Annexes to COM(2025)106 - Amendment of Council Directive 92/43/EEC as regards the protection status of the wolf (Canis lupus) - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2025)106 - Amendment of Council Directive 92/43/EEC as regards the protection status of the wolf (Canis lupus). |
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| document | COM(2025)106  |
| date | March 7, 2025 |
1.3.4.Indicators of performance
Specify the indicators for monitoring progress and achievements.
Annex IV and V amended for the wolf (Canis lupus).
1.4.The proposal/initiative relates to:
X a new action
a new action following a pilot project / preparatory action 6
the extension of an existing action
a merger or redirection of one or more actions towards another/a new action
1.5.Grounds for the proposal/initiative
1.5.1.Requirement(s) to be met in the short or long term including a detailed timeline for roll-out of the implementation of the initiative
N/A
1.5.2.Added value of EU involvement (it may result from different factors, e.g. coordination gains, legal certainty, greater effectiveness or complementarities). For the purposes of this section ‘added value of EU involvement’ is the value resulting from EU action, that is additional to the value that would have been otherwise created by Member States alone.
N/A
1.5.3.Lessons learned from similar experiences in the past
N/A
1.5.4.Compatibility with the multiannual financial framework and possible synergies with other appropriate instruments
No budgetary impact
1.5.5.Assessment of the different available financing options, including scope for redeployment
No budgetary impact
1.6.Duration of the proposal/initiative and of its financial impact
limited duration
– in effect from [DD/MM]YYYY to [DD/MM]YYYY
– financial impact from YYYY to YYYY for commitment appropriations and from YYYY to YYYY for payment appropriations.
X unlimited duration
–Implementation with a start-up period from YYYY to YYYY,
–followed by full-scale operation.
1.7.Method(s) of budget implementation planned 7
Direct management by the Commission
– by its departments, including by its staff in the Union delegations;
– by the executive agencies
Shared management with the Member States
Indirect management by entrusting budget implementation tasks to:
– third countries or the bodies they have designated
– international organisations and their agencies (to be specified)
– the European Investment Bank and the European Investment Fund
– bodies referred to in Articles 70 and 71 of the Financial Regulation
– public law bodies
– bodies governed by private law with a public service mission to the extent that they are provided with adequate financial guarantees
– bodies governed by the private law of a Member State that are entrusted with the implementation of a public-private partnership and that are provided with adequate financial guarantees
– bodies or persons entrusted with the implementation of specific actions in the common foreign and security policy pursuant to Title V of the Treaty on European Union, and identified in the relevant basic act
–bodies established in a Member State, governed by the private law of a Member State or Union law and eligible to be entrusted, in accordance with sector-specific rules, with the implementation of Union funds or budgetary guarantees, to the extent that such bodies are controlled by public law bodies or by bodies governed by private law with a public service mission, and are provided with adequate financial guarantees in the form of joint and several liability by the controlling bodies or equivalent financial guarantees and which may be, for each action, limited to the maximum amount of the Union support.
Comments
No budgetary impact.
2. MANAGEMENT MEASURES
2.1.Monitoring and reporting rules
Specify frequency and conditions.
N/A
2.2.Management and control system(s)
2.2.1.Justification of the budget implementation method(s), the funding implementation mechanism(s), the payment modalities and the control strategy proposed
N/A
2.2.2.Information concerning the risks identified and the internal control system(s) set up to mitigate them
N/A
2.2.3.Estimation and justification of the cost-effectiveness of the controls (ratio between the control costs and the value of the related funds managed), and assessment of the expected levels of risk of error (at payment & at closure)
N/A
2.3.Measures to prevent fraud and irregularities
Specify existing or envisaged prevention and protection measures, e.g. from the anti-fraud strategy.
N/A
3. ESTIMATED FINANCIAL IMPACT OF THE PROPOSAL/INITIATIVE
3.1.Heading(s) of the multiannual financial framework and expenditure budget line(s) affected
·Existing budget lines
In order of multiannual financial framework headings and budget lines.
| Heading of multiannual financial framework | Budget line | Type of expenditure | Contribution | |||
| Number | Diff./Non-diff 8 . | from EFTA countries 9 | from candidate countries and potential candidates 10 | From other third countries | other assigned revenue | |
| N/A | Diff./Non-diff. | YES/NO | YES/NO | YES/NO | YES/NO | |
| N/A | Diff./Non-diff. | YES/NO | YES/NO | YES/NO | YES/NO | |
| N/A | Diff./Non-diff. | YES/NO | YES/NO | YES/NO | YES/NO |
·New budget lines requested
In order of multiannual financial framework headings and budget lines.
