Principle of universality
Article 9
Total revenue shall cover total payment appropriations. All revenue and expenditure shall be entered into the budget in full without any adjustment against each other.
Council Decision (EU) 2016/1353 Article 9
Council Decision (EU) 2016/1353 Article 9
Other provisions in CHAPTER 1 — Budgetary principles
- Article 4: Respect for budgetary principles
- Article 5: Principles of unity and of budgetary accuracy
- Article 6: Principle of annuality
- Article 7: Principle of equilibrium
- Article 8: Principle of unit of account
- Article 10: Principle of specification
- Article 11: Principle of sound financial management
- Article 12: Internal control of budget implementation
- Article 13: Principle of transparency
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