Active Monitoring and Forecast of Budget Implementation Autumn Information Note

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1 11 October INFO()/101 Active Monitoring and of Budget Autumn Information Note Contents 1. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS INTRODUCTION IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BUDGET at the end of September forecasts end Programmes with significant deviation from forecasts or implementation of last year June September implementation evolution Adjustments of payment appropriations (Global Transfer and Draft Amending Budget 4/) LATE INTEREST PAYMENTS ANNEX 1: IMPLEMENTATION AND FORECAST PAYMENTS EXCLUDING ASSIGNED REVENUES BY HEADING OF MULTIANNUAL FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK PROVISIONAL DATA... 16

2 1. SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS of payment appropriations on 30 September amounted to EUR 94,0 billion (66,8% of available appropriations) and was EUR 19,4 billion (14,9 percentage points) below the corresponding level of September This gap is slightly higher in both absolute value and percentage than in June. As expected, the shortage of payment appropriations experienced in previous years has been fully phased out, and allowed for the absorption of the abnormal backlog of payment claims, reflected in a considerable decrease in late payment interest. Updated Member States forecasts (July) of claims to be submitted for Economic, social and territorial cohesion (heading 1b), confirmed that the budgeted payment appropriations in will be more than sufficient to cover the current year's needs. The significant drop in payments for the operational programmes reaching the 95% payment ceiling was not offset by higher payments for programmes, which have not reached yet their "cruising" speed, partly due to delays in the designation of managing and certifying authorities, which is a prerequisite for payments to be made. In order to address the surplus of payment appropriations, on 30 September the Commission proposed Draft Amending Budget 4/ which reduces the total amount of payments by EUR 7,3 billion. The Commission has also proposed the usual annual clearing exercise the so-called Global Transfer - which aims to redeploy EUR 855,9 million of payment appropriations from programmes with lower than expected implementation to programmes requiring additional payment appropriations (mostly in heading 1a Competitiveness for Growth and Jobs and 3 Security and Citizenship). Apart from the reduced payments of heading 1b, in heading 2 Sustainable Growth Natural Resources the delayed submission of claims by Member States for the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) weigh heavily on the total implementation gap between and Nevertheless, this gap has been significantly decreased since June (by EUR 7,4 billion). By 15 October, which is the end of the EAGF year, the implementation gap is expected to have closed completely. 2

3 2. INTRODUCTION This report on the Active Monitoring and of Budget is the second analysis of the implementation (after the Summer report). As in the previous report, section 3 of this report compares the actual implementation of payment appropriations on 30 September with the forecasts (updated in August) as well as with the implementation at the same point last year. This part also analyses main programme deviations between implementation and forecasts as well as last year's implementation. In addition, there is a numerical and graphical presentation of the evolution of implementation since the previous AMFBI Summer Information Note. This section also deals briefly with the adjustments to payment appropriations proposed by the Commission in the Global Transfer and Draft Amending Budget (DAB) 4/. Section 4 of this document gives the latest figures on late payment interest. Finally, annex 1 provides a full picture (at the programme level) of the state of implementation in comparison with the forecasts and the implementation a year earlier. 3

