Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL extending Directive [XXXX] to third country nationals legally residing in a Member State
Date: 2023-10-31
Institutions: Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, European social policy, disabled person, foreign national, free movement of persons, health card, parking area, residence permit

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 31.10.2023  COM(2023) 698 final 2023/0393 (COD)  Proposal for a DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL extending Directive [XXXX] to third country nationals legally residing in a Member State   
 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

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CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL 

Reasons for and objectives of the proposal 

The Commission adopted a proposal for a Directive establishing the European Disability Card 
and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities on 6 September 20231. 

That  proposal  establishes  the  framework,  rules  and  common  conditions  for  those  cards  for 
persons  with  disabilities  when  travelling  to  or  visiting  another  Member  State  for  a  short 
period. It includes a common standardised model for a European Disability Card as proof of 
recognised disability status and for a European Parking Card for persons with disabilities as 
proof of their recognised right to parking conditions and facilities reserved for persons with 
disabilities. 

The mutual recognition of those two aforementioned cards in all Member States should make 
it  easier  for  persons  with  disabilities  (or  those  accompanying  or  assisting  them),  when 
travelling  to  or  visiting  another  Member  State  to  benefit  from  the  special  conditions  and/or 
preferential  treatment  offered  by  private  operators  or  public  authorities  when  accessing 
services, activities and facilities, including when provided not for remuneration, in  a variety 
of  policy  areas,  such  as  culture,  leisure,  tourism,  sports,  public  and  private  transport,  and 
education, as well as to have access to parking conditions and facilities reserved for persons 
with  disabilities,  under  equal  terms  and  conditions  to  residents  with  recognised  disabilities, 
thus  empowering  persons  with  disabilities  to  exercise  their  free  movement  rights  across  the 
EU fully and effectively.  

Taking  into  consideration  the  multiple,  interlinked  objectives  of  this  initiative,  the  use  of 
different legal bases, i.e. Articles 53(1) and 62, Article 91 and Article 21(2) of the Treaty on 
the  Functioning  of  the  European  Union  (TFEU),  was  considered  the  most  adequate  and 
appropriate for the proposal referred to above. 

However,  such  legal  basis  ensuring  the  widest  possible  coverage  of  services,  activities  and 
facilities, including when provided not for remuneration, in a variety of policy domains, only 
covers Union citizens and their family members (whichever their nationality) when exercising 
their right to free movement in accordance with Union rules. 

Therefore,  when  adopting  the  proposal  for  a  Directive  establishing  the  European  Disability 
Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities, and in view of guaranteeing 
equal  treatment  of  third  country  nationals  with  EU  citizens,  the  Commission  expressed  its 
intention  to  put  forward  a  separate  legal  act  extending  the  scope  of  that  proposal  to  third 
country nationals legally residing in the territory of a Member State who do not fall within the 
scope of that Directive, whose disability status has been recognised by that Member State, and 
who are entitled to move or travel to other Member States in accordance with Union law2. 

This new proposal follows up on that intention and has the objective of ensuring that the same 
framework as laid down in the proposal for a Directive establishing the European Disability 
Card  and  the  European  Parking  Card  for  persons  with  disabilities  applies  to  those  third 
country  nationals  with  a  disability,  who  are  not  already  covered  by  it,  when  travelling  or 
moving to another Member State for a short period. Thus, it will ensure that it applies to those 
third  country  nationals  who  are  legally  residing  in  the  territory  of  a  Member  State,  whose 

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disability status has been recognised by that Member State, and who are entitled to move or 
travel to other Member States in accordance with Union law.  

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Consistency with existing policy provisions in the policy area 

Extending the scope of the proposal for a Directive establishing the European Disability Card 
and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities to third country nationals who are 
legally residing in the territory of a Member State and who are entitled to move or travel to 
other Member States in accordance with Union law, and who have a disability or to persons 
who are accompanying or assisting them, will ensure that they are treated in the same way as 
EU  citizens  (and  their  family  members).  Thus,  it  will  help  simplify  the  burden  for  Member 
States while respecting their national equal treatment and non-discrimination obligations vis-
à-vis  third-country  nationals  with  disabilities  legally  residing  in  their  territory.  At  the  same 
time, the mutual recognition of their disability status across Member States, will facilitate the 
exercise  of  their  rights  to  move  or  travel  within  the  EU  in  accordance  with  Union  law  and 
ensure  a  more  effective  and  inclusive  participation  and  inclusion  in  society  of  persons  with 
disabilities who are third-country nationals on an equal basis with others.  

Consequently,  when  travelling  or  moving  to  another  Member  State  for  a  short  period,  they 
will  have  (1)  the  same  rights,  covered  by  the  proposal  for  a  Directive  establishing  the 
European Disability Card and the European Parking  Card for persons with  disabilities, with 
respect  to  the  eligibility  and  issuance  of  the  European  Disability  Card  and  the  European 
Parking Card for persons with disabilities in the Member State in which they legally  reside 
and  are  granted  (2)  equal  access  on  equal  terms  and  conditions  to  parking  conditions  and 
facilities,  as  well  as  (3)  any  special  conditions  or  preferential  treatment  offered  by  private 
operators  or  public  authorities  with  respect  to  services,  activities  and  facilities,  including 
where not provided for remuneration.  

In accordance with Article 21(1) of the Convention implementing the Schengen Agreement, 
third-country nationals legally residing in a Member State may move within the territories of 
the other Member States, under the conditions set out in that Convention.  

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Consistency with other Union policies 

This  initiative  aims  to  make  it  easier  for  persons  with  disabilities,  who  are  third  country 
nationals legally residing in the territory of a Member State, whose disability status has been 
recognised  by  that  Member  State,  and  who  are  entitled  to  move  or  travel  to  other  Member 
States in accordance with Union law, when travelling or moving to another Member State for 
a short period (or those accompanying or assisting them), to be able to have access on equal 
terms  and  conditions  to  parking  conditions  and  facilities  for  persons  with  disabilities  and 
benefit  from  available  special  conditions  and/or  preferential  treatment  when  accessing 
services, activities and facilities, including when provided not for remuneration, under equal 
conditions  to  residents  with  disabilities,  and/or  those  accompanying  or  assisting  them,  thus 
facilitating the exercise of their rights to move or travel within the EU, in accordance with 
Union law. 

