DRAFT AMENDING BUDGET No 5 TO THE GENERAL BUDGET 2022 Additional measures to address the consequences of the Russian war in Ukraine Union Civil Protection Mechanism reinforcement Reduction in payment appropriations and update of revenues Other adjustments and technical updates
Date: 2022-10-05
Institutions: Directorate-General for Budget, European Commission
Subjects: Russia, Ukraine, amending budget, civil defence, commitment of expenditure, draft budget (EU), financial year, general budget (EU), own resources, war

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 5.10.2022  COM(2022) 351 final 2022/0318 (BUD)    DRAFT AMENDING BUDGET No 5 TO THE GENERAL BUDGET 2022   Additional measures to address the consequences of the Russian war in Ukraine                 Union Civil Protection Mechanism reinforcement        Reduction in payment appropriations and update of revenues        Other adjustments and technical updates  
 
 
Having regard to: 

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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, 

Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053 of 14 December 2020 on the system of 
own resources of the European Union1, entered into force on 1 June 2021, 

Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council 
of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union 
(…)2, and in particular Article 44 thereof, 

the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2022, as adopted on 
24 November 20213, 
amending budget No°1/20224, adopted on 5 April 2022, 
amending budget No°2/20225, adopted on 23 June 2022,  
amending budget No°3/20226, adopted on 14 September 2022, 
Draft Amending Budget No°4/20227, adopted on 1 July 2022, 

The European Commission hereby presents to the European Parliament and to the Council 
Draft Amending Budget No 5 to the 2022 budget. 

CHANGES  TO  THE  STATEMENT  OF  REVENUE  AND  EXPENDITURE  BY 
SECTION 

The changes to the general statement of revenue and to the individual section III are available 
on EUR-Lex (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/budget/www/index-en.htm). 

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Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053 of 14 December 2020 on the system of own resources of 
the European Union and repealing Decision 2014/335/EU, Euratom, OJ L 424, 15.12.2020. 
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on 
the  financial  rules  applicable  to  the  general  budget  of  the  Union,  amending  Regulations  (EU)  No 
1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) 
No  1316/2013,  (EU)  No  223/2014,  (EU)  No  283/2014,  and  Decision  No  541/2014/EU  and  repealing 
Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012, OJ L 193, 30.7.2018. 
OJ L 45, 24.2.2022. 
OJ L 142, 20.5.2022. 
OJ L 230, 5.9.2022. 
OJ L xx, xx.x.2022. 
COM(2022) 350, 1.7.2022. 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

1. 

INTRODUCTION 

The purpose of Draft Amending Budget (DAB)  No 5 for the  year 2022 is to update the expenditure 
and revenue sides of the budget for the following purposes: 

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To  include  the  financing  of  the  new  European  Defence  Industry  Reinforcement  through 
common  Procurement  Act  (EDIRPA)  to  address  the  most  urgent  and  critical  defence  gaps 
through fostering cooperation of Member States on common procurement, for an amount of 
EUR 83 million from the margin in heading 5. 

To  reinforce  the  emergency  measures  under  the  Food  Chain  strand  of  the  Single  Market 
Programme (SMP), in order to reimburse Member States following a series of outbreaks of 
Highly  Pathogenic  Avian  Influenza  and  African  Swine  Fever,  for  an  amount  of  EUR  73,8 
million. 

To frontload and reinforce the Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM), so as to continue 
channelling  in-kind  assistance  to  Ukraine.  Additionally,  helicopters  and  other  light  planes 
will be leased to increase Union’s preparedness for aerial firefighting in 2023 and accelerate 
the procurement of permanent aerial capacities. To this end, the Commission proposes to use 
the  full  remaining  margin  in  sub-heading  2b  (EUR  130,8  million)  as  well  as  some  unused 
appropriations  of  the  European  Medicines  Agency  (EMA)  and  the  European  Public 
Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) (EUR 7,8 million in total).  

To  reinforce  the  EU  contribution  to  the  European  Monitoring  Centre  for  Drugs  and  Drug 
Addiction  (EMCDDA)  to  avoid  operational  difficulties,  for  an  amount  of  0,7  million  from 
the margin in heading 5. 

To reinforce administrative expenditure and pensions in heading 7 for an amount of EUR 163 
million as a result of high inflation and rapidly rising energy prices.  

To  decrease  the  level  of  payment  appropriations  for  the  European  Agricultural  Fund  for 
Rural  Development  (EAFRD)  and  EU4Health  by  respectively  EUR  775  million  and  EUR 
129,2  million.  These  amounts  could  not  be  included  in  the  redeployments  proposed  in  the 
‘Global transfer’ (DEC 16/2022) submitted to Parliament and Council on 5 October.  

Taking into account the delay in the approval of a new ‘ReFuelEU Aviation’ mandate for the 
European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), it is proposed to return the corresponding amount 
from the reserve to the transport line of the Connecting Europe Facility, from which it was 
offset. 

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To update the estimates for Traditional Own Resources (TOR) as well as to incorporate the 
impact of exchange rate differences. 

