Under budgetproceduren for 2002 finpudsedes og konsolideredes den nye metode med aktivitetsbaseret budgetlægning (ABB), der blev indført i 2001, og som vil finde formel anvendelse, så snart omarbejdningen af finansforordningen er vedtaget.
The 2002 budget procedure was an opportunity to refine and consolidate the new method of activity-based budgeting which was introduced in 2001 and which will be formally applicable once the recast financial regulation has been adopted.