Since the third-country nationals referred to, due to legal basis constraints, could not already 
be included/covered by the proposal for a Directive establishing the European Disability Card 
and  the  European  Parking  Card  for  persons  with  disabilities,  the  current  initiative  will  also 
ensure that the same rights and benefits as EU citizens and their family members (whichever 
their nationality) as covered by that proposal  can be granted to them on the same terms and 
conditions, to the extent that the third-country nationals are entitled to move or travel to other 
Member States in accordance with Union law, when travelling or moving to another Member 
State for a short period. 

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The  proposal  will  also  support  the  Action  plan  on  Integration  and  Inclusion  2021-20273, 
which recognises that migrants with disabilities can face multiple forms of discrimination in 
their daily lives at school, in the neighbourhood and at work and stresses the importance of 
looking at their specific needs. 

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LEGAL BASIS, SUBSIDIARITY AND PROPORTIONALITY 

Legal basis 

Article  79(2),  point  (b)  TFEU  provides  for  the  necessary  legal  base  to  issue  the  European 
Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities to third country 
nationals legally residing in the territory of a Member State, whose disability status has been 
recognised  by  that  Member  State,  and  who  are  entitled  to  move  or  travel  to  other  Member 
States in accordance with Union law.  

According  to  Protocol  21  annexed  to  the  Treaties,  Ireland  may  notify  the  Council,  within 
three months after a proposal or initiative has been presented, or at any time after its adoption, 
that  they  wish  to  take  part  in  the  adoption  and  application  of  any  such  proposed  measure. 
According to Protocol 22 annexed to the Treaties, Denmark is not taking part in the adoption 
of measures based on this Article. 

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Subsidiarity (for non-exclusive competence)  

This proposal fully respects the principle of subsidiarity. It  extends the scope of the already 
adopted proposal for a Directive establishing the European Disability Card and the European 
Parking  Card  for  persons  with  disabilities  to  third  country  nationals,  who  are  not  already 
covered  by  it,  but  who  are  legally  residing  in  the  territory  of  a  Member  State  and  who  are 
entitled to move or travel to other Member States in accordance with Union law. As with the 
proposal referred to, which is complemented by the present initiative, the problems identified 
have a cross-border dimension that cannot be solved by the Member States on their own, but 
can  rather,  by  reason  of  the  scale  and  effects  of  the  action,  be  better  achieved  at  EU  level. 
Action at EU level is therefore necessary. 

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Proportionality 

Regarding  the  principle  of  proportionality,  the  form  and  content  of  the  proposal  does  not 
exceed  or  go  beyond  what  is  necessary  and  proportionate  to  achieve  its various,  interlinked 
objectives. 

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Choice of the instrument 

In line with the identified legal basis, notably Article 79(2), point (b) TFEU, and the fact that 
it extends the scope of the already adopted proposal for a Directive establishing the European 
Disability  Card  and  the  European  Parking  Card  for  persons  with  disabilities,  a  Directive  is 
regarded as the suitable, proportionate, and effective instrument to achieve the objective(s) of 
the current initiative. 

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3. 

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RESULTS 
CONSULTATIONS AND IMPACT ASSESSMENTS 

EX-POST 

EVALUATIONS, 

OF 

STAKEHOLDER 

Stakeholder consultations 

When  preparing  the  proposal  for  a  Directive  establishing  the  European  Disability  Card  and 
the  European  Parking  Card  for  persons  with  disabilities,  in  line  with  the  Better  Regulation 
Guidelines,  a  broad  range  of  international,  EU  and  national  stakeholders  were  consulted, 
namely  (i)  those  with  an  interest  in  the  matter  (e.g.,  national  public  authorities,  service 
providers, NGOs); (ii) potential beneficiaries of the European Disability Card or the European 
Parking Card for persons with disabilities (e.g., persons with disabilities, personal assistants); 
and (iii) experts (e.g., researchers, consultancies and advisors, international organisations). 

The stakeholder consultation included: (a) a public consultation, (b) strategic and (c) targeted 
interviews, (d) targeted online surveys, (e) three online workshops, (f) six focus groups with 
service  providers  from  selected  Member  States  and  (g)  six  case  studies.  Stakeholders  could 
also send comments on the Commission’s (h) call for evidence. 

To  the  extent  possible,  the  current  proposal  takes  into  account  the  information  and  data 
gathered in that context4. 

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Impact assessment 

The Commission did not carry out an additional impact assessment for this proposal. This is 
because  the  Impact  Assessment  accompanying  the  proposal  for  a  Directive  establishing  the 
European  Disability  Card  and  the  European  Parking  Card  for  persons  with  disabilities 
assessed the situation of all persons with disabilities in the EU travelling for short periods to 
other Member States, including third-country nationals. Hence, the analysis and results of the 
impact  assessment  accompanying  the  proposal  referred  to  apply  and  are  relevant  to  this 
proposal too. 

The environmental impact  of the combined policy options at  the basis of the proposal  for  a 
Directive  establishing  the  European  Disability  Card  and  the  European  Parking  Card  for 
persons with disabilities itself was considered likely to be insignificant in magnitude, while it 
would  entail  limited  positive  digital  impacts.  The  preferred  policy  options  were  also  not 
expected  to  have  any  significant  impact  on  competitiveness  and  SMEs  and  expected 
administrative costs for businesses would be marginal. These assessments apply to the current 
initiative too.  

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Fundamental rights 

The  proposal  is  expected  to  have  positive  social  impacts  and  strong  positive  impacts  on 
ensuring fundamental rights within the EU (notably the integration of persons with disabilities 
and facilitating the possibilities of third country nationals with disabilities to travel or move to 
other Member States in accordance with Union law). 

4. 

BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS 

The proposal will not have any additional budgetary implications for the EU budget. As stated 
in  the  proposal  for  a  Directive  establishing  the  European  Disability  Card  and  the  European 
Parking Card for persons with disabilities, the only operational costs relate to the organisation 
of  committee  and  expert  group  meetings,  as  well  as  support  for  the  checks  of  national 
transposition  measures,  i.e.  operational  appropriation  of  EUR  0.62  million  under  existing 
budget line, as well as administrative expenditure of around EUR 0.342 million per year. This 

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expenditure will entail an internal redeployment of funds with no increase in the amount. The 
amounts referred to will not increase by the current proposal. 