4 3. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BUDGET 3.1. at the end of September This section compares implementation on 30 September with the monthly forecasts, and with the level of implementation at the same point in The analysis focuses on payment appropriations by heading. Furthermore, for those programmes having a significant impact on the budget 1, it provides more detailed analysis, when the implementation at the end of September deviates from the implementation forecast by more than 10 percentage points or by 10 percentage points compared to implementation at the same time in The analysis also includes programmes whose payment appropriations were reinforced or reduced by more than 10% in the Global Transfer or DAB 4/. The following table shows the implementation by heading at the end of September, the forecast for the same date, and the implementation a year earlier. MFF HEADING Available appropriations* (30 Sep ) 1a. Competitiveness for growth and jobs , ,0 62,7% ,5 62,1% ,1 70,4% 1b. Economic, social and territorial cohesion , ,4 55,8% ,7 57,9% ,0 76,2% 2. Sustainable growth: Natural Resources (EAGF) , ,2 80,4% ,1 94,9% 2. Sustainable growth: Natural Resources (other) , ,7 67,7% 8 780,8 68,0% ,6 86,4% 3. Security and Citizenship 3 029, ,7 69,0% 2 048,9 67,6% 1 283,6 65,1% 4. Global Europe , ,7 65,5% 6 859,1 66,7% 5 431,2 70,6% 5. Administration 5 448, ,0 70,8% 3 794,2 69,6% 3 697,8 69,9% Total , ,6 66,8% ,4 81,7% Total without EAGF and heading , ,4 60,3% ,9 61,4% ,5 75,9% * excluding assigned rev enue (30 Sep ) forecast (end-sep ) (30 Sep 2015) On 30 September, the implementation of payment appropriations reached EUR 94,0 billion (66,8% of available appropriations). Excluding the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) and administrative expenditure (heading 5), which are non-differentiated appropriations, the implementation was EUR 55,8 billion (60,3% of appropriations). This level of implementation (excluding the non-differentiated appropriations of EAGF and heading 5) is EUR 1,1 billion behind the forecast, mostly due to slower than forecast implementation of several programmes of heading 1b. In comparison with the implementation at the same time in 2015, implementation at the end of September is lower in both absolute (EUR 19,4 billion) and relative terms (14,9 percentage points). This gap can be attributed mostly to headings 1b (lower payment needs) and 2 (delay in agriculture direct payments). At the heading level, the table provides the following information: 1 Defined as the programmes having at least EUR 200 million of payment appropriations in. 4

5 For sub-heading 1a (Competitiveness for growth and jobs), implementation is slightly lower than in 2015 (EUR 88 million), which corresponds to 7,7 percentage points. It is, however, ahead of the forecasts (by EUR 101,4 million). For sub-heading 1b (Economic, Social and Territorial Cohesion), the implementation is lower in both absolute and percentage terms than in 2015 as well as below the forecasts. As already mentioned in the AMFBI Summer Information Note this is mostly due to lower payments for the programmes (programmes reaching the 95% payment ceilings), which are not offset by payment claims related to programmes. As confirmed by July Member States forecasts for Cohesion, there is a significant surplus of appropriations in this sub-heading. As a result, the Commission has proposed a Draft Amending Budget 4/, which reduces payment appropriations in. For heading 2 (Sustainable growth: Natural Resources, EAGF), as it was in June, implementation is clearly much below its 2015 level, which can be explained by delays of Member States in the implementation of the new direct payment schemes in agriculture in the first year after the CAP reform under the MFF However, the implementation gap has been significantly decreased since June (from EUR 15,2 billion on 15 June to EUR 7,8 billion on 30 September). Other programmes in heading 2 (mostly rural development) show a significantly lower implementation in than in 2015 in both absolute (over EUR 2,3 billion) and percentage terms (18,7 percentage points). This is the result of the lower payments for rural development programmes in the first part of the year. The implementation of these "other" programmes is in line with the forecasts and full implementation is expected for rural development. in heading 3 (Security and Citizenship) is EUR 807 million higher than in 2015, which corresponds to 3,9 percentage points. Programmes directly dealing with asylum, migration and border protection issues (AMIF and ISF), playing a key role in the current refugee crisis, as well as Food and Feed programmes lie at the origin of this higher implementation. The implementation is in line with the forecasts. For heading 4 (Global Europe), implementation is higher in comparison with 2015 in absolute terms (almost EUR 1,3 billion), though lower in terms of percentage (5,1 percentage points). The implementation is, at this stage, slightly behind the forecasts (1,2 percentage points). 5

6 3.2. forecasts end- The following graph shows the expected evolution of payments according to the forecasts in the last 4 months of. Full, or almost full, implementation is expected for all headings apart from heading 1b, whose payment appropriations are proposed to be significantly reduced in Draft Amending Budget 4/ as well as in the Global Transfer. Heading 3 shows an implementation rate above 100% as its appropriations are proposed to be increased through the Global Transfer. Of all the headings, 1a is the one with the highest percentage of appropriations still remaining to be implemented in the last months of. Whereas heading 4 has the most constant forecast pace of payment implementation, with payments very evenly distributed between September and December, a significant part of heading 2 (without EAGF) appropriations - 21% - are forecast to be paid in the last month of the year. After taking into account Draft Amending Budget 4/ and the Global Transfer full implementation is expected by the end of the year Programmes with significant deviation from forecasts or implementation of last year This section identifies 16 programmes having a significant impact on the budget (i.e. programmes with budgeted appropriations of at least EUR 200 million) for which the difference with the implementation forecasts or 2015 implementation at the same date is larger than 10 percentage points, or which were reinforced or reduced by more than 10% in the Global Transfer (GT) or DAB 4/. Annex 1 gives detailed implementation information for all the programmes. 6

