COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS on the withdrawal of the Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) 2021/522, Regulation (EU) 2021/1057, Regulation (EU) 2021/1060, Regulation (EU) 2021/1139, Regulation (EU) 2021/1229 and Regulation (EU) 2021/1755 as regards changes to the amounts of funds for certain programmes and funds
Date: 2025-12-22
Institutions: Directorate-General for Regional and Urban Policy, European Commission
Subjects: EU programme, EU regional policy, European social policy, budgetary reserve (EU), commitment of expenditure, fisheries policy, fund (EU), multiannual financial framework, public health, public sector

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 22.12.2025  COM(2025) 799 final  COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS on the withdrawal of    the Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) 2021/522, Regulation (EU) 2021/1057, Regulation (EU) 2021/1060, Regulation (EU) 2021/1139, Regulation (EU) 2021/1229 and Regulation (EU) 2021/1755 as regards changes to the amounts of funds for certain programmes and funds  
 
 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 
The  Commission  hereby  informs  the  European  Parliament,  the  Council,  the  European 
Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions that it is withdrawing its 
proposal of  8 March 2024, entitled: 

Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending 
Regulation (EU) 2021/522, Regulation (EU) 2021/1057, Regulation (EU) 2021/1060, 
Regulation (EU) 2021/1139, Regulation (EU) 2021/1229 and Regulation (EU) 2021/1755 as 
regards changes to the amounts of funds for certain programmes and funds.  
COM(2024) 100 final, (2024/0060 COD) 

This proposal was included in Annex IV (Withdrawals) of the Commission Work Programme 
2025 (COM(2025) 45  final), where the Commission  indicated its intention to  withdraw the 
proposal  on  the  grounds  that  no  foreseeable  agreement  could  be  reached  between  the  co-
legislators. 

The co-legislators did not reach an agreement on the Omnibus package due to the diverging 
interpretation of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020 between the European 
Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on budgetary 
discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, as well as 
on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own resources 
(OJ L 433I, 22.12.2020, p. 28). As a result, the proposal remains formally pending, although it 
is no longer politically viable. 

The  original  Omnibus  proposal  also  included  a  Brexit  Adjustment  Reserve  (BAR)  related 
amendment,  intended  to  introduce  the  legal  basis  for  redistributing  the  outstanding  BAR 
amounts  among  Member  States.  The  BAR-related  amendment  was  not  as  such  considered 
problematic from the point of view of the Interinstitutional Agreement. Since the Omnibus has 
not advanced and is now being withdrawn, the BAR amendment contained within it can no 
longer be adopted through that package. 

In parallel, the Commission has therefore presented a new, targeted amendment to Regulation 
(EU) 2021/1755 of the European Parliament and of the Council1, providing the legal basis for 
the redistribution2. The content of the amendment is substantively identical to the provisions 
concerning the Brexit Adjustment Reserve included in the Omnibus proposal. Differences are 
limited to structure, labelling and numbering, recitals, and a revised explanatory memorandum. 
Consequently, the new amendment proposal replaces and supersedes the earlier proposal. 

In order to ensure legal clarity and coherence of the legislative framework, the Commission 
therefore proceeds with the formal withdrawal of the proposal. 

1 Regulation (EU) 2021/1755 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 October 2021 
establishing the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (OJ L 357, 8.10.2021, p. 1). 
2 COM(2025) 513 final