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OTHER ELEMENTS 

Implementation plans and monitoring, evaluation and reporting arrangements 

This  proposal  does  not  contain  any  provisions  with  respect  to  implementation  plans  and 
monitoring, evaluation and reporting arrangements. 

However,  if/when  this  proposal  and  the  proposal  for  a  Directive  establishing  the  European 
Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons with disabilities to persons with 
disabilities are approved, Member States will have to  notify to  the Commission,  [within six 
months  after  its  entry  into  force,]  the  body  (or  bodies)  designated  to  issue,  renew  and 
withdraw  the  European  Disability  Card  and  the  European  Parking  Card  for  persons  with 
disabilities, as well as the conditions for issuing such cards or declaring the cards invalid. 

Member  States  will  also  have  to  communicate  to  the  Commission  all  the  information 
necessary for the Commission  to  draw up its regular report to  the European Parliament, the 
Council,  the  Economic  and  Social  Committee  and  the  Committee  of  the  Regions  on  the 
application of the Directive. Following the adoption of this proposal, such information should 
equally  concern  persons  with  disabilities  who  are  third  country  nationals  legally  residing  in 
the territory of a Member State and who are entitled to move or travel to other Member States 
in accordance with Union law. 

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Explanatory documents (for directives) 

The  proposal  does  not  require  any  explanatory  documents  for  its  transposition  into  national 
law. 

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Detailed explanation of the specific provisions of the proposal 

Article 1sets out the aim of the proposal. 

Article 2 provides that the proposal does not change or grant new rights in terms of mobility 
to third-country nationals. 

Article 3 contains the definition of ‘third-country national’ for the purpose of this proposal. 

Articles 4 and 5 provide for the transposition and entry into force, while  Article 6 relates to 
the addressees. 

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2023/0393 (COD) 

Proposal for a 

DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

extending Directive [XXXX] to third country nationals legally residing in a Member 
State 

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having  regard  to  the  Treaty  on  the  Functioning  of  the  European  Union,  and  in  particular 
Article 79(2), point b thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, 

After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national parliaments, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee5,  
Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions6,  

Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

In order to facilitate the exercise of rights  by persons with disabilities when travelling 
to or visiting another Member State for a short period, Directive …./… [proposal for a 
Directive]7  established  the  framework,  rules  and  common  conditions,  including  a 
common  standardised  model,  for  a  European  Disability  Card  as  proof  of  recognised 
disability  status  for  accessing  special  conditions  or  preferential  treatment  offered  by 
private  operators  or  public  authorities  in  a  wide  variety  of  services,  activities  and 
facilities, including when not provided for remuneration, and for a European Parking 
Card  for  persons  with  disabilities,  as  proof  of  their  recognised  right  to  parking 
conditions and facilities reserved for persons with disabilities8. 

 To  help  Member  States  respect  and  fulfil  their  national  equal  treatment  and  non-
discrimination  obligations  vis-à-vis  persons  with  disabilities  who  are  third-country 
nationals  legally  residing  in  their  territory  and  not  falling  within  the  scope  of  the 
Directive  [XXXX],  and  guarantee  the  recognition  of  their  disability  status  across 
Member States, thus facilitating the exercise of their rights to move or travel to other 
Member  States  in  accordance  with  Union  law  and  ensuring  a  more  effective 
participation and inclusion in society of persons with disabilities who are third-country 
nationals  on  an  equal  basis  with  Union  citizens,  it  is  necessary  to  extend  the  rules, 
rights and obligations laid down in Directive../…. to persons with disabilities who are 
third  country  nationals  legally  residing  in  the  territory  of  a  Member  State,  whose 
disability  status  has  been  recognised  by  that  Member  State,  and  who  are  entitled  to 
move or travel to other Member States in accordance with Union law. 

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Therefore,  Member  States  shall  take  the  necessary  measures  to  ensure  that  the  rules 
governing the eligibility, issuance, renewal or withdrawal, mutual recognition and data 
protection of the European Disability Card and the European Parking Card for persons 
with  disabilities  as  proof  respectively  of  a  disability  status  or  of  a  right  to  parking 
conditions and facilities reserved for persons with disabilities, as well as the rights for 
beneficiaries, including access on equal terms and conditions to any special conditions 
or  preferential  treatment  with  respect  to  services,  activities  or  facilities,  including 
when provided not for remuneration, or parking conditions and facilities offered to or 
reserved  for  persons  with  disabilities  or  person(s)  accompanying  or  assisting  them 
including  their personal  assistant(s), set  out  in  Directive  ../…., equally apply  to  third 
country nationals legally residing in the Union and who are entitled to move or travel 
to other Member States in accordance with Union law. 

In  accordance  with  Chapter  4  of  the  Convention  implementing  the  Schengen 
Agreement9, third-country nationals legally residing in a Member State may move or 
travel freely within the territories of other Member States under the conditions set out 
in  that  Convention.  Thus,  under  the  Schengen  acquis,  third-country  nationals  legally 
residing  in  the  territories  of  Member  States  may  move  or  travel  freely  within  the 
territories of all other Member States during a period of 90 days in any 180-day period 
in accordance with the conditions set out in Article 21 of that Convention. 

This Directive should not affect the applicable Union rules governing mobility across 
the Union of third country nationals legally residing in a Member State, and who are 
entitled to move or travel to other Member States in accordance with Union law, but 
should rather facilitates the exercise of their right to move or travel when they already 
have such a right to mobility. 

In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 and Article 4 of Protocol No 21 on the position of 
the United Kingdom and Ireland in respect of the area of freedom, security and justice, 
annexed to the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and to the Treaty on Functioning of 
the  European  Union  (TFEU),  and  without  prejudice  to  Article  4  of  that  Protocol, 
Ireland  is not taking part in  the adoption of this Directive and is  not  bound by it or 
subject to its application. 

[or] 

In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 and Article 4 of Protocol No 21 on the position 
of  the  United  Kingdom  and  Ireland  in  respect  of  the  area  of  freedom,  security  and 
justice,  annexed  to  the  Treaty  on  European  Union  (TEU)  and  to  the  Treaty  on 
Functioning  of  the  European  Union  (TFEU),  and  without  prejudice  to  Article  4  of 
that  Protocol,  Ireland  has  notified  [,  by  letter  of  …]  its  wish  to  take  part  in  the 
adoption and application of this Directive. 

