Deal struck on extra 1.3 bn euro funding for 2012-2013

摘要

With their backs against the wall, Council and Parliament overcame the long-standing ITER (International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor) hurdle. On 1 December, after over a year of limbo, a deal was struck during three-way talks with the Commission on its 61.3 billion additional funding needs (€750 million in 2012 and €550 million in 2013, all in commitment appropriations). Members states and the plenary still need to okay the deal.During the negotiations over the 2012 EU budget, it was agreed that €100 million would be redeployed from within Heading la (competitiveness), to which ITER belongs. Half of the money will be taken from FP7 (7th Research and Development Framework Programme) and the other half corresponds to the mobilisation of the flexibility instrument. In addition to that, €840 million in commitments will be shifted around, to be made available mostly next year.