Decommitment

Decommitment means that the unused amounts will be cut from the approved budget.

For programmes there is N+3 rule and that means the allocation for a specific year must be used by end of the third calendar year after this. For example, the allocation for 2022 must be used by end of 2025. For programmes, however, the target is reduced with the cumulative amount of pre-financing.

To ensure adequate spending, programmes can set decommitment requirements for projects and cut the budgets of low spending projects and reuse the funds for new projects.

Where to start

The rules for decommitment come from CPR Regulation, Articles 105-107 (for 2021-2027). You can use the Calculator for Decommitment targets 2021-2027_v4.1. Please note, this calculator only works for programmes that haven't had budget amendment(s). 

What we are working on

In the InterFIN event in May decommitment was one of the topics. We are also working on a factsheet on decommitment. Additionally, this topic is part of regular agenda in Finance Network meetings. 

- For 2021-2027 programmes the decommitment is calculated for the first time in 2025. 
- For 2014-2020 programmes the commitments for 2020 are decommitment during programme closure.

Contact

For more information please contact Sanna Erkko.

Exchange Community

Interact offers an online space for those working with Decommitment and wider Financial programme management to share information and exchange. You can find out more about our MS Teams environment on our Networks page, and see all our networks in our Portal. 

If you would like to learn more about this, please contact Sanna Erkko.