In accordance with Articles 1 and 2 of Protocol  No 22 on the position of  Denmark, 
annexed to the TEU and to the TFEU, Denmark is not taking part in the adoption of 
this Directive and is not bound by it or subject to its application. 

Since the objective of this Directive, namely to facilitate the possibilities to move, or 
travel to other Member States, for persons with disabilities (or those accompanying or 

Convention  of  19  June  1990  implementing  the  Schengen  Agreement  of  14  June  1985  between  the 
Governments of the States of the Benelux Economic Union, the Federal Republic of Germany and the 
French Republic on the gradual abolition of checks at their common borders (OJ L 239, 22.9.2000, p. 
19, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/convention/2000/922/oj). 

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assisting  them),  who  are  third-country  nationals  legally  residing  in  the  territory  of  a 
Member  State  and  who  are  entitled  to  move  or  travel  to  other  Member  States  in 
accordance with Union law, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but 
can  rather,  by  reason  of  the  scale  and  effects  of  the  action  establishing  a  framework 
with rules and common conditions, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may 
adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 
of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, 
as set out in that Article, this Directive does not go beyond what is necessary in order 
to achieve that objective, 

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: 

Article 1 

Member  States  shall  ensure  that  the  rules  laid  down  in  [Directive  (EU)  XXXXX]  apply  to 
third  country  nationals  not  falling  within  the  scope  of  that  Directive  whose  disability  status 
and/or  rights  to  parking  conditions  and  facilities  reserved  for  persons  with  disabilities  have 
been recognised by the Member State of their residence, as well as to persons accompanying 
or assisting them, including personal assistant(s) within the meaning Article 3 point (d) of that 
Directive. 

This  Directive  shall  not  affect    the  applicable  Union  rules  governing  mobility  across  the 
Union, of third country nationals legally residing in the territory of a Member State. 

Article 2 

Article 3 

For the purposes of this Directive “third country national” means any person who is neither a 
Union  citizen  within  the  meaning  of  Article  20(1)  TFEU  nor  a  family  member  of  a  Union 
citizen exercising his or her right of free movement within the meaning of  Articles 2(2) and 
3(2) of Directive 2004/38/EC, and who is legally residing in the territory of a Member State 
and is entitled to move or travel to other Member States in accordance with Union law. 

Article 4 

1. 

Member States shall adopt  and publish, by dd/mm/yy  [[Publications  Office, please 
insert  the  date  of  transposition  of  the  Directive  adopted  in  procedure  2023/0311 
(COD)]] at  the latest,  the laws, regulations and  administrative provisions necessary 
to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission 
the text of those provisions 

They shall apply those provisions from dd/mm/yy [Publications Office, please insert 
the date of application of the Directive adopted in procedure 2023/0311 (COD)]. 

When  Member  States  adopt  those  provisions,  they  shall  contain  a  reference  to  this 
Directive  or  be  accompanied  by  such  a  reference  on  the  occasion  of  their  official 
publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made. 

2. 

Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions 
of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive. 

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This Directive shall enter into force on the [twentieth] day following that of its publication in 
the Official Journal of the European Union. 

Article 5 

This Directive is addressed to the Member States in accordance with the Treaties. 

Done at Brussels, 

Article 6 

For the European Parliament 
The President 

For the Council 
The President

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LEGISLATIVE FINANCIAL STATEMENT 

Contents 

1. 

1.1. 

1.2. 

1.3. 

1.4. 

FRAMEWORK OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE ................................................. 3 

Title of the proposal/initiative ...................................................................................... 3 

Policy area(s) concerned .............................................................................................. 3 

The proposal/initiative relates to: ................................................................................. 3 

Objective(s) .................................................................................................................. 3 

1.4.1.  General objective(s) ..................................................................................................... 3 

1.4.2.  Specific objective(s) ..................................................................................................... 3 

1.4.3.  Expected result(s) and impact ...................................................................................... 4 

1.4.4. 

Indicators of performance ............................................................................................ 4 

1.5. 

Grounds for the proposal/initiative .............................................................................. 4 

1.5.1.  Requirement(s) to be met in the short or long term including a detailed timeline for 

roll-out of the implementation of the initiative ............................................................ 4 

1.5.2.  Added value of Union involvement (it may result from different factors, e.g. 

coordination gains, legal certainty, greater effectiveness or complementarities). For 
the purposes of this point 'added value of Union involvement' is the value resulting 
from Union intervention which is additional to the value that would have been 
otherwise created by Member States alone. ................................................................. 4 

1.5.3.  Lessons learned from similar experiences in the past .................................................. 5 

1.5.4.  Compatibility with the Multiannual Financial Framework and possible synergies 

with other appropriate instruments............................................................................... 6 

1.5.5.  Assessment of the different available financing options, including scope for 

redeployment ................................................................................................................ 6 

1.6. 

1.7. 

2. 

2.1. 

2.2. 

2.2.1. 

2.2.2. 

Duration and financial impact of the proposal/initiative ............................................. 7 

Management mode(s) planned ..................................................................................... 7 

MANAGEMENT MEASURES................................................................................... 8 

Monitoring and reporting rules .................................................................................... 8 

Management and control system(s) ............................................................................. 8 

Justification of the management mode(s), the funding implementation mechanism(s), 
the payment modalities and the control strategy proposed .......................................... 8 

Information concerning the risks identified and the internal control system(s) set up 
to mitigate them............................................................................................................ 8 

2.2.3.  Estimation and justification of the cost-effectiveness of the controls (ratio of "control 

costs ÷ value of the related funds managed"), and assessment of the expected levels 
of risk of error (at payment & at closure) .................................................................... 8 

2.3. 

3. 

Measures to prevent fraud and irregularities ................................................................ 8 

ESTIMATED FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE .............. 8 

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Heading(s) of the multiannual financial framework and expenditure budget line(s) 
affected ......................................................................................................................... 9 

3.2. 

Estimated financial impact of the proposal on appropriations ................................... 10 

3.2.1.  Summary of estimated impact on operational appropriations.................................... 10 

3.2.2.  Estimated output funded with operational appropriations ......................................... 13 

3.2.3.  Summary of estimated impact on administrative appropriations ............................... 14 

3.2.4.  Compatibility with the current multiannual financial framework.............................. 16 

3.2.5.  Third-party contributions ........................................................................................... 16 

3.3. 

