 546,0 || 166 540,7 
 BG || 0,4 || 58,1 || 19 309,1 || 39 947,1 || 19 309,1 
 CZ || 2,7 || 163,1 || 59 663,8 || 135 784,6 || 59 663,8 
 DK || -5,0 || 302,3 || 95 129,6 || 265 401,6 || 95 129,6 
 DE || -44,7 || 3 313,6 || 1 241 896,7 || 2 900 263,6 || 1 241 896,7 
 EE || 0,0 || 22,7 || 8 714,7 || 18 604,6 || 8 714,7 
 IE || -1,6 || 229,5 || 65 542,8 || 143 418,3 || 65 542,8 
 EL || 0,5 || 109,0 || 70 931,2 || 179 862,1 || 70 931,2 
 ES || 0,7 || 1 017,1 || 475 682,9 || 1 028 320,4 || 475 682,9 
 FR || -35,6 || 1 417,6 || 973 133,7 || 2 141 159,7 || 973 133,7 
 HR || 1,7 || 34,8 || 26 304,9 || 42 231,9 || 21 116,0 
 IT || -0,7 || 1 398,0 || 604 283,7 || 1 576 369,5 || 604 283,7 
 CY || 0,0 || 15,2 || 10 517,0 || 15 342,2 || 7 671,1 
 LV || 0,0 || 21,6 || 8 856,7 || 24 615,4 || 8 856,7 
 LT || 0,7 || 53,3 || 13 841,6 || 34 925,0 || 13 841,6 
 LU || 0,0 || 11,8 || 26 828,0 || 32 503,8 || 16 251,9 
 HU || 1,6 || 87,4 || 40 169,8 || 97 952,8 || 40 169,8 
 MT || 0,0 || 9,1 || 5 104,9 || 7 043,1 || 3 521,6 
 NL || -8,8 || 1 919,8 || 274 365,3 || 624 924,2 || 274 365,3 
 AT || -3,3 || 168,8 || 149 973,1 || 321 734,9 || 149 973,1 
 PL || 8,9 || 372,1 || 175 083,7 || 393 178,4 || 175 083,7 
 PT || -0,5 || 121,9 || 76 713,8 || 165 552,5 || 76 713,8 
 RO || 0,9 || 103,7 || 52 840,6 || 144 474,0 || 52 840,6 
 SI || 0,0 || 58,7 || 17 730,8 || 35 230,3 || 17 615,2 
 SK || 0,5 || 87,3 || 23 000,6 || 72 582,1 || 23 000,6 
 FI || -0,5 || 118,4 || 92 844,0 || 198 315,0 || 92 844,0 
 SE || -0,4 || 447,7 || 188 931,0 || 438 003,4 || 188 931,0 
 UK || 0,0 || 2 690,9 || 952 953,7 || 2 022 630,2 || 952 953,7 
 EU || -89,5 || 15 754,1 || 5 916 888,4 || 13 492 916,7 || 5 896 578,5 
2.3.        2013, 2011 and 2010 UK correction
2.3.1      Introduction
The correction of budgetary
imbalances in favour of the United Kingdom (UK correction), to be budgeted
in the present DAB, concerns three years: 2010, 2011 and 2013.
The 2010, 2011 and 2013 UK corrections are subject to the rules of Council Decision 2007/436/EC, Euratom
on the system of the European Communities' own resources[10] and its accompanying working document, the 2007 Calculation Method[11]. Pursuant to the rules of this Decision, the net TOR “windfall
gains” of the UK resulting from the increase since 2001 in the percentage of TOR
retained by Member States as a compensation for their collection costs are
neutralised and the allocated expenditure is adjusted by:
–      pre-accession expenditure (PAE) paid under appropriations for
payments relating to the year preceding the enlargement. The same adjustment
for PAE will be followed at the occasion of each future enlargement of the Union but it has ceased to apply as from the 2013 correction  budgeted for the first time
in 2014;
–      the total allocated expenditure in Member States that have acceded
to the EU after 30 April 2004, except for agricultural direct payments and
market-related expenditure as well as that part of the rural development
expenditure originating from the EAGGF, Guarantee section. This reduction was
phased-in progressively (20 % for 2008 correction budgeted in 2009, 70 %
for 2009 correction budgeted in 2010 and 100 % from 2010 correction
budgeted in 2011).