7 European Fund for Strategic Investments (EFSI) 525,0 508,4 96,8% 512,4 97,6% 3,6 100,0% Increase in GT 500 The payment schedule of the budget item provisioning the EU Guarantee Fund is being revised to ensure sound management of the payment ceilings over the MFF period. The Commission proposes to frontload EUR 500 million of available payment allocations in order to reduce the pressure on the ceiling in following years International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) 469,9 370,2 78,8% 370,6 78,9% 313,4 78,7% Increase in GT 120 The EUR 120 million proposed as a reinforcement of ITER is necessary to carry out the following payments: Compensation from Euratom to the ITER Organisation following the transfer of the procurement responsibility for the delivery of two Vacuum Vessels. (EUR 71 million) Payment to the Japanese Domestic Agency (JADA) to cover manufacturing costs in the area of Toroidal Field Coil Structures and Central Solenoid Conductor. (EUR 49 million) European Earth Observation Programme (COPERNICUS) 584,4 317,0 54,2% 283,3 48,5% 491,0 96,5% The implementation of COPERNICUS follows an increasing trend in payment needs from 2014 onward. This trend is in line with the stage of development of the programme that entered its operational modus end 2014 and that is expected to reach cruising speed in terms of payments only in Most of COPERNICUS appropriations are consumed by payments to the European Space Agency (ESA). In 2015 a single payment of EUR 460 million was transferred to ESA at the end of September, which consumed almost 90% of the programme appropriations. In the payment to ESA is divided into two tranches: (1) EUR 222 million was paid in February/March ; (2) a second invoice amounting to EUR 240 million was received mid-september but was still in the payment workflow at the end of September. 7

8 Regional convergence (Less developed regions) , ,8 57,6% ,3 59,0% ,9 75,5% Reduction in GT Reduction in DAB Transition regions 2 788, ,9 42,3% 1 299,5 46,6% 638,0 81,2% Reduction in DAB Competitiveness (More developed regions) 8 343, ,5 44,9% 3 965,8 47,5% 6 337,8 84,1% Reduction in DAB European territorial cooperation 930,6 605,9 65,1% 603,4 64,8% 993,3 77,7% Reduction in DAB These reductions result from lower payment needs than those foreseen in the budget for both the and programming periods. Whereas the budget payment needs covering the programmes were estimated based on an expected end-2015 backlog of EUR 20 billion, the backlog was only EUR 8 billion. After analysing the data submitted by Member States in July and taking into account past experience regarding the concentration of invoices towards the end of the year, a reduction of EUR million in payment appropriations is proposed for the programmes. July's Member States' forecasts also confirmed that the overall level of interim payments for the programming operational programmes will be lower than initially foreseen (13% lower than the January forecasts and 27% lower than the July 2015 forecasts). After taking into account the recurrent over-estimation by Member States, and the delayed timetable for the designation of managing authorities, a reduction of EUR million in payment appropriations is proposed. 8

