DRAFT AMENDING BUDGET N° 1 TO THE GENERAL BUDGET 2015 ACCOMPANYING THE PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL ON THE EUROPEAN FUND FOR STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS AND AMENDING REGULATIONS (EU) N°1291/2013 AND (EU) N°1316/2013
Date: 2015-01-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU investment, European Investment Bank, amending budget, budgetary expenditure, budgetary resources, draft budget (EU), fund (EU), investment protection













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DRAFT AMENDING BUDGET N° 1 TO THE GENERAL BUDGET 2015 ACCOMPANYING THE PROPOSAL FOR A REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL ON THE EUROPEAN FUND FOR STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS AND AMENDING REGULATIONS (EU) N°1291/2013 AND (EU) N°1316/2013 /* COM/2015/011 final */









DRAFT AMENDING BUDGET N° 1
TO THE GENERAL BUDGET 2015
ACCOMPANYING  THE PROPOSAL FOR A
REGULATION OF THE 
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL ON THE EUROPEAN FUND 
FOR STRATEGIC INVESTMENTS AND AMENDING REGULATIONS (EU) N°1291/2013 AND (EU)
N°1316/2013
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,
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the general budget of the European Union for the
financial year 2015 adopted on 17 December 2014[2],
The European
Commission hereby presents to the budgetary authority the Draft Amending Budget
No 1 to the 2015 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
CONTENTS
1.       Introduction.. 5
2.       European Fund for Strategic Investment (EFSI) 5
2.1. Proposed
changes to the budget nomenclature. 5
2.2. Provisioning of
the guarantee fund – commitments 2015-2018 and payments 2016-2020. 6
2.3. Sources of
financing for the provisioning of the guarantee fund commitments 2015-2018. 6
2.4. Redeployment of
commitment appropriations for provisioning the guarantee fund in 2015. 6
3.       Summary table by MFF heading.. 10
1.           Introduction 
On
26 November 2014 the Commission proposed "An Investment Plan for Europe"[3] aiming at the
mobilisation of at least EUR 315 billion in additional investment over the next
three years. To this end, a new European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI)
will be set up in partnership between the Commission and the European
Investment Bank (EIB). EFSI will be supported by a guarantee of EUR 16 billion
from the EU budget, backed by a guarantee fund covering 50% of the EFSI
outstanding liabilities.
The
legislative proposal for the establishment of EFSI was adopted by the
Commission on 13 January 2015[4].
According to the conclusions of the European Council held on 18 December 2014[5], the Union legislators
are invited to agree on the proposals by June 2015, so that new investment can
be activated as early as mid-2015.
In accordance
with the legislative proposal, Draft Amending Budget (DAB) No 1 for the year
2015 creates the budgetary structure for the provisioning of the guarantee
fund, and possible calls on the EU guarantee, as well as the budgeting of the
appropriations for the provision of advisory support for investment project
identification, preparation and development.
The
purpose of DAB No 1 is to propose the necessary changes to the budget
nomenclature and to make the corresponding reallocation of EUR 1 360
million in commitment appropriations and EUR 10 million in payment
appropriations. The overall impact in terms of expenditure or revenue is
neutral.
2.           European Fund for Strategic
Investments (EFSI)  
The abovementioned draft regulation establishing the EFSI foresees
the creation of an EU guarantee fund from which the EIB may be paid in the
event of a call on the EU guarantee. Furthermore, Article 2(2) of the draft
regulation foresees a Union contribution to the financing of the European Investment
Advisory Hub (EIAH), which should provide strengthened support for project
development and preparation across the EU by establishing a single point of
entry for questions related to technical assistance for investments within the Union. 
2.1. Proposed
changes to the budget nomenclature
Three
new budget articles need to be created to accommodate the budgetary
implications of the establishment of the EFSI: two articles which would mirror
the existing structure of the guarantee fund for external actions and a third article
to include the Union contribution to the financing of the EIAH. This DAB therefore
proposes the inclusion of the following new lines in the budget nomenclature:
·        
01 04 04:         Guarantee for the European
Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI)
·        
01 04 05:         Provisioning of the EFSI
guarantee fund
·        
01 04 06:         European Investment Advisory Hub
(EIAH)
Article
01 04 04 has only a token entry ("p.m.") which will only require
appropriatons in case of calls on the EU guarantee in excess of the resources
of the guarantee fund.
