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REPORT (14878/2025 – C100301/2025 – 2025/0319(BUD))

On the Council position on Draft amending budget No 3/2025 of the European Union for the financial year 2025 - Adjustment in payment appropriations, update of revenues and other technical updates

A-10-2025-0237

Committee on Budgets · Rapporteur: Victor Negrescu

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Parliament approves the Council position on Draft amending budget No 3/2025, which updates revenues and adjusts payment appropriations for the 2025 EU budget. It welcomes increased payments for the ERDF and CAP, notes adjustments for agencies, and urges faster implementation of funds and recruitment.

Committee position. The Committee on Budgets proposes that Parliament approve the Council position on Draft amending budget No 3/2025.

Key points

  1. Approves the Council position on Draft amending budget No 3/2025.
  2. Welcomes the increased payment appropriations of EUR 2 billion for the European Regional Development Fund and reinforcements for the Common Agricultural Policy.
  3. Urges accelerated implementation of measures under ERDF, ESF+ and BMVI; welcomes faster uptake of STEP and expects over EUR 3 billion in additional payments to be used swiftly.
  4. Regrets decreases in commitments (EUR 78 million) and payments (EUR 48 million) for the Customs Control Equipment Instrument due to delays in Member States.
  5. Welcomes savings of EUR 5 million in commitments for the Technical Support Instrument from efficiency gains.
  6. Takes note of the slowdown in Ukraine Facility payments and encourages progress on reforms and investments.
  7. Regrets that adjustments to agency contributions stem from delays in recruitment or policy roll-out, such as for ESMA, EIOPA, EUAA, EMSA and EFSA.
  8. Calls for acceleration of hiring for the Anti-Money Laundering Authority due to continued delays.
  9. Welcomes incorporation of EUR 1,185.1 million in fines and penalties as genuine revenue reducing GNI contributions.
  10. Expresses doubts about repeated updates of customs duty revenue within the budget year.
  11. Agrees to integrate salary adjustments for 2025, implying a reduction of EUR 78.8 million in non-differentiated appropriations under Heading 7.

Who is affected

  • Member states: additional GNI contributions of EUR 31.9 million are required.
  • Decentralised agencies: adjustments to Union contributions, mostly technical, due to delays.
  • Anti-Money Laundering Authority: faces recruitment delays; Parliament calls for acceleration.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 123.7 million net increase in commitment appropriations.
  • EUR 2.52 billion net increase in payment appropriations.
  • EUR 1.19 billion in fines and penalties paid up to September 2025.
  • EUR 1.3 billion of additional Traditional Own Resources.
  • EUR 31.9 million additional GNI contributions required.
  • EUR 2 billion increased payment appropriations for ERDF.
  • EUR 1,185.1 million in fines and penalty payments.
  • EUR 78.8 million reduction in non-differentiated appropriations.

Legal basis: Article 314 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Article 106a of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community.