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Document 52020DC0190

    DRAFT AMENDING BUDGET No 4 TO THE GENERAL BUDGET 2020 Accompanying the proposal to mobilise the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Portugal, Spain, Italy and Austria

    COM/2020/190 final

    Brussels, 30.4.2020

    COM(2020) 190 final

    DRAFT AMENDING BUDGET No 4
    TO THE GENERAL BUDGET 2020

    Accompanying the proposal to mobilise the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Portugal, Spain, Italy and Austria


    Having regard to:

    the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 314 thereof, in conjunction with the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 106a thereof,

    Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union (…) 1 , and in particular Article 44 thereof,

    the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2020, as adopted on 27 November 2019 2 ,

    amending budget No°1/2020 3 , adopted on 17 April 2020,

    amending budget No°2/2020 4 , adopted on 17 April 2020,

    draft amending budget No°3/2020 5 , adopted on 15 April 2020

    The European Commission hereby presents to the European Parliament and to the Council Draft Amending Budget No 4 to the 2020 budget.

    CHANGES TO THE STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE BY SECTION

    The changes to the general statement of revenue and to the statement of expenditure and revenue of section III are available on EUR-Lex ( https://eur-lex.europa.eu/budget/www/index-en.htm ).

    TABLE OF CONTENTS

    1.    Introduction    

    2.    Financing    

    3.    Appropriations requested in the budget of 2020    

    4.    Summary table by MFF heading    

    EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

    1.Introduction

    Draft Amending Budget (DAB) No 4 for the year 2020 accompanies the proposal 6 to mobilise the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) for an amount of EUR 278 993 814 to provide assistance to Portugal, Spain, Italy and Austria following natural disasters that took place in these Member States in the course of 2019:

    ·Portugal: damage resulting from the hurricane Lorenzo in the Azores in October 2019;

    ·Spain: flooding in the regions of Valencia, Murcia, Castilla-La Mancha and Andalucia in September 2019;

    ·Italy and Austria: extreme weather events resulting in flooding and landslides that affected most of the Italian territory (culminating in Venice flooding) as well as Carynthia and Eastern Tyrol in Austria in the autumn of 2019.

    DAB No 4/2020 proposes to enter the necessary appropriations in the general budget 2020, both in commitments and payments, after having deducted the advances already paid out to Portugal and Spain (EUR 6 495 606).

    2.Financing

    In accordance with Article 10(1) of the Council Regulation (EU, EURATOM) No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 7 (hereafter "the MFF regulation"), the total amount available for the mobilisation of the EUSF at the beginning of 2020 was EUR 1 150 524 045, being the sum of the 2020 allocation of EUR 597 546 284, plus the 2019 allocation of EUR 552 977 761 that remained unspent and was carried over to 2020.

    The amount that may be mobilised at this stage of the year 2020 is EUR 1 001 137 474. This corresponds to the total amount available for the mobilisation of the EUSF at the beginning of 2020 (EUR 1 150 524 045), minus the retained amount of EUR 149 386 571 in order to respect the obligation of keeping aside 25 % of the 2020 annual allocation until 1 October 2020 as stipulated by Article 10(1) of the MFF regulation.

    EUSF financing summary table

    Amount

    EUR

    2019 allocation carried forward to 2020

    552 977 761

    2020 allocation

    597 546 284

    -----------------

    Total available at the beginning of 2020

    1 150 524 045

    Minus 25% of the 2020 allocation retained

    -149 386 571

    -----------------

    Maximum amount currently available (2019+2020 allocations)

    1 001 137 474

    Total amount of aid proposed to be mobilised for Portugal, Spain, Italy and Austria

    - 278 993 814

    -----------------

    Remaining availabilities until 1 October 2020

    722 143 660

    3.Appropriations requested in the budget of 2020

    On the basis of the applications from Portugal, Spain, Italy and Austria, the calculation of the financial contribution from the EUSF, based on the estimate of total direct damages, is set at EUR 278 993 814.



    Considering the amount of EUR 6 495 606 that was already paid for these EUSF cases as advance, the Commission proposes to amend the budget 2020 by increasing budget line 13 06 01 by EUR 272 498 208 both in commitment and payment appropriations (see table below).

    Amounts in EUR

    Budget line

    Name

    Commitment appropriations

    Payment appropriations

    13 06 01

    Assistance to Member States in the event of a major natural disaster with serious repercussions on living conditions, the natural environment or the economy

    272 498 208

    272 498 208

    Total    

    272 498 208

    272 498 208

    4.Summary table by MFF heading

    In EUR

    Heading

    Budget 2020

    Draft Amending Budget 4/2020

    Budget 2020

    (incl. AB 1-2 & DAB3/2020)

    (incl. AB 1-2 & DAB3&4/2020)

    CA

    PA

    CA

    PA

    CA

    PA

    1.

