New own resources to match our common ambition

To give itself the means to act, Europe must equip itself with a modern and diversified revenue stream. In turn, this will create means to fund its priorities while repaying what the EU has borrowed under NextGenerationEU and limiting the national contributions to the EU budget. 

Introducing new own resources will reduce the burden on Member States and ensure the sustainable funding of common EU policies.  To that end, the Commission presents five new own resources:

New sources of revenue for the EU budget*

On 16 July 2025, together with its proposal for the next Multiannual Financial Framework, the Commission proposed five new sources of revenue for the EU budget.

These resources will not create new taxes for Europeans, as the EU does not have the power to levy taxes. Tax instruments are mainly deployed at national level: the introduction of new categories of own resources will fully respect national fiscal sovereignty.

1. EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) based own resource: 30% of the revenues generated from existing ETS 1 to go to the EU budget. Expected to generate around €9.6 billion annually, on average

2. Carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) based own resource: 75% of the revenues generated to be entered into the EU budget. Expected to generate around €1.4 billion annually, on average. 

3. Non-collected e-waste based own resource: contribution resulting from the application of a call rate of 2 €/kg, annually adjusted for inflation, to the weight of non-collected e-waste. Expected to generate around €15.0 billion annually, on average. 

4. Tobacco Excise Duty Own Resource (TEDOR): 15% of the revenues based on the Member State-specific minimum rate for the manufactured tobacco and tobacco related products. Expected to generate around €11.2 billion annually, on average.

5. Corporate Resource for Europe (CORE): annual lump-sum contribution of all companies in scope operating and selling in the EU with an annual turnover above EUR 100 million. Expected to generate around €6.8 billion annually, on average.

^{(*) figures expressed in 2025 prices, on average over the period from 2028 to 2034}