At the EU ‘Energy’ Council meeting in Luxembourg on Monday 19 June, the EU27 voted unanimously in favour of the Draft Amending Budget No. 2 for the 2023 financial year, concerning the budgeting of the surplus resulting from the implementation of the 2022 financial year, which the Commission had presented on 12 April.
The outturn for the 2022 financial year showed a surplus of just over €2,519.01 million as a result of positive outturn on the revenue side of the budget (+€2,198.44 million) and under-outturn on the expenditure side (-€320.57 million).
On the revenue side, the budget’s own resources (+1830.26 million), surpluses, balances and adjustments (+246.89 million), administrative revenue (+170.32 million), financial products, interest on late payments and fines (+141.44 million) and, finally, revenue, contributions and refunds linked to EU policies (+190.47 million) were all positive.
In the ‘expenditure’ section, there was an under-outturn for the following categories: appropriations authorised under the 2022 budget (-286.95 million), cancellation of appropriations carried over from previous years (-130.19 million) and exchange rate variations on expenditure (+96.57 million).
By budgeting for this surplus from the 2022 financial year, the Member States’ overall contribution to the EU budget will fall in 2023, increasing own resources for the 2023 financial year from €156,572 million to €154,053 million.
To see the technical details of the Draft Amending Budget: https://aeur.eu/f/7lu (Original version in French by Pauline Denys)