The draft EU budget for 2016, as amended by amending letters 1 and 2, includes commitment appropriations of EUR 154.9 billion and payment appropriations of EUR 144.5 billion'. Commitments' refer to the funding that can be agreed in contracts in a given year (with some of the money only being paid in subsequent years), while 'payments' to the money actually paid out in that year.
Le projet de budget de l'UE pour l'exercice 2016, modifié par les lettres rectificatives n° 1 et n° 2, prévoit des crédits d'engagement de 154,9 milliards d'euros et des crédits de paiement de 144,5 milliards d'euros.