Budget for 2007

- (Photo: European Commission)
The EU budget for 2007 was agreed in December 2006 and approximates 126,5 Billion EUR.
Income
EU agricultural duties and sugar levies 2.020 billion EUR
EU Customs duties 15.288 billion EUR
VAT from the Member States 17.827 billion EUR
Fourth resource (Payments from member states by BNI) 79.153 billion EUR
Miscellaneous + surpluses from the previous year 1.209 billion EUR
Total income 115.497 billion EUR
Expenditure (commitments)
Agriculture and natural ressources 56.250 billion EUR
Structural, Convergence, Competitiveness and Growth operations 54.987 billion EUR
Internal policies 1.247 billion EUR
External action 6.812 billion EUR
Pre-accession aid Romania and Bulgaria 0.445 billion EUR
Adm. expenditure 6.942 billion EUR
Reserves 0.734 billion EUR
Total expenditures 126.551 billion EUR
Notes
- Commitments are the amounts which can be spent (authorised) in 2006. Here we have only shown the main commitments categories as done in the official EU Budget 2007.
- Payments are the amounts, which may actually be paid in the year.
- The budget always has two different columns.
Links
EU Budget 2007:
http://ec.europa.eu/budget/lib......_in_fig/syntchif_2007_2_en.pdf

