Policy Focus

Europe's total budget for 2007 to 2013

Europe’s budget including amounts agreed outside the financial framework

Instrument/funds	Amount for the whole period	Comments
Financial framework 2007 to 2013	€864.4bn	The budget headline sum agreed first at a December 17 2005 EU summit and then with the European parliament
Outside: European Development Fund	€22.682bn	For 2008 to 2013 on current prices
Outside: Solidarity Fund	€7bn	Maximum €1bn a year 2007 to 2013
Outside: Emergency Aid reserve	€1.547bn	Maximum €221m a year 2007 to 2013
Outside: Flexibility instrument	€1.4bn	Maximum €200m a year 207 to 2013 Possibility to carry over to N+2 and funding same actions several years in a row
Globalisation Adjustment Fund	€3.5bn	Maximum €0.5bn a year Funding comes from underspends in previous years
Total	€900.5bn	Global EU financing for 2007 to 2013

Source: European commission

Sun 16th Apr 2006

Source: European commission

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