Vaststelling van de begrotingsstaten van het Ministerie van Defensie (X) voor het jaar 2009

This procedure concerns the formal adoption by the Dutch House of Representatives (Tweede Kamer) of the budget statements (begrotingsstaten) of the Ministry of Defence for the year 2009. The budget statement sets out the planned spending and revenue for the ministry for that financial year, and parliamentary approval gives the government legal authority to spend the allocated funds. The main parties affected are the Ministry of Defence and the armed forces it manages, as well as Dutch taxpayers whose contributions fund defence spending. The adopted figures determine the resources available for military operations, personnel, equipment and related programmes in 2009.