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ISSUE 17 – 2025
MONDAY, 13 OCTOBER 2025
15.00 – 18.45
SPINELLI 3G2, BRUSSELS
BUDG NEWSLETTER – ISSUE 17 – 2025
*** Monday, 13 October 2025, 15.00 – 18.45 ***
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2025 Budget: Other Sections
Transfers
– European Parliament (EP):
C9/2025
The purpose of this transfer is to ensure the partial coverage of the
initial needs for the SPAAK building renovation project, primarily
Rapporteur:
Niclas Herbst (EPP)
Shadow Rapporteurs:
Nils Ušakovs (S&D)
Auke Zijlstra (PfE)
Bogdan Rzońca (ECR)
Fabienne Keller (Renew)
Kai Tegethoff (Greens/EFA)
related to design and project consultancy services. The requested
João Oliveira (The Left)
appropriations also aim to fund the preparatory actions necessary to
Alexander Jungbluth (ESN)
initiate the works, and the moves to be completed in view of the
renovation. The transfer intends to reinforce item 2007 “Construction
2370 “Removals” by EUR 60 000.
Availability of appropriations in article 4000 “Current administrative expenditure and expenditure relating to
C10/2025
The purpose of this transfer is to ensure the financing of upgrading the conference installations in the
meeting rooms of four Parliament buildings (SPINELLI Brussels, PFLIMLIN Strasbourg, ADENAUER
Luxembourg, DE MADARIAGA Strasbourg), and some preparatory actions in the SPINELLI building, as a
consequence of the SPAAK building’s scheduled renovation. The transfer intends to reinforce item 2140
Availability of appropriations in item 4000 “Current administrative expenditure and expenditure relating to
the political and information activities of the political groups and non-attached Members” (EUR 230 000), in
political foundations” (EUR 352 000) make this transfer possible.
C11/2025
ITEC for IT cybersecurity, business applications, infrastructure and equipment management. The transfer
intends to reinforce item 2101 “Business applications management” by EUR 894 500, item 2102
This transfer is made possible through the internal reallocation of available appropriations totalling EUR 7
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– European Economic and Social Committee (EESC):
INF 7/2025
“Maintenance and cleaning” by EUR 339 904 to cover the deficit due to insufficient budgetary appropriations.
The transfer is made possible due to estimated savings on eight lines, in particular on item 1200
INF 8/2025
This transfer is intended to reinforce item 2102 “Outside assistance for the operation, development and
maintenance of software systems” by EUR 220 991 to support four different IT projects.
The transfer is made possible due to estimated savings on item 1200 “Remuneration and allowances” due to
a higher number of retirements and delays in recruitment of officials.
INF 9/2025
This transfer is intended to reinforce item 2602 “Publishing and promotion of publications” by EUR 176 500
to strengthen the EESC’s social media activities by supporting three different communication projects.
The transfer is made possible due to estimated savings on item 1200 “Remuneration and allowances” due to
a higher number of retirements and delays in recruitment of officials.
– European Committee of the Regions (CoR):
INF 6/2025
These expenditures concern joint CoR-EESC projects and with this transfer of appropriations, the CoR is
providing its share of the financial contribution.
The transfer is made possible due to estimated savings on item 1200 “Remuneration and Allowances” (EUR 1
075 775), item 1400 “Other staff” (EUR 300 000), item 230 “Stationery, office supplies and miscellaneous
consumables” (EUR 20 016) and item 2540 “Costs of meetings organised in Brussels” (EUR 50 000).
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– European External Action Service (EEAS)
INF 1/2025
000, item 1500 “Social services and assistance to staff” by EUR 380 000, item 2233 “Interinstitutional
cooperation” by EUR 158 000 and item 2234 “Removals” by EUR 170 000 – all HQ items.
The transfer is made possible due to estimated savings on line 1302 “Entitlements on entering the service,
transfers and leaving the service” by EUR 880 000 and item 2110 “Furniture” by EUR 328 000.