2.2. Provisioning
of the guarantee fund – commitments 2015-2018 and payments 2016-2020
The commitment
appropriations required for the provisioning of the guarantee fund mirror
the annual amount of the corresponding sources of financing identified in the
legislative and financial statement accompanying the draft regulation (see
table below): 
   || 2015 || 2016 || 2017 || 2018 || 2019 || 2020 || Total 
 Provisioning of the guarantee fund in commitments (EUR million) || 1 350 || 2 030 || 2 641 || 1 979 || 0 || 0 || 8 000 
According to Article 6 of the
EFSI draft regulation, the amount of the guarantee fund shall be gradually
increased to reach the target amount of EUR 8 billion, i.e. 50% of the total EU
guarantee of EUR 16 billion. Payment appropriations from the
general budget of the Union shall be phased in by 2020 following the indicative
schedule provided in Annex I of the draft regulation:
   || 2015 || 2016 || 2017 || 2018 || 2019 || 2020 || Total 
 Resources of the guarantee fund (cumulative % of the EU total guarantee) || 0 || 3% || 8% || 22% || 36% || 50% || 50% 
 Annual provisioning of the guarantee fund in payments (EUR million) || 0 || 500 || 1 000 || 2 000 || 2 250 || 2 250 || 8 000 
No payment appropriations are
required for the budgetary year 2015.
2.3. Sources
of financing for the provisioning of the guarantee fund commitments 2015-2018
The
EUR 8 billion in commitment appropriations required for provisioning the
guarantee fund will be financed as follows:
·        
EUR 3.3 billion from the Connecting Europe
Facility (CEF);
·        
EUR 2.7+ billion from Horizon 2020 (H2020)[6];
·        
EUR 2.0 billion from unallocated margins under
the expenditure ceilings of the multi-annual financial framework (MFF),
including the possible use of the Global Margin for Commitments.
2.4. Redeployment
of commitment appropriations for provisioning the guarantee fund in 2015
An
amount of EUR 1 350 million in commitment appropriations is proposed to be redeployed
to the new budget article (01 04 05) to provision the EFSI guarantee
fund for the year 2015.
The Commission proposes to
reduce the CEF commitment appropriations by EUR 790 million as shown
in the table below. The proposed reductions take into account the expected
delivery of the programme as well as the respective sector-specific
multi-annual work programmes so that the activities already planned for 2015 are
not undermined.
 Budget line || Description || EUR million 
 06 02 01 01 || Removing bottlenecks, enhancing rail interoperability, bridging missing links and improving cross-border sections || 560.3 
 06 02 01 02 || Ensuring sustainable and efficient transport systems || 34.9 
 06 02 01 03 || Optimising the integration and interconnection of transport modes and enhancing interoperability || 104.8 
 32 02 01 01 || Further integration of the internal energy market and the interoperability of electricity and gas networks across borders || 30.0 
 32 02 01 02 || Enhancing Union security of energy supply || 30.0 
 32 02 01 03 || Contributing to sustainable development and protection of the environment || 30.0 
 Total CONNECTING EUROPE FACILITY || 790.0 
As regards the contribution
from H2020, the reduction of commitment appropriations is limited to EUR 70
million (see table below) to take account of the consortia planning activities
and the proposals already prepared by the European research community for the
year 2015.
 Budget line || Description || EUR million 
 02 04 02 01 || Leadership in space || 11.0 
 02 04 02 03 || Increasing innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) || 1.8 
 02 04 03 01 || Achieving a resource-efficient and climate change resilient economy and a sustainable supply of raw materials || 3.7 
 02 04 03 02 || Fostering secure European societies || 7.5 
 10 02 01 || Horizon 2020 — Customer-driven scientific and technical support to Union policies || 11.0 
 15 03 05 || European Institute of Innovation and Technology – integrating the knowledge triangle of higher education, research and innovation || 25.0 
 32 04 03 01 || Making the transition to a reliable, sustainable and competitive energy system || 10.0 
 Total HORIZON 2020 || 70.0 
Finally, the remaining EUR
490 million will be reallocated in 2015 from ITER (budget item 08 04 01 02).