Estimated impact on revenue ..................................................................................... 17 

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1. 

FRAMEWORK OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE  

1.1. 

Title of the proposal/initiative 

Proposal  for  a  Directive  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  extending 
Directive [XXXX] to third country nationals legally residing in a Member State 

1.2. 

Policy area(s) concerned  

Rights of persons with disabilities 

Access  to  services,  passenger  transport  services,  activities  and  facilities  of  persons 
with disabilities 

Free movement of persons with disabilities 

1.3. 

The proposal/initiative relates to:  

 a new action  

 a new action following a pilot project/preparatory action10  

 the extension of an existing action  

 a merger or redirection of one or more actions towards another/a new action  

1.4. 

Objective(s) 

1.4.1.  General objective(s) 

This proposal has the objective of ensuring that the same framework as laid down in 
the  proposal  for  a  Directive  establishing  the  European  Disability  Card  and  the 
European  Parking  Card  for  persons  with  disabilities  applies  to  those  third  country 
nationals with a disability, who are not already covered by it, when travelling to or 
visiting  another  Member  State  for  a  short  period.  It  applies  to  those  third  country 
national who are legally residing in the territory of a Member State, whose disability 
status  has  been  recognised  by  that  Member  State,  and  who  are  entitled  to  move  or 
travel to other Member States in accordance with Union law. 

1.4.2. 

Specific objective(s) 

Specific objective 1: The proposal aims to provide holders of the European Disability 
Card  who  are  third-country  nationals  with  access  on  equal  terms  and  conditions  in 
the  Member  State  visited  or  of  travel  to  any  special  preferential  conditions  or 
preferential  treatment  with  respect  to  services,  activities  and  facilities  offered  to 
persons with disabilities. 

Specific objective 2: The proposal aims to provide holders of the European Parking 
Card  for  persons  with  disabilities  who  are  third  country  nationals  with  access  on 
equal  terms  and  conditions  in  the  Member  State visited  or  of  travel  to  any  parking 
conditions and facilities offered to or reserved for persons with disabilities. 

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As referred to in Article 58(2)(a) or (b) of the Financial Regulation. 

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1.4.3.  Expected result(s) and impact 

Specify the effects which the proposal/initiative should have on the beneficiaries/groups targeted. 

Increased number of legally residing third country national persons with disabilities 
benefitting  from  special  conditions  and/or  preferential  treatment  offered  to  persons 
with  disabilities  with  respect  to  services,  activities  and  facilities  when  visiting  or 
travelling to other Member States; 

Increased number of legally residing third country national persons with disabilities 
benefitting  from  any  parking  conditions  and  facilities  offered  to  or  reserved  for 
persons with disabilities when visiting or travelling to other Member States; 

Increased number of legally residing third country national persons with disabilities 
travelling to or visiting other Member States 

1.4.4. 

Indicators of performance 

Specify the indicators for monitoring progress and achievements. 

Number of Member States having transposed the Directive to date 

Number  of  European  Disability  Cards  issued  by  Member  States  to  legally  residing 
third-country nationals  

Number of European Parking Cards for persons with disabilities issued by Member 
States to legally residing third-country nationals  

1.5. 

Grounds for the proposal/initiative  

1.5.1.  Requirement(s) to be met in the short or long term including a detailed timeline for 

roll-out of the implementation of the initiative 

The  main  requirement  to  be  met  in  the  short  term  is  reaching  an  agreement  on  the 
legislative  proposal  establishing  the  Euoprean  Disability  Card  and  the  European 
Parking Card for persons with disabilities by the co-legislators, in the course of 2024, 
followed by agreement on the present proposal.  

1.5.2.  Added  value  of  Union  involvement  (it  may  result  from  different  factors,  e.g. 
coordination gains, legal certainty, greater effectiveness or complementarities). For 
the purposes of this point 'added value of Union involvement' is the value resulting 
from  Union  intervention,  which  is  additional  to  the  value  that  would  have  been 
otherwise created by Member States alone. 

EU  action  is  needed  and  justified  to  facilitate  the  possibilities  of  third-country 
nationals with disabilities to travel or move to other Member States to access special 
conditions  and/or preferential  treatment  for services, activities and facilities as  well 
as parking conditions and facilities across all Member States on an equal basis with 
residents  of  the  country  they  are  visiting,  and,  by  doing  so,  to  improve  the 
functioning of the single market for services,activities and facilities at EU level.  

The  problem  identified  has  a  cross-border  dimension  that  cannot  be  solved  by  the 
Member States on their own. Since the introduction of the EU parking card in 1998, 

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the Member States  have  included national  specific additions  or deviations from  the 
EU model parking card, which has led to a variety of cards across Member States. In 
addition,  Member  States  have  experienced  problmes  with  fraud  and  forgery  of  the 
cards.  Moreover,  the  Council  Recommendation  has  not  been  updated  to  reflect 
ongoing technological and digitalisation developments.  

While  the  EU  Disability  Card  pilot  project  worked  among  the  8  participating 
Member  States,  it  lacked  a  broader  EU-wide  dimension,  creating  significant 
uncertainty and unequal treatment of persons with disabilities travelling and visiting 
different  Member  States.  As  the  pilot  project  card  and  its  model  are  voluntary,  the 
same  problems  of  divergence  as  with  the  parking  card  would  likely  develop  over 
time.  

The necessity of EU action is directly linked to the cross-border nature of travel and 
related  challenges  faced  by  persons  with  disabilities  travelling  in  the  EU,  thus  the 
need  to  ensure  an  adequate  coordinated  approach  among  Member  States  in 
facilitating access to preferential conditions offered by services on an equal basis to 
residents in their country. As such, should the EU not intervene, current differences 
in  national  disability  cards  would  increase,  thus  the  different  treatment  of  persons 
with disabilities across the Member States  and inherent uncertainty (including legal 
incertainty) would remain.  

