Brussels, 30/03/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 30 March, the EU Council of Ministers adopted preliminary draft amending budget No. 3 to the general budget for 2009. This act, still to be endorsed by the European Parliament, readjusts the financing of the budget in order to bring it into line with the new decision Own Resources Decision 2007/436/EC, which came into effect on 1 March 2009.
Thus, member states contributions to own resources are changed. Given the retroactive effect of the...