#32026B02080European Research Executive Agency 2026 budget amendment No 1
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This document makes a small technical update to the European Research Executive Agency’s 2026 budget. It slightly lowers the Commission subsidy and shifts spending between staff, ICT, buildings, and programme support, while also updating staff and contract worker numbers. For businesses and compliance teams, this is mainly an internal EU agency budget change with no direct market rule changes, but it shows where the agency is redirecting resources. The REA’s total budget rises only a little, and the main operational changes are more money for ICT and infrastructure, offset by lower staff remuneration costs. Organizations that work with the agency, or follow EU research program administration, may want to note the increased emphasis on digital systems and operating capacity.
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Key Changes
- The REA’s Commission subsidy is cut slightly, by about EUR 10,250.
- Spending increases for ICT, buildings, and programme support, while staff remuneration costs decrease.
- The agency updates its staffing plan, with total authorized posts and contract staff changing slightly.
Obligations
What this law requires
REA must implement its 2026 amended budget, increasing total revenue to EUR 136,142,740 and adjusting revenue lines to reflect a higher miscellaneous revenue estimate and a slightly lower Commission subsidy.
The European Research Executive Agency must apply the amended 2026 budget amounts, including the reduced Commission subsidy, updated revenue lines, and revised expenditure allocations across staff, infrastructure/operating costs, and programme support.
The European Research Executive Agency must use the revised staffing establishment plan for 2026, with a total of 251 authorized posts and the updated breakdown between permanent and temporary posts.
REA must reduce staff expenditure for remuneration, allowances and charges to EUR 109,715,550 and increase professional development and social expenditure to EUR 4,000,060 in its 2026 budget execution.
REA must increase infrastructure and operating appropriations for building expenditure, ICT expenditure, and movable property/current operating expenditure to the amended amounts set out in the budget.