Vaststelling van de begrotingsstaten van het Ministerie van Economische Zaken (XIII) voor het jaar 2009

This is a Dutch parliamentary procedure for formally adopting the 2009 budget estimates (begrotingsstaten) of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, designated chapter XIII of the national budget. Budget statements set out the spending ceilings and planned revenues for each ministry for the coming year, and their adoption gives the government legal authority to spend the allocated funds. The main parties affected are the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the government agencies and programmes it funds, including those covering business, energy, innovation and market regulation. Citizens and businesses that rely on these programmes are indirectly affected by the allocations approved.