Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Council Decision 89/367/EEC setting up a Standing Forestry Committee
Date: 2023-11-22
Institutions: Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development, European Commission
Subjects: European forestry policy, expert group (EU), operation of the Institutions, standing committee (EU)

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 22.11.2023  COM(2023) 727 final 2023/0410 (COD)  Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Council Decision 89/367/EEC setting up a Standing Forestry Committee  
 
 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

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CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL 

Reasons for and objectives of the proposal 

On  29 May 1989,  the  Council  adopted  Council  Decision  89/367/EEC setting  up  a  Standing 
Forestry Committee1, in order to ensure closer and more constant cooperation in the forestry 
sector  between  the  Member  States  and  the  Commission,  and  thereby  support  forestry 
measures  initiated  under  the  European  Economic  Community’s  agricultural  structure  and 
rural development policy (Article 1).  

The Standing Forestry Committee is composed of representatives of the Member States and is 
chaired by a representative of the Commission (Article 3). 

In 2019, the Commission established the Working Group Forest and Nature, a sub-group of 
the  Coordination  Group  for  Biodiversity  and  Nature.  The  main  objective  of  the  Working 
Group is to provide advice and expertise to the Commission to help implement and evaluate, 
in  relation  to  forest  ecosystems  and  their  management,  the  European  Green  Deal,  the  EU 
Biodiversity  Strategy  for  2030  and  related  actions  and  the  post  2020  UN  Convention  for 
Biological Diversity framework. In the New EU Forest Strategy for 2030 2, the Commission 
took the view that ‘the wider contribution of forests to the European Green Deal objectives, as 
presented  in  the  Strategy,  including  for  climate,  biodiversity  and  sustainable  bioeconomy, 
necessitates  a  more  inclusive  and  better  coordinated  EU  forest  governance  structure, 
reflecting all the objectives of the new EU Forest Strategy and their interlinkages. Reinforced 
coordination of different policies should be ensured and a multidisciplinary exchange should 
be facilitated, with the involvement of a wide variety of experts and stakeholders. Given the 
increasing  interest  of  the  European  public  in  the  future  of  EU’s  forests,  transparency  of  the 
governance should also be guaranteed so that everyone can follow how the Commission and 
the  Member  States  are  assisted  in  delivering  on  the  objectives  of  the  New  EU  Forest 
Strategy.’ 

As  part  of  this  new  governance  structure,  the  Commission  proposes  to  amend  Council 
Decision 89/367/EEC through a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council. The 
Commission proposes to amend Council Decision 89/367/EEC to update the legal bases and 
the  policy  references,  to  rename  the  Standing  Forestry  Committee,    and  to  extend  its  tasks. 
The proposed decision would also clarify its membership to ensure that the Member States’ 
authorities  that  are  competent  for  the  different  policy  objectives  of  the  New  EU  Forest 
Strategy for 2030, including climate, forest health, environment, forestry, rural development 
and bioeconomy, and any subsequent Union Forest Strategies, are part of this group.  

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Consistency with existing policy provisions in the policy area 

The proposed amendments are fully consistent with the New EU Forest Strategy, specifically 
as regards a new governance that reflects all the objectives of the New EU Forest Strategy and 

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Council  Decision  89/367/EEC  of  29  May  1989  setting  up  a  Standing  Forestry  Committee, 
OJ L 165, 15.6.1989, p. 14. 
COM(2021) 572 final. 
content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:52021DC0572. 

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-

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their  interlinkages,  in  line  with  the  increased  climate  and  biodiversity  ambition  set  in  the 
European Green Deal. 

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Consistency with other European Union policies 

This  proposal  is  consistent  with,  and  contributes  to,  the  implementation  of  the  European 
Green  Deal  objectives,  the  EU  Biodiversity  Strategy  for  2030,  the  New  EU  Forest  Strategy 
for 2030, the common agricultural policy and the Fit for 55 package. 

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LEGAL BASIS, SUBSIDIARITY AND PROPORTIONALITY 

Legal basis 

The  proposal  is  based  on  Articles  43  and  192(1)  of  the  Treaty  on  the  Functioning  of  the 
European  Union.  Both  articles  provide  for  the  application  of  the  ordinary  legislative 
procedure.  