EU action adds value by introducing a mutually recognised instrument (the European 
Disability  Card),  facilitating  the  possibilities  for  persons  with  disabilities  who  are 
third-country  nationals  to  visit  or  move  to  other  Member  States  and  their  equal 
treatment  when  accessing  services,  activities  and  facilities  compared  to  residents 
with  disabilities  across  Member  States.  The  evaluation  study  on  the  pilot  EU 
Disability Card showed that in the eight Member States participating in the project, 
the EU action has enabled mutual recognition of disability status that would not have 
been  achieved  by  Member  States  acting  alone.  In  this  light,  the  intervention  of  the 
European Commission contributed to the implementation of the European Disability 
Strategy 2010-2020. 

1.5.3.  Lessons learned from similar experiences in the past 

The  European  Disability  Card  builds  on  two  instruments  already  in  place:  the  EU 
parking  card  and  the  EU  Disability  Card  pilot.  The  EU  parking  card  for  people 
with disabilities was created by Council recommendation 98/376/EC and amended 
in  2008.  It  provides  for  a  standardised  model  of  EU  parking  card  with  a  view  of 
ensuring its mutual recognition across the Member States, hence facilitating the free 
movement  of  persons  with  disabilities  by  car.  Despite  its  positive  role,  users  are 
facing difficulties in the use of the EU parking card. From 2018 to 2022, around 260 
enquiries about the EU parking card were submitted on the SOLVIT platform. Such 
complaints  mainly  regarded  uncertainties  as  to  the  rights  granted  by  the  card  to 
persons  with  disabilities  when  travelling  to  other  Member  States  (around  30%  of 
cases), mutual recognition of national parking cards, issued based on the EU model 
(around  25%  of  cases),  as  well  as  the  justification  for  fines  received  even  when 
showing the EU parking card (around 12% of cases). 

The  EU  Disability  Card  pilot  project,  tested  following  the  EU  Citizenship  Report 
2013,  was  carried  out  in  eight  Member  States  (Belgium,  Cyprus,  Estonia,  Finland, 
Italy,  Malta,  Romania  and  Slovenia)  in  2016-2018  and  remained  in  place  after  the 
end  of  the  project.  The  pilot  provides  a  common  format  for  a  card  for  voluntary 
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established  in  accordance  with  national  eligibility  criteria  or  rules,  for  access  to 
benefits  and  services  in  the  areas  of  culture,  leisure,  sport  and,  in  some  countries, 
transport.  In  case  of  no  action  the  recognition  of  their  national  disability  cards  and 
certificates  will  remain  voluntary  and  limited  when  it  comes  to  preferential 
conditions when accessing services, activities and facilities.  

1.5.4.  Compatibility  with  the  Multiannual  Financial  Framework  and  possible  synergies 

with other appropriate instruments 

The  proposal  is  compatible  with  the  European  Pillar  of  Social  Rights,  the  Strategy 
for the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and the UN Convention on the Rights of 
Persons with Disabilities. It is compatible with the Multiannual Financial Framework 
2021-2027. 

1.5.5.  Assessment  of  the  different  available  financing  options,  including  scope  for 

redeployment 

The proposal will not have any additional budgetary implications for the EU budget. 
As  stated  in  the  proposal  for  a  Directive  establishing  the  European  Disability  Card 
and  the  European  Parking  Card  for  persons  with  disabilities,  the  only  operational 
costs relate to  the organisation  of committee and expert group meetings, as well as 
support  for  the  checks  of  national  transposition  measures,  i.e.  operational 
appropriation  of  EUR  0.62  million  under  existing  budget  line,  as  well  as 
administrative expenditure of around EUR 0.342 million per year. This expenditure 
will  entail  an  internal  redeployment  of  funds  with  no  increase  in  the  amount.  The 
amounts referred to will not increase by the current proposal. 

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1.6. 

Duration and financial impact of the proposal/initiative 

 limited duration  

–    in effect from [DD/MM]YYYY to [DD/MM]YYYY  

–    Financial  impact  from  YYYY  to  YYYY  for  commitment  appropriations  and 

from YYYY to YYYY for payment appropriations.  

X unlimited duration 

–  Implementation with a start-up period from YYYY to YYYY, 

–  followed by full-scale operation. 

1.7.  Method(s) of budget implementation planned11  

 Direct management by the Commission 

–   by its departments, including by its staff in the Union delegations;  

–    by the executive agencies  

 Shared management with the Member States  

 Indirect management by entrusting budget implementation tasks to: 

–   third countries or the bodies they have designated; 

–   international organisations and their agencies (to be specified); 

–   the EIB and the European Investment Fund; 

–   bodies referred to in Articles 70 and 71 of the Financial Regulation; 

–   public law bodies; 

–   bodies governed by private law with a public service mission to the extent that 

they are provided with adequate financial guarantees; 

–   bodies governed by the private law of a Member State that are entrusted with 
the  implementation  of  a  public-private  partnership  and  that  are  provided  with 
adequate financial guarantees; 

–   bodies or persons entrusted with the implementation of specific actions in the 
CFSP pursuant to Title V of the TEU, and identified in the relevant basic act. 

– 

If more than one management mode is indicated, please provide details in the ‘Comments’ section. 

Comments  

The proposal will not have any additional budgetary implications for the EU budget. 

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Details of budget implementation methods and references to the Financial Regulation may be found on 
the BUDGpedia site: https://myintracomm.ec.europa.eu/corp/budget/financial-rules/budget-
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2. 

MANAGEMENT MEASURES  

2.1.  Monitoring and reporting rules  

Specify frequency and conditions. 

Within  [three  years  after  the  date  of  application]  of  the  Directive  establishing  the 
European  Disability  Card  and  the  European  Parking  Card  for  persons  with 
Disabilities,  and  every  five  years  thereafter,  the  Commission  will  submit  to  the 
European  Parliament,  the  Council,  the  Economic  and  Social  Committee  and  the 
Committee of the Regions a report on its application. The current proposal does not 
envisage additional monitoring and reporting rules. 

2.2.  Management and control system(s)  

2.2.1. 

Justification of the management mode(s), the funding implementation mechanism(s), 
the payment modalities and the control strategy proposed 

N/A 

2.2.2. 

Information concerning the risks identified and the internal control system(s) set up 
to mitigate them 

The controls are part of DG EMPL internal control system. These new activities will 
be covered by the same approach to identify risks and mitigate them. 

2.2.3.  Estimation and justification of the cost-effectiveness of the controls (ratio of "control 
costs ÷ value of the related funds managed"), and assessment of the expected levels 
of risk of error (at payment & at closure)  

The controls are part of DG EMPL internal control system. These new activities will 
generate non-significant additional costs of control at DG level. 

