Secondly, Council gave particular attention to complying with the annual expenditure ceiling set by the current Financial Perspective and to leaving adequate margins below the ceilings – where possible – so that there is some room to finance unforeseen events during 2006.
Ved udarbejdelsen af budgetforslaget anlagde Rådet en overordnet synsvinkel, hvor man holdt fast i disse grundprincipper, men samtidig stræbte mod at sikre en tilstrækkelig og realistisk finansiering af EU 's forskellige budgetprioriteringer.