| Heading of multiannual financial framework | Budget line | Type of expenditure | Contribution | |||
| Number | Diff./Non-diff. | from EFTA countries | from candidate countries and potential candidates | from other third countries | other assigned revenue | |
| N/A | Diff./Non-diff. | YES/NO | YES/NO | YES/NO | YES/NO | |
| N/A | Diff./Non-diff. | YES/NO | YES/NO | YES/NO | YES/NO | |
| N/A | Diff./Non-diff. | YES/NO | YES/NO | YES/NO | YES/NO |
3.2.Estimated financial impact of the proposal on appropriations
3.2.1.Summary of estimated impact on operational appropriations
– The proposal/initiative does not require the use of operational appropriations
– The proposal/initiative requires the use of operational appropriations, as explained below
3.2.1.1.Appropriations from voted budget
EUR million (to three decimal places)
| Heading of multiannual financial framework | Number | N/A |
| DG: <…….> | Year | Year | Year | Year | TOTAL MFF 2021-2027 | ||
| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | ||||
| Operational appropriations | |||||||
| Budget line | Commitments | (1a) | 0.000 | ||||
| Payments | (2a) | 0.000 | |||||
| Budget line | Commitments | (1b) | 0.000 | ||||
| Payments | (2b) | 0.000 | |||||
| Appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope of specific programmes 11 | |||||||
| Budget line | (3) | 0.000 | |||||
| TOTAL appropriations for DG <…….> | Commitments | =1a+1b+3 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Payments | =2a+2b+3 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| Year | Year | Year | Year | TOTAL MFF 2021-2027 | |||
| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | ||||
| TOTAL operational appropriations | Commitments | (4) | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Payments | (5) | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| TOTAL appropriations of an administrative nature financed from the envelope for specific programmes | (6) | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |
| TOTAL appropriations under HEADING <….> | Commitments | =4+6 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| of the multiannual financial framework | Payments | =5+6 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
Heading of multiannual financial framework | 7 | ‘Administrative expenditure’ 12 – N/A |
| DG: <…….> | Year | Year | Year | Year | TOTAL MFF 2021-2027 | |||
| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | |||||
| Human resources | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |||
| Other administrative expenditure | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |||
| TOTAL DG <…….> | Appropriations | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | ||
| DG: <…….> | Year | Year | Year | Year | TOTAL MFF 2021-2027 | |||
| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | |||||
| Human resources | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |||
| Other administrative expenditure | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | |||
| TOTAL DG <…….> | Appropriations | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | ||
| TOTAL appropriations under HEADING 7 of the multiannual financial framework | (Total commitments = Total payments) | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
EUR million (to three decimal places)
| Year | Year | Year | Year | TOTAL MFF 2021-2027 | ||
| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | |||
| TOTAL appropriations under HEADINGS 1 to 7 | Commitments | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| of the multiannual financial framework | Payments | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
3.2.2.Estimated output funded from operational appropriations (not to be completed for decentralised agencies)
Commitment appropriations in EUR million (to three decimal places)
| Indicate objectives and outputs | Year 2024 | Year 2025 | Year 2026 | Year 2027 | Enter as many years as necessary to show the duration of the impact (see Section1.6) | TOTAL | ||||||||||||
| OUTPUTS | ||||||||||||||||||
| Type 13 | Average cost | No | Cost | No | Cost | No | Cost | No | Cost | No | Cost | No | Cost | No | Cost | Total No | Total cost | |
| SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE No 1 14 … | ||||||||||||||||||
| - Output | ||||||||||||||||||
| - Output | ||||||||||||||||||
| - Output | ||||||||||||||||||
| Subtotal for specific objective No 1 | ||||||||||||||||||
| SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE No 2 ... | ||||||||||||||||||
| - Output | ||||||||||||||||||
| Subtotal for specific objective No 2 | ||||||||||||||||||
| TOTALS |
3.2.3.Summary of estimated impact on administrative appropriations
–X The proposal/initiative does not require the use of appropriations of an administrative nature
– The proposal/initiative requires the use of appropriations of an administrative nature, as explained below
3.2.3.1. Appropriations from voted budget
| VOTED APPROPRIATIONS | Year | Year | Year | Year | TOTAL 2021 - 2027 |
| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | ||
| HEADING 7 | |||||
| Human resources | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Other administrative expenditure | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Subtotal HEADING 7 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Outside HEADING 7 | |||||
| Human resources | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Other expenditure of an administrative nature | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Subtotal outside HEADING 7 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| TOTAL | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
3.2.4.Estimated requirements of human resources
–X The proposal/initiative does not require the use of human resources
– The proposal/initiative requires the use of human resources, as explained below
3.2.4.1.Financed from voted budget
Estimate to be expressed in full-time equivalent units (FTEs) 15
| VOTED APPROPRIATIONS | Year | Year | Year | Year | |
| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | ||
| Establishment plan posts (officials and temporary staff) | |||||
| 20 01 02 01 (Headquarters and Commission’s Representation Offices) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 01 02 03 (EU Delegations) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01 01 01 01 (Indirect research) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01 01 01 11 (Direct research) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other budget lines (specify) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| • External staff (in FTEs) | |||||
