Udgiftsniveauet i FBF-2004 er til trods for udvidelsen la vere end i 2003-budgettet (1,04 % af BNI i EU-15).
Despite enlargement, the volume of expenditure in the 2004 preliminary draft is significantly lower than the relative size of even the 2003 budget (1.04 % of the GNI of EU-15).