The Council had planned to allocate €1 billion from FP7 to finance the RSFF (to be matched by an equal amount from the European Investment Bank) but now the compromise provides for a lower contribution from FP7 until 2010 - €500 million - with the possibility of releasing up to an additional €500 million after an evaluation process.
Par diviem no tiem — Pamatprogrammas vispārējo saturu un prioritātēm ( Jerzy Buzek , PPE/DE, PL) un par dalības noteikumiem ( Philippe Busquin , PSE, BE) — Parlaments un Padome lemj ar vienlīdzīgām likumdevēja pilnvarām; attiecībā uz Euratom programmu un atsevišķām specializētajām programmām Parlamentam ir konsultatīva loma.