On an annual basis, the Council will prepare and the Presidency of the institution will approve a preliminary draft budget, with the structure indicated by the Ministry of Finance, and will send it to the Ministry for its subsequent integration into the General Budgets of the State, in accordance with the provisions of Law 47/2003, of 26 November.
The budget shall be of a limiting nature in terms of its overall amount and an estimate for the distribution of appropriations by economic category, with the exception of staff costs and nominative grants and protocol and representative assistance, which shall be of a limiting and binding nature.
It is up to the Presidency of the Council to authorise budgetary changes involving up to 3% of the initial figure of its total expenditure budget, provided that the appropriations for staff costs are not increased. Variations above this percentage must be authorized by the holder of the Ministry of Finance.
Internal variations between the various budget items that do not increase the overall amount of the budget will be adopted by the Presidency of the Council, unless they affect the appropriations for personnel expenses, which must be authorized by the holder of the Ministry of Finance.
