multiannual financial framework of the European Union

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The multiannual financial framework of the European Union is the EU’s long-term budget plan that sets binding expenditure ceilings and priorities over a multi-year period, guiding how EU funds are allocated and spent.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf European Union budgetary instrument
long-term budget framework
multiannual financial framework
adoptedBy Council of the European Union
aimsTo ensure orderly development of EU expenditure
maintain budgetary discipline in the EU
allocatesResourcesTo cohesion policy
Common Agricultural Policy
surface form: common agricultural policy

external action of the EU
migration and border management
research and innovation programmes
security and defence-related spending
alsoKnownAs multiannual financial framework of the European Union
surface form: EU long-term budget

multiannual financial framework of the European Union
surface form: EU multiannual financial framework

MFF
appliesTo general budget of the European Union
canBe revised under specific conditions
constrains size of annual EU budgets
covers a multi-year period
currentPeriod 2021–2027
defines headings of EU expenditure
maximum annual commitment appropriations
maximum annual payment appropriations
ensures predictability of EU funding over several years
enteredIntoForceAsTreatyConcept 1 December 2009
frameworkFor NextGenerationEU integration into EU budget (2021–2027)
guides EU spending priorities
allocation of EU funds
implementedThrough annual EU budgets
introducedAsLegalConceptBy Treaty of Lisbon
involvesInstitution Council of the European Union
European Commission
European Council
European Parliament
legalBasis Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
legalBasisArticle Article 312 TFEU
linkedTo EU own resources system
negotiatedBy Member States of the European Union
surface form: EU Member States
predecessor interinstitutional agreements on budgetary discipline
previousPeriod 2007–2013
2014–2020
regulates maximum annual amounts of EU expenditure
requires interinstitutional agreement on budgetary matters
requiresConsentFrom European Parliament
sets binding expenditure ceilings
subjectTo unanimity in the Council for adoption
timeHorizonMinimum 5 years
timeHorizonTypical 7 years

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Directorate-General for Budget oversightOf multiannual financial framework of the European Union
Erasmus+ programme fundedBy multiannual financial framework of the European Union
this entity surface form: European Union budget
Erasmus+ Key Action 1 decentralised actions fundedBy multiannual financial framework of the European Union
this entity surface form: European Union budget
NDICI-Global Europe (neighbourhood component) partOf multiannual financial framework of the European Union
this entity surface form: EU Multiannual Financial Framework 2021–2027
European Commission political cycle linkedTo multiannual financial framework of the European Union
this entity surface form: Multiannual Financial Framework of the European Union
multiannual financial framework of the European Union alsoKnownAs multiannual financial framework of the European Union
this entity surface form: EU multiannual financial framework
multiannual financial framework of the European Union alsoKnownAs multiannual financial framework of the European Union
this entity surface form: EU long-term budget
BUDG usesInstrument multiannual financial framework of the European Union
this entity surface form: Multiannual Financial Framework
Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund partOf multiannual financial framework of the European Union
this entity surface form: EU Multiannual Financial Framework 2014–2020
Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund partOf multiannual financial framework of the European Union
this entity surface form: EU Multiannual Financial Framework 2021–2027
Border Management and Visa Instrument partOf multiannual financial framework of the European Union
this entity surface form: EU Multiannual Financial Framework 2021–2027