On 17 December 2014, the governing board of the Fusion For Energy Joint
Undertaking (F4E) – the European Union’s Joint Undertaking for ITER and the
Development of Fusion Energy – officially informed the Commission that a large
proportion of the 2014 commitment appropriations will actually be used to cover
2015 needs. Combined with the postponement of the signature of high value
contracts to the end of 2015, this makes it possible to redeploy a large part
of the ITER commitment appropriations authorised in the 2015 budget for the provisioning
of the EFSI guarantee fund. The Commission intends to offset the ITER reduction
in 2015 by an equivalent increase in the ITER financial programming over the
period 2018-2020, as foreseen in the legislative financial statement
accompanying the draft regulation.
The
combined reduction in commitments from CEF (EUR 790 million), H2020 (EUR 70
million) and ITER (EUR 490 million) corresponds to the amount of
commitments (EUR 1 350 million) proposed for the new budget article for
the provisioning of the EFSI guarantee fund (01 04 05).
In
addition, for the year 2015, the Commission proposes to budget EUR 10
million in both commitment and payment appropriations on the new budget article
01 04 06 as contribution from the general budget of the Union to the financing of the European Investment Advisory Hub (EIAH). The European
Investment Bank and the Commission estimate the level of the required annual
contribution from the Union to the EIAH at EUR 20 million. Given the envisaged
date of June 2015 for the adoption of the EFSI regulation, the Commission
proposes to budget EUR 10 million for 2015. The Commission proposes to offset
these amounts through a corresponding reduction of the ITER budget item 08 04 01 02
in commitments and payments.
The
table below summarises the sources of redeployment of commitment and payment
appropriations requested in this Draft Amending Budget.
 Budget line || Description || EUR million 
   || REDEPLOYMENT OF COMMITMENT APPROPRIATIONS 
 06 02 01 01 || Removing bottlenecks, enhancing rail interoperability, bridging missing links and improving cross-border sections || 560.3 
 06 02 01 02 || Ensuring sustainable and efficient transport systems || 34.9 
 06 02 01 03 || Optimising the integration and interconnection of transport modes and enhancing interoperability || 104.8 
 32 02 01 01 || Further integration of the internal energy market and the interoperability of electricity and gas networks across borders || 30.0 
 32 02 01 02 || Enhancing Union security of energy supply || 30.0 
 32 02 01 03 || Contributing to sustainable development and protection of the environment || 30.0 
 Sub-Total CONNECTING EUROPE FACILITY || 790.0 
 02 04 02 01 || Leadership in space || 11.0 
 02 04 02 03 || Increasing innovation in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) || 1.8 
 02 04 03 01 || Achieving a resource-efficient and climate change resilient economy and a sustainable supply of raw materials || 3.7 
 02 04 03 02 || Fostering secure European societies || 7.5 
 10 02 01 || Horizon 2020 — Customer-driven scientific and technical support to Union policies || 11.0 
 15 03 05 || European Institute of Innovation and Technology – integrating the knowledge triangle of higher education, research and innovation || 25.0 
 32 04 03 01 || Making the transition to a reliable, sustainable and competitive energy system || 10.0 
 Sub-Total HORIZON 2020 || 70.0 
 08 04 01 02 || Construction, operation and exploitation of the ITER facilities – European Joint Undertaking for ITER – Fusion for Energy (F4E) || 500.0 
 TOTAL redeployment of commitment appropriations || 1 360.0 
 REDEPLOYMENT OF PAYMENT APPROPRIATIONS 
 08 04 01 02 || Construction, operation and exploitation of the ITER facilities – European Joint Undertaking for ITER – Fusion for Energy (F4E) || 10.0 
 Total redeployment of payment appropriations || 10.0 
3.           Summary
table by MFF heading
