Working documents 2023

Working Documents

Working Document I contains, pursuant to Article 41(3)(h) of the Financial Regulation, Programme Statements, which provide for each spending programme comprehensive information on the financial implementation and progress in achieving the programme objectives. This year, the Programme Statements present the status at the end of 2021 for two different multiannual financial frameworks (MFF): 2021-2027, and 2014-2020 for those programmes for which substantial payments are still being implemented.

EU budget performance

Find out how the EU budget is performing so far on the dedicated Programmes' performance webpages, which contain:

• Concrete examples of the main achievements of both the 2021-2027 and 2014-2020 programmes.
• For each 2021-2027 programme:
  • the 2021-2027 budget;
  • the rationale and design of the programme;
  • the legal basis;
  • the budget implementation;
  • the contribution to horizontal priorities (climate, biodiversity and gender);
  • an assessment of the performance of the programme based on currently available information.
• For each 2014-2020 predecessor programme (if applicable):
  • the budget implementation;
  • an assessment of the performance of the programme based on currently available information.

Working Document II presents information on the human resources of the EU institutions and executive agencies, and in particular for the Commission, both for the establishment plans and for external personnel and across all headings of the multiannual financial framework. Moreover, pursuant to Article 41(3)(b) of the Financial Regulation, it provides a summary table for the period 2020 – 2023 which shows the number of full-time equivalents for each category of staff and the related appropriations for all institutions and bodies referred to in Article 70 of the Financial Regulation.

Working Document III presents detailed information relating to all decentralised agencies and Joint Undertakings, with a transparent presentation of revenue, expenditure and staff levels of various Union bodies, pursuant to Article 41(3)(c) of the Financial Regulation.

Working Document IV presents information on all pilot projects and preparatory actions which have budget appropriations (commitments and/or payments) in the 2023 Draft Budget, pursuant to Article 41(3)(f) of the Financial Regulation.

Working Document V presents the budget implementation forecast for 2022, information on assigned revenue (implementation in 2021 and estimation for 2023) and a progress report on outstanding commitments (RAL) pursuant to Article 41(3)(d) of the Financial Regulation.

Working document VI encompasses administrative expenditure to be implemented by the Commission under the administrative heading of the multiannual financial framework (heading 7) in accordance with Article 317 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, as well as the budgets of the Offices (OP, OLAF, EPSO, OIB, OIL and PMO), pursuant to Article 41(3)(e) of the Financial Regulation.

Working Document VII presents information on buildings under Section III - Commission, pursuant to Article 266(1) of the Financial Regulation.

Working Document VIII presents information on human resources and expenditure related to the external action of the European Union, pursuant to Article 41(10) and (11) of the Financial Regulation.

Working Document IX presents funding provided to international organisations, across all MFF headings, pursuant to Article 41(43)(g) of the Financial Regulation.

Working Document X presents the use made of financial instruments, pursuant to Article 41(4) of the Financial Regulation.

Working Document XI presents the implementation of Budgetary Guarantees, the Common Provisioning Fund and the assessment of the sustainability of the contingent liabilities arising from budgetary guarantees and financial assistance pursuant to Article 41(5) of the Financial Regulation.

Working Document XII presents the activities supported by EU Trust Funds, their implementation and performance, pursuant to Article 41(6) of the Financial Regulation.

Working Document XIII presents summary statements of the schedule of payments due in subsequent years to meet budgetary commitments entered into in previous years, pursuant to Article 41(3)(i) of the Financial Regulation.