Council Regulation (Euratom) 2018/1563Show full title

Article 4 Budget

1. The financial envelope for the implementation of the 2019–2020 Programme shall be EUR 770 220 000. That amount shall be distributed as follows:

(a) for indirect actions for the fusion research and development programme, EUR 349 834 000;

(b) for indirect actions for nuclear fission, safety and radiation protection, EUR 151 579 000;

(c) for direct actions, EUR 268 807 000.

For the implementation of indirect actions of the 2019–2020 Programme, the Commission's administrative expenditure shall account on average for no more than 6 % of the combined total of the amounts set out in points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph during the duration of the 2019–2020 Programme.

2. The financial envelope of the 2019–2020 Programme may cover expenses pertaining to preparatory, monitoring, control, audit and evaluation activities which are required for the management of that Programme and the achievement of its objectives, in particular studies and meetings of experts, in so far as they relate to the general objectives of this Regulation, and expenses linked to information technology networks focusing on information processing and exchange, together with all other technical and administrative assistance expenses incurred by the Commission for the management of the 2019–2020 Programme. The expenses for continuous and repetitive actions such as control, audit and IT networks will be covered within the limits of the Commission's administrative expenditure specified in paragraph 1.

3. Where necessary and duly justified, appropriations may be entered in the budget beyond 2020 to cover technical and administrative assistance expenses, in order to enable the management of actions not yet completed by 31 December 2020.

4. Where the direct actions contribute to initiatives established by entities entrusted by the Commission with implementation tasks in accordance with Article 6(2) and Article 15, that contribution shall not be considered as part of the financial contribution allocated to those initiatives.

5. Budgetary commitments may be divided into annual instalments. Each year the Commission shall commit the annual instalments taking into account the progress of the actions receiving financial support, the estimated needs and the budget available.