The general budget of the European Union is the instrument which sets out and authorises the total amount of revenue and expenditure deemed necessary for the European Community and the European Atomic Energy Community for each year. The budget is established and implemented in compliance with the principles of unity, budgetary accuracy, annuality, equilibrium, unit of account, universality, specification, sound financial management and transparency.

The European Union deploys its own resources in order to finance the different expenses indicated in his budget. Those resources belong to the Union and it is compulsory to each Member State to transfers from their budget to the EU budget in order to develop the politics and activities established in the Treaties.

1. Economic and financial affairs
2. Enterprise
3. Competition
4. Employment and social affairs
5. Agriculture and rural development
6. Mobility and transport
7. Environment and climate action
8. Research
9. Information society and media
10. Direct research
11. Maritime affairs and fisheries
12. Internal market
13. Regional policy
14. Taxation and customs union
15. Education and culture
16. Communication
17. Health and consumer protection
18. Area of freedom, security and justice
19. External relations
20. Trade
21. Development and relations with African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states
22. Enlargement
23. Humanitarian aid
24. Fight against fraud
25. Commission’s policy coordination and legal advice
26. Commission’s administration
27. Budget
28. Audit
29. Statistics
30. Pensions and related expenditure
31. Language services
32. Energy
33. Reserves

The Community provisional funding available for the programme is:

• 141.900,00 Million EUR (Global Budget)