# 2010 budget: other sections

European Parliament procedure 2009/2002B(BUD) (BUD - Budgetary procedure, 7th term, committee BUDG). Stage: Procedure completed. 15 committee amendments tabled by 4 Members between 2009-10-02 and 2009-10-02.

## What the amendments focus on

Parliament's reading of the 2010 budget for sections other than the Commission. The amendments concern keeping Parliament's budget below the self-imposed 20% of administrative expenditure, savings in translation and language services including a cross-cutting reserve for external translation, distinguishing fixed and variable costs and introducing zero-based budgeting, new establishment-plan posts and upgradings, buildings policy and security, multilingualism and legislative support to Members, and possible adjustments should the Treaty of Lisbon enter into force.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| José Manuel FERNANDES | Portugal | PPE | 9 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/96899.md |
| Vladimír MAŇKA | Slovakia | S&D | 3 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28192.md |
| Alain LAMASSOURE | France | PPE | 2 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/1204.md |
| Göran FÄRM | Sweden | S&D | 1 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4265.md |

## Official source documents

- PE428.295: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-428.295+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2009-2002B-BUD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2009-2002B-BUD.json

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