    Smart and inclusive growth

    83 930 597 837

    72 353 828 442

    83 930 597 837

    72 353 828 442

    Ceiling

    83 661 000 000

     

     

    83 661 000 000

     

    Margin

     

     

     

     

    1a

    Competitiveness for growth and jobs

    25 284 773 982

    22 308 071 592

     

     

    25 284 773 982

    22 308 071 592

    Of which under global margin for commitments

    93 773 982

     

     

     

    93 773 982

     

    Ceiling

    25 191 000 000

     

     

     

    25 191 000 000

     

    Margin

     

     

     

     

    1b

    Economic social and territorial cohesion

    58 645 823 855

    50 045 756 850

     

     

    58 645 823 855

    50 045 756 850

    Of which under global margin for commitments

    175 823 855

     

     

     

    175 823 855

     

    Ceiling

    58 470 000 000

     

     

     

    58 470 000 000

     

    Margin

     

     

     

     

    2.

    Sustainable growth: natural resources

    59 907 021 051

    57 904 492 439

     

     

    59 907 021 051

    57 904 492 439

    Ceiling

    60 421 000 000

     

     

     

    60 421 000 000

     

    Margin

    513 978 949

     

     

     

    513 978 949

     

    Of which: European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) — Market related expenditure and direct payments

    43 410 105 687

    43 380 031 798

     

     

    43 410 105 687

    43 380 031 798

    Sub-ceiling

    43 888 000 000

     

     

     

    43 888 000 000

     

    Rounding difference excluded from margin calculation

    888 000

     

     

     

    888 000

     

    EAGF Margin

    477 006 313

     

     

     

    477 006 313

     

    3.

    Security and citizenship

    7 152 374 489

    5 278 527 141

     

     

    7 152 374 489

    5 278 527 141

    Of which under Flexibility Instrument

    1 094 414 188

     

     

     

    1 094 414 188

     

    Of which under global margin for commitments

    2 392 402 163

     

     

     

    2 392 402 163

     

    Of which under Contingency margin

    714 558 138

     

     

     

    714 558 138

     

    Ceiling

    2 951 000 000

     

     

     

    2 951 000 000

     

    Margin

     

     

     

     

    4.

    Global Europe

    10 406 572 239

    8 944 061 191

     

     

    10 406 572 239

    8 944 061 191

    Ceiling

    10 510 000 000

     

     

     

    10 510 000 000

     

    Margin

    103 427 761

     

     

     

    103 427 761

     

    5.

    Administration

    10 271 193 494

    10 274 196 704

     

     

    10 271 193 494

    10 274 196 704

    Ceiling

    11 254 000 000

     

     

     

    11 254 000 000

     

    Of which offset against Contingency margin

    - 966 558 138

     

     

     

    - 966 558 138

     

    Margin

    16 248 368

     

     

     

    16 248 368

     

    Of which: Administrative expenditure of the institutions

    7 955 303 132

    7 958 306 342

     

     

    7 955 303 132

    7 958 306 342

    Sub-ceiling

    9 071 000 000

     

     

     

    9 071 000 000

     

    Of which offset against Contingency margin

    - 966 558 138

     

     

     

    - 966 558 138

     

    Margin

    149 138 730

     

     

     

    149 138 730

     

    Total

    171 667 759 110

    154 755 105 917

    171 667 759 110

    154 755 105 917

    Of which under Flexibility Instrument

    1 094 414 188

    1 017 029 444

     

    1 094 414 188

    1 017 029 444

    Of which under global margin for commitments

    2 662 000 000

     

     

    2 662 000 000

     

    Of which under Contingency margin

    714 558 138

     

     

    714 558 138

    Ceiling

    168 797 000 000

    172 420 000 000

     

    168 797 000 000

    172 420 000 000

    Of which offset against Contingency margin

    - 966 558 138

     

     

    - 966 558 138

    Margin

    633 655 078

    18 681 923 527

     

     

    633 655 078

    18 681 923 527

     

    Other special Instruments

    587 763 000

    418 500 000

    272 498 208

    272 498 208

    860 261 208

    690 998 208

    Grand Total

    172 255 522 110

    155 173 605 917

    272 498 208

    272 498 208

    172 528 020 318

    155 446 104 125

    (1)      OJ L 193, 30.7.2018.
    (2)      OJ L 57, 27.2.2020.
    (3)      OJ L 126, 21.4.2020.
    (4)      OJ L 126, 21.4.2020.
    (5)      COM(2020) 180, 15.4.2020.
    (6)      COM(2020) 200, 30.4.2020.
    (7)    OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884.
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