Overall, the net impact of this DAB on expenditure amounts to an increase of EUR 447,5 million in 
commitment appropriations and a decrease of EUR 741,1 million in payment appropriations. 

The  overall  impact  on  the  revenue  side  is  a  net  decrease  in  the  GNI  contributions  of 
EUR 3 779 million. 

EUROPEAN DEFENCE INDUSTRY REINFORCEMENT THROUGH COMMON PROCUREMENT ACT 

2. 
(EDIRPA) 

Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine has dramatically underlined the need for adjustment of 
the European Defence Technological and Industrial Base (EDTIB) to structural change and for more 

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cooperation  between  the  Member  States  in  the  area  of  defence  procurement.  To  address  the  most 
urgent  and  critical  defence  gaps,  the  Commission  proposed  to  establish  a  dedicated  short  term 
instrument, the European Defence Industry Reinforcement through Common Procurement Act, with a 
total financial envelope of EUR 500 million for the period 2022 to 20248. The EU financial support to 
be  made  available  through  the  new  instrument  should  stimulate  cooperative  defence  procurement 
involving several Member States and benefit the EDTIB while ensuring that the armed forces of the 
Member States are able to act, with security of supply and increased interoperability. 

In line with  the  Legislative  Financial  Statement  accompanying the Commission  proposal,  this DAB 
proposes to create a dedicated budget line for operational expenditure and to allocate in reserve EUR 
83 million of the remaining unallocated margin in commitment appropriations under the expenditure 
ceiling  of  heading  5  (Security  and  Defence)  in  2022.  In  comparison  with  the  Legislative  Financial 
Statement accompanying the Commission proposal, an amount of around EUR 0,7 million is proposed 
to be included in 2023, so as to leave room for a necessary reinforcement of the EMCDDA in 2022 
from  the  available  margin  under  heading  5.  Taking  into  account  the  time  necessary  to  start  the 
operations,  payment  needs  for  the  short-term  defence  instrument  will  follow  in  2023  and  following 
years. The related changes to the budget remarks are set out in the budgetary annex. 

Budget line 

Name 

Section III – Commission 
13 06 01 
30 02 02 
Total 

Short-term Defence instrument on common procurement 
Differentiated appropriations (Reserve for budget article 13 06 01) 

Commitment 
appropriations 

Payment 
appropriations 

EUR 

p.m. 
82 972 301 
82 972 301 

p.m. 
p.m. 
p.m. 

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FOOD AND FEED 

The  Food  Chain  strand  of  the  Single  Market  Programme  (SMP)  finances  structural  eradication 
measures  as  well  as  emergency  measures  to  fight  outbreaks  of  animal  diseases  and  plant  pests,  for 
which it co-finances the eligible costs of the measures taken by Member States. Following a series of 
severe  outbreaks  of  Highly  Pathogenic  Avian  Influenza  and  African  Swine  Fever  in  the  Member 
States, the Commission has to reimburse the Member States for expenditure already incurred by them 
in years 2019 and 2020. The total cost amounts to almost EUR 190 million, of which around half has 
already been paid through prefinancing. Given the scale of the needs, including for recent outbreaks, 
the 2022 budget for emergency measures of EUR 19 million is largely insufficient.  

Against this backdrop, in order to respect the legal obligations towards Member States stemming from 
grant decisions already signed, it is proposed to reinforce the funds available for emergency measures 
in  the  2022  budget  by  EUR  73,8  million.  Two  sources  of  redeployment  have  been  identified  in 
heading  1  (Single  market,  innovation  and  digital)  for  a  total  amount  of  EUR  3,8  million,  stemming 
from higher than expected fee income  for the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and savings for 
the European Securities and Market  Authority (ESMA). Consequently, the Commission  proposes to 
finance EUR 70 million from the unallocated margin under the expenditure ceiling of heading 1. The 
payment appropriations already available in the 2022 budget are estimated to be adequate. 

Budget line 

Name 

Section III – Commission 

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COM(2022) 349, 19.7.2022. 

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Commitment 
appropriations 

Payment 
appropriations 

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03 10 01 01 
03 10 01 02 
03 10 04 
Total 

Contributing to a high level of health and welfare for humans, animals and 
plants 
European Chemicals Agency — Chemicals legislation 
European Chemicals Agency — Activities in the field of biocides legislation 
European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) 

73 797 689 

- 2 500 000 
- 1 000 000 
- 297 689 
70 000 000 

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4. 

UCPM REINFORCEMENT OF REACTION CAPACITY TO FIGHT FOREST FIRES 

The Union Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) finances crucial civil protection measures, including 
forest firefighting.  In the summer of 2022, forest fires started earlier than in previous years and had 
greater intensity. The wildfires risk expanded to areas that have not been previously exposed causing 
casualties  among  firemen  as  well  as  major  destruction  of  properties  and  large-scale  loss  of  natural 
protected areas. Depending on the natural environment, forest fires have had different characteristics 
and  magnitude;  in  addition  to  large  aircrafts,  an  effective  firefighting  capacity  requires  flexible 
equipment such as light planes, helicopters and ground assets to cope with varying circumstances. The 
limited  availability  of  these  specialised  capacities  remains  a  major  weakness  for  the  EU  crisis 
response.  