2.3.  Measures to prevent fraud and irregularities  

Specify existing or envisaged prevention and protection measures, e.g. from the Anti-Fraud Strategy. 

The  Commission  shall  ensure  that,  when  actions  financed  are  implemented,  the 
financial  interests  of  the  Union  are  protected  by  the  application  of  preventive 
measures  against  fraud,  corruption  and  any  other  illegal  activities,  by  effective 
checks  and  by  the  recovery  of  the  amounts  unduly  paid  and,  if  irregularities  are 
detected,  by  effective,  proportional  and  dissuasive  penalties.  The  Commission  is 
authorised  to  carry  out  checks  and  verifications  in  situ  under  this  Decision,  in 
compliance  Council  Regulation  (Euratom,  EC)  No  2185/96  of  11  November  1996 
concerning  on-the-spot  checks  and  inspections  carried  out  by  the  Commission  in 
order to protect the European Communities financial interests against fraud and other 
irregularities.  If  need  be,  investigations  shall  be  carried  out  by  the  European  Anti-
Fraud  Office  and  shall  be  governed  by  Regulation  (EC)  No  1073/1999  of  the 
European Parliament and of the Council of 25 May 1999 concerning investigations 
conducted by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF). 

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3. 

3.1. 

ESTIMATED FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE  

Heading(s)  of  the  multiannual  financial  framework  and  expenditure  budget 
line(s) affected  

•  Existing budget lines  

In order of multiannual financial framework headings and budget lines. 

Budget line 

Type of  
expenditure 

Contribution  

Heading of 
multiannual 
financial 
framework 

Number  

[XX.YY.YY.YY] 

Diff./Non-
diff.12 

from 
EFTA 
countries
13 

from 
candidate 
countries 
and 
potential 
candidates
14 

fromother 
third 
countries 

other assigned 
revenue 

Diff./Non
-diff. 

YES/NO  YES/NO  YES/NO 

YES/NO 

•  New budget lines requested  

In order of multiannual financial framework headings and budget lines. 

Budget line 

Type of 
expenditure 

Heading of 
multiannual 
financial 
framework 

Number  

Diff./Non-
diff. 

from 
EFTA 
countries 

Contribution  

from 
candidate 
countries 
and 
potential 
candidates 

from  
other 
third 
countries 

other assigned 
revenue  

[XX.YY.YY.YY] 

YES/NO  YES/NO  YES/NO 

YES/NO 

12 
13 
14 

Diff. = Differentiated appropriations / Non-diff. = Non-differentiated appropriations. 
EFTA: European Free Trade Association.  
Candidate countries and, where applicable, potential candidates from the Western Balkans. 

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3.2. 

Estimated financial impact of the proposal on appropriations  

3.2.1. 

Summary of estimated impact on operational appropriations  

–  X  The  proposal/initiative  does  not  require  the  use  of  additional  operational  appropriations  (cf.  COM(2023)  512  and  related 

legislative finanicial statement) 

–    The proposal/initiative requires the use of operational appropriations, as explained below: 

EUR million (to three decimal places) 

Year 
N15 

Year 
N+1 

Year 
N+2 

Year 
N+3 

Enter as many years as 
necessary to show the duration 
of the impact (see point 1.6) 

TOTAL 

Heading of multiannual financial  
framework  

Number 

DG: <…….> 

 Operational appropriations  

Budget line16 

Budget line 

Commitments 

Payments 

Commitments 

Payments 

(1a) 

(2a) 

(1b) 

(2b) 

Appropriations  of  an  administrative  nature  financed  from  the 
envelope of specific programmes17  

Budget line 

TOTAL appropriations 
for DG <…….> 

Commitments 

Payments 

(3) 

=1a+1b 
+3 

=2a+2b 

15 

16 
17 

Year N is the year in which implementation of the proposal/initiative starts. Please replace "N" by the expected first year of implementation (for instance: 2021). The same for the 
following years. 
According to the official budget nomenclature. 
Technical and/or administrative assistance and expenditure in support of the implementation of EU programmes and/or actions (former ‘BA’ lines), indirect research, direct research. 

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 TOTAL operational appropriations  

Commitments 

Payments 

  TOTAL  appropriations  of  an  administrative  nature 
financed from the envelope for specific programmes  

+3 

(4) 

(5) 

(6) 

TOTAL appropriations  
under HEADING <….> 
of the multiannual financial framework 

Commitments 

=4+ 6 

Payments 

=5+ 6 

If more than one operational heading is affected by the proposal / initiative, repeat the section above: 

  TOTAL  operational  appropriations  (all 
operational headings) 

Commitments 

Payments 

 TOTAL appropriations of an administrative nature financed 
from  the  envelope  for  specific  programmes  (all  operational 
headings) 

(4) 

(5) 

(6) 

TOTAL appropriations  
under HEADINGS 1 to 6 
of the multiannual financial framework 
(Reference amount) 

Commitments 

=4+ 6 

Payments 

=5+ 6 

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Heading of multiannual financial  
framework  

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‘Administrative expenditure’ 

This section should be filled in using the 'budget data of an administrative nature' to be firstly introduced in the Annex to the Legislative 
Financial Statement (Annex 5 to the Commission decision on the internal rules for the implementation of the Commission section of the general 
budget of the European Union), which is uploaded to DECIDE for interservice consultation purposes. 

Year 
N 

Year 
N+1 

Year 
N+2 

Year 
N+3 

Enter as many years as 
necessary to show the duration 
of the impact (see point 1.6)  

TOTAL 

EUR million (to three decimal places) 

DG: <…….> 

 Human resources  
 Other administrative expenditure  

TOTAL DG <…….> 

Appropriations  

TOTAL appropriations 
under HEADING 7 
of the multiannual financial framework  

(Total  commitments  = 
Total payments) 

TOTAL appropriations  
under HEADINGS 1 to 7 
of the multiannual financial framework  

Commitments 

Payments 

Year 
N18 

Year 
N+1 

Year 
N+2 

Year 
N+3 

Enter as many years as 
necessary to show the duration 
of the impact (see point 1.6) 

TOTAL 

EUR million (to three decimal places) 

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following years. 

