Universality principle
Article 7
The revenue referred to in Article 2 shall be used without distinction to finance all expenditure entered in the Union’s annual budget.
Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053 of 14 December… Article 7
Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053 of 14 December… Article 7
Other provisions in Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053 of 14 December…
- Article 2: Categories of own resources and specific methods for their calculation
- Article 3: Own resources ceilings
- Article 4: Use of funds borrowed on capital markets
- Article 5: Extraordinary and temporary additional means to address the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis
- Article 6: Extraordinary and temporary increase in the own resources ceilings for the allocation of the resources necessary for addressing the consequences of the COVID-19 crisis
- Article 8: Carry-over of surplus
- Article 9: Collecting own resources and making them available to the Commission
- Article 10: Implementing measures
- Article 11: Final and transitional provisions
- Article 12: Entry into force
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