Furthermore, the share of Austria, Germany, the Netherlands and Sweden in the financing of the UK correction is reduced to one
fourth of their normal share. The reduction is financed by the other Member States, excluding the UK.
The difference between the
definitive amount of the 2010 UK correction and the amount
previously budgeted (the 2nd update entered in AB 4/2012)
is entered in chapter 35 of DAB 4/2014. The difference between the 3rd
update of the 2011 UK correction and the amount previously budgeted (the 1st
update entered in AB 4/2012) is entered in chapter 36 of DAB 4/2014.
The amount of the 1st
update of the 2013 UK correction is entered in chapter 15 of the DAB 4/2014,
as a replacement of the provisional amount of the 2013 UK correction entered in chapter 15 of the Budget 2014.
2.3.2      Calculation of the
corrections
In the present DAB, the
calculation and financing of the 1st update of the 2013
 UK correction, the 3rd update of the 2011 UK correction and the definitive amount of the 2010 UK correction are entered.
As far as the 2nd
update of the 2012 UK correction is concerned, the Commission shall
(according to the 2007 Calculation Method) propose to budget updates if
they differ significantly from the corresponding previously budgeted
calculation. According to the Commission’s current calculations, the amount of
the 2012 UK correction does not differ significantly from the previously
budgeted amount (1st update of the 2012 UK correction entered in AB 6/2013). Consequently, the update is not proposed for budgeting
in the present DAB 4/2014.
2.3.2.1          2013 UK correction
The following table
summarises the changes between the provisional amount of the 2013 UK correction entered in Budget 2014 and the 1st update of the 2013 UK correction to be entered in DAB 4/2014.
   || 2013 UK correction || 2013 UK correction PROVISIONAL Budget 2014 || 2013 UK correction 1st UPDATE DAB 4/2014 || Difference 
 (1)  UK share of uncapped VAT base || 16,2077% || 15,5861% || -0,6216% 
 (2)  UK share of enlargement-adjusted total allocated expenditure || 6,5970% || 6,1166% || -0,4804% 
 (3)  = (1) - (2) || 9,6107% || 9,4694% || -0,1412% 
 (4)  Total allocated expenditure || 133 640 172 409 || 134 675 970 767 || +1 035 798 358 
 (5)  Enlargement-related expenditure = (5a) + (5b) || 31 848 333 003 || 31 337 201 043 || -511 131 961 
 (5a)  Pre-accession expenditure || 31 848 333 003 || 31 337 201 043 || -511 131 961 
 (5b)  Expenditure related to Art 4(1)(g) || 0 || 0 || 0 
 (6)  Enlargement-adjusted total allocated expenditure = (4) - (5) || 101 791 839 406 || 103 338 769 725 || +1 546 930 319 
 (7)  UK correction original amount = (3) x (6) x 0.66 || 6 456 694 911 || 6 458 490 768 || +1 795 856 
 (8)  UK advantage || 1 176 577 247 || 883 513 735 || -293 063 512 
 (9)  Core UK correction = (7) - (8) || 5 280 117 664 || 5 574 977 032 || +294 859 368 
 (10)  TOR windfall gains || -17 223 040 || 32 794 702 || +50 017 742 
 (11)  UK correction = (9) - (10) || 5 297 340 704 || 5 542 182 331 || +244 841 627 
The 1st update
of the 2013 UK correction is EUR 245 million higher as compared to
the provisional amount of the 2013 UK correction entered in Budget 2014.
2.3.2.2          2011 UK correction
The following table
summarises the changes between the 1st update
of the 2011 UK correction entered in AB 4/2012 and the 3rd update
of the 2011 UK correction to be entered in DAB 4/2014.
