Communication: Technical adjustment of the financial framework for 2017 in line with movements in GNI and adjustment of cohesion policy envelopes

Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 (MFF Regulation) as amended by Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2015/623 of 21 April 2015 and as adjusted in the technical adjustment for 2016 contains the financial framework table for EU-28 for the period 2014-2020, expressed in 2011 prices.

According to Article 6(1) of the MFF Regulation, the Commission makes each year a technical adjustment to the multiannual financial framework (MFF) in line with movements in the EU's gross national income (GNI) and prices and communicates the results to the Council and the European Parliament.

At the same time the Commission calculates the margin available under the own-resources ceiling set in accordance with Decision 2007/436/EC, Euratom, the absolute amount of the Contingency Margin provided for in Article 13, the global margin for payments provided for in Article 5, and the global margin for commitments provided for in Article 14 of the MFF Regulation.

According to Article 7 of the MFF Regulation, the Commission shall in 2016, together with the technical adjustment of the financial framework for 2017, review all Member States' total allocations under the "Investment for growth and jobs" goal of the cohesion policy for the years 2017-2020.

The purpose of this communication is to present to the Council and the European Parliament the result of the technical adjustments (EU-28) for 2017 according to Article 6 of the MFF Regulation and of the review of the cohesion envelopes and corresponding adjustment of the ceilings according to Article 7 of the MFF Regulation.

See also:
- Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide for the payment of advances in the general budget of the Union for 2017
- Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument to finance immediate budgetary measures to address the on-going migration, refugee and security crisis
- Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the Contingency Margin in 2017

ESO: Background information: Draft EU Budget 2017: Commission proposes a budget focused on priorities - growth, jobs and a solid response to the refugee crisis http://www.europeansources.info/record/draft-eu-budget-2017-commission-proposes-a-budget-focused-on-priorities-growth-jobs-and-a-solid-response-to-the-refugee-crisis/

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