Following its approval in December 2010, the Official Journal of the European Union of March 12 has released the final version of the budget for 2010.

In December 2010, the European Parliament adopted the final EU budget for 2010, which will be €141.4 billion in commitments and €122.9 billion in payments. Now, the Official Journal of the European Union of March 12th issues the definitive text of the annual budget.

In the debates to approve the burget, €2,400 million for the Economic Recovery Plan, a figure of €300 million in emergency support for the dairy industry and €75 million in funding to help decommission the Kozloduy nuclear power plant in Bulgaria were among points in the budget that were significantly influenced by Parliament.

This annual budget has been the last to be negotiated under the Nice Treaty rules, under which Parliament had no formal power over agriculture expenditure and certain other areas. With the Lisbon Treaty, Parliament gains full powers over the EU budget.