The European Parliament adopted by 596 votes to 7, with 28 abstentions, a resolution on the Council position on Draft amending budget No 1/2022 of the European Union for the financial year 2022 - budgeting the impact for 2022 budget of the Adjustment of the multiannual financial framework in accordance with Article 7 of Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027.

Parliament approved the Council's position on draft amending budget No 1/2022.

Draft amending budget No 1/2022 is linked to the adjustment of the multiannual financial framework in accordance with Article 7 of the MFF Regulation, which allows for the transfers of 2021 allocation of commitment appropriations either not used or carried over for nine funds under shared management, in the case of the adoption after 1 January 2021 of new rules or programmes under shared management.

Commitment appropriations not used in 2021 for programmes under shared management within the meaning of Article 7 of the MFF Regulation amount to EUR 48 988 299 856 in current prices, which corresponds to the entirety of 2021 commitment appropriations that were planned to be implemented in shared management for eight funds, as only the European Agriculture Fund for Rural Development programmes were fully adopted in 2021.

The purpose of Draft amending budget No 1/2022 is to reflect the specific impact of the transfer of 25 % of the allocations not used in 2021 to the year 2022 for eight funds under shared management (European Regional Development Fund, Cohesion Fund, European Social Fund Plus, European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund, Just Transition Fund, Asylum Migration and Integration Fund, Integrated Border Management Fund and Internal Security Fund).

The net impact of Draft amending budget No 1/2022 on expenditure amounts to an increase of EUR 12 247.1 million in commitment appropriations for the various funds under shared management under Headings 2a, 3, 4 and 5. No additional payment appropriations are requested by the Commission.

Concerned about the severe delays in the implementation of Union programmes and funds under shared management, Members urged all Member States and the Commission to accelerate the implementation of those programmes to ensure they are fully operational in 2022 and to catch up the backlog to ensure the full implementation of the programmes by 2027.

Highlighting the risks linked to an insufficient level of payment appropriations and recalling its commitment to prevent any future payment crisis, Parliament expects the Commission to present without delay any draft amending budget that is deemed necessary for an increase of payments linked to an acceleration of Union programmes and funds.

The Committee on Budgets adopted the report by Karlo RESSLER (EPP, HR) on the Council position on Draft amending budget No 1/2022 of the European Union for the financial year 2022 - budgeting the impact for 2022 budget of the Adjustment of the multiannual financial framework in accordance with Article 7 of Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027.

Draft amending budget No 1/2022 is linked to the adjustment of the multiannual financial framework in accordance with Article 7 of the MFF Regulation, which allows for the transfers of 2021 allocation of commitment appropriations either not used or carried over for nine funds under shared management, in the case of the adoption after 1 January 2021 of new rules or programmes under shared management.

The purpose of Draft amending budget No 1/2022 is to reflect the specific impact of the transfer of 25 % of the allocations not used in 2021 to the year 2022 for eight funds under shared management (European Regional Development Fund, Cohesion Fund, European Social Fund Plus, European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund, Just Transition Fund, Asylum Migration and Integration Fund, Integrated Border Management Fund and Internal Security Fund).

The net impact of Draft amending budget No 1/2022 on expenditure amounts to an increase of EUR 12 247.1 million in commitment appropriations for the various funds under shared management under Headings 2a, 3, 4 and 5. No additional payment appropriations are requested by the Commission.

While taking note of the draft amending budget 1/2022 presented by the Commission, Members expressed their concern about the serious delays in the implementation of EU programmes and funds under shared management. They therefore called on all Member States and the Commission to accelerate the implementation of those programmes to ensure they are fully operational in 2022 and to catch up the backlog to ensure the full implementation of the programmes by 2027;

Members want to prevent any future payment crisis, like that experienced at the beginning of the previous multiannual financial framework period; expects, therefore, the Commission to present without delay any draft amending budget that is deemed necessary for an increase of payments linked to an acceleration of Union programmes and funds.

The committee responsible recommended that Parliament approves the Council's position on draft amending budget No 1/2022.