In this year’s State of the European Union address, President Von der Leyen announced the intention 
to double the EU’s aerial firefighting capacities with an additional ten light amphibious aircrafts and 
three helicopters. The reinforcement of the aerial fleet will first be ensured through temporary leasing 
in order to guarantee the availability of these additional capacities for the summers of 2023 and 2024. 
At  the  same  time,  a  permanent  fleet  of  aerial  means,  whose  procurement  has  started,  will    be 
accelerated  to  increase  preparedness  for  future  wildfires.  This  permanent  fleet  will  progressively 
become available between 2024 and 2030. 

In  parallel,  continued  UCPM  assistance  to  people  fleeing  Ukraine  has  to  be  ensured  for  the  last 
months of this year. Given the scale and duration of the needs, the reinforcement made available this 
year is insufficient.  

The Commission therefore proposes to finance these actions through reinforcement and frontloading 
of the budgetary needs in the present DAB 5/2022 (EUR 138,6 million) and in the Amending Letter 
1/2023 to the Draft Budget 2023 (EUR 41,4 million), both submitted to Parliament and Council on 5 
October 2022. The overall amount of EUR 180 million over 2022-2023 consists of EUR 10 million 
for  UCPM  activities  and  hubs  (in  relation  to  assistance  delivered  to  Ukraine),  EUR  55  million  for 
preparedness against the 2023-2024 wildfires seasons, in particular the lease of helicopters and light 
planes, EUR 90 million for the purchase of helicopters and EUR 25 million for the purchase of heavy 
aircrafts.  The  purchase  of  helicopters  and  aircrafts  was  already  foreseen  in  the  initial  programming, 
but it is proposed to accelerate the development of the permanent rescEU fleet, for which the amount 
of EUR 115 million will be compensated by a corresponding reduction in 2026 and 2027. 

The 2022 reinforcement in commitment appropriations covers the following components: 

  EUR  10  million  to  channel  in-kind  assistance  from  Member  States  to  Ukraine  as  well  as  to 

ensure medical evacuations; 

  EUR  28  million  to  reinforce  the  EU  preparedness  for  the  2023  wildfires  season  notably  by 
starting  the  lease  of  light  aircrafts  and  helicopters.  This  will  also  bridge  the  gap  until  the 
permanent rescEU aerial fleet is up and running (see point below); 

  EUR  100,6  million  to  accelerate  the  development  of  a  permanent  rescEU  fleet  through 
procurement  by  Member  States  of  UCPM  heavy  aircrafts  and  helicopters.  Under  the  current 
planning, the fleet will progressively become available between 2026 and 2030. Frontloading 
this amount would help accelerating the procurement  so that the first helicopters can already 
become  available  in  2024/2025  and  the  heavy  aircrafts  ordered  and  delivered  faster.  The 

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amount of EUR 100,6 million will be compensated by a corresponding reduction in 2026 and 
2027. 

Two sources of redeployment in commitment appropriations have been identified in the 2022 budget 
under sub-heading 2b, of which EUR 6,2 million stems from the European Medicines Agency (EMA). 
This  reflects  lower  than  initially  estimated  applications  for  orphan  medicinal  products,  higher  fee 
revenue  on  other  applications  and  a  slightly  deferred  implementation  of  the  extended  mandate.  A 
further  EUR  1,5  million  relates  to  the  European  Public  Prosecutor’s  Office  (EPPO),  which  results 
from lower translation costs linked to the maturity of the case files and lower investigation costs. For 
the  remaining  amount  of  EUR  130,8  million,  the  Commission  proposes  to  use  the  full  unallocated 
margin  under  the  expenditure  ceiling  of  sub-heading  2b  (Resilience  and  values).  No  additional 
payment appropriations are requested for UCPM in 2022, whereas the payment appropriations related 
to EMA and EPPO are included in the ‘Global transfer’ (DEC 16/2022).  

Budget line 

Name 

Section III – Commission 
06 05 01 
06 10 03 01 
06 10 03 02 
07 10 08 
Total 

Union Civil Protection Mechanism (rescEU) 
Union contribution to the European Medicines Agency 
Special contribution for orphan medicinal products 
European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) 

Commitment 
appropriations 

Payment 
appropriations 

EUR 

138 569 459 
- 4 754 000 
- 1 476 000 
 - 1 525 000 
130 814 459 

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5. 

 EUROPEAN MONITORING CENTRE FOR DRUGS AND DRUG ADDICTION (EMCDDA) 

The Commission proposes to reinforce the EU contribution to EMCDDA by an amount of EUR 0,7 
million from the remaining unallocated margin under the expenditure ceiling of heading  5 (Security 
and Defence). This  reinforcement  is  necessary  to avoid  further downsizing of key  activities to  cope 
with increased salary costs. The requested budget reinforcement will also allow the agency to make 
key ICT investments for cyber security.  

