The Budget 2005 was adopted with a reduction of EUR 3 billion in payments for heading 2 relative to the Commission’s proposal, together with a declaration of November 2004 which stated that "If the execution of payment appropriations for the Structural Funds exceeds 40% by the end of July 2005, or if the Commission becomes otherwise convinced of a shortage in payment appropriations, the Commission will, after having examined the possibilities of redeployment of payment appropriations within the totality of the budget, including Heading 2, and evaluated possible sources of additional revenue, present as soon as possible a PDAB to the budgetary authority.
The Budget 2005 was adopted with a reduction of EUR 3 billion in payments for heading 2 relative to the Commission’s proposal, together with a declaration of November 2004 which stated that "If the execution of payment appropriations for the Structural Funds exceeds 40% by the end of July 2005, or if the Commission becomes otherwise convinced of a shortage in payment appropriations, the Commission will, after having examined the possibilities of redeployment of payment appropriations within the totality of the budget, including Heading 2, and evaluated possible sources of additional revenue, present as soon as possible a PDAB to the budgetary authority.