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3.2.2.  Estimated output funded with operational appropriations  

Year 
N 

Year 
N+1 

Year 
N+2 

Year 
N+3 

OUTPUTS 

Commitment appropriations in EUR million (to three decimal places) 

Enter as many years as necessary to show the 
duration of the impact (see point 1.6) 

TOTAL 

o
N

Cost 

o
N

Cost 

o
N

Cost 

o
N

Cost 

o
N

Cost  N

o

Cost 

o
N

Cost 

Total 
No 

Total 
cost 

Indicate 
objectives and 
outputs  

 

Type19 

Avera
ge 
cost 

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE No 120… 

- Output 

- Output 

- Output 

Subtotal for specific objective No 1 

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE No 2 ... 

- Output 

Subtotal for specific objective No 2 

TOTALS 

19 
20 

Outputs are products and services to be supplied (e.g.: number of student exchanges financed, number of km of roads built, etc.). 
As described in point 1.4.2. ‘Specific objective(s)…’  

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3.2.3. 

Summary of estimated impact on administrative appropriations  

–  X  The  proposal/initiative  does  not  require  the  use  of  appropriations  of  an 

administrative nature  

–    The proposal/initiative requires the use of appropriations of an administrative 

nature, as explained below: 

EUR million (to three decimal places) 

Year 
N 21 

Year 
N+1 

Year 
N+2 

Year 
N+3 

Enter as many years as necessary to show the 
duration of the impact (see point 1.6) 

TOTAL 

HEADING 7 
of the multiannual 
financial framework 

Human resources  

Other administrative 
expenditure  

Subtotal HEADING 7 
of the multiannual 
financial framework  

Outside HEADING 722 
of the multiannual 
financial framework  

Human resources  

Other expenditure  
of an administrative 
nature 

Subtotal  
outside HEADING 7 
of the multiannual 
financial framework  

TOTAL 

The  appropriations  required  for  human  resources  and  other  expenditure  of  an  administrative  nature  will  be  met  by 
appropriations from the DG that are already assigned to management of the action and/or have been redeployed within the 
DG,  together  if  necessary  with  any  additional  allocation  which  may  be  granted  to  the  managing  DG  under  the  annual 
allocation procedure and in the light of budgetary constraints. 

21 

22 

Year N is the year in which implementation of the proposal/initiative starts. Please replace "N" by the expected first 
year of implementation (for instance: 2021). The same for the following years. 
Technical  and/or  administrative  assistance  and  expenditure  in  support  of  the  implementation  of  EU programmes 
and/or actions (former ‘BA’ lines), indirect research, direct research. 

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3.2.3.1.  Estimated requirements of human resources  

–  X  The proposal/initiative does not require the use of human resources.  

–    The  proposal/initiative  requires  the  use  of  human  resources,  as  explained 

below: 

Estimate to be expressed in full time equivalent units 

Year 
N 

Year 
N+1 

Year 
N+2 

Year 
N+3 

Enter as many years as 
necessary to show the duration 
of the impact (see point 1.6) 

 Establishment plan posts (officials and temporary staff) 

20 01 02 01 (Headquarters and Commission’s Representation 
Offices) 

20 01 02 03 (Delegations) 

01 01 01 01  (Indirect research) 

 01 01 01 11 (Direct research) 

Other budget lines (specify) 

 External staff (in Full Time Equivalent unit: FTE)23 

20 02 01 (AC, END, INT from the ‘global envelope’) 

20 02 03 (AC, AL, END, INT and JPD in the delegations) 

XX 01  xx yy zz  24 

- at Headquarters 

- in Delegations  

01 01 01 02 (AC, END, INT - Indirect research) 

 01 01 01 12 (AC, END, INT - Direct research) 

Other budget lines (specify) 

TOTAL 

XX is the policy area or budget title concerned. 

The human resources required will be met by staff from the DG who are already assigned to management of the 
action  and/or  have  been  redeployed  within  the  DG,  together  if  necessary  with  any  additional  allocation  which 
may  be  granted  to  the  managing  DG  under  the  annual  allocation  procedure  and  in  the  light  of  budgetary 
constraints. 

Description of tasks to be carried out: 

Officials and temporary staff 

External staff 

23 

24 

AC=  Contract  Staff;  AL  =  Local  Staff;  END=  Seconded  National  Expert;  INT  =  agency  staff; 
JPD= Junior Professionals in Delegations.  
Sub-ceiling for external staff covered by operational appropriations (former ‘BA’ lines). 

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3.2.4.  Compatibility with the current multiannual financial framework  

The proposal/initiative: 

–  X  can be fully financed through redeployment within the relevant heading of the 

Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). 

–    requires use of the unallocated margin under the relevant heading of the MFF 

and/or use of the special instruments as defined in the MFF Regulation. 

–    requires a revision of the MFF. 

3.2.5.  Third-party contributions  

The proposal/initiative: 

–  X  does not provide for co-financing by third parties 

–    provides for the co-financing by third parties estimated below: 

Appropriations in EUR million (to three decimal places) 

Year 
N25 

Year 
N+1 

Year 
N+2 

Year 
N+3 

Enter as many years as necessary 
to show the duration of the 
impact (see point 1.6) 

Total 

Specify  the  co-financing 
body  

TOTAL appropriations 
co-financed  

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Year N is the year in which implementation of the proposal/initiative starts. Please replace "N" by the 
expected first year of implementation (for instance: 2021). The same for the following years. 

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3.3. 

Estimated impact on revenue  

–  X  The proposal/initiative has no financial impact on revenue. 

–    The proposal/initiative has the following financial impact: 

–   on own resources  

–   on other revenue 

– 

please indicate, if the revenue is assigned to expenditure lines  

Appropriations 
available for 
the current 
financial year 

Budget revenue line: 

Article …………. 

     EUR million (to three decimal places) 

Impact of the proposal/initiative26 

Year 
N 

Year 
N+1 

Year 
N+2 

Year 
N+3 

Enter as many years as necessary to show 
the duration of the impact (see point 1.6) 

For assigned revenue, specify the budget expenditure line(s) affected. 

Other  remarks  (e.g.  method/formula  used  for  calculating  the  impact  on  revenue  or  any  other 
information). 

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As regards traditional own resources (customs duties, sugar levies), the amounts indicated must be net 
amounts, i.e. gross amounts after deduction of 20 % for collection costs. 

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