A  corresponding  reinforcement  of  payment  apprioriations  has  been  proposed  by  the  Commission  in 
the ‘Global transfer’ (DEC 16/2022).  

Budget line 

Name 

Section III – Commission 
12 10 03 
Total 

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) 

Commitment 
appropriations 

Payment 
appropriations 

EUR 

700 000 
700 000 

0 
0 

EUROPEAN AVIATION SAFETY AGENCY (EASA) 

6. 
The  ReFuelEU  Aviation  proposal9  aims  to  ensure  a  level  playing  field  for  sustainable  air  transport, 
which  entails  additional  tasks  for  EASA,  in  particular  to  provide  data  on  the  aviation  fuel  uplift  at 
Union airports to competent national authorities. Awaiting the adoption of the legislative proposal, the 
2022 budget includes a specific amount for this purpose on the reserve line of EUR 1,8 million. Given 
the observed delay in the legislative process, it is proposed to return the corresponding amount to the 
CEF transport budget article 02 03 01, from which it was initally offset. 

EUR 

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Name 

02 03 01 
30 02 02 
Total 

Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) — Transport 
Differentiated appropriations (Reserve for budget article 02 10 01) 

Commitment 
appropriations 

Payment 
appropriations 

1 800 000 
-1 800 000 
0 

1 800 000 
-1 800 000 
0 

7. 

EUROPEAN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION 

High inflation and rapidly rising energy prices have a major impact on the administrative expenditure 
of the institutions, as well as on pensions and European schools. The Commission has tried to contain 
its administrative expenditure by maintaining an increasingly challenging stable staffing policy and by 
applying substantial reductions in non-salary related expenditure, such as for meetings and missions, 
to the fullest extent possible.   

Similarly,  the  other  institutions  have  made  all  possible  efforts  to  cover  additional  needs  by 
redeployment of existing resources and by postponing non-obligatory investments. Nonetheless, it is 
necessary  to  reinforce  the  administrative  expenditure  of  the  institutions,  with  the  exception  of  the 
Council, the European Court of Auditors and the European Ombudsman, for which no reinforcement 
is required. 

This reinforcement is in particular necessary to take account of the expected salary update for 2022. In 
accordance with articles 64 and 65 of the Staff Regulations, the remuneration of the officials and other 
servants  of  the  European  Union  is  updated  each  year,  in  the  light  of  a  report  presented  by  the 
Commission, based on statistical data prepared by Eurostat in agreement with the national statistical 
offices of the Member States, reflecting the situation in the Member States at 1 July. The calculation 
of the update is based on the principle of parallelism between the evolution of real (net of inflation) 
remuneration of EU officials and national civil servants of the Member States. It reflects the combined 
effect of two main variables: 

  The annual evolution of real salaries of civil servants in the central governments of a sample of 

ten Member States representing more than 75 % of the Union GDP. 

  Annual inflation in Brussels and Luxembourg calculated by weighting national consumer price 
inflation  as  measured  by  the  Belgium  Harmonised  Index  of  Consumer  Prices  (HICP)  and 
Luxembourg Consumer Price Index (CPI) according to the distribution of EU staff serving in 
those Member States. 

In the 2022 budget, the forecasted salary update rate to be applied retroactively as from 1 July 2022 
was 2,5 % (6 months impact). This rate was calculated by Commission services in November 2021, 
based on the estimated evolution of the purchasing power and cost of living for the reference period (1 
July 2021 – 30 June 2022), according to the method prescribed in the Staff Regulations. 

In  line  with  the  provisions  set  out  in  Annex  XI  to  the  Staff  Regulations,  the  Eurostat  report  for  the 
current  exercise  will  be  issued  on  31  October,  and  it  will  set  out  the  adjustment  of  the  nominal  net 
remuneration  of  EU  officials  in  Brussels  and  Luxembourg  with  effect  from  July  2022  in  order  to 
maintain a parallel development of purchasing power with the national civil servants in the Member 
States. Whereas the Commission report10 to the Council and the European Parliament will be adopted 

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Article  65(1)  of  the  Staff  Regulations  and  the  Conditions  of  Employment  of  Other  Servants  of  the  European 
Union  (SR)  obliges  the  Commission  to  provide  data  pertaining  to  the  budgetary  impact  of  remuneration  and 
pensions of Union officials in the light of the 2022 update of the remuneration and pensions of the officials and 
other servants of the EU and the correction coefficients applied thereto. 

