3 Amendments of Richard ASHWORTH related to 2013/2055(ACI)
Amendment 1 #
Proposal for a decision
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Paragraph 4
4. Reiterates its position that the eight- week period laid down in Article 4 of Protocol (No 1) on the RNotes that pursuant to Article 4 of Protocol 1 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union on the role of Nnational Parliaments in the European Union to inform national parliaments of any draft legislative act does not apply to budgetary issues; regrets therefore that despite the very tight timeframe for the entry into force of this adjustment and of Amending Budget No 1/2013, the Council has nevertheless let this period elapse before adopting its position, thus squeezing the time for adoption by Parliament as foreseen by the Treatyhat an eight week period shall lapse between a draft legislative act being made available to national Parliaments in the official languages of the Union and the date when it is placed on the Council's agenda; notes further that Article 2 of that Protocol defines draft legislative acts as meaning inter alia proposals from the Commission;
Amendment 2 #
Proposal for a decision
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Paragraph 5
5. Regrets furthermore the difficulty with which, even after the eight weeks deadline had elapsed, the Council reached an agreement on this revision, which has led to a delay in the availability of the funding for Croatia due as from 1 July 2013; hopes that this does not become a worrying precedent for further enlargements;
Amendment 4 #
Proposal for a decision
Paragraph 6
Paragraph 6
6. Welcomes that the Council could eventuallyCouncil's agreement on a revision of the 2013 ceilings for payments by the required EUR 374 million; considers that, given the limited amount concerned and the current shortage of payment appropriations in the 2013 budget, this is the proper way to fulfil the obligation that the Member States took out when signing the Accession Treaty and to respect the provisions of point 29 of the IIA of 17 May 2006;