– No other transfer request
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Building policy
– EC/OIB: SPA-2 lease extension (early warning)
The Commission and OIB have informed the Committee on Budgets
of their intention to extend by 10 months the current usufruct
contract of the SPA-2 building, between December 2025 and
September 2026, to avoid paying for rent during the renovation
foreseen by the owner between October 2026 and November 2027.
This extension was not foreseen at the time of presentation of the
original SPA-2 building project, which is now a separate file.
Therefore, the Commission and OIB are presenting this extension as
Rapporteur:
Olivier Chastel (Renew)
Shadow Rapporteurs:
Monika Hohlmeier (EPP)
Nils Ušakovs (S&D)
Angéline Furet (PfE)
Ruggero Razza (ECR)
Ignazio Marino (Greens/EFA)
(The Left)
Alexander Jungbluth (ESN)
a new separate project, in order to respect the Financial Regulation.
The prior approval for this project will be submitted to the Budgetary
Authority in one of the sittings of the fourth quarter of 2025, together
with the other project related to the SPA-2 building which had already been presented in BUDG.
– EEAS: lease new offices for the European Union Delegation to Ghana, Accra (early warning)
The EEAS has informed the Committee on Budgets of its intention to explore options for signing a new lease
for office premises for the EU Delegation in Accra, Ghana.
The current premises occupied by the Delegation have a surface floor of 1 200 m2. The current lease is
expiring on 31 December 2026. A suitable alternative must therefore be found.
The prior approval for this project will be submitted to the Budgetary Authority in the first semester of 2026,
if the prospection is successful.
– EEAS: Purchase the EU Residence in Accra, Ghana (prior approval)
Members of the BUDG Committee will vote to approve the EEAS project to purchase a Residence for the
Head of the European Union Delegation to Ghana, in Accra. The negotiated price for the property is
EUR 3,2 million.
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The property has already served as the EU Residence for the past 9 years under a lease but the lessors are
selling the property and offered the EU the first right of refusal before putting it on the open market. It has
a usable surface of 353 m2 and a large garden of 1,6 acres.
An early warning for this project was presented by the Commission to the Committee on Budgets at its
meeting of 16 January 2025.
– ACER Headquarters Slovenia (prior approval)
Members of the BUDG Committee will vote to approve ACER’s project to lease new business premises in
Ljubljana, Slovenia for an initial period of 10 years, which can be extended up to 10 years. The total project
cost amounts to EUR 52,6 million in current prices for the scenario in which the lease would last 20 years.
The new building will serve as ACER’s headquarters and will have approximately 210 workstations installed
with a gross surface area above ground of 4 482,27 m2 complemented by 644,94 m2 of common premises,
300,57 m2 of green roof areas and 59,29 m2 of below-ground storage area.
An early warning for this project was presented by the Commission to the Committee on Budgets at its
meeting of 19 April 2022.
– No other information received
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*** VOTING TIME ***
General budget of the European Union for the financial year
2026 – all sections
Having voted on 6 October on the amendments tabled to the Council’s
position on the Commission’s Draft Budget 2026, Members of the
Committee on Budgets will vote on the resolution accompanying those
amendments.
Parliament is due to adopt its position on the 2026 Budget at the
second plenary session in October. Assuming Council does not accept
Parliament’s position, a 21-day period of conciliation will be triggered
during which the two arms of the budgetary authority will seek to
broker an agreement.
Rapporteur Section III:
Andrzej Halicki (EPP)
Shadow Rapporteurs:
Nils Ušakovs (S&D)
Tamás Deutsch (PfE)
Ruggero Razza (ECR)
Stine Bosse (Renew)
Nicolae Ştefănuță (Greens/EFA)
João Oliveira (The Left)
Alexander Jungbluth (ESN)
Rapporteur Other Sections:
Matjaž Nemec (S&D)
Shadow Rapporteurs:
Michalis Hadjipantela (EPP)
Julien Sanchez (PfE)
Ruggero Razza (ECR)
Fabienne Keller (Renew)
Ignazio Marino (Greens/EFA)
(The Left)
Alexander Jungbluth (ESN)
Deadline for tabling amendments
to the resolution:
25 September 2025 at 17:00
Adoption in BUDG:
6 October 2025 (Budgetary
amendments)
13 October 2025 (Resolution)
Plenary: October II 2025
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2025 Budget: Section III – Commission
– DEC 14/2025
Members will vote on the mobilisation of the remaining amount of EUR 233,5 million of this year’s
Emergency Aid Reserve to finance humanitarian assistance for a number of humanitarian crises.