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only in November, it is appropriate to review the situation already now, and without prejudice to that 
final report, since the probability of a salary update higher than that used to establish the budget 2022 
is very significant. Notably, the published official measure of inflation in Belgium and Luxembourg 
for the relevant period is significantly higher than originally forecast (8,6 %). At the same time, it is 
estimated  that  the  purchasing  power  in  the  ten  sample  Member  States  will  decrease  by  -3,9  %. 
Furthermore, according to the latest economic projections, it is estimated that the EU GDP will reach 
in 2022 the ‘pre-crisis’ level of 2019, thus triggering the unwinding of the 2020 ‘suspended’ update of 
the  purchasing  power  of  2,5  %,  in  line  with  article  11  of  Annex  XI  of  the  Staff  Regulations.  In 
addition, the intermediate update of salaries and pensions of 2,4 % led to additional expenditure for 
the first six months of 2022, which had not been included in the 2022 budget. 

The impact on the financial year 2023 of the revised assumptions will be reflected in the Amending 
Letter 1/2023 to the Draft Budget for 2023. 

Since the timing of the report is clearly set out in Annex XI of the Staff Regulations as end October, it 
would be too late to formally propose a draft amending budget after the rate is finalised. However, in 
accordance with the principles of sound financial management and accurate budgeting, a proposal to 
increase the budgetary appropriations related to salaries and pensions is justified.  

In addition to the above elements, the soaring energy prices lead to unexpected additional expenditure 
until the end of 2022, which requires for most of the Institutions a budgetary reinforcement in order to 
be able to fulfil all related contractual obligations. For the EEAS in particular, an additional burden is 
due  to  its  significant  exposure  to  exchange  rate  fluctuations.  As  a  consequence,  its  budget 
implementation is impacted to a large extent by the decreasing value of the euro, leading to additional 
unforeseen needs. 

Overall, the proposal is to increase the non-differentiated expenditure of heading 7 (European Public 
Administration) by EUR 163 million for 2022, of which EUR 11,7 million for the Commission, EUR 
78,2  million  for  staff  and  Members’  pensions  of  all  institutions,  EUR  8,9  million  for  the  European 
Schools and EUR 64,3 million for all other participating Institutions.  

The overall impact on expenditure is as follows: 

Pensions and European Schools 

Pensions 

European Schools 

Administrative expenditure of the institutions 

Commission 

Other institutions 

European Parliament 

European Council and Council 

Court of Justice of the European Union 

Court of Auditors 

European Economic and Social Committee 

Committee of the Regions 

European Ombudsman 

European Data Protection Supervisor 

Budget 2022 (incl. 
ABs 1-3/2022 & 
DAB 4/2022) 

Draft Amending 
Budget 5/2022 

Amounts in EUR 
Budget 2022 (incl. 
ABs 1-3/2022 & 
DABs 4-5/2022) 

2 332 178 613 

2 124 614 000 

207 564 613 

8 287 945 712 

3 868 129 450 

4 419 816 262 

2 112 164 198 

611 473 556 

464 774 000 

162 141 175 

150 871 643 

108 376 858 

12 097 411 

20 202 000 

87 067 538 

78 214 000 

8 853 538 

75 971 088 

11 700 000 

64 271 088 

48 747 088 

0 

3 080 000 

0 

1 580 000 

1 600 000 

0 

64 000 

2 419 246 151 

2 202 828 000 

216 418 151 

8 363 916 800 

3 879 829 450 

4 484 087 350 

2 160 911 286 

611 473 556 

467 854 000 

162 141 175 

152 451 643 

109 976 858 

12 097 411 

20 266 000 

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Total  

777 715 420 

9 200 000 

786 915 420 

10 620 124 325 

163 038 626 

10 783 162 951 

The detailed impact by Sections is as follows: 

Section I – European Parliament 

Budget line 

Name 

1 0 2 

1 0 0 0 

1 0 3 1 

1 0 3 2 

1 2 0 0 

1 2 0 2 

1 2 2 0 

1 4 0 0 

1 4 0 1 

1 4 0 2 

1 4 0 4 

1 4 0 5 

2 0 2 4 

4 2 2 

Total 

Transitional allowances 

Salaries 

Invalidity pensions (PEAM) 

Survivors' pensions (PEAM) 

Remuneration and allowances 

Paid overtime 

Allowances for staff retired or placed on leave in the interests of the service 

Other staff — Secretariat and political groups  

Other staff — Security 

Other staff — Drivers in the Secretariat 

Traineeships, seconded national experts, exchanges of officials and study 
visits 

Expenditure on interpretation: external interpretation 

Energy consumption 

Expenditure relating to parliamentary assistance 

Section III – European Commission 

Budget line 

Name 

20 01 02 01 

Remuneration and allowances — Headquarters and Representation offices 

21 01 01 

Pensions and allowances 

21 01 02 01 

Pensions of former Members of the European Parliament  

21 01 02 04 

Pensions of former Members of the of the Court of Justice of the European 
Union  

21 02 01 01 

Office of the Secretary-General of the European Schools (Brussels) 