   || 2011 UK correction || 2011 UK correction 1st UPDATE AB 4/2012 || 2011 UK correction 3rd UPDATE DAB 4/2014 || Difference 
 (1)  UK share of uncapped VAT base || 14,9462% || 14,9811% || +0,0349% 
 (2)  UK share of enlargement-adjusted total allocated expenditure || 7,3204% || 7,3021% || -0,0182% 
 (3)  = (1) - (2) || 7,6259% || 7,6790% || +0,0531% 
 (4)  Total allocated expenditure || 116 689 113 932 || 116 702 674 481 || +13 560 549 
 (5)  Enlargement-related expenditure = (5a) + (5b) || 26 918 339 726 || 26 831 341 733 || -86 997 993 
 (5a)  Pre-accession expenditure || 3 037 294 340 || 3 040 714 610 || -3 420 270 
 (5b)  Expenditure related to Art 4(1)(g) || 23 881 045 386 || 23 790 627 123 || -90 418 263 
 (6)  Enlargement-adjusted total allocated expenditure = (4) - (5) || 89 770 774 207 || 89 871 332 749 || +100 558 542 
 (7)  UK correction original amount = (3) x (6) x 0.66 || 4 518 220 698 || 4 554 788 119 || +36 567 421 
 (8)  UK advantage || 534 381 657 || 358 708 861 || -175 672 796 
 (9)  Core UK correction = (7) - (8) || 3 983 839 040 || 4 196 079 257 || +212 240 217 
 (10)  TOR windfall gains || 8 838 069 || 7 667 508 || -1 170 561 
 (11)  UK correction = (9) - (10) || 3 975 000 971 || 4 188 411 749 || +213 410 778 
The 3rd
update of the 2011 UK correction is EUR 213 million higher as
compared to the 1st update of the 2011 UK correction entered in AB 6/2012.
For the 2011 UK correction the difference in the original amount of the UK correction between Own Resources
Decision (ORD) 2000 and ORD 2007 is EUR 2 142,4 million in 2004
prices and EUR 2 352,3 million in current prices.
2.3.2.3          2010 UK correction
The following table
summarises the changes between the 2nd update of the 2010 UK correction entered in AB 4/2012 and the definitive amount of the 2010 UK correction to be entered in DAB 4/2014.
   || 2010 UK correction || 2010 UK correction 2nd UPDATE AB 4/2012 || 2010 UK correction DEFINITIVE DAB 4/2014 || Difference 
 (1)  UK share of uncapped VAT base || 15 ,3613% || 15 ,4336% || +0 ,0724% 
 (2)  UK share of enlargement-adjusted total allocated expenditure || 7 ,7118% || 7 ,7118% || +0% 
 (3)  = (1) - (2) || 7 ,6495% || 7 ,7218% || +0 ,0723% 
 (4)  Total allocated expenditure || 111 424 575 479 || 111 424 575 479 || +0 
 (5)  Enlargement-related expenditure = (5a) + (5b) || 23 860 842 743 || 23 861 206 535 || +363 792 
 (5a)  Pre-accession expenditure || 2 970 335 816 || 2 970 699 609 || +363 792 
 (5b)  Expenditure related to Art 4(1)(g) || 20 890 506 927 || 20 890 506 926 || 0 
 (6)  Enlargement-adjusted total allocated expenditure = (4) - (5) || 87 563 732 736 || 87 563 368 944 || -363 792 
 (7)  UK correction original amount = (3) x (6) x 0.66 || 4 420 776 873 || 4 462 554 636 || +41 777 763 
 (8)  UK advantage || 768 620 727 || 703 660 977 || -64 959 750 
 (9)  Core UK correction = (7) - (8) || 3 652 156 146 || 3 758 893 659 || +106 737 512 
 (10)  TOR windfall gains || 21 614 060 ||  19 348 038 || -2 266 022 
 (11)  UK correction = (9) - (10) || 3 630 542 087 || 3 739 545 621 || +109 003 534 
The definitive amount
of the 2010 UK correction is EUR 109 million higher than the 2nd
 update of the 2010 UK correction entered in AB 4/2012.
For the 2010 UK correction the difference in the original amount of the UK correction between Own Resources Decision
(ORD) 2000 and ORD 2007 is EUR 1 964,5 million in 2004 prices and EUR 2 127,9
million in current prices.
2.3.2.4          EUR 10,5 billion ceiling
According to article 4(2)
of Decision 2007/436, during the period 2007-2013 the additional contribution
of the United Kingdom resulting from the reduction of allocated expenditure by
the expenditure related to enlargement as referred to in paragraph (1)(g) of
ORD 2007 shall not exceed EUR 10,5 billion, measured in 2004 prices.
