1 Amendments of Alyn SMITH related to 2008/2054(INI)
Amendment 3 #
Draft opinion
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Notes that currently agriculture and rural development spending combined still represent a substantive part of the EU budget; stresses the need to ensure that the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development is represented in the conciliation committee meetings, particularly now that formerly compulsory expenditure is likewise subject to codecision; stresses also the need to ensure coordination between the Committee on Budgets and specialised committees on budgetary aspects of their legislative activities given their impact on the Multi Financial Framework and the annual budgetary procedure;