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Where the law stands, Dossier 2024/0089(BUD)

Draft amending budget no 2 to the general budget 2024 entering the surplus of the financial year 2023

· First reading

A decision on EU spending: the annual budget, amending budgets or emergency funds.

Where it stands

Published as law

Completed: published in the Official Journal on 10 December 2024 and now EU law.

  1. Referred to committee(done) 7 October 2024
  2. Committee work(done) Report adopted 7 October 2024
  3. Tabled for plenary(done) 8 October 2024
  4. Plenary vote(done) Adopted 22 October 2024
  5. Published as law(done) 10 December 2024

Decided in plenary

22 October 2024 · decision 3

EU budget & funds, Budget decision

Draft amending budget No 2/2024: entering the surplus of the financial year 2023

Passed 531 for · 91 against · 35 abstained by an overwhelming majority

AI summary:The draft amending budget enters the 2023 surplus of EUR 633 million into the 2024 budget.

What changed

  • Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament

    AI summary:The only substantive change is that the amending budget number in the final instruction is corrected from 2/2024 to 3/2024. The other changes are formal: adding the word "No" in references to the draft amending budget.

    See the changes →

  • Committee draft → Tabled for plenary

    AI summary:Adds emphasis on budget flexibility and increasing needs, and calls for progress on own resources reform.

    See the changes →

Who works on it

Lead committee
Budgets
Siegfried Mureşan (EPP)
Victor Negrescu (S&D), Bogdan Rzońca (ECR), Fabienne Keller (Renew), Rasmus Nordqvist (Greens), Alexander Jungbluth (ESN)

The text, version by version

Newest first.

  1. Adopted by Parliament· 22 Oct 2024

    Adopted text TA10-0023/2024

    AI summary:Parliament approved the Council position on Draft amending budget No 2/2024, which enters the 2023 surplus of EUR 633 million into the 2024 budget.

    What changed since Report A10-0005/2024 →

  2. Tabled for plenary· 8 Oct 2024

    Report A10-0005/2024

    AI summary:Parliament approves the Council position on Draft amending budget No 2/2024, which enters the 2023 surplus of EUR 633 million into the 2024 budget.

    What changed since Draft report (BUDG) →

  3. Committee draft· 28 Aug 2024

    Draft report (BUDG)

    AI summary:The draft report concerns Draft amending budget No 2/2024, which enters the 2023 surplus of EUR 633 million into the 2024 budget. It approves the Council position and notes the surplus components and the impact on member state contributions.

Timeline

Newest first.

Outcome 1 step
  1. 10 December 2024

    Published in the Official Journal

    The act is now EU law.

Plenary stage 2 steps
  1. 22 October 2024

    Plenary vote

    Sitting of 22 Oct 2024 Report A10-0005/2024Adopted text TA10-0023/2024

  2. 8 October 2024

    Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    Report A10-0005/2024

Committee stage 3 steps
  1. 7 October 2024

    Committee vote: report adopted

    BUDG (Budgets) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  2. 7 October 2024

    Referred to the BUDG (Budgets) committee

    The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.

  3. 28 August 2024

    Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in BUDG (Budgets). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    Draft report (BUDG)

Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2024/0089(BUD)