The cumulative effect of 2007 to 2012 corrections is EUR 8 230,0 million
in 2004 prices and EUR 9 015,4 million in current prices:
 2007-2012 UK corrections Difference in original amount in reference to EUR 10,5 billion threshold (ORD 2007 vs. ORD 2000), in EUR || Difference in current prices || Difference in constant 2004 prices 
 (A)  2007 UK correction || 0 || 0 
 (B)  2008 UK correction || -301 679 647 || -280 649 108 
 (C)  2009 UK correction || -1 349 749 997 || -1 276 489 414 
 (D)  2010 UK correction || -2 127 945 515 || -1 964 546 518 
 (E)  2011 UK correction || -2 352 303 848 || -2 142 387 266 
 (F)  2012 UK correction || -2 883 757 322 || -2 565 976 235 
 (G)  Sum of differences = (A) + (B) + (C) + (D) + (E) + (F) || -9 015 436 330 || -8 230 048 542 
2.3.3      Entry in the DAB 4/2014 of the 1st update
of the 2013 UK correction  the 3rd update of the 2011 UK
correction and of the definitive amount of the 2010 UK correction
2.3.3.1          2013 UK correction (chapter 15)
The amount of the UK correction to be budgeted in chapter 15 of the present DAB 4/2014 is the amount of the 1st
update of the 2013 UK correction (i.e. EUR 5 542 182 331 
replacing the EUR 5 297 340 704 entered in Budget 2014).
This amount is to be
financed along the revised 2014 GNI bases of the present DAB 4/2014. The
budgeting of this amount in chapter 15 is summarised below:
 2013 UK correction – chapter 15 
 BE || 274 500 044 || LU || 22 729 297 
 BG || 27 934 257 || HU || 68 496 553 
 CZ || 94 951 620 || MT || 4 925 108 
 DK || 185 590 353 || NL || 75 487 301 
 DE || 350 335 402 || AT || 38 863 752 
 EE || 13 009 847 || PL || 274 942 269 
 IE || 100 289 723 || PT || 115 767 753 
 EL || 125 774 188 || RO || 101 027 954 
 ES || 719 085 138 || SI || 24 635 887 
 FR || 1 497 272 756 || SK || 50 755 299 
 HR || 29 531 974 || FI || 138 677 954 
 IT || 1 102 325 579 || SE || 52 908 328 
 CY || 10 728 512 || UK || -5 542 182 331 
 LV || 17 213 087 
 LT || 24 422 396 || Total || 0 
2.3.3.2          2010 UK correction (chapter 35)
The amount of the UK correction
to be budgeted in chapter 35 of the present DAB 4/2014 is the difference
between the definitive amount of the 2010 UK correction (i.e.
EUR 3 739 545 621) and the 2nd update of
the 2010 UK correction (i.e. EUR 3 630 542 087 entered in
AB 4/2012)  amounting to EUR 109 003 534.
This amount is to be
financed along the revised 2010 GNI bases as known at the end of 2013. The budgeting
of this amount in chapter 35 is summarised below:
 2010 UK correction — Chapter 35 
 BE || 4 520 547 || LU || -467 949 
 BG || 562 835 || HU || 925 341 
 CZ || 2 556 272 || MT || 320 963 
 DK || 3 345 263 || NL || 1 088 457 
 DE || 10 941 079 || AT || 439 387 
 EE || 334 638 || PL || 4 287 709 
 IE || 5 207 662 || PT || 2 496 000 
 EL || 452 777 || RO || -392 307 
 ES || 5 161 577 || SI || 896 466 
 FR || 36 713 295 || SK || 913 354 
 IT || 25 185 874 || FI || 822 308 
 CY || 919 896 || SE || 867 048 
 LV || 377 190 || UK || -109 003 534 
 LT || 527 852 || Total || 0 
2.3.3.3          2011 UK correction (chapter 36)
The amount of the
UK correction to be budgeted in chapter 36 of the present DAB 4/2014 is
the difference between the  3rd update of the 2011
UK correction (i.e. EUR 4 188 411 749) and the 1st
update of the 2011 UK correction (i.e. EUR 3 975 000 971
entered in AB 4/2012)  amounting to EUR 213 410 778.
