On 24 June 2026, the Council of the European Union agreed to correct five specific errors in the indicator tables of the proposed Regulation establishing a budget expenditure tracking and performance framework for Union programmes and activities. The corrections, adopted as part of the partial negotiating mandate for talks with the European Parliament, remove duplicate or misplaced indicators to ensure each appears only once in the correct column.
The changes affect intervention fields across the annexes. In field 324 (page 127), two result indicators that also appeared as output indicators are deleted: “Number of IT systems supported and fully functioning – by type of support” and “Number of items of equipment purchased and fully functioning – by type”. In field 325 (page 129), the output indicator “Number of people benefiting from reception conditions” is moved to the result indicator column. In field 329 (page 131), the output indicator “Number of return decisions issued” is deleted because it duplicates a result indicator. In fields 199-207 (pages 101-103), the result indicator “Number of renovated m2 at residential buildings occupied by vulnerable households” is deleted as it also appears as an output indicator. In fields 44 (page 60), 60 (page 64), and 334 (pages 133-134), duplicate indicators appearing twice in the same column are reduced to a single reference.
The partial mandate now proceeds to negotiations with the European Parliament. The corrections are technical but ensure the performance framework is coherent and avoids double-counting, which could affect how programme results are measured and reported. EU institutions and member states will benefit from clearer tracking, while programme managers and auditors will have a more consistent set of indicators to work with. The regulation is part of the EU's broader effort to link spending to performance under the next multiannual financial framework.