Details
- Publication date
- 23 May 2018
- Related department
- Directorate-General for Budget
Description
Commission's proposal: Draft Amending Budget 3/2018, COM(2018) 310 – 23 May 2018
Council's position: 22 June 2018
Parliament's position: 4 July 2018
The Commission Decision on the Facility for Refugees in Türkiye was amended on 14 March 2018 in order to allocate an additional EUR 3 billion (a 'second tranche') to the Facility over the period 2018–2019. This amendment follows the successful implementation of the first tranche of the Facility with funding under the 2016 and 2017 budgets, as confirmed in the 2nd Annual Report on the Facility. The EU-Türkiye Statement of 18 March 2016 confirms that the EU would mobilise additional funding for the Facility by end-2018, bringing the total budget for the Facility to EUR 6 billion.
The present amending budget proposes to add EUR 500 million in commitment appropriations as the EU contribution to the second tranche to the EU budget in 2018, in addition to the EUR 50 million financed from the existing Humanitarian Aid budgetary envelope in 2018.
As the unallocated margin available under heading 4 Global Europe is not sufficient to cover this reinforcement (EUR 256,2 million), it is proposed to use the Global Margin for Commitments in accordance with Article 14 of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) regulation, for financing the balance (EUR 243,8 million).
The remaining EU budget contribution to the Facility will be proposed under the 2019 draft budget.