9 1.2.4 European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) 461,6 203,6 44,1% 267,6 58,0% 10,0 21,8% Lower than forecast FEAD payments at this point of the year are related to the delayed designation process, i.e. until the end of September only 17 Member States designated their authorities for FEAD. Moreover, Member States are not obliged from a regulatory point of view to provide any expected timing of designation of authorities nor forecast of payments, which leads the Commission to build forecast without feedback from Member States Youth employment initiative (specific allocation) 1 050,0 263,3 25,1% 485,9 46,3% 968,4 93,6% Member States declarations of expenditure for Youth employment initiative (YEI) have significantly deviated from the forecasts provided by them by the end of July. The level of payments at this point of 2015 was exceptionally high due the additional initial YEI prefinancing European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) - Market related expenditure and direct payments , ,2 80,4% ,1 94,9% As anticipated in the AMFBI Summer Information Note, the implementation gap resulting from delays in the implementation, by Member States, of the new direct payment schemes in agriculture in the first year after the CAP reform under the MFF , is gradually decreasing. Whereas in June the difference between implementation compared to 2015 amounted to over EUR 15 billion, it has now been reduced to less than EUR 7,8 billion. This implementation gap is expected to be fully absorbed by 15 October, which is the end of the EAGF year as regards expenditure incurred by Member States under shared management. 9

10 2.0.2 European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) , ,5 68,1% 8 008,5 68,2% ,2 89,2% The reason for the gap in implementation between and 2015 is twofold: For Rural Development Programmes, contrary to previous years payments can only relate either to the last Declaration of Expenditure (Q4-2015) or to the closure of programmes. Q payments represent about 56% of the total budget; they were almost entirely paid between January and March. Since then, almost no payment has been made. As regards the balance remaining on the line (approximately 44% of appropriations), it is intended for the closure of programmes only and the closure decision will not be adopted before December. Therefore, it is impossible for payments in to reach a level of implementation similar to that of 2015 at this time of the year because about 44% of the annual budget cannot be paid before December. For programmes, in 2015, the advances constituted 37% of the payment appropriations and almost 80% of all advances were paid by 30 September In advances constitute only 12% of payment appropriations. The rest (88%) is planned for the reimbursements of actual declarations of expenditure. While, similarly to 2015, advances have been paid during the first three quarters of, the declarations of expenditure come quarterly and so far only three out of four declarations have been reimbursed. In addition, one big Member State is experiencing delays with the area-related payments, which also has a negative impact on the implementation of the rural development programmes European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) 571,2 387,5 67,8% 393,6 68,9% 484,0 61,5% Reduction in DAB4-138,8 For the EMFF, the Commission proposes a EUR 118 million decrease in payment appropriations under shared management and EUR 21 million under direct management. Payment appropriation needs for the EMFF under shared management were reduced as a result of revised Member States forecasts (July) and the delayed designations of the certifying and managing authorities for 20 Member States. Notification of such designations is necessary before the Member States concerned can submit any interim payment requests. As regards the EMFF under direct management, the extensions of the duration for a number of actions have decreased the payment needs in, and part of the corresponding RAL will be decommitted. 10

11 3.0.2 Internal Security Fund (ISF) 396,0 302,0 76,3% 292,4 73,8% 242,4 68,9% Increase in GT 120,6 The Commission proposes to reinforce Internal Security Fund payment appropriations to be able to honour additional payment needs for emergency assistance as well as closure payments for national programmes of the External Borders Fund Food and Feed 243,0 125,0 51,4% 125,5 51,6% 47,5 23,4% The higher level of implementation at this point of (compared to 2015) is a consequence of the payments for the annual Eradication programmes now being implemented through direct reimbursement to Member States by the Authorising Officer by Sub-delegation (in accordance with Article 45 of Regulation (EU) N 652/2014). They do not require any more reimbursement decisions to be taken by the Commission. The payments to be made from this year have a time limit of 90 days, whereas, in previous years, requests for payments had to be assessed by end of October and were only paid in the last quarter of the year European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) 2 334, ,1 55,9% 1 471,2 63,0% 1 134,1 70,6% The European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) received a total allocation in payment appropriations for which was nearly 50% higher than in Even though the implementation rate is lower at this point of the year than in 2015, in absolute terms EUR 170 million more has been paid. According to the updated Commission forecast the highest payments are expected in October (EUR 327 million) and December (EUR 314 million). Full implementation of payment appropriations is expected at the end of the year. 11

