Revenue generated by the exploitation of the systems shall be collected by the Union, paid to the Union budget and allocated to the Galileo and EGNOS programmes, and in particular to the objective referred to in Article 2(1). If the income proves to exceed that required to fund the programme exploitation phases, any adaptation of the principle of allocation shall be approved by the European Parliament and the Council on the basis of a proposal from the Commission.

A revenue-sharing mechanism may be provided for in contracts concluded with private sector entities.

The interest generated by pre-financing payments made to entities responsible for implementing the budget indirectly shall be assigned to activities subject to the delegation agreement or the contract concluded between the Commission and the entity concerned. In accordance with the principle of sound financial management, the entities responsible for indirect implementation of the budget shall open accounts enabling the funds and corresponding interest to be identified.