Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council. 9th financial report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund – 2015 financial year

The initial 2015 Draft Budget was adopted by the Commission and proposed to the Budgetary Authority on 24 June 2014. The commitment appropriations proposed for the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) under heading 2 of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020 totalled €43,903.8 million.

The Council adopted its position on the initial 2015 Draft Budget on 2 September 2014, reducing the commitment appropriations for EAGF by €48.5 million. The European Parliament adopted its position on 22 October 2014, increasing the commitment appropriations for EAGF by €41 million. On 15 October 2014 the Commission adopted Amending Letter (AL) No 1 to the 2015 Draft Budget, lowering the requested commitment appropriations for EAGF by €448 million compared to the initial Draft Budget.

The Commission submitted a new Draft Budget 2015 on 27 November 2014 requesting commitment appropriations for EAGF at €43,455.8 million. Following the presentation of this new Draft Budget for 2015, an intensive trilogue between the 3 parties (Commission, Council and European Parliament) took place on 8 December 2014. The Council agreed to the compromise package on 12 December 2014. Finally, the 2015 budget was adopted by the European Parliament on 17 December 2014. The budget's total commitment appropriations for EAGF amounted to €43,455.8 million and its payment appropriations amounted to €43,447.6 million.

EUR-Lex: SWD(2016)293: Commission Staff Working Document accompanying the report http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2016:293:FIN

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