12 4.0.3 Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI) 2 731, ,7 70,2% 1 900,2 69,6% 1 830,2 82,1% In absolute figures, Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI) implementation in is higher than in The lower implementation rate is a result of increased payment appropriations this year compared to those of last year. In 2015 the programme endured a severe lack of payment appropriations and by this time of the year appropriations on some budget lines were already fully exhausted. This year, the DCI has sufficient funds and the backlog of unpaid invoices from 2015 has been fully absorbed June September implementation evolution The implementation of payment appropriations increased by EUR 27,1 billion from June to September (19,2 % points). Heading 2, mostly due to the EAGF catching up, recorded the highest increase in absolute terms (EUR 12,1 billion). In billion MFF HEADING (30 Sep ) (15 Jun ) increase Total % 1a. Competitiveness for growth and jobs 11,0 62,7% 7,2 41,1% 3,8 21,6% 1b. Economic, social and territorial cohesion 27,3 55,8% 20,5 41,9% 6,8 14,0% 2. Sustainable growth: Natural Resources 43,0 77,5% 30,9 55,7% 12,1 21,8% 3. Security and Citizenship 2,1 69,0% 1,3 41,6% 0,8 27,4% 4. Global Europe 6,7 65,5% 4,6 45,0% 2,1 20,4% 5. Administration 3,9 70,8% 2,4 44,5% 1,4 26,3% Total 94,0 66,8% 66,9 47,6% 27,1 19,2% In terms of individual programmes' implementation, European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD), Environment and climate action (LIFE), CEF Energy and the Internal Security Fund were among the programmes with highest implementation increases between June and September. However, both FEAD and CEF Energy showed low implementation levels in June (below 20% of appropriations implemented). 12

13 As for programmes that have not advanced significantly since June, most of this group are heading 1b programmes such as Transition regions or Competitiveness. Their slow implementation confirms lower payment appropriations needs in as shown in Member States' updated forecasts in July. Slower implementation of programmes such as ITER during the summer is less alarming as it already reached an implementation rate of almost 70% in June. 13

14 3.5. Adjustments of payment appropriations (Global Transfer and Draft Amending Budget 4/) Proposed Global Transfer Available Available appropriations* MFF HEADING appropriations* DAB 4/ incl Global (30 Sep ) Increase Decrease Net Change Transfer and DAB 4 1a. Competitiveness for growth and jobs ,9 661,1-238,4 422,7 0, ,6 1b. Economic, social and territorial cohesion ,0 0,0-254,0-254, , ,0 2. Sustainable growth: Natural Resources ,1 0,0-21,2-21,2-148, ,5 3. Security and Citizenship 3 029,2 122,8-36,1 86,7 0, ,0 4. Global Europe ,2 72,0-263,6-191,6 0, ,6 5. Administration 5 448,1 0,0 0,0 0,0 0, ,1 Special Instruments 271,6 0,0-42,6-42,6-170,0 58,9 Total ,0 855,9-855,9 0, , ,7 * excluding assigned rev enue The Global Transfer proposal for amounts to some EUR 855,9 million in payment appropriations. The Global Transfer (like any other transfer) is a zero-sum operation whereby reinforcements are only possible if appropriations are made available from elsewhere. This year heading 1a (mostly EFSI) and heading 3 (Internal Security Fund) need reinforcement exceeding the availabilities within the headings. Therefore, it is proposed that they receive the surplus of appropriations in headings 1b, 2 and 4. Following Member States' updated forecasts for cohesion (July), which confirmed that available appropriations will be more than sufficient to cover the existing needs for both the and operational programmes, the Commission has prepared a Draft Amending Budget 4/, which decreases the level of payment appropriations by EUR 7,3 billion. This also comprises a EUR 148,4 million payment appropriations from heading 2 (mostly European Maritime and Fisheries Fund) and EUR 170 million from the Emergency Aid Reserve. 14

15 4. LATE INTEREST PAYMENTS The following table shows the late interest paid by September and September Payments of late interest at the end of September were almost 80% lower than at the same point of the previous year (see table below). Heading 4, as in previous years, concentrates the highest share of all interest paid. Within that heading, slightly over EUR 0,1 million was paid in interest for late payments in the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI), which is the programme with the highest accumulation of late interest. In Late interest Heading 22/09/ /09/ 1a Competitiveness for grow th and jobs b Economic, Social and Territorial Cohesion Sustainable grow th: Natural Resources Security and Citizenship Global Europe Other Total As a result of corrections of some input errors, the figures for show a level of late payment interest lower than in June (AMFBI Summer Information Note). 15