| 20 02 01 (AC, END from the ‘global envelope’) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 02 03 (AC, AL, END and JPD in the EU Delegations) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Admin. Support line [XX.01.YY.YY] | - at Headquarters | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| - in EU Delegations | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01 01 01 02 (AC, END - Indirect research) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 01 01 01 12 (AC, END - Direct research) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other budget lines (specify) - Heading 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Other budget lines (specify) - Outside Heading 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| TOTAL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The staff required to implement the proposal (in FTEs):
| To be covered by current staff available in the Commission services | Exceptional additional staff* | |||
| To be financed under Heading 7 or Research | To be financed from BA line | To be financed from fees | ||
| Establishment plan posts | - | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| External staff (CA, SNEs, INT) | - | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Description of tasks to be carried out by:
| Officials and temporary staff | Human resources needed for the proposal are covered by existing staff of DG ENV. However, following the co-decision procedure might require substantial effort. The implementation of this amendment proposal will take place as part of the general implementation of Directive 92/43/EEC. |
| External staff | N/A |
3.2.5.Overview of estimated impact on digital technology-related investments
| TOTAL Digital and IT appropriations | Year | Year | Year | Year | TOTAL MFF 2021 - 2027 |
| 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | ||
| HEADING 7 | |||||
| IT expenditure (corporate) | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Subtotal HEADING 7 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Outside HEADING 7 | |||||
| Policy IT expenditure on operational programmes | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Subtotal outside HEADING 7 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| TOTAL | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
3.2.6.Compatibility with the current multiannual financial framework
The proposal/initiative:
– can be fully financed through redeployment within the relevant heading of the multiannual financial framework (MFF)
– requires use of the unallocated margin under the relevant heading of the MFF and/or use of the special instruments as defined in the MFF Regulation
– requires a revision of the MFF
3.2.7.Third-party contributions
The proposal/initiative:
– does not provide for co-financing by third parties
– provides for the co-financing by third parties estimated below:
Appropriations in EUR million (to three decimal places)
| Year 2024 | Year 2025 | Year 2026 | Year 2027 | Total | |
| Specify the co-financing body | |||||
| TOTAL appropriations co-financed |
3.3. Estimated impact on revenue
–X The proposal/initiative has no financial impact on revenue.
– The proposal/initiative has the following financial impact:
– on own resources
– on other revenue
– please indicate, if the revenue is assigned to expenditure lines
EUR million (to three decimal places)
| Budget revenue line: | Appropriations available for the current financial year | Impact of the proposal/initiative 16 | |||
| Year 2024 | Year 2025 | Year 2026 | Year 2027 | ||
| Article ………… |
4. Digital dimensions
When completing this Section, it is acceptable to present the information in a table format, where appropriate.
4.1.Requirements of digital relevance
This proposal relates solely to the transposition of the decision of the Standing Committee to the Bern Convention concerning the protection status of the wolf, and therefore carries no relevance to digital delivery of public services.
4.2.Data
N/A
4.3.Digital solutions
N/A
4.4.Interoperability assessment
N/A
4.5.Measures to support digital implementation
N/A
(1) OJ C , , p. .
(2) OJ C , , p. .
(3) Council Decision (EU) 2024/2669 of 26 September 2024 on the submission, on behalf of the European Union, of a proposal for the amendment of Appendices II and III to the Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats and on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the Union, at the 44th meeting of the Standing Committee to that Convention (OJ L, 2024/2669, 10.10.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2024/2669/oj ).
(4) Convention on the conservation of European wildlife and natural habitats (OJ L 38, 10.2.1982, p.3, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/convention/1982/72/oj).
(5) Council Directive 92/43/EEC on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ L 206 22.7.1992, p. 7, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/1992/43/oj).
(6) As referred to in Article 58(2), point (a) or (b) of the Financial Regulation.
(7) Details of budget implementation methods and references to the Financial Regulation may be found on the BUDGpedia site: https://myintracomm.ec.europa.eu/corp/budget/financial-rules/budget-implementation/Pages/implementation-methods.aspx .
(8) Diff. = Differentiated appropriations / Non-diff. = Non-differentiated appropriations.
(9) EFTA: European Free Trade Association.
(10) Candidate countries and, where applicable, potential candidates from the Western Balkans.
(11) Technical and/or administrative assistance and expenditure in support of the implementation of EU programmes and/or actions (former ‘BA’ lines), indirect research, direct research.
(12) The necessary appropriations should be determined using the annual average cost figures available on the appropriate BUDGpedia webpage.
(13) Outputs are products and services to be supplied (e.g. number of student exchanges financed, number of km of roads built, etc.).
(14) As described in Section 1.3.2. ‘Specific objective(s)’.
(15) Please specify below the table how many FTEs within the number indicated are already assigned to the management of the action and/or can be redeployed within your DG and what are your net needs.
(16) As regards traditional own resources (customs duties, sugar levies), the amounts indicated must be net amounts, i.e. gross amounts after deduction of 20% for collection costs.