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DRAFT REPORT (00000/2025 – C100000/2025 – 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

BUDG-PR-778228

Committee on Budgets · Rapporteur: Victor Negrescu

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The draft report concerns the Council position on Draft amending budget No 3/2025, which updates revenues and adjusts payment appropriations. Parliament approves the position, noting a net increase of EUR 123.7 million in commitments and EUR 2.52 billion in payments. It welcomes increased payments for the ERDF and CAP, urges faster implementation of certain funds, and notes adjustments for decentralised agencies and additional revenues from fines and customs duties.

Committee position. The Committee on Budgets proposes to approve the Council position on Draft amending budget No 3/2025, as expressed in the motion for a resolution.

Key points

  1. Approves the Council position on Draft amending budget No 3/2025.
  2. Welcomes the net increase of EUR 123.7 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 2.52 billion in payment appropriations.
  3. Welcomes increased payment appropriations for the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) of EUR 2 billion, alongside CAP reinforcements, as a sign of faster programme implementation.
  4. 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.
  5. Regrets decreases in commitments (EUR 78 million) and payments (EUR 48 million) for the Customs Control Equipment Instrument due to delays in Member States.
  6. Welcomes savings of EUR 5 million in commitments for the Technical Support Instrument from efficiency gains.
  7. Takes note of slower absorption of payments under the Ukraine Facility and encourages progress on reforms and investments.
  8. Considers adjustments to decentralised agencies mostly technical; regrets that returns are due to delays in recruitment or new initiatives, and calls for acceleration of AMLA hiring.
  9. Welcomes incorporation of EUR 1,185.1 million in definitive fines and penalties, reducing GNI contributions.
  10. Takes note of budgeting EUR 1,300 million of estimated surplus of Traditional Own Resources but doubts repeated updates of customs duty revenue.

Who is affected

  • Member States: their GNI contributions are affected by additional revenues and payment adjustments, with a net increase of EUR 31.9 million required.
  • Decentralised agencies: their Union contributions are adjusted, with some appropriations returned to programme lines due to delays.
  • Beneficiaries of ERDF, CAP, and other funds: receive increased payment appropriations.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 123.7 million net increase in commitment appropriations.
  • EUR 2.52 billion net increase in payment appropriations.
  • EUR 2 billion increased payment appropriations for ERDF.
  • EUR 78 million decrease in commitments for CCEI.
  • EUR 48 million decrease in payments for CCEI.
  • EUR 5 million savings in commitments for TSI.
  • EUR 1,185.1 million definitive fines and penalties incorporated.
  • EUR 1,300 million estimated surplus of Traditional Own Resources budgeted.

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.