#52026DC0450Draft Amending Budget No 1 to the General Budget 2026 Entering the Surplus of the Financial Year 2025
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This draft budget proposes incorporating a surplus of around EUR 2.1 billion from 2025 into the 2026 EU budget. This surplus will reduce the financial contributions required from EU Member States for the 2026 budget. It will also influence future contributions once a revised resource forecast is available later in 2026. This reallocation mainly arises from higher-than-expected customs duties and savings from budget implementations.
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Key Changes
- Incorporates a financial surplus of EUR 2.1 billion from 2025 into 2026 budget.
- Reduces EU Member States' financial contributions for 2026 accordingly.
- Based on higher customs duties and budget savings from 2025.
Obligations
What this law requires
Submit Draft Amending Budget No 1 to the European Parliament and Council within 15 days of submission of provisional accounts (end of March 2026)
Enter the 2025 financial year surplus of EUR 2,095,238,148 as revenue in the 2026 budget
Reduce total Member State contributions to 2026 budget financing by the amount of the entered surplus from 2025 implementation
Include revised own resources forecast in a subsequent Draft Amending Budget in accordance with Article 44(1)(b) of the Financial Regulation once available after the Advisory Committee on Own Resources meeting in 2026
Record negative revenue entries totaling EUR 54,0 million for competition fine repayments made under settlement agreements in accordance with Article 48(2), point (b) of the Financial Regulation