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Subsidiarity (for non-exclusive competence) 

The new governance aims at promoting effective coordination between the Commission and 
the  Members  States,  in  full  compliance  with  their  respective  competences  in  the  field  of 
forests and forestry and with the subsidiarity principle.  

The Treaties do not explicitly mention ‘forest policy’, but the EU has a range of competences 
that  may  relate  to  forests  such  as  climate,  environment,  rural  development  and  disaster 
prevention.  The  EU  has  already  exercised  these  competences  and  forests  are  covered  by  a 
number of legal acts. Within these areas of shared EU competence, forests and forestry do not 
fall within the Member States’ exclusive competence. 

The  New  EU  Forest  Strategy  for  2030  aims  to  overcome  challenges  that  affect  forests  and 
forestry (e.g. climate change, biodiversity loss, etc.) and unlock the potential of forests for our 
future, in full respect for the principle of subsidiarity. The Commission works closely with the 
Member States to implement the Strategy. 

• 

Proportionality 

The  proposal  does  not  go  beyond  what  is  necessary  to  achieve  the  objectives  of  ensuring 
reinforced cooperation and multidisciplinary exchange of views between the Commission and 
the Member States on forests and the forestry sector. The most effective way of achieving a 
more  inclusive  and  better  coordinated  EU  forest  governance  structure  is  to  amend  Council 
Decision 89/367/EEC, in order  to broaden the scope and clarify the tasks and the composition 
of  the  Standing  Forestry  Committee,  as  well  as  to  rename  it,  in  order  to  reflect  those 
amendments. 

The administrative burden for the  EU and the Member States is limited   -as Member States 
are  already  members  of  the  Standing  Forestry  Committee  and  they  nominate  their 
representatives-  and  does  not  go  beyond  what  is  necessary  to  achieve  the  objectives  of  the 
proposal, as Member States will ensure participation of the authorities that are competent for 
the different policy objectives of the New EU Forest Strategy for 2030. 

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Choice of the instrument 

The proposed instrument is a proposal for a decision of the European Parliament  and of the 
Council  amending  Council  Decision  89/367/EEC  of  29 May 1989  that  set  up  a  Standing 
Forestry Committee. 

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This proposal reflects the need to amend Council Decision 89/367/EEC of 29 May 1989 and 
make it fully consistent with the New EU Forest Strategy regarding a new forest governance.  

3. 

RESULTS 
CONSULTATIONS AND IMPACT ASSESSMENTS 

EVALUATIONS, 

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STAKEHOLDER 

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Stakeholder consultations 

The  proposal  would    amend  the    Council  Decision  89/367/EEC  that  set  up the  Standing 
Forestry Committee, that is a Member States’ consultative group. It will update and clarify the 
mandate  and  tasks  of  the  group  and  rename  it.  The  update  of  the  forest  governance  system 
was  announced  in  the  New  EU  Forest  Strategy  for  2030.  No  stakeholders  are  directly 
concerned because only Member States’ representatives can be members of the group.  

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Impact assessment 

No impact assessment is needed because the proposal is not expected to have any significant 
economic, social or environmental impact. It derives from the Commission’s commitment in 
the  New  EU  Forest  Strategy  for  2030  to  update  the  forest  governance  system.  The 
Commission proposes  to update Council Decision 89/367/EEC of 29 May 1989 setting  up a 
Standing Forest Committee (a group composed of Member States representatives) through a 
decision of the European Parliament and of the Council. 

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BUDGETARY IMPLICATIONS 

The financial statement attached to this proposal sets out the budgetary implications. 

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2023/0410 (COD) 

Proposal for a 

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

amending Council Decision 89/367/EEC setting up a Standing Forestry Committee 

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 43 and Article 192(1) thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee 3,  
Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions 4,  

Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

Council  Decision  89/367/EEC 5  set  up  a  Standing  Forestry  Committee,  in  order  to 
ensure  closer  and  more  constant  cooperation  in  the  forestry  sector  between  the 
Member  States  and  the  Commission  and  thereby  support  forestry  measures  initiated 
under the Union’s agricultural and the rural development policy.  