The transfer will enable additional humanitarian interventions to address pressing needs in regions and
countries such the Horn of Africa, Ukraine, Palestine or Yemen and to follow up on the EU’s pledges that
the Commission made at the United Nations General Assembly last month. The Commission has
provided some written replies to questions raised by members.
The Framework Agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the European
Commission provides that “Before making, at donors’ conferences, financial pledges which involve new
financial undertakings and require the agreement of the budgetary authority, the Commission shall
inform the budgetary authority and examine its remarks.”
– No other transfer request
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2025 Budget: Other Sections
– European Parliament (EP):
C9/2025
Members will vote on the transfer proposal in accordance with Article 29 of the Financial Regulation.
For additional information regarding this vote, see agenda item 4 on 2025 Budget: Other Sections (Page 2).
C10/2025
Members will vote on the transfer proposal in accordance with Article 29 of the Financial Regulation.
For additional information regarding this vote, see agenda item 4 on 2025 Budget: Other Sections (Page 2).
C11/2025
Members will vote on the transfer proposal in accordance with Article 29 of the Financial Regulation.
For additional information regarding this vote, see agenda item 4 on 2025 Budget: Other Sections (Page 2).
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– European Economic and Social Committee (EESC):
INF 7/2025
Members will vote on the transfer proposal in accordance with Article 29 of the Financial Regulation.
For additional information regarding this vote, see agenda item 4 on 2025 Budget: Other Sections (Page 2).
INF 8/2025
Members will vote on the transfer proposal in accordance with Article 29 of the Financial Regulation.
For additional information regarding this vote, see agenda item 4 on 2025 Budget: Other Sections (Page 3).
INF 9/2025
Members will vote on the transfer proposal in accordance with Article 29 of the Financial Regulation.
For additional information regarding this vote, see agenda item 4 on 2025 Budget: Other Sections (Page 3).
– European Committee of the Regions (CoR):
INF 6/2025
Members will vote on the transfer proposal in accordance with Article 29 of the Financial Regulation.
For additional information regarding this vote, see agenda item 4 on 2025 Budget: Other Sections (Page 3).
– European External Action Service (EEAS)
INF 1/2025
Members will vote on the transfer proposal in accordance with Article 29 of the Financial Regulation.
For additional information regarding this vote, see agenda item 4 on 2025 Budget: Other Sections (Page 4).
– No other transfer request
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Building policy
– EEAS: Purchase the EU Residence in Accra, Ghana (prior approval)
For additional information regarding this point, see agenda item 5 on Building policy (Page 4).
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– ACER Headquarters Slovenia (prior approval)
For additional information regarding this point, see agenda item 5 on Building policy (Page 4).
– No other building request
*** END OF VOTE ***
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General budget of the European Union for the financial year
2026 – all sections
– Presentation by the Commission of the Amending letter
Rapporteur Section III:
Andrzej Halicki (EPP)
Shadow Rapporteurs:
On 08 October 2025, the Commission adopted the Amending Letter
Nils Ušakovs (S&D)
N°1 to the Draft Budget 2026 (AL 1/2026). The Commission will
Tamás Deutsch (PfE)
present the content of the Amending Letter followed by an exchange
Ruggero Razza (ECR)
of views.