21 02 01 02 

Bruxelles I  

21 02 01 03 

Bruxelles II 

21 02 01 04 

Bruxelles III 

21 02 01 05 

Bruxelles IV 

21 02 01 06 

Luxembourg I   

21 02 01 07 

Luxembourg II  

21 02 01 08 

Mol 

21 02 01 09 

Frankfurt          

21 02 01 10 

Karlsruhe 

21 02 01 11 

München 

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Commitment 
appropriations 

Amounts in EUR 
Payment 
appropriations 

28 464  

28 464  

1 907 856  

1 907 856  

4 560  

46 656  

4 560  

46 656  

17 015 352  

17 015 352  

2 400  

65 280  

2 400  

65 280  

1 639 056  

1 639 056  

959 832  

182 400  

240 288  

959 832  

182 400  

240 288  

1 153 080  

1 153 080  

20 320 000  

20 320 000  

5 181 864  

5 181 864  

  48 747 088 

  48 747 088 

Commitment 
appropriations 
11 700 000 
76 700 000 

1 000 000 

514 000 

362 059  

1 249 985  

2 024 297  

1 029 839  

1 216 555  

882 627  

707 389  

259 313  

329 414  

97 376  

4 759  

Amounts in EUR 
Payment 
appropriations 
11 700 000 

76 700 000 

1 000 000 

514 000 

362 059  

1 249 985  

2 024 297  

1 029 839  

1 216 555  

882 627  

707 389  

259 313  

329 414  

97 376  

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Alicante         

21 02 01 13 

Varese 

21 02 01 14 
Total 

Bergen 

Section IV – European Court of Justice 

Budget line 

Name 

1 2 0 0 
1 4 0 0 
1 4 0 6 
2 0 2 4 
Total 

Remunerations and allowances 

Other staff 
External services in the linguistic field (conference interpreter agents) 
Energy consumption 

Section VI - European Economic and Social Committee 

Budget line 

Name 

1 2 0 0 
2 0 2 4 
Total 

Remuneration and allowances 
Energy consumption  

Section VII - European Committee of the Regions 

Budget line 

Name 

1 2 0 0 
2 0 2 4 
Total 

Remuneration and allowances 
Energy consumption 

Section IX – European Data-Protection Supervisor 

Budget line 

Name 

1 0 0 0 

Remuneration and allowances 

1 1 1 0 

Contract staff 

1 1 1 1 

Total 

Cost of traineeships and staff exchanges 

Section X - European External Action Service 

Budget line 

Name 

3 0 0 0 

3 0 0 3 

Total 

Remuneration and entitlements of statutory staff 

Buildings and associated costs 

47 647  

550 897  

91 381  

47 647  

550 897  

91 381  

98 767 538  

98 767 538  

Commitment 
appropriations 

1 300 000  
250 000  
280 000  
1 250 000  
   3 080 000 

Amounts in EUR 
Payment 
appropriations 

1 300 000  
250 000  
280 000  
1 250 000  
   3 080 000 

Commitment 
appropriations 

1 080 000  
500 000  
1 580 000  

Amounts in EUR 
Payment 
appropriations 

1 080 000  
500 000  
1 580 000  

Commitment 
appropriations 

Amounts in EUR 
Payment 
appropriations 

1 200 000  
400 000  
1 600 000  

1 200 000  
400 000  
1 600 000  

Commitment 
appropriations 
9 000 

Amounts in EUR 
Payment 
appropriations 
9 000 

51 000 

4 000 

64 000 

51 000 

4 000 

64 000 

Commitment 
appropriations 
6 300 000 

Amounts in EUR 
Payment 
appropriations 
6 300 000 

2 900 000 

2 900 000 

9 200 000 

9 200 000 

8. 

REDUCED NEEDS IN PAYMENT APPROPRIATIONS 

The  ‘Global  transfer’  is  an  annual  exercise  organised  at  corporate  level  within  the  Commission  for 
which  all  Directorates  Generals  and  Services  are  requested  to  review  by  early  September  their 
respective  payment  implementation  of  the  current  budget  until  the  end  of  the  year  concerned.  This 
exercise aims to ensure maximum implementation of the budget in payment appropriations at the end 
of the year by matching additional needs with expected under-implementation. An ad hoc request for 

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transfer  (under  Article  31  of  the  Financial  Regulation11)  is  annually  submitted  to  Parliament  and 
Council in early October as a result. 

The ‘Global transfer’ exercise showed under-implementation of some programmes of nearly EUR 2,9 
billion,  which  was  partly  balanced  by  requests  for  reinforcements  of  about  EUR  2  billion.  The 
remaining balance of EUR 0,9 billion cannot be absorbed in 2022 and will need to be reduced to avoid 
an expenditure surplus at the end of the year. Consequently, the Commission proposes to reduce the 
level of payment appropriations of the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) 
and EU4Health by respectively EUR 775 million and EUR 129,2 million.  

With respect to the EAFRD, the Commission has made an analysis of the declarations of expenditure 
received so  far  and the  Member States' most recent  forecasts submitted by the end of August  2022. 
The expected under-implementation is due to two factors. First some beneficiaries have postponed or 
even abandoned their projects because of increased costs due to high inflation. Second, the available 
data  shows  that  in  some  Member  States,  the  implementation  of  NextGenerationEU  projects  has 
accelerated, while the implementation of EAFRD-supported projects has slowed down.  

