Amending budget No 2/2017

Commission's proposal: Draft Amending Budget 2/2017, COM(2017) 188 - 12 April 2017
Council's position: 8 June 2017
Parliament's position: 4 July 2017

The present Amending Budget (AB) No 2/2017 is intended to enter in the budget 2017 the surplus resulting from the implementation of the budget year 2016. As provided for in the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the Union, under Article 18 § 3, it is the only subject of this AB and it has to be submitted within 15 days following the submission of the provisional accounts at end of March 2017.

The implementation of the budget year 2016 shows a surplus of EUR 6 404 529 791,03 (excluding the outturn of contributions received from European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries part of the European Economic Area (EEA) agreement), which is therefore entered as revenue in the 2017 budget.