detailed list of budgetary posts and number of persons in post

detailed list of budgetary posts and numbers of persons in post

Negotiating Committee for Extra-budgetary Funds

Reserve for terminal payments of non-UNDP extra-budgetary experts

Special Account for Extra-budgetary Operations

43. Insists that, if the Europe 2020 strategy is to be credible, greater compatibility and complementarity is needed between national budgets of the EU 27 Member States and the EU budget; underlines the greater role the EU budget should play in that respect by pooling resources together ; considers therefore the post 2013 EU budget must focus on key policy priorities of this strategy and should aim at increasing the level of EU expenditures to the agreed own resources ceiling of 1,24% of gross national income (in payments) and 1,31% (in commitments); insists that in the short and medium term the Commission makes a proposal before the ...[+++]end of first semester 2010 to revise the ceilings of the current MFF 2007-13 in order to find extra budgetary means to start implementing the goals of the Europe 2020 strategy, particularly when it comes to financing the proposed flagship initiatives; points out as well to the need to continue exploring new EU financing instruments such as Eurobonds as well as a new financing system for the EU budget, including a financial transactions tax and green taxes; furthermore, underlines the need for the EU budget and all sources of funding to reflect the need to fund the transition towards an environmentally sustainable economy;

I would also like to set great store by the fact, Commissioner, this being a matter of concern for the Committee on Budgetary Control, that the Commission declares itself ready, in presenting the fifth supplementary and amending budget, to introduce the extra 15 posts called for in the agreement by the Committee on Budgetary Control.

The budgetary authority also approved the Commission's request for 400 extra posts for its own departments, thereby providing firm support for reforms within the Commission.

"The extra posts are absolutely vital if the Commission is to carry out its core tasks and meet its current policy priorities satisfactorily," declared the Budget Commissioner Michaele Schreyer when sending the Letter of Amendment to the budgetary authority.