With  respect  to  EU4Health,  the  under-implementation  is  due  to  the  EUFAB  project,  which  is  a 
network of ever-warm facilities for the production of vaccines and therapeutics with a budget of EUR 
160 million, financed by the EU4Health programme. Its objective is to ensure that sufficient and agile 
manufacturing  capacities  are  kept  operational  between  public  health  emergencies,  so  that  sufficient 
manufacturing  capacities  are  available  in  the  initial  phase  of  a  public  health  emergency,  before 
industry has scaled up production. However, due to the large scale and complexity of the project, the 
tender  procedure  has  taken  longer  than  initially  expected,  leading  to  contract  signature  towards  the 
very end of 2022. Therefore, corresponding payments will be due in the following years. The request 
for payment appropriations in the Draft Budget 2023 already includes the necessary adjustment. 

The reduction in payment appropriations requested in this DAB is set out below. 

Budget line 

Name 

Section III – Commission 
06 06 01 
08 03 01 02 
Total 

EU4Health Programme 
Rural development types of interventions — 2014-2022 programmes 

Commitment 
appropriations 

Payment 
appropriations 

EUR 

0 
0 
0 

-129 184 830 
-775 000 000 
-904 184 830 

9. 

UPDATE OF REVENUES 

DAB 5/2022 proposes to include in the 2022 budget an update of the estimates for Traditional Own 
Resources (TOR) as well as to incorporate the estimated impact of exchange rate differences. Overall 
the  revenue  surplus  is  estimated  at  EUR  3,0  billion,  which  will  reduce  the  Member  States’  GNI 
contributions accordingly. The table below presents a breakdown of the updated revenue estimates for 
2022, whereas the details are provided in the following two sections. 

Revenue 
line 

1 2 0 

2 4 0 

Name 

Budget 2022 
(incl. DAB 4) 

Draft Amending 
Budget No. 
5/2022 

EUR 

New amount 

Customs duties and other  

20 479 800 000 

3 285 000 000 

23 764 800 000 

Adjustment for exchange rate differences for own resources  

p.m. 

-247 000 000 

-247 000 000 

Total 

20 479 800 000 

3 038 000 000 

23 517 800 000 

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OJ L 193, 30.7.2018. 

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9.1 

Traditional Own Resources 

DAB 4/2022 includes the revised forecasts for 2022 for the revenue side of the budget, as agreed in 
the 185th ACOR meeting on 23 May 2022. However, based on a higher collection of customs duties 
from  imports  than  forecast  during  the  period  January-August  as  well  as  the  collection  of  amounts 
notably linked to the undervaluation cases (including the collection of the related UK payment in June 
2022),  it  is  appropriate  to  update  the  estimates  for  Traditional  Own  Resources  (TOR)  for  a  total 
amount of EUR 3 285 million.   

9.2  Exchange rate differences in own resources 

The  budget  is  established  in  euro  whereas  Member  States'  contributions  are  determined  in  national 
currency. The annual contributions of Member States are paid in 12 monthly instalments ("twelfths"). 
Each instalment paid in a non-euro currency is recorded in the accounts using the monthly exchange 
rates of the month in which the payment is made. 

For  Member  States  outside  the  euro  area  the  budget  is  converted  into  national  currency  using  the 
exchange  rate  of  the  last  quotation  day  of  the  calendar  year  preceding  the  budget  year12.  Thus  for 
2022, the exchange rate of 31 December 2021 is used to convert the budget from euro into non-euro 
currencies.  Consequently,  any  differences  in  the  exchange  rates  used  for  calculating  the  monthly 
"twelfths"  in  national  currency  and  the  accounting  rates  applicable  in  the  month  of  payment  of  the 
"twelfths", result inevitably in differences between the own resources amounts in euro in the budget 
and the amounts actually cashed in. 

Monthly exchange rate fluctuations may compensate each other during a budget  year. However, the 
exchange rate development in 2022 is so far overall negative. From January to September, a total of 
minus EUR 150 million of exchange rate differences has  been registered for own resources.  For  the 
rest of the year an additional amount of minus EUR 97 million is estimated. In order to reduce the risk 
of a budgetary deficit by the end of 2022 an amount of minus EUR 247 million is therefore proposed 
to be entered in the budget to offset exchange rate differences until the end of the year.  

10. 

FINANCING 

Overall,  an  increase  of  EUR  447,5  million  in  commitment  appropriations  and  a  decrease  of  EUR 
741,1 million in payment appropriations are requested under the 2022 budget.  

The  combined  resulting  impact  of  the  reduction  of  payment  appropriations  and  the  increase  of  the 
Traditional Own Resources on the GNI contributions is a reduction of EUR 3 779,1 million. 

12   Article 10a(1) of Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 609/2014 of 26 May 2014 on the methods and procedure for 
making available the traditional, VAT and GNI-based own resources and on the measures to meet cash requirements. 

