"Maximum amounts" were replaced by "amounts deemed necessary" in the multi-annual programmes and systematically entered by the Council in all multi-annual programmes as ceilings, while there were considered purely 'indicative' by the Parliament and increased or reduced in the annual budgets according to its priorities.
Daudzgadu programmās „maksimālās summas” nomainīja ar „vajadzīgajām summām”, kuras Padome kā maksimālo robežu iekļāva visās daudzgadu programmās, lai gan Parlaments tās uzskatīja tikai par ‘indikatīvām’ un ikgadējos budžetos palielināja vai samazināja atbilstoši savām prioritātēm.