Draft Amending Budget No 6 to the General Budget 2021. Additional vaccines doses to low and lower-middle income countries, UCPM reinforcement and other adjustments to expenditure and revenue

Summary:

Draft Amending Budget No 6/2021 to the General Budget for 2021, addressing extra support for additional vaccines doses to low and lower-middle income countries, reinforcement for the EU Civil Protection Mechanism (UCPM) and other adjustments to expenditure and revenue.

Further information:

The purpose of Draft Amending Budget (DAB) No 6 for the year 2021 is to provide additional appropriations to speed up global vaccinations, cover activations under the Union Civil Protection Mechanism and expenditure arising from external fisheries agreements, as well as some adjustments to expenditure and revenue.

Overall, the net impact of this DAB on expenditure amounts to an increase of €473,5 million in commitment appropriations. No additional payment appropriations are requested.

The DAB6 was tabled by the European Commission on 8 October 2021.

• Primary Source

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European Commission: Publications: Draft amending budget No 6/2021 https://ec.europa.eu/info/publications/draft-amending-budget-no-6-2021_en

European Commission: Questions and Answers: Proposal to amend EU Budget for 2021 to support global vaccination and funding for global emergencies (11 October 2021) https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/qanda_21_5086

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