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Draft amending budget No 10/2020: Increase of payment appropriations and other adjustments to expenditure and revenue

TA-9-2020-0347 · P9_TA(2020)0347 · PE659.092

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Parliament approves the Council position on Draft amending budget No 10/2020, which raises payment appropriations by EUR 1 569,3 million and adjusts revenue and some expenditure. The extra payments cover competitiveness, cohesion, natural resources and global Europe, including support for SMEs, farmers and partner countries hit by the COVID-19 crisis. Savings at decentralised agencies cut payments by EUR 9,1 million, and fines of EUR 128 million reduce member states' own resources contributions. On revenue, other revenue falls by EUR 588 million, offset by higher gross national income contributions.

Key points

  1. Draft amending budget No 10/2020 raises payment appropriations in line with updated forecasts, after taking account of the redeployments in the 'Global transfer'.
  2. It adjusts the revenue side for exchange rate differences and additional fines collected, and makes limited expenditure adjustments for the European Agriculture Guarantee Fund and some decentralised agencies.
  3. Overall payment appropriations increase by EUR 1 569,3 million under headings 1a, 1b, 2 and 4.
  4. EUR 93,8 million in payments will help honour Loan Guarantee Facility obligations within COSME to support SMEs hit by the economic consequences of the COVID-19 crisis.
  5. EUR 750 million in additional payments under EAFRD will finance lump-sum payments to relieve farmers and small and medium-sized agri-businesses affected by the COVID-19 crisis.
  6. EUR 586 million in payments will support the Global EU response for partner countries through IPA II, the European Neighbourhood Instrument and the Development Cooperation Instrument.
  7. A review of budget implementation at decentralised agencies identified savings that reduce payment appropriations by EUR 9,1 million.
  8. Fines and penalty payments of EUR 128 million collected until the end of September 2020 reduce member states' own resources contributions to the Union budget.
  9. The overall revenue impact is a decrease of EUR 588 million in other revenue, rebalanced by a corresponding increase in gross national income contributions.
  10. Parliament approves the Council position on Draft amending budget No 10/2020.

Who is affected

  • Small and medium-sized enterprises: EUR 93,8 million in payments supports them through the COSME Loan Guarantee Facility.
  • Farmers and small and medium-sized agri-businesses: EUR 750 million in EAFRD payments provides lump-sum relief.
  • Partner countries: EUR 586 million supports the Global EU response through IPA II, ENI and DCI.
  • Decentralised agencies (ESMA, EIOPA, EBA and ELA): savings reduce their payment appropriations by EUR 9,1 million.
  • Member states: their own resources contributions fall by EUR 128 million in fines, but gross national income contributions rise by EUR 588 million.

Figures and deadlines

  • EUR 1 569,3 million: overall increase in payment appropriations.
  • EUR 93,8 million: payment appropriations for the COSME Loan Guarantee Facility.
  • EUR 750 million: additional EAFRD payment appropriations for lump-sum payments.
  • EUR 586 million: payment appropriations for the Global EU response.
  • EUR 9,1 million: reduction in payment appropriations from savings at decentralised agencies.
  • EUR 128 million: fines and penalty payments collected until the end of September 2020.
  • EUR 588 million: decrease in other revenue on the revenue side.

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.