Activities of Jutta HAUG related to 2014/2020(INI)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on implementing measures for the system of own resources of the European Union PDF (135 KB) DOC (61 KB)
Amendments (5)
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital D
Recital D
D. whereas national contributions to the EU budget, which amount nowadays to around 85 % of the total EU revenue (GNI based and VAT based) , cannot be considered as a genuine own resources as they simply constitute transfers from national treasuries to the EU budget; whereas this situation has reinforced, over decades, the logic of ‘fair return’ that has also clearly prevailed in the conclusions of the European Council of 7-8 February 2013 on the MFF 2014-2020 and has largely prevented a structural reform of the EU budget;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital E
Recital E
E. whereas Parliament has consistently manifested its support for the Commission proposals, presented in June 2011, which – by reducing the share of national contributions to the EU budget to a maximum of 40 %, abolishing the current VAT-based contribution and replacing it by a more modern VAT based resource, creating twoone new and genuine own resources and replacing all rebates and correction mechanisms by a system of lump sums for the period 2014- 2020 – took a step in the right direction by bringing the EU budget revenue side into line with the letter and spirit of the Treaty, and which, as such, from the outset gained the support of an overwhelming majority in Parliament;
Amendment 12 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital F
Recital F
F. whereas despite its discontent with the inability of Council to progress on the reform of the system of own resources, Parliament eventually gave its consent to the MFF r2014 -20 Regulation in November 2013, following also the agreement by Councilwith the Council on a Joint Declaration on the establishment of the High-Level Group on Own Resources; whereas, on that occasion, the Lithuanian Presidency declared its commitment to organise the inaugural meeting of this Group on 18-19 December 2013; whereas, due to delay within the Council to decide on its three representativnominees to this High-Level Group, this meeting has not yet taken place;
Amendment 13 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital G
Recital G
G. whereas the High-Level Group on Own Resources aims at producing a first assessment of the current system’s shortcomings by the end of 2014, with a final outcome in 2016 to be assessed at an inter-institutional conference inwith the presencearticipation of national parliaments; whereas the High-Level Group shall examine all aspects of the reform of the own resources system with a view of providing the Commission with the necessary means to asses if new own resource initiatives are appropriate in parallel to the post electoral review / revision of the 2014 -2020 MFF ( to be launched by end 2016 at the latest) and to propose a successful reform for the period covered by the nextpost 2020 Multiannual Financial Framework;
Amendment 20 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3