This amount is to be
financed along the revised 2011 GNI bases as known at the end of 2013. The
budgeting of this amount in chapter 36 is summarised below:
 2011 UK correction — Chapter 36 
 BE || 8 101 453 || LU || -29 470 
 BG || 1 375 381 || HU || 4 872 613 
 CZ || 5 056 538 || MT || 438 532 
 DK || 7 280 734 || NL || 2 529 744 
 DE || 18 309 269 || AT || 1 155 028 
 EE || 885 630 || PL || 17 881 528 
 IE || 8 409 370 || PT || 5 178 017 
 EL || 3 438 553 || RO || 305 779 
 ES || 21 543 140 || SI || 1 156 634 
 FR || 58 179 865 || SK || 1 786 552 
 IT || 37 543 615 || FI || 1 891 154 
 CY || 479 335 || SE || 2 983 045 
 LV || 1 333 866 || UK || -213 410 778 
 LT || 1 324 873 || Total || 0 
3.           Other revenue – fines and
interests
In
accordance with Article 83 of the Financial Regulation, the Commission
shall record the amounts received by way of fines, penalties and sanctions as
soon as the decisions imposing them may no longer be overruled by the Court of
Justice of the European Union. The DAB 3/2014 included additional revenue
stemming from fines (revenue article 7 1 0 ¾ ‘Fines,
periodic payments and other penalties’) by EUR 1 408 million, and for
revenue from interests (revenue article 7 0 1 ¾ ‘Interest
on late payments and other interest on fines’) by EUR 9 million. 
Since
then, a series of other fines have become definitive. A fine becomes definitive
when it is not appealed before the General Court or when appealed, it has been
confirmed by the General Court and by the Court of Justice. Besides, some
definitive fines are paid with delays or by instalments. Taking into account
the definitive fines that have been recovered since the presentation of the DAB
3/2014, it is proposed to budget an amount of EUR 2 059 million as
additional revenue. The detail by line is shown in the table below:
EUR million
 Revenue lines || DAB 3/2014 || DAB 4/2014 || New amount for additional fines 
 7 0 1 — Interest on late payments and other interest on fines || 9,0 || 230,0 || 239,0 
 7 1 0 — Fines, periodic penalty payments and other penalties || 1 408,0 || 1 829,0 || 3 237,0 
 Total || 1 417,0 || 2 059,0 || 3 476,0 
The additional fines and interests that have become available since
the DAB 3/2014 mostly (90 %) stem from two cases. These fines were due in the
second half of June 2014, at which point none of the companies concerned had
introduced an appeal.
4.           European
Data Protection Supervisor (Section IX)
In accordance with article
41(2) of the Financial Regulation, the European Data Protection Supervisor has
requested that the Commission present a draft amending budget on its behalf.
The purpose is to reduce by EUR 248 460 both commitment and payment
appropriations (non-differentiated expenditure). The selection processes for
the new European Data Protection Supervisor and the new Assistant Data Protection
Supervisor were expected to be completed in January of 2014. However, it was
decided not to issue a shortlist and to republish the posts. Therefore, an
amount corresponding to ten months of temporary allowances for the incumbents,
which had been calculated on the assumption that the earliest possible
appointment of the new team would be 1 November 2014, is no longer needed, and
the appropriations can be reduced accordingly. The new deadline for
applications was set for 25 June 2014.
5.           Adaptations to Budget Nomenclature and corresponding Budgetary Appropriations
Regulations (EU) No
1299/2013[12]
and No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December
2013[13]
foresee the participation of pre-accession and neighbouring countries in European
Regional Development Fund (ERDF) financed transnational cooperation programmes
(European Territorial Cooperation part of the ERDF). To this end,
appropriations from the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) and from the Instrument
for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA II), in heading 4 will be used for
participation in European Territorial Cooperation (ETC) programmes. 
To show this additional
financing from heading 4 to the European Territorial Cooperation under ERDF, it
is proposed that the budget article 13 03 64 European Regional
Development Fund (ERDF) – European Territorial Cooperation is replaced by
budget item 13 03 64 01 European Regional Development Fund
(ERDF) – European Territorial Cooperation, and that two new budget items
are created as follows:
–     
For the contribution from IPA II:
13 03 64 02 Participation of candidate countries and
potential candidates in ERDF ETC – Contribution from heading 4 (IPA II);
–     
For the contribution from ENI:
13 03 64 03 Participation of European neighbourhood countries
in ERDF ETC – Contribution from heading 4 (ENI).