The  wider  contribution  of  forests  to  the  objectives  set  out  in  the  Commission 
Communication of 11 December 2019 entitled ‘the European Green Deal’ 6, including 
to climate, biodiversity and sustainable bioeconomy necessitates a more inclusive and 
better coordinated Union forest governance structure that reflects all the objectives of 
the Commission Communication of 16 July 2021 entitled ‘New EU Forest Strategy for 
2030’ 7 and their interlinkages.  

The  experience  and  expertise  of  the  Standing  Forestry  Committee  and  the  Working 
Group  on  Forest  and  Nature  on  issues  concerning  forests  and  forestry  arising  from 
various Union policies are important for the wider contribution of forests and forestry 
to key Union objectives and initiatives, such as the European Green Deal and the new 
EU Forest Strategy, and to promoting coherence and synergies between the Union and 
Member States’ policies relevant to forests and forestry.  

(4) 

The  most  effective  way  of  achieving  a  more  inclusive  and  better  coordinated  Union 
forest  governance  structure  is  to  broaden  the  scope  and  clarify  the  tasks  and  the 
composition  of the Standing  Forestry  Committee.. The Standing Forestry Committee 

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Council  Decision  89/367/EEC  of  29  May  1989  setting  up  a  Standing  Forestry  Committee, 
OJ L 165, 15.6.1989, p. 14. 
COM(2019)640 final. 
COM(2021)527 final. 

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should also be renamed as the Standing Forest and Forestry Expert Group, in order to 
reflect those amendments. At the request of the Commission or of a Member State, it 
should address any issue or aspect concerning forests and forestry arising from various 
Union  policies.  It  is  therefore  appropriate  to  ensure  that  Member  States  nominate 
representatives  from  the  authorities  that  are  competent  for  the  specific  policy 
objectives. 

(5) 

Decision 89/367/EEC should therefore be amended accordingly, 

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 

Decision 89/367/EEC is amended as follows: 

(1) 

the title is replaced by the following: 

Article 1 

‘Council  Decision  89/367/EEC  of  29 May 1989  setting  up  a  Standing  Forest  and 
Forestry Expert Group’; 

(2) 

Article 1 is replaced by the following: 

‘Article 1  

In  order  to  ensure  a  reinforced  cooperation  and  multidisciplinary  exchange  between  the 
Commission and the Member States on forests and the forestry sector in relation to all forest-
relevant Union policy areas, a Standing Forest and Forestry Expert Group, hereinafter referred 
to as “the expert group”, is hereby set up.’; 

(3)   Article 2 is replaced by the following: 

‘Article 2  

1. The Commission  may consult  the expert group on any issue or aspect concerning forests 
and  forestry  arising  from  the  various  Union  policies  either  on  its  own  initiative  or  at  the 
request of the representative of a Member State. 

2. In particular, the expert group’s tasks shall be: 

(a)  to  assist  the  Commission  in  the  preparation  of  legislative  proposals,  guidelines  or  other 
Union policy initiatives relevant to forests and forestry, including in the implementation of the 
New EU Forest Strategy for 2030 and subsequent Union Forest Strategies; 

(b)  to  provide  the  Commission  with  advice  and  expertise,  either  on  the  initiative  of  the 
Commission  or  at  the  request  of  a  Member  State,  with  a  view  to  supporting  the  wider 
contribution  of  forests  and  forestry  to  key  Union  objectives  and  initiatives,  such  as  the 
European  Green  Deal,  and  to  promoting  coherence  and  synergies  between  Union  policies 
relevant to forests and forestry;  

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(c)  to  promote  cooperation  between  the  Commission  and  the  Member  States  on  forests  and 
forestry,  including  in  support  of  measures  and  interventions  under  the  common  agricultural 
policy; 

(d) to foster the exchange of knowledge, experience and good practices in the field of forests 
and forestry.  

3. The European Parliament and the Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission, may 
assign other tasks to the expert group in connection with Union policies affecting forests and 
forestry.’; 

(4) Article 3 is replaced by the following: 

‘Article 3 

The expert group shall be composed of representatives of the Member States. 

Member  States  shall  nominate  their  representatives,  ensuring  participation  of  the  authorities 
that are competent for the different policy objectives of the New EU Forest Strategy for 2030, 
including  inter  alia  climate,  forest  health,  environment,  forestry,  rural  development  and 
bioeconomy and any subsequent Union forest strategies. 