Stine Bosse (Renew)
AL 1/2026 covers the following elements:
João Oliveira (The Left)
Nicolae Ştefănuță (Greens/EFA)
Alexander Jungbluth (ESN)
Adjustment of payment appropriations to reflect the
estimated net budgetary impact in 2026 of the adopted
Rapporteur Other Sections:
legislation related to the mid-term review of cohesion policy;
Matjaž Nemec (S&D)
Update of the needs for the NextGenerationEU interest line;
Update of the estimated needs, assigned revenue and
Shadow Rapporteurs:
appropriations for agricultural expenditure;
Michalis Hadjipantela (EPP)
Update of the split between reserve and operational lines for
Julien Sanchez (PfE)
the Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements (SFPAs);
Ruggero Razza (ECR)
Adjustment of the number of posts in the establishment plan
Fabienne Keller (Renew)
of the European Health and Digital Executive Agency (HaDEA)
Ignazio Marino (Greens/EFA)
following a delegation of additional tasks under the Critical
(The Left)
Raw Materials Act;
Alexander Jungbluth (ESN)
Reinforcement of payment appropriations for the Economic
and Monetary Union (EMU) line to support Bulgaria’s Euro
changeover;
Adjustment of the budgetary nomenclature related to the
possibility to transfer resources from the Social Climate Fund (SCF) to the European Regional
Development Fund (ERDF), the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), the Cohesion Fund (CF), the Just
Transition Fund (JTF) and the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF);
Adjustments of the EU contribution of several decentralised agencies;
Budgetary-neutral adjustments related to Section IX (EDPS/EDPB).
The new elements will have to be integrated in the negotiations on the 2026 budget.
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Overall, the net impact of AL 1/2026 on expenditure in the draft budget 2026 is a decrease of
EUR 386,1 million in commitment appropriations and of EUR 1 888,8 million in payment appropriations.
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Draft amending budget no 3 to the general budget 2025 Adjustment in payment appropriations, update of revenues
and other technical updates
On 3 October 2025, the Commission submitted Draft Amending
Budget N°3/2025 (DAB 3). Complementing DAB 2/2025 and the
Global transfer 2025 (see below), the purpose of DAB 3/2025 is to
update both the expenditure and revenue side of the budget.
The most important elements related to expenditure:
An increase in the level of payment appropriations for the
European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), for the European
Social Fund Plus (ESF+) and for the Border Management and Visa
Instrument (BMVI). These amounts could not be included in the
redeployments proposed in the Global transfer;
An update of the needs for the Sustainable Fisheries
Partnership Agreements (SFPAs), taking into account the latest
developments;
Rapporteur:
Victor Negrescu (S&D)
Shadow Rapporteurs:
Andrzej Halicki (EPP)
Auke Zijlstra (PfE)
Bogdan Rzońca (ECR)
Fabienne Keller (Renew)
Rasmus Andresen (Greens/EFA)
Nikolas Farantouris (The Left)
Alexander Jungbluth (ESN)
Deadline for tabling amendments:
7 November 2025 at 12:00
Adoption in BUDG:
20 November 2025
Plenary: November II 2025
A decrease in commitment and payment appropriations for
the Customs Control Equipment Instrument (CCEI) due to delays in
implementation in the Member States;
A decrease in payment appropriations for the Ukraine Facility as the 2025 payment profile has been
impacted by changes to assumptions such as in the pace of implementation of reforms and investments, the
date of signature of guarantee and blending agreements, and the timing of the payment of the borrowing
costs subsidies;
Additionally, DAB 3/2025 includes the following specific elements related to revenue:
Incorporate the definitive fines and penalty payments paid until 30 September 2025;
Increase the estimates for Traditional Own Resources (TOR) based on a higher amount of customs
duties made available than forecast during the period January-August.
Overall, the net impact of this DAB on expenditure amounts to a decrease of EUR 123,7 million in
commitment appropriations and an increase of EUR 2 517,0 million in payment appropriations. On the
revenue side, this DAB incorporates an additional EUR 1 185,1 million of definitive fines and penalty payments
paid until 30 September 2025 and EUR 1 300 million of the estimated TOR surplus. The overall impact on the
revenue side is thus an increase in GNI contributions of EUR 31,9 million.