 Heading || Budget 2015 || Draft Amending Budget 1/2015 || Budget 2015 
   || (incl. DAB 1/2015) 
 CA || PA || CA || PA || CA || PA 
 1. || Smart and inclusive growth || 66 781 974 020 || 66 922 960 910 ||    ||    || 66 781 974 020 || 66 922 960 910 
 Of which under Flexibility Instrument ||  83 285 595 ||   ||   ||   ||  83 285 595 ||   
 Ceiling || 66 813 000 000 ||   ||   ||   || 66 813 000 000 ||   
 Margin ||  114 311 575 ||   ||   ||   ||  114 311 575 ||   
 1a || Competitiveness for growth and jobs || 17 551 688 425 || 15 798 230 895 ||   ||   || 17 551 688 425 || 15 798 230 895 
 Ceiling || 17 666 000 000 ||   ||   ||   || 17 666 000 000 ||   
 Margin ||  114 311 575 ||   ||   ||   ||  114 311 575 ||   
 1b || Economic  social and territorial cohesion || 49 230 285 595 || 51 124 730 015 ||   ||   || 49 230 285 595 || 51 124 730 015 
 Of which under Flexibility Instrument ||  83 285 595 ||   ||   ||   ||  83 285 595 ||   
 Ceiling || 49 147 000 000 ||   ||   ||   || 49 147 000 000 ||   
 Margin ||    ||   ||   ||   ||    ||   
 2. || Sustainable growth: natural resources || 58 808 572 540 || 55 998 594 806 ||   ||   || 58 808 572 540 || 55 998 594 806 
 Ceiling || 59 599 000 000 ||   ||   ||   || 59 599 000 000 ||   
 Margin ||  790 427 460 ||   ||   ||   ||  790 427 460 ||   
 Of which: European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) — Market related expenditure and direct payments || 43 455 780 762 || 43 447 624 585 ||   ||   || 43 455 780 762 || 43 447 624 585 
 Sub-ceiling || 44 313 000 000 ||   ||   ||   || 44 313 000 000 ||   
 Net transfer between EAGF and EAFRD ||  123 215 000 ||   ||   ||   ||  123 215 000 ||   
 Margin ||  734 004 238 ||   ||   ||   ||  734 004 238 ||   
 3. || Security and citizenship || 2 146 731 538 || 1 859 513 793 ||   ||   || 2 146 731 538 || 1 859 513 793 
 Ceiling || 2 246 000 000 ||   ||   ||   || 2 246 000 000 ||   
 Margin ||  99 268 462 ||   ||   ||   ||  99 268 462 ||   
 4. || Global Europe || 8 408 418 991 || 7 422 489 906 ||   ||   || 8 408 418 991 || 7 422 489 906 
 Ceiling || 8 749 000 000 ||   ||   ||   || 8 749 000 000 ||   
 Margin ||  340 581 009 ||   ||   ||   ||  340 581 009 ||   
 5. || Administration || 8 660 469 063 || 8 658 756 180 ||   ||   || 8 660 469 063 || 8 658 756 180 
 Ceiling || 9 076 000 000 ||   ||   ||   || 9 076 000 000 ||   
 Margin ||  415 530 937 ||   ||   ||   ||  415 530 937 ||   
 Of which: Administrative expenditure of the institutions || 6 941 188 663 || 6 939 475 780 ||   ||   || 6 941 188 663 || 6 939 475 780 
 Sub-ceiling || 7 351 000 000 ||   ||   ||   || 7 351 000 000 ||   
 Margin ||  409 811 337 ||   ||   ||   ||  409 811 337 ||   
 6. || Compensations ||    ||    ||   ||   ||    ||    
 Ceiling ||    ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   
 Margin ||     ||   ||   ||   ||    ||   
 Total || 144 806 166 152 || 140 862 315 595 ||   ||   || 144 806 166 152 || 140 862 315 595 
 Of which under Flexibility Instrument ||  83 285 595 ||  11 315 595 ||   ||   ||  83 285 595 ||  11 315 595 
 Ceiling || 146 483 000 000 || 141 901 000 000 ||   ||   || 146 483 000 000 || 141 901 000 000 
 Margin || 1 760 119 443 || 1 050 000 000 ||   ||   || 1 760 119 443 || 1 050 000 000 
   || Other special Instruments ||  515 365 000 ||  351 724 968 ||   ||   ||  515 365 000 ||  351 724 968 
 Grand Total || 145 321 531 152 || 141 214 040 563 ||   ||   || 145 321 531 152 || 141 214 040 563 
[1]               OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1.
[2]               OJ L XX, XX.XX.2015,
p. X.
[3]               COM(2014) 903 of 26.11.2014.
[4]               COM(2015) 10 of 13.01.2015.
[5]               EUCO 237/14 of 18 December 2014, p.1.
[6]               As set out in section 2.4, ITER will contribute to
the provisioning of the guarantee fund in 2015 for an amount of EUR 490
million. The latter will be given back to ITER through a equivalent reduction
of H2020 commitment appropriations for the period 2018-2020.