The expert group shall be chaired by a representative of the Commission.  

The expert group's secretariat shall be provided by the Commission.  

The expert group shall adopt its own rules of procedure.’. 

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

Article 2 

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.  

Done at Brussels, 

Article 3 

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 ................................................. 9 

Title of the proposal/initiative ...................................................................................... 9 

Policy area(s) concerned .............................................................................................. 9 

The proposal/initiative relates to: ................................................................................. 9 

Objective(s) .................................................................................................................. 9 

1.4.1.  General objective(s) ..................................................................................................... 9 

1.4.2.  Specific objective(s) ..................................................................................................... 9 

1.4.3.  Expected result(s) and impact ...................................................................................... 9 

1.4.4. 

Indicators of performance ............................................................................................ 9 

1.5. 

Grounds for the proposal/initiative ............................................................................ 10 

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 .......................................................... 10 

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. ............................................................... 10 

1.5.3.  Lessons learned from similar experiences in the past ................................................ 10 

1.5.4.  Compatibility with the Multiannual Financial Framework and possible synergies 

with other appropriate instruments............................................................................. 11 

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

redeployment .............................................................................................................. 11 

1.6. 

1.7. 

2. 

2.1. 

2.2. 

2.2.1. 

2.2.2. 

Duration and financial impact of the proposal/initiative ........................................... 12 

Management mode(s) planned ................................................................................... 12 

MANAGEMENT MEASURES................................................................................. 13 

Monitoring and reporting rules .................................................................................. 13 

Management and control system(s) ........................................................................... 13 

Justification of the management mode(s), the funding implementation mechanism(s), 
the payment modalities and the control strategy proposed ........................................ 13 

Information concerning the risks identified and the internal control system(s) set up 
to mitigate them.......................................................................................................... 13 

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) .................................................................. 13 

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2.3. 

3. 

3.1. 

Measures to prevent fraud and irregularities .............................................................. 13 

ESTIMATED FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE ............ 14 

Heading(s) of the multiannual financial framework and expenditure budget line(s) 
affected ....................................................................................................................... 14 

3.2. 

Estimated financial impact of the proposal on appropriations ................................... 15 

3.2.1.  Summary of estimated impact on operational appropriations.................................... 15 

3.2.2.  Estimated output funded with operational appropriations ......................................... 18 

3.2.3.  Summary of estimated impact on administrative appropriations ............................... 20 

3.2.4.  Compatibility with the current multiannual financial framework.............................. 22 

3.2.5.  Third-party contributions ........................................................................................... 22 

3.3. 

Estimated impact on revenue ..................................................................................... 23 

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1. 

FRAMEWORK OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE  

1.1. 

Title of the proposal/initiative 

Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Council Decision 
89/367/EEC setting up a Standing Forestry Committee 

1.2. 

Policy area(s) concerned  

DG AGRICULTURE / DG ENVIRONMENT 

1.3. 

The proposal/initiative relates to:  

 a new action  
 a new action following a pilot project/preparatory action 8  

 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) 

1) Contribute to the implementation of the European Green Deal objectives, the EU 
Biodiversity  Strategy for 2030, the  New EU Forest  Strategy for 2030, the common 
agricultural policy and the Fit for 55 package. 

1.4.2. 

Specific objective(s) 

Specific objective number 

1) To broaden the tasks of the Expert Group.  

2) To clarify and broaden the  membership, ensuring that Member State authorities, 
which are competent for the subjects addressed, are part of this group. 

1.4.3.  Expected result(s) and impact 

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

The  proposal  will  create  a  more  inclusive  and  inter-disciplinary  Expert  Group 
reflecting  all  the  environmental,  social  and  economic  objectives  of  the  EU’s  New 
Forest Strategy. 

1.4.4. 

Indicators of performance 

Specify the indicators for monitoring progress and achievements. 

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

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Reinforced  cooperation  and  multidisciplinary  exchange  between  the  Commission 
and  the  Member  States  on  forests  and  the  forestry  sector  in  relation  to  all  forest-
relevant EU policy areas. 