The funds made available
from heading 4 for the ERDF European Territorial Cooperation were not known at
the beginning of the period and, as a consequence, the related amounts were
provisionally allocated to the lines financing the Cross-Border cooperation
(CBC) with Member States  part of the Instrument for Pre-Accession (IPA II) and
of the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI). 
As a consequence, it is
proposed to transfer the amount of EUR 2 480 038 in commitment
appropriations that correspond to the 2014 IPA contribution to ERDF ETC from
13 05 63 02 Cross-border cooperation (CBC) — Contribution
from Heading 4 to the new item 13 03 64 02. For payment
appropriations, a token entry ("p.m.") is proposed.
Since the programming is
not sufficiently advanced, a token entry ("p.m.") amount is proposed
for the contribution from the ENI (13 03 64 03) both for
commitment and payment appropriations.
The proposed change is
justified for reasons of easier financial management; enhanced reporting and
transparency, and ensuring nomenclature consistency over 2014-2020. In
particular, the nomenclature proposed by the Commission for 2015 in its
statement of estimates is the same as the one proposed in the present DAB
4/2014. 
6.           Other Technical Changes
The Commission proposes
the creation of a new budget article 05 03 09 Reimbursement of
direct aids in relation to financial discipline  in order to
facilitate the possible reimbursement of amounts deducted from direct aids
following the application of financial discipline in accordance with Article
26(5) of Regulation (EU) No 1306/2013[14].
No appropriations are needed for this new article as in accordance with Article
169(3) of the Financial Regulation (EU Euratom) No 966/2012 non-committed
appropriations for actions under shared management of the EAGF may be carried
over to the next financial year for that purpose. The new article is intended
to collect, at the end of the budget year, non-committed appropriations, up to
the amount of the financial discipline entered in the budget of the preceding
year, and up to 2% of the EAGF initial budgetary appropriations for actions
under shared management of the budget year, available for carry-over and
reimbursement in the following year. The creation of this same article has also
been proposed in the Draft Budget 2015 so that the carry-over and reimbursement
of amounts that were subject to financial discipline in 2014 can be done under
one single budget article.
The Commission also
proposes to replace the dash "–" for payment appropriations on
budget item 11 06 77 03 Preparatory action – Maritime policy
by a "p.m." as a final payment claim has to be settled against
outstanding commitments from previous years.
7.           Summary
table by MFF heading
 Heading || Budget 2014 (incl. AB 1 and DAB 2 and 3/2014) || Draft Amending Budget 4/2014 || Budget 2014 (incl. AB 1 and DAB 2 to 4/2014) 
 CA || PA || CA || PA || CA || PA 
 1. || Smart and inclusive growth || 63 986 340 779 || 66 374 487 058 ||   ||   || 63 986 340 779 || 66 374 487 058 
 Ceiling || 63 973 000 000 ||   ||   ||   || 63 973 000 000 ||   
 Margin || 75 989 221 ||   ||   ||   || 75 989 221 ||   
 1a || Competitiveness for growth and jobs || 16 484 010 779 || 12 028 322 326 ||   ||   || 16 484 010 779 || 12 028 322 326 
 Ceiling || 16 560 000 000 ||   ||   ||   || 16 560 000 000 ||   
 Margin || 75 989 221 ||   ||   ||   || 75 989 221 ||   
 1b || Economic  social and territorial cohesion || 47 502 330 000 || 54 346 164 732 ||   ||   || 47 502 330 000 || 54 346 164 732 
 Ceiling || 47 413 000 000 ||   ||   ||   || 47 413 000 000 ||   
 Margin || -89 330 000 ||   ||   ||   || -89 330 000 ||   
 Flexibility Instrument || 89 330 000 ||   ||   ||   || 89 330 000 ||   
 Margin || 0 ||   ||   ||   || 0 ||   
 2. || Sustainable growth: natural resources || 59 267 214 684 || 56 564 930 369 ||   ||   || 59 267 214 684 || 56 564 930 369 
 Ceiling || 59 303 000 000 ||   ||   ||   || 59 303 000 000 ||   
 Margin || 35 785 316 ||   ||   ||   || 35 785 316 ||   
 Of which: European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) — Market related expenditure and direct payments || 43 778 100 000 || 43 776 956 403 ||   ||   || 43 778 100 000 || 43 776 956 403 