16 Description ANNEX 1: IMPLEMENTATION AND FORECAST PAYMENTS EXCLUDING ASSIGNED REVENUES BY HEADING OF MULTIANNUAL FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK PROVISIONAL DATA Available 30 Sep 30 Sep Amount % Amount % End-September Variation - forecast End- December 30 Sep 2015 % Amount % 1. SMART AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH 1.1 Competitiveness for growth and jobs 1.1.1X Large infrastructure projects European Fund for Strategic Investments 525,0 508,4 96,8% 512,4 97,6% -4,0 194,5% 3,6 100,0% European Satellite Navigation Systems (EGNOS & GALILEO) 524,8 332,4 63,3% 325,7 62,1% 6,7 102,3% 500,0 61,6% International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) 469,9 370,2 78,8% 370,6 78,9% -0,4 125,0% 313,4 78,7% European Earth Observation Programme (COPERNICUS) 584,4 317,0 54,2% 283,3 48,5% 33,7 99,0% 491,0 96,5% Nuclear Safety and Decommissioning 150,0 0,0 0,0% 77,2 51,5% -77,2 100,0% 50,0 33,4% 1.1.3X Common Strategic Framework (CSF) Research & Innovation Horizon , ,8 63,8% 6 338,5 62,5% 127,3 98,6% 6 669,3 73,4% Euratom Research and Training Programme 291,1 210,5 72,3% 214,0 73,5% -3,5 94,2% 264,7 75,8% Competitiveness of enterprises and small and medium-sized enterprises (COSME) 265,6 208,8 78,6% 193,3 72,8% 15,5 88,5% 279,7 81,6% Education, Training, Youth and Sport (Erasmus+) 1 812, ,6 81,0% 1 460,2 80,6% 8,4 99,6% 1 253,3 79,4% Employment and Social Innovation (EaSI) 94,7 79,6 84,0% 78,1 82,4% 1,5 143,6% 49,5 53,6% Customs, Fiscalis and Anti-Fraud 125,9 80,2 63,7% 82,5 65,5% -2,3 100,0% 77,3 72,0% 1.1.8X Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Energy 179,6 91,5 51,0% 64,0 35,6% 27,6 80,5% 53,6 67,2% Transport 1 417,2 296,7 20,9% 307,0 21,7% -10,3 68,1% 352,8 28,6% Information and Communication Technology (ICT) 80,2 18,5 23,0% 17,0 21,2% 1,5 102,2% 16,3 70,1% Energy projects to aid economic recovery (EERP) 176,0 68,5 38,9% 94,5 53,7% -26,0 83,5% 261,5 68,0% 1.1.OTH Other actions and programmes 209,6 151,3 72,2% 152,8 72,9% -1,5 91,9% 167,7 82,7% 1.1.SPEC Actions financed under the prerogatives of the Commission and specific competences conferred to the Commission 124,7 73,1 58,6% 80,4 64,4% -7,2 106,0% 79,7 68,0% 1.1.PPPA Pilot projects and preparatory actions 29,5 8,3 28,2% 7,5 25,2% 0,9 62,9% 11,9 67,0% 1.1.DAG Decentralised agencies 327,7 231,5 70,7% 220,7 67,3% 10,8 95,7% 173,6 73,9% SUB-TOTAL , ,0 62,7% ,5 62,1% 101,4 99,5% ,1 70,4% 1.2 Economic, Social and Territorial Cohesion Regional convergence (Less developed regions) , ,8 57,6% ,3 59,0% -392,5 85,5% ,9 75,5% Transition regions 2 788, ,9 42,3% 1 299,5 46,6% -119,6 70,3% 638,0 81,2% 16