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 Commission proposes to amend Council Decision 89/367/EEC of 29 May 1989 
through a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council to reflect the new 
governance of the New EU Forest Strategy for 2030. The Commission proposes to 
update the legal bases, the policy references and broaden the tasks of the Standing 
Forestry Committee and rename it to Standing Forest and Forestry Expert Group. The 
proposal would also clarify and extend the Expert Group’s membership, ensuring that 
Member State authorities which are competent for the subjects addressed are part of 
this group. 

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. 

A governance structure involving Member States experts to advise the Commission 
can only be ensured by EU-level action.  

The  Treaties  do  not  explicitly  mention  ‘forest  policy’,  but  the  EU  has  a  range  of 
competences  that  may  relate  to  forests  such  as  climate,  environment,  rural 
development  and  disaster  prevention.  The  EU  has  already  exercised  these 
competences, and forests are covered by a number of legal texts. Within these areas 
of  shared  EU  competences,  forests  and  forestry  do  not  fall  within  the  exclusive 
competence of Member States.  

The  New  EU  Forest  Strategy  aims  to  overcome  challenges  that  affect  forests  and 
forestry  (e.g.  climate  change,  biodiversity  loss,  etc.)  and  unlock  the  potential  of 
forests  for  our  future,  in  full  respect  for  the  principle  of  subsidiarity.  The 
Commission will work closely with the Member States for the implementation of the 
New EU Forest Strategy. The most effective way of achieving a more inclusive and 
better coordinated EU forest governance structure is to broaden the scope and clarify 
the  tasks  of  the  Standing  Forestry  Committee,  and  to  rename  it  to  reflect  these 
amendments.  It will  be  composed of relevant  competent  authorities of the Member 
States  responsible  for  the  policy  sectors  referred  to  in  the  New  EU  Forest  Strategy 
and will be chaired by a representative of the Commission. 

1.5.3.  Lessons learned from similar experiences in the past 

The Standing Forestry Committee was set up with Decision 89/367/EEC in order to 
ensure  closer  and  more  constant  cooperation  in  the  forestry  sector  between  the 
Member States and the Commission, and thereby support forestry measures initiated 
under  the  European  Economic  Community’s  agricultural  structure  and  rural 
development  policy.  The  wider  contribution  of  forests  to  the  European  Green  Deal 
objectives,  as  presented  in  the  New  EU  Forest  Strategy,  including  for  climate, 

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biodiversity  and  sustainable  bioeconomy,  necessitates  a  more  inclusive  and  better 
coordinated EU forest governance structure, reflecting all the objectives of the New 
EU  Forest  Strategy  and  their  interlinkages.  The  most  effective  way  of  achieving  a 
more inclusive and better coordinated EU  forest  governance structure is to broaden 
the  scope  and  clarify  the  tasks  and  the  composition  of  the  Standing  Forestry 
Committee.  The  Standing  Forestry  Committee  should  also  be  renamed  in  order  to 
reflect those amendments. 

1.5.4.  Compatibility  with  the  Multiannual  Financial  Framework  and  possible  synergies 

with other appropriate instruments 

To be equally financed from the global envelopes of DG AGRI and DG ENV. 

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

redeployment 

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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.  

× unlimited duration 

Implementation with a start-up period from 2023, 

followed by full-scale operation. 

1.7.  Method(s) of budget implementation planned 9  

× 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  

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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-
implementation/Pages/implementation-methods.aspx. 

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2. 

MANAGEMENT MEASURES  

2.1.  Monitoring and reporting rules  

Specify frequency and conditions. 

N/A 

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 

N/A 

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)  

N/A 

2.3.  Measures to prevent fraud and irregularities  

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

N/A 

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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  

Diff./Non-
diff. 10 

from 
EFTA 
countries
11 

from 
candidate 
countries 
and 
potential 
candidates
12 

from 
other 
third 
countries 

other assigned 
revenue 

7 

20 02 06 02 

/Non-
diff. 

NO 

NO 

NO 

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 

10 
11 
12 

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

EN 

14 

  EN 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3.2. 

Estimated financial impact of the proposal on appropriations  

3.2.1. 