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2025 Budget: Section III – Commission
– DEC 15/2025
Every year, after reviewing actual implementation and expected use of
payment appropriations to the end of the financial year, the
Commission proposes the so-called “Global Transfer”. Its purpose is to
rebalance payment appropriations for the current budget year. As far
as possible, the shortfall in appropriations identified is met by internal
transfers within the relevant budget chapters. The Global Transfer
proposal relates to readjustments that cannot be met by such internal
transfers.
Rapporteur:
Victor Negrescu (S&D)
Shadow Rapporteurs:
Andrzej Halicki (EPP)
Auke Zijlstra (PfE)
Bogdan Rzońca (ECR)
Fabienne Keller (Renew)
Rasmus Andresen (Greens/EFA)
Nikolas Farantouris (The Left)
Alexander Jungbluth (ESN)
The Global Transfer, like any other transfer, must be neutral in its
budgetary effect.
The Global Transfer proposal for 2025 relates to payment appropriations amounting to EUR 802,1 million,
corresponding to 0,5% of the total authorised payment appropriations in the 2025 budget. Compared to
previous years, this is relatively limited, which reflects the fact that programmes are running at cruising
speed.
In total, 60 budget lines are concerned (27 for reinforcement and 33 for reductions), compared to
103 budget lines (27 for reinforcement and 76 for reductions) included in the Global Transfer presented in
2024.
– No other transfer request
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Exchange of views with Prof. Leptin, President of the European Research Council (ERC)
The European Research Council (ERC) funds since 2007 investigator-driven frontier research across all
fields, on the basis of scientific excellence. In Horizon Europe, the ERC is located within the first pillar named
“Excellent Science” and has a budget of over EUR 16 billion (corresponding to 17% of the total budget of
Horizon Europe).
Prof. Leptin, President of the ERC since 2021, will engage in an exchange of views with the Members
regarding the current state of frontier research in Europe and its future prospects, taking into account the
proposed revisions to the Horizon programme under the Commission’s MFF 2028-2034 proposal.
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Exchange of views with OLAF on lessons learnt on the Performance-based model
The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) mission is, amongst others, to carry out independent investigations
into fraud and corruption involving EU funds, to ensure that all EU taxpayers’ money reaches projects that
can create jobs and growth in Europe and develop a sound EU anti-fraud policy. Ms Saastamoinen, OLAF
deputy Director-General, will exchange views with the Members on risks, challenges and remedial actions in
relation to performance-based instruments, with a focus on the Recovery and Residence Facility (RRF) and
the Commission’s proposal for the MFF 2028-2034.
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Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to
provide assistance to Spain regarding the floods in the
Valencia Region of Spain in October 2024 and France
following the damages caused by cyclone Chido in Mayotte
in December 2024 and cyclone Garance in Réunion in
February 2025
The purpose of this proposal is to mobilise the European Union
Solidarity Fund (EUSF) for a total amount of EUR 1,06 billion to
provide assistance to Spain and France in relation to natural disaster
that took place in 2024 and 2025, of which respectively:
Spain (Valencia) – floods: total amount of EUR 946,1 million.
An advance of EUR 100 million was requested by Spain.
France (Mayotte) – cyclone Chido: total amount of EUR 89,6
million. An advance of EUR 23,8 million was requested by
France.
France (Réunion) – cyclone Garance: total amount of
EUR 21,2 million. An advance of EUR 5,3 million was
requested by France.
Rapporteur:
Sandra Gómez López (S&D)
Shadow Rapporteurs:
(EPP)
Angéline Furet (PfE)
(ECR)
(Renew)
(Greens/EFA)
Younous Omarjee (The Left)
(ESN)
Deadline for tabling amendments:
16 October 2025 at 17:00
Adoption in BUDG:
5-6 November 2025
An overall advance of EUR 129,1 million has already been paid. This
mobilisation is accompanied by DEC 16/2025 that proposes to transfer the remaining amount of EUR 927,9
million (total amount mobilised minus advances) from the European Solidarity Reserve line to the EUSF
operational budget line, both in commitments and payments.