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11. 

SUMMARY TABLE BY MFF HEADING 

Budget 2022 (incl. ABs 1-3/2022 
& DAB 4/2022) 

Draft Amending Budget 5/2022 

Budget 2022 (incl. ABs 1-3/2022 
& DABs 4-5/2022) 

CA 

PA 

CA 

PA 

CA 

PA 

21 775 079 340 

21 473 535 651 

70 000 000 

21 845 079 340 

21 473 535 651 

1. 

Single  Market,  Innovation  and 
Digital 

Of which under Flexibility 
Instrument 

Ceiling 

21 878 000 000 

Margin 

102 920 660 

-70 000 000 

21 878 000 000 

32 920 660 

2. 

Cohesion, Resilience and Values 

67 644 377 865 

62 052 771 658 

130 814 459 

-129 184 830 

67 775 192 324 

61 923 586 828 

Of which under Flexibility 
Instrument 

Ceiling 

67 806 000 000 

Margin 

161 622 135 

-130 814 459 

67 806 000 000 

30 807 676 

2a. 

Economic,  social  and 
cohesion 

territorial 

Of which under Flexibility 
Instrument 

61 314 192 324 

56 350 922 710 

61 314 192 324 

56 350 922 710 

Ceiling 

61 345 000 000 

Margin 

30 807 676 

61 345 000 000 

30 807 676 

2b.  Resilience and values 

6 330 185 541 

5 701 848 948 

130 814 459 

-129 184 830 

6 461 000 000 

5 572 664 118 

Of which under Flexibility 
Instrument 

Ceiling 

6 461 000 000 

Margin 

130 814 459 

-130 814 459 

6 461 000 000 

0 

3. 

Natural 
Environment 

Resources 

and 

Of which under Flexibility 
Instrument 

56 681 112 059 

56 601 766 838 

-775 000 000 

56 681 112 059 

55 826 766 838 

Ceiling 

56 965 000 000 

Margin 

283 887 941 

56 965 000 000 

283 887 941 

Of  which:  Market 
related 
expenditure and direct payments 

40 368 859 305 

40 393 039 132 

40 368 859 305 

40 393 039 132 

EAGF sub-ceiling 

41 257 000 000 

 Rounding difference excluded for 
calculating the sub-margin 
 Net transfers between EAGF and 
EAFRD 
 Net balance available for EAGF 
expenditure (sub-ceiling corrected 
by transfers between EAGF and 
EAFRD) 

800 000 

-618 000 000 

40 639 000 000 

EAGF sub-margin 

270 140 695 

41 257 000 000 

800 000 

-618 000 000 

40 639 000 000 

270 140 695 

4. 

Migration 
Management 

and 

Border 

Of which under Flexibility 
Instrument 

3 360 000 000 

3 254 270 962 

3 360 000 000 

3 254 270 962 

Ceiling 

3 360 000 000 

Margin 

0 

3 360 000 000 

0 

5. 

Security and Defence 

1 812 327 699 

1 237 861 185 

83 672 301 

1 896 000 000 

1 237 861 185 

Of which under Flexibility 
Instrument 

Ceiling 

1 896 000 000 

Margin 

83 672 301 

-83 672 301 

1 896 000 000 

0 

6. 

Neighbourhood and the World 

17 170 442 918 

12 916 051 937 

17 170 442 918 

12 916 051 937 

Of which under Flexibility 
Instrument 

368 442 918 

Ceiling 

16 802 000 000 

Margin 

0 

368 442 918 

16 802 000 000 

0 

7. 

European Public Administration 

10 620 124 324 

10 620 224 324 

163 038 626 

163 038 626 

10 783 162 950 

10 783 262 950 

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Of which under Flexibility 
Instrument 

Ceiling 

11 058 000 000 

Margin 

437 875 676 

-163 038 626 

11 058 000 000 

274 837 050 

which: 

of 
expenditure of the institutions 

Administrative 

8 287 945 711 

8 288 045 711 

75 971 088 

75 971 088 

8 363 916 799 

8 364 016 799 

Sub-ceiling 

8 528 000 000 

Sub-margin 

240 054 289 

-75 971 088 

Appropriations for headings 

Ceiling  

Of which under Flexibility 
Instrument 

179 063 464 
205 
179 765 000 
000 

168 156 482 
555 
170 558 000 
000 

368 442 918 

467 248 692 

447 525 386 

-741 146 204 

8 528 000 000 

164 083 201 

179 510 989 
591 
179 765 000 
000 

167 415 336 
351 
170 558 000 
000 

368 442 918 

467 248 692 

Margin 

1 069 978 713 

2 868 766 137 

-447 525 386 

741 146 204 

622 453 327 

3 609 912 341 

Thematic special instruments 

2 799 170 382 

2 622 838 000 

Total appropriations  

181 862 634 
587 

170 779 320 
555 

447 525 386 

-741 146 204 

2 799 170 382 

2 622 838 000 

182 310 159 
973 

170 038 174 
351 

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