Summary of estimated impact on operational appropriations  

×  The proposal/initiative does not require the use of operational appropriations  

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

EUR million (to three decimal places) 

Year 
N 13 

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 line 14 

Budget line 

Commitments 

Payments 

Commitments 

Payments 

(1a) 

(2a) 

(1b) 

(2b) 

Appropriations  of  an  administrative  nature  financed  from  the 
envelope of specific programmes 15  

Budget line 

TOTAL appropriations 
for DG <…….> 

Commitments 

Payments 

(3) 

=1a+1b 
+3 

=2a+2b 

+3 

13 

14 
15 

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. 

EN 

15 

EN 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 TOTAL operational appropriations  

Commitments 

Payments 

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

(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 

EN 

16 

EN 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Heading of multiannual financial  
framework  

7 

‘Administrative expenditure’ 

Year 
2023 

Year 
2024 

Year 
2025 

Year 
2026 

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: AGRI 

 Human resources  
 Other administrative expenditure  

0.015 

0.015 

0.015 

0.015 

TOTAL DG AGRI 

Appropriations  

0.015 

0.015 

0.015 

0.015 

DG: ENV 

 Human resources  
 Other administrative expenditure  

0.015 

0.015 

0.015 

0.015 

TOTAL DG ENV 

Appropriations  

0.015 

0.015 

0.015 

0.015 

TOTAL appropriations 
under HEADING 7 
of the multiannual financial framework  

(Total  commitments  = 
Total payments) 

0.030 

0.030 

0.030 

0.030 

EUR million (to three decimal places) 

EN 

17 

EN 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Year 
N 16 

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 

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

Commitments 

0.030 

0.030 

0.030 

0.030 

Payments 

0.030 

0.030 

0.030 

0.030 

3.2.2.  Estimated output funded with operational appropriations – NOT APPLICABLE 

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  

 

Type
17 

Avera
ge 
cost 

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE No 1 18… 

- Output 

- Output 

- Output 

Subtotal for specific objective No 1 

SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE No 2 ... 

16 

17 
18 

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. 
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)…’  

EN 

18 

EN 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
- Output 

Subtotal for specific objective No 2 

TOTALS 

EN 

19 

EN 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3.2.3. 

Summary of estimated impact on administrative appropriations  

 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 
2023 

Year 
2024 

Year 
2025 

Year 
2026 

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

TOTAL 

0.030 

0.030 

0.030 

0.030 

0.030 

0.030 

0.030 

0.030 

HEADING 7 
of the multiannual 
financial framework 

Human resources  

Other administrative 
expenditure  

Subtotal HEADING 7 
of the multiannual 
financial framework  

Outside HEADING 7 19 
of the multiannual 
financial framework  

Human resources  

Other expenditure  
of an administrative 
nature 

Subtotal  
outside HEADING 7 
of the multiannual 
financial framework  

TOTAL 

0.030 

0.030 

0.030 

0.030 

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. 

19 

Technical  and/or  administrative  assistance  and  expenditure  in  support  of  the  implementation  of  EU programmes 
and/or actions (former ‘BA’ lines), indirect research and direct research. 

EN 

20 

  EN 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3.2.3.1.  Estimated requirements of human resources  

×  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 (FTEs) 

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 units (FTEs))  20

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

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

XX 01 xx yy zz 21

- 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 

20 

21 

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

EN 

21 

  EN 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3.2.4.  Compatibility with the current multiannual financial framework  

The proposal/initiative: 

×  can  be  fully  financed  through  redeployment  within  the  relevant  heading  of  the  multiannual 

financial framework (MFF). 

Use of the global envelope of both DG AGRI and DG ENV. 

 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. 

Explain what is required, specifying the headings and budget lines concerned, the corresponding amounts, and the 
instruments proposed to be used. 

 requires a revision of the MFF. 

Explain what is required, specifying the headings and budget lines concerned and the corresponding amounts. 

3.2.5.  Third-party contributions  

The proposal/initiative: 

×  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 
N 22 

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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expected first year of implementation (for instance: 2021). The same for the following years. 

Year  N  is  the  year  in  which  implementation  of  the  proposal/initiative  starts.  Please  replace  "N"  by  the 

EN 

22 

  EN 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
3.3. 

Estimated impact on revenue  

×  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/initiative 23 

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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amounts, i.e. gross amounts after deduction of 20% for collection costs. 

As  regards  traditional  own  resources  (customs  duties,  sugar  levies),  the  amounts  indicated  must  be  net 

EN 

23 

  EN