 Sub-ceiling || 44 130 000 000 ||   ||   ||   || 44 130 000 000 ||   
 Net transfer between EAGF and EAFRD || 351 900 000 ||   ||   ||   || 351 900 000 ||   
 Margin ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 3. || Security and citizenship || 2 171 998 732 || 1 677 039 976 ||   ||   || 2 171 998 732 || 1 677 039 976 
 Ceiling || 2 179 000 000 ||   ||   ||   || 2 179 000 000 ||   
 Margin || 7 001 268 ||   ||   ||   || 7 001 268 ||   
 4. || Global Europe || 8 325 000 000 || 6 842 004 256 ||   ||   || 8 325 000 000 || 6 842 004 256 
 Ceiling || 8 335 000 000 ||   ||   ||   || 8 335 000 000 ||   
 Margin || 10 000 000 ||   ||   ||   || 10 000 000 ||   
 5. || Administration || 8 404 765 541 || 8 405 638 341 || -248 460 || -248 460 || 8 404 517 081 || 8 405 389 881 
 Ceiling || 8 721 000 000 ||   ||   ||   || 8 721 000 000 ||   
 Margin || 316 234 459 ||   ||   ||   || 316 482 919 ||   
 Of which: Administrative expenditure of the institutions || 6 797 640 898 || 6 798 513 698 || -248 460 || -248 460 || 6 797 392 438 || 6 798 265 238 
 Sub-ceiling || 7 056 000 000 ||   ||   ||   || 7 056 000 000 ||   
 Margin || 258 359 102 ||   ||   ||   || 258 607 562 ||   
 6. || Compensations || 28 600 000 || 28 600 000 ||   ||   || 28 600 000 || 28 600 000 
 Ceiling || 29 000 000 ||   ||   ||   || 29 000 000 ||   
 Margin || 400 000 ||   ||   ||   || 400 000 ||   
 Total || 142 183 919 736 || 139 892 700 000 || -248 460 || -248 460 || 142 183 671 276 || 139 892 451 540 
 Ceiling || 142 540 000 000 || 135 866 000 000 ||   ||   || 142 540 000 000 || 135 866 000 000 
 Flexibility Instrument || 89 330 000 ||   ||   ||   || 89 330 000 ||   
 Contingency Margin ||   || 4 026 700 000 ||   ||   ||   || 4 026 700 000 
 Margin || 445 410 264 || 0 ||   ||   || 445 658 724 || 248 460 
   || Special Instruments || 456 181 000 || 350 000 000 ||   ||   || 456 181 000 || 350 000 000 
 Grand Total || 142 640 100 736 || 140 242 700 000 || -248 460 || -248 460 || 142 639 852 276 || 140 242 451 540 
[1]               OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1.
[2]               OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884.
[3]               OJ L 51, 20.2.2014, p. 1.
[4]               OJ L XX, 10.7.2014.
[5]               COM(2014) 234, 15.4.2014.
[6]               COM(2014)
329, 28.5.2014.
[7] AL 2/2014, COM(2013)
719 final, 16.10.2013, http://ec.europa.eu/budget/library/biblio/documents/2014/AL/COM_2013_719_en.pdf
[8]               In accordance with Council Decision 2007/436, if
the VAT base of a Member State exceeds 50 % of its GNI, then it is capped
at these 50 %. For DAB 4/2014, five Member States will have their VAT base
capped at 50 % of GNI: Croatia, Cyprus, Luxembourg, Malta and Slovenia.
[9]               The amounts highlighted in grey result from the
capped VAT bases, as explained in footnote 3 above.
[10]             OJ L 163, 23.6.2007, p. 17
[11]             Commission
working document of 23 May 2007 "Calculation, financing, payment and entry
in the budget of the correction of budgetary imbalances in accordance with
Articles 4 and 5 of Council Decision [2007/436/EC, Euratom] on the system of
the European Communities' own resources” available on: 
http://ec.europa.eu/budget/library/biblio/documents/financing/calc_own_res_2007_en.pdf.

[12]             Regulation (EU) No 1299/2013 of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on specific provisions for the support
from the European Regional Development Fund to the European territorial
cooperation goal (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 259).
[13]             Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the
European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion
Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European
Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European
Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the
European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC)
1083/2006 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 320).
[14]             OJ L
347, 20.12.2013, p. 549.