The rapporteur, Ms Gómez López, will present her draft report underlining her support for the mobilisation
of EUSF to provide assistance to the countries hit by the natural disasters, and Members will have an
exchange of views.
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European Defence Readiness 2030: assessment of needs
In a context of resurgence of geopolitical threats, the European
Commission is taking a new approach to strengthen the EU’s defence
industry by means of various proposals. The SEDE committee has
subsequently drawn up an own-initiative report on ‘European
Defence Readiness 2030: Assessment of Needs’, focussing on the
implementation of the White Paper for European Defence and aimed
at addressing the most pressing needs, mitigating the consequences
of past underinvestment and defining actions to effectively
contribute to a stronger, more coordinated European defence,
reinforcing
strategic
autonomy
long-term
Rapporteur:
Lucia Yar (Renew)
Shadow Rapporteurs:
Jüri Ratas (EPP)
(S&D)
Angéline Furet (PfE)
Roberts Zīle (ECR)
(Greens/EFA)
(The Left)
(ESN)
capability
development.
The Rapporteur, Ms Lucia Yar, will present her draft opinion,
Deadline for tabling amendments:
15 October 2025 at 17:00
focussing on the budgetary-related dimension of the plan, including
on the elements improving the EU defence readiness and fostering a
Adoption in BUDG:
comprehensive security approach.
5-6 November 2025
Adoption in SEDE:
27 November 2025
Plenary: December 2025
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NEWS FROM THE BUDGETARY SUPPORT UNIT
Recent publications
Publications Catalogue 2024 – 2029
In-Depth Analysis “Recovery and Resilience Dialogue with the European Commission 8 September
2025”
In-Depth Analysis “Recovery and Resilience Dialogue with the European Commission 16 June 2025”
Study “Glossary on policy concepts related to Performance, Mainstreaming and Conditionality Part
2: Extended discussion”
Study “Glossary on policy concepts related to Performance, Mainstreaming and Conditionality Part
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At a Glance “Adapting the EU budget to make it fit for the purpose of future enlargements”
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Study “Performance and mainstreaming framework for the EU budget”
At a Glance “Performance and mainstreaming framework for the EU budget” Other language
versions
Briefing “European Union gender budgeting – state of play 2024”
Study “Recent inflation developments and the EU budget” (Part 2)
Study “EU contingent financial liabilities”
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Briefing “Budgetary control when there is increased resort to performance based instruments”
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Briefing “Two Decades of Progress: Evaluating the Successes and Lessons in Implementing the EU
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Budget from the 2004 Enlargement”
Briefing “Two Decades of Progress: Evaluating the Successes and Lessons in Implementing the EU
Budget from the 2004 Enlargement Governance and Financial Management of cohesion policy
funds”
Briefing “Research for REGI, CONT and BUDG Committees-Cohesion Policy Calendar (2021-2027
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At a Glance “Nomination for Members of the European Court of Auditors: the Netherlands”
At a Glance “Nomination for Members of the European Court of Auditors: Luxembourg”
At a Glance “Nominations for Members of the European Court of Auditors: Croatia”
At a Glance “Nominations for Members of the European Court of Auditors: Romania”
Study “Performance-based instruments: How could their design be improved?”
Study “Error rates compared: Methodologies underpinning the European Commission’s risk at
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Briefing “The Financial Transparency System – How to improve its functioning and reliability”
Study “Lessons learned from the implementation of crisis response tools at EU level” (Part 2)
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At a Glance “EU anti-fraud architecture – the role of EU-level players, how they cooperate and the
challenges they face” Executive summary in other language versions
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Forthcoming publications
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Study “Management and control structures for ERDF programmes in recently acceded Member
States”
FORTHCOMING EVENTS
Workshop “Financing industrial policy and competitiveness in the post 2027 MFF – January 2026 tbc
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