Responsibilities
This department develops and carries out the Commission's policies on the EU budget:
Its responsibilities include:
- Make sure the EU budget underpins the delivery on the EU political priorities
- Prepare the Commission's budget proposals, act as an honest broker in the negotiations between the European Parliament and the Council
- Borrow funds on the capital markets to support various EU programmes
- Work to ensure the EU budget is spent effectively and delivers on its objectives to the benefit of EU citizens
- Make sure that the right mechanisms are in place to protect the budget and guarantee that every euro goes to where the needs are
- Collect the revenue to the EU budget. Propose and negotiate any new sources of revenue
- Propose and put into place the rules for the spending of EU funds
- Manage the EU expenditure, including payments to finance the recovery under NextGenerationEU and to support Ukraine under various Macro-Financial Assistance programmes
- Manage the treasury function, by receiving all revenue and executing all payments from the EU budget
- Manage the Commission's financial and accounting system, prepare and publish the EU annual accounts
- Coordinate the discharge procedure from A to Z
- Report on the implementation and performance of the EU budget, including by running the Financial Transparency System for EU payments
- Support the overall EU budget strategy and policy activities with effective communication including relations with the financial community and other institutions
Leadership and organisation
Kontakt
Directorate-General for Budget
- Name
- Directorate-General for Budget
- Phone number
- +32 2 299 11 11 (Commission switchboard)
- Postal address
European Commission
1049 Bruxelles/Brussel
Belgium