17 Description ANNEX 1: IMPLEMENTATION AND FORECAST PAYMENTS EXCLUDING ASSIGNED REVENUES BY HEADING OF MULTIANNUAL FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK PROVISIONAL DATA Available 30 Sep 30 Sep Amount % Amount % End-September Variation - forecast End- December 30 Sep 2015 % Amount % Competitiveness (More developed regions) 8 343, ,5 44,9% 3 965,8 47,5% -218,3 69,1% 6 337,8 84,1% Outermost and sparsely populated regions 108,0 63,1 58,4% 63,0 58,3% 0,1 90,7% 25,4 100,0% Cohesion fund 7 099, ,8 74,7% 5 322,7 75,0% -21,9 106,2% 8 865,6 73,4% European territorial cooperation 930,6 605,9 65,1% 603,4 64,8% 2,5 74,9% 993,3 77,7% Technical assistance and innovative actions 205,2 93,7 45,7% 87,5 42,6% 6,2 105,9% 141,6 79,0% European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) 461,6 203,6 44,1% 267,6 58,0% -64,0 99,9% 10,0 21,8% Youth employment initiative (specific allocation) 1 050,0 263,3 25,1% 485,9 46,3% -222,6 100,0% 968,4 93,6% Contribution to the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) 382,8 6,3 1,7% 4,0 1,0% 2,3 209,8% 1,2 0,3% 1.2.PPPA Pilot projects and preparatory actions 12,6 2,5 19,7% 4,0 31,7% -1,5 90,4% 2,7 67,1% SUB-TOTAL , ,4 55,8% ,7 57,9% ,3 86,1% ,0 76,2% TOTAL SMART AND INCLUSIVE GROWTH , ,4 57,6% ,3 59,0% -927,9 89,6% ,1 74,8% 2. SUSTAINABLE GROWTH: NATURAL RESOURCES European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF) - Market related expenditure and direct payments , ,2 80,4% ,1 94,9% European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) , ,5 68,1% 8 008,5 68,2% -8,0 100,0% ,2 89,2% European Maritime and Fisheries Fund (EMFF) 571,2 387,5 67,8% 393,6 68,9% -6,1 77,4% 484,0 61,5% Regional Fisheries Management Organisations (RFMOs) and Sustainable Fisheries Agreements (SFAs) 132,3 43,5 32,9% 63,8 48,2% -20,3 100,0% 49,3 39,5% Environment and climate action (LIFE) 358,4 231,1 64,5% 239,2 66,7% -8,1 96,1% 231,1 66,9% 2.0.OTH Other Actions and Measures 30,0 24,0 80,0% 24,0 80,0% 0,0 80,0% 0,0 0,0% 2.0.SPEC Actions financed under the prerogatives of the Commission and specific competences conferred to the Commission 0,8 0,5 64,2% 0,5 64,2% 0,0 64,2% 6,9 76,3% 2.0.PPPA Pilot projects and preparatory actions 18,5 8,8 47,4% 9,1 49,1% -0,3 69,3% 8,4 61,6% 2.0.DAG Decentralised agencies 49,0 43,8 89,5% 42,1 85,9% 1,7 94,3% 46,7 92,5% TOTAL SUSTAINABLE GROWTH: NATURAL RESOURCES , ,9 77,5% ,7 93,0% 17

