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BUDGETARY ASSESSMENT (COM(2025)0386 – C100141/2025 – 2025/0207(COD))

On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the European Chemicals Agency and amending Regulations (EC) No 1907/2006, (EU) No 528/2012, (EU) No 649/2012 and (EU) 2019/1021

BUDG-AD-781365

Committee on Budgets · Rapporteur: Hélder Sousa Silva

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The Committee on Budgets gives its opinion on the proposed regulation on the European Chemicals Agency, concluding it is compatible with the EU budget framework. It insists resources match tasks, welcomes single budget and staffing plans, and supports a reserve for the Agency.

Committee position. The Committee on Budgets approves the proposal's budgetary aspects, with conditions on resource alignment and monitoring of the reserve.

Key points

  1. Insists that resources allocated to the Agency must match its tasks; notes the proposal's financial impact is EUR 0.577 million in staff expenditure under Heading 1 and EUR 2.956 million in administrative appropriations for post-2027.
  2. Stresses that additional responsibilities during negotiations require reassessing financial implications and revising the legislative financial statement.
  3. Reiterates that new tasks for decentralised agencies should be financed with fresh appropriations, with limited redeployments.
  4. Welcomes the abolition of segregated budgets, grouping into a single budget line for the EU contribution, simplifying the budgeting model.
  5. Welcomes the abolition of segregated staffing plans, allowing better adjustment of staff allocations to workload.
  6. Underlines the importance of regularly assessing fee levels in light of cost changes, per Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/715.
  7. Considers that a reserve for the Agency promotes long-term sustainability, resilience, and protects EU budget interests; requires close monitoring.
  8. Determines the proposal is compatible with the MFF, own resources system, Interinstitutional Agreement, and Financial Regulation.

Who is affected

  • The European Chemicals Agency, as the proposal changes its budgeting and staffing structures.
  • The chemicals industry, as fee levels may be reassessed.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 0.577 million in staff expenditure under Heading 1 for the current MFF period.
  • EUR 2.956 million in administrative appropriations for the post-2027 MFF.