On the Council position on Draft amending budget No 1/2024 of the European Union for the financial year 2024 Amendments of the 2024 budget required due to the MFF revision
BUDG-PR-759895
Committee on Budgets · Rapporteur: Siegfried Mureşan
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The draft report approves the Council position on Draft amending budget No 1/2024, which adjusts the 2024 EU budget to reflect the revised multiannual financial framework.¶¶ It welcomes increased funding for Ukraine, the European Defence Fund, the Western Balkans, and crisis response, while calling for monitoring and adjustments.¶¶¶ It also addresses staffing for the Artificial Intelligence Office and additional resources for the European Public Prosecutor’s Office.¶¶
Committee position. The Committee on Budgets approves the Council position on Draft amending budget No 1/2024, with observations and requests for future adjustments.¶
Key points
- Approves the Council position on Draft amending budget No 1/2024.¶
- Welcomes the draft amending budget, which includes reinforcements proposed by Parliament that were delayed by the MFF revision.¶
- Welcomes the mobilisation of EUR 4.8 billion from the Ukraine Reserve for grants to Ukraine, and stresses that loans do not require an amending budget.¶
- Welcomes the inclusion of interest rate subsidy payments for Macro-Financial Assistance to Ukraine, reducing pressure in Heading 6.¶
- Regrets that three national contribution agreements for interest rate subsidies are not in place and expects EUR 5 million to be deducted in a future amending budget.¶
- Welcomes the EUR 376 million reinforcement for the European Defence Fund, but insists that additional resources be used for STEP objectives.¶¶
- Welcomes the additional EUR 500 million for the Western Balkans, but considers the nomenclature not fit for purpose and wants greater granularity.¶
- Notes that only EUR 500 million of the EUR 3.1 billion Heading 6 reinforcements is included, and requests detailed information on managing changes.¶
- Welcomes increased financing for natural disasters and emergencies, and the split of the Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve.¶
- Calls on the Commission to monitor humanitarian aid needs and the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, whose 2024 allocation is reduced to EUR 33.8 million.¶¶
- Takes note of changes to budgetary remarks for the Digital Europe programme to finance Artificial Intelligence Office staff, but insists it is a temporary fix.¶
- Calls for additional resources for the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, given Poland’s accession and other factors, and regrets they were not included.¶
Who is affected
- Ukraine: receives EUR 4.8 billion in grants from the Ukraine Reserve.¶
- European Defence Fund: receives EUR 376 million reinforcement in 2024.¶
- Western Balkans: receives EUR 500 million, subject to adoption of the Reform and Growth Facility.¶
- European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: 2024 allocation reduced to EUR 33.8 million.¶
- Artificial Intelligence Office: staffing costs to be covered by Digital Europe programme.¶
Figures and deadlines
- EUR 5 833.7 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 4 143.6 million in payment appropriations increase.¶
- EUR 4.8 billion from the Ukraine Reserve for grants to Ukraine.¶
- EUR 5 million for interest rate subsidies, to be deducted later.¶
- EUR 376 million reinforcement for the European Defence Fund.¶
- EUR 1.5 billion planned transfer from the European Defence Fund to the European Defence Industry Programme.¶
- EUR 500 million for the Western Balkans.¶
- EUR 3.1 billion in reinforcements for Heading 6 between 2024 and 2027.¶
- EUR 33.8 million allocation for the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund.¶
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.¶¶