18 3. SECURITY AND CITIZENSHIP Description ANNEX 1: IMPLEMENTATION AND FORECAST PAYMENTS EXCLUDING ASSIGNED REVENUES BY HEADING OF MULTIANNUAL FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK PROVISIONAL DATA Available 30 Sep 30 Sep Amount % Amount % End-September Variation - forecast End- December 30 Sep 2015 % Amount % Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) 993,5 776,5 78,2% 732,9 73,8% 43,6 97,2% 309,2 76,3% Internal Security Fund (ISF) 396,0 302,0 76,3% 292,4 73,8% 9,6 135,8% 242,4 68,9% IT Systems 29,8 12,6 42,2% 14,0 47,0% -1,4 68,8% 12,5 76,4% Justice 45,4 20,3 44,6% 19,2 42,2% 1,1 83,3% 12,6 40,9% Rights and Citizenship 52,1 35,1 67,5% 32,2 61,9% 2,9 95,4% 24,8 63,7% Civil protection 27,8 7,4 26,8% 9,0 32,4% -1,6 98,0% 7,5 30,6% Europe for Citizens 24,2 21,2 87,8% 20,4 84,4% 0,8 108,8% 15,6 82,3% Food and Feed 243,0 125,0 51,4% 125,5 51,6% -0,5 98,1% 47,5 23,4% Health 70,8 36,6 51,7% 34,2 48,3% 2,4 81,1% 30,1 65,0% Consumer protection 21,4 16,5 77,2% 16,6 77,5% -0,1 119,1% 13,8 68,1% Creative Europe 197,7 108,4 54,8% 106,5 53,9% 1,9 92,2% 106,2 65,2% Instrument for Emergency Support within the Union (IES) 130,2 65,1 50,0% 63,9 49,1% 1,2 107,7% 0,0 0,0% 3.0.OTH Other actions and programmes 0,0 0,0 0,0 0,0% 3.0.SPEC Actions financed under the prerogatives of the Commission and specific competencies conferred to the Commission 89,2 62,2 69,8% 60,7 68,1% 1,5 102,4% 64,5 71,6% 3.0.PPPA Pilot projects and preparatory actions 15,6 6,0 38,6% 6,4 40,7% -0,3 66,4% 6,7 57,3% 3.0.DAG Decentralised agencies 692,6 495,8 71,6% 515,0 74,4% -19,2 100,6% 390,2 71,0% TOTAL SECURITY AND CITIZENSHIP 3 029, ,7 69,0% 2 048,9 67,6% 41,8 106,8% 1 283,6 65,1% 4. GLOBAL EUROPE Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance (IPA) 2 056, ,2 61,5% 1 173,2 57,1% 92,0 91,1% 805,1 53,1% European Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI) 2 334, ,1 55,9% 1 471,2 63,0% -167,2 100,4% 1 134,1 70,6% Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI) 2 731, ,7 70,2% 1 900,2 69,6% 16,5 100,6% 1 830,2 82,1% Partnership Instrument (PI) 114,4 63,1 55,2% 62,3 54,5% 0,8 82,0% 40,8 61,8% European Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR) 183,4 118,1 64,4% 122,4 66,7% -4,3 94,5% 107,9 71,4% Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace (IcSP) 310,7 242,6 78,1% 249,0 80,1% -6,4 110,0% 214,8 81,3% Humanitarian aid 1 599, ,2 77,0% 1 256,2 78,5% -25,0 104,2% 810,8 66,9% 18

19 Description ANNEX 1: IMPLEMENTATION AND FORECAST PAYMENTS EXCLUDING ASSIGNED REVENUES BY HEADING OF MULTIANNUAL FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK PROVISIONAL DATA Available 30 Sep 30 Sep Amount % Amount % End-September Variation - forecast End- December 30 Sep 2015 % Amount % Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP) 298,9 141,8 47,5% 153,5 51,4% -11,7 76,8% 173,3 66,4% Instrument for Nuclear Safety Cooperation (INSC) 105,9 83,0 78,3% 85,3 80,5% -2,3 99,8% 34,1 62,5% Macro-financial assistance (MFA) 79,7 5,1 6,4% 15,2 19,1% -10,1 19,2% 23,0 100,0% EU guarantees for lending operations 257,1 257,1 100,0% 257,1 100,0% 0,0 100,0% 144,4 100,0% Civil protection and European Emergency Response Centre (ERC) 18,9 4,5 23,7% 4,4 23,3% 0,1 66,3% 10,1 69,6% European Voluntary Humanitarian Aid Corps (EVHAC) 14,2 3,7 26,2% 6,3 44,4% -2,6 99,4% 1,1 29,9% 4.0.OTH Other actions and programmes 80,9 34,8 43,0% 37,4 46,3% -2,6 92,7% 28,2 48,5% 4.0.SPEC Actions financed under the prerogatives of the Commission and specific competences conferred to the Commission 60,9 42,0 69,0% 40,0 65,7% 2,0 103,8% 43,0 81,1% 4.0.PPPA Pilot projects and preparatory actions 17,2 6,1 35,3% 10,6 61,7% -4,5 100,0% 10,1 73,8% 4.0.DAG Decentralised agencies 20,0 14,7 73,7% 14,7 73,7% 0,0 100,0% 19,9 100,0% TOTAL GLOBAL EUROPE , ,7 65,5% 6 859,1 66,7% -125,4 97,7% 5 431,2 70,6% 19