The Council adopted its position on DAB No 1 to the general budget for 2022, as set out in the technical annex to Addendum 1 of the Council's explanatory memorandum.

The aim of this proposal is to reflect the specific impact of the transfer on the 2022 commitment appropriations for the different funds under shared management under headings 2a, 3, 4 and 5 of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for the years 2021 to 2027.

Overall, the net impact of this DAB on expenditure amounts to an increase of EUR 12 247.1 million in commitment appropriations for 2022 . No additional payment appropriations are requested.

The specific amounts to be transferred in 2022 are broken down as follows:

Heading 2a - Economic, social and territorial cohesion: EUR 11 605.4 million

- Regional development and cohesion (ERDF, Cohesion Fund): EUR 8 420 196 413;

- Investment in people, social cohesion and values (ESF+): EUR 3 185 189 904;

Heading 3 - Natural resources and environment: EUR 445.7 million

- Agriculture and maritime policy (European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund - EMFAF): EUR 162 411 579;

- Environment and climate action (Just Transition Fund): EUR 283 257 264;

Heading 4 - Migration and border management: EUR 169 million

- Migration (Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund): EUR 99 359 253;

- Border management (Integrated Border Management Fund - Instrument for financial support in the area of border and visa management): EUR 69 624 839;

Heading 5 - Security and defence (Internal Security Fund): EUR 27 million .

PURPOSE : presentation of Draft Amending Budget No 1/2022 budgeting the impact for 2022 budget of the adjustment of the multiannual financial framework 2021 to 2027.

CONTENT: the MFF Regulation for the years 2021-2027 was adopted in December 2020. The legislative framework for the funds under shared management for the period 2021-2027, and in particular the Common Provisions Regulation, was adopted in mid-2021. This meant that the legal framework for the programming exercise of the funds under shared management was in place at a late stage.

The MFF Regulation provides for a specific adjustment of the MFF ceilings, to be carried out by the Commission at the beginning of 2022, allowing for the transfers of 2021 allocation of commitment appropriations for the identified funds under shared management either not used or carried over, in the case of the adoption after 1 January 2021 of new rules or programmes under shared management.

The nine funds concerned are: (i) the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF); (ii) the Cohesion Fund (CF); (iii) the European Social Fund (ESF+); (iv) the Just Transition Fund (JTF); (v) the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFAF); (vi) the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF); (vii) the Internal Security Fund and (ix) the Border Management and Visa Instrument under the Integrated Border Management Fund (BMVI).

Draft Amending Budget (DAB) No 1 for the year 2022 reflects the specific impact of this transfer on 2022 commitment appropriations for the various funds under shared management under Headings 2a, 3, 4 and 5. The remaining transferred amounts will be reflected in the respective Draft Budgets of 2023, 2024 and 2025.

This DAB is necessary for the implementation in 2022 of all programmes which were not adopted in 2021 by the first instalment of budgetary commitments and the payment of pre-financing under these programmes. All 27 Member States are concerned by this re-programming exercise. A swift adoption of this DAB would prevent further delays in the implementation of the programmes.

In line with the provisions of the MFF Regulation, the amounts neither committed in 2021 nor carried over to 2022 are transferred in equal proportions to each of the years 2022 to 2025. Therefore this DAB reflects the transfer of 25 % of the allocations not used in 2021 (i.e. commitment appropriations not used nor carried over) corresponding to a total of EUR 12 247.1 million to the 2022 financial year.

The specific amounts to be transferred to 2022 are detailed as follows:

- Heading 2a - Economic, social and territorial cohesion: EUR 11 605.4 million.

- Heading 3 - Natural Resources and Environment: EUR 445.7 million.

- Heading 4 - Migration and Border Management: EUR 169 million.

- Heading 5 - Security and Defence: EUR 27 million.

Financing

Overall, the net impact of this DAB on expenditure amounts to an increase of EUR 12 247.1 million in 2022 commitment appropriations . No additional payment appropriations are requested.

The Commission does not propose any change to the level of payment appropriations in the context of this draft amending budget. As usual, it will keep budget implementation under close scrutiny, which may result in proposals for adjustment at a later stage in the year.