Est. 2min 10-04-2006 (updated: 05-11-2012 ) Euractiv is part of the Trust Project >>> Languages: Français | DeutschPrint Email Facebook X LinkedIn WhatsApp Telegram The current state of play of the FP7 budget negotiations predicts a 40% increase, a total amount of 48 billion euro, in the EU R&D budget for 2007-2013. The European Parliament and the Austrian Presidency reached a compromise on the financial perspective 2007-2013 on 4 April 2006. Following this compromise, an extra 300 million euros will be allocated to FP7 compared to the amount decided by the European Council in December 2005. This brings the total FP7 budget to little over 48 billion euro. However, no final figure for FP7 budget is yet available in any official document, as the approval procedure is currently underway. A 48 billion euro budget for FP7 represents, according to a Commission spokeswoman, a 40% increase in constant 2004 prizes (taking into account inflation rates) compared to the FP6 (2002-2006) and a 60% increase in current 2004 prizes (inflation not taken into account). As to the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme (CIP), the Commission’s original proposal planned 4 billion for the period 2007-2013. The December 2005 European Council cut the amount to around 2.9 billion euro and the MEPs managed to negotiate an extra 400 million euro on top of that. According to these calculations, a total budget of almost 3.3 billion euro will be dedicated to the CIP. Read more with Euractiv EU leaders take small steps on European energy policy The EU summit backs more cooperation on energy policy, but shies away from hot issues of energy market de-regulation and goals for renewable energy. Subscribe now to our newsletter EU Elections Decoded Email Address * Politics Newsletters Positions Science and Research Commissioner Janez Potocnik has said that as the FP7 budget will not be as high as the Commission had hoped for, the resources have to be prioritised and focused on the topics that have the greatest added value for Europe and in terms of transforming knowledge into growth. UNICE qualifies the Parliament-Austrian Presidency agreement as a "reasonable compromise between institutions, concluded in good time to allow for adoption of the legal bases needed fot future EU action programmes". BackgroundThe European Council reached a compromise on the EU's Financial Perspective for 2007-2013, in December 2005. This compromise heavily cuts the Commission's original budget (70 billion euro) proposed for the EU's Seventh Framework Programme for Science and Research (FP7). Based on the European Council conclusions, the Commission proposed an interinstitutional agreement on 14 February 2006. The sub-heading 1A Competitiveness for growth and employment indicates a total budget of 47.8 billion euros for the FP7: 2007: 5.170 2008: 5.552 2009: 6.028 2010: 6.644 2011: 7.426 2012: 8.110 2013: 8.851 Total 47.781 million euro Compared to the EU's 2006 R&D budget (5.044 million euro), the 8.851 million euro budget foreseen for the year 2013 represents an increase, in the yearly budget, of around 75%. Timeline The member states will have to give their final green light to the agreement between the Parliament and the Austrian Presidency, but there should not be any major opposition from the governments. After Council's approval (end of April 2006, written procedure), the budget needs to be voted in the Parliament plenary (mid-May 2006). The Commission will come up with renewed proposal, taking into account of the reduced budget, probably in May 2006. The Finnish Presidency must hurry the adoption of FP7 and CIP in due time for the programmes to start on 1 January 2007. Further ReadingEU official documents CORDIS News:Research budget agreed - FP7 up by 300 million, but is it enough?(6 April 2006) Parliament Parliament:Green light for 2007-2013 Financial Perspective(5 April 2006) Parliament:Budget deal reached for 2007-2013 - MEPs give their views(5 April 2006)
