Amending budget No 5/2018

Commission's proposal: Draft Amending Budget 5/2018, COM(2018) 537 – 10 July 2018
Council's position: 18 September 2018
Parliament's position: 2 October 2018

The purpose of Amending Budget (AB) No 5 for the year 2018 is the following:

• To cancel, both in commitment and payment appropriations, the reserve related to the support to Türkiye from the Instrument for Pre-Accession (IPA II) as the condition set by the European Parliament and the Council for its lifting has not been met.
• To reinforce, in commitment appropriations, the European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) to fund additional actions linked to the Central Mediterranean migratory route and to fulfil part of the pledge made at the 24-25 April 2018 Brussels II conference "Supporting the future of Syria and the region".
• To reinforce, in payment appropriations, the Humanitarian Aid to cover the needs in pre-financing payments as a result of the reinforcements in commitment appropriations, decided at the end of 2017, from the Emergency Aid Reserve and as part of the Year-end transfer.
• To modify the establishment plan of the Innovation & Networks Executive Agency (INEA) in the context of the WiFi4EU initiative.

Overall this amending budget is neutral.