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DAB No 1/2016 deals with two different European Commission proposals: the provision of the initial financial means for the new instrument aimed at delivering emergency support inside the European Union (EU); and an increase in the staffing of the recently created European Counter-Terrorism Centre within Europol. The European Parliament has fast-tracked its examination of the proposals, while the Council also rapidly adopted its own position on the DAB.

The paper is prepared by the Economic Governance Support Unit in advance of the Economic Dialogue with the Commission on 15 December 2015. Vice-president Dombrovskis and Commissioner Moscovici have been invited to an Economic Dialogue on the European Commission opinions on the 2016 Draft Budgetary Plans of the Euro Area Member States based on Articles 7 and 15 of EU Regulation 473/2013.

The debate on the way to further enhance the economic governance in the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU) will remain on top of the European policy agenda in the foreseeable future. This note gives a short description of the state-of-play and possible developments of various governance instruments of EMU. This note is an update on an earlier version published on 22 June 2015.

This note gives an overview of the opinions by the European Commission on the 2016 Draft Budgetary Plans as submitted by Euro Area Member States to the European Commission and the Eurogroup during the autumn budgetary surveillance cycle of national budgetary policies.

La présente étude analyse le budget de l'Union européenne selon une perspective de genre, mettant en évidence l'incidence des décisions relatives aux recettes et aux dépenses sur l'égalité entre les femmes et les hommes. Elle couvre les dépenses opérationnelles de six domaines d'action, dans le but d'ouvrir la voie à une analyse plus approfondie et plus globale. Les auteurs de l'étude adoptent l'approche par les capacités, qui se fonde sur une définition large du bien-être humain, selon une logique ...

This study examines the budget structure and cost allocation, fee determination as well as treatment of surpluses/deficits and potential financial reserves of the partially selffinanced EU agencies (i.e. the agencies which carry out public tasks for the EU and provide services to clients from industry and are not co-financed by national public authorities), namely the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) and the European Medicines Agency (EMA). The study identifies ...

La présente note est le troisième document de travail rédigé par le département thématique B sur la réforme de la politique agricole commune. L’objectif de ce document est de présenter une analyse de la communication de la Commission intitulée «Un budget pour la stratégie Europe 2020», visant à faciliter le travail législatif des eurodéputés dans le cadre de la prochaine réforme de la PAC. Après une description de l’évolution historique du budget et des dépenses de l’UE pour la politique agricole ...

We are at the eve of a possible review of the EU budget and, at the same time, of a key CAP reform. The two issues are tightly connected and influencing each other and the outcomes will be mainly determined by the timing of the reforms. In this study we present some alternative scenarios that keep together different hypotheses of EU budget review and CAP reform, looking at how the net balances of Member States change accordingly. The instrument of the net balance is key in understanding the costs ...

La présente note examine les éléments politiques et scientifiques qui peuvent éclairer quelque peu le budget probable de la PAC pour l’après 2013. Des incertitudes substantielles existent concernant la disponibilité des financements, les besoins de financement et la relation entre la PAC et les autres politiques. Si la PAC tend à se limiter à promouvoir les biens publics européens, on peut supposer qu’un budget significativement réduit sera suffisant et que la concurrence d’autres domaines politiques ...

The study describes the various estimates made of the annual global cost of tackling climate change, ranging from €230 to €614 billion. The EU's share in this ranges from €24 to €194 billion. The study then analyses the resources devoted to climate change in the EU budget and includes suggestions for rectifying shortcomings identified. Overall, although it is difficult to put a precise figure on the amount that should be included in the EU budget, current spending appears rather modest and could ...