Activities of Catherine GUY-QUINT

Draft opinion
Paragraph - 1 (new)

-1. Recalls that the Economic Recovery Plan adopted on 26 November 2008 by the Commission contains a Community contribution estimated at EUR 30 000 000 000, composed of the following budget elements: EUR 5 000 000 000 to be mobilised for trans-European energy interconnections and high-speed internet through a revision of the 2007-2013 multi-annual financial framework, EUR 6 300 000 000 in the form of advanced payments under the Structural and Cohesion Funds, EUR 2 100 000 000 to be redeployed under the research budget for 2009 in order to support new initiatives such as the European green cars initiative, the factories of the future initiative or the energy-efficient buildings initiative, EUR 500 000 000 to be redeployed under the 2009 budget to support the most advanced trans-European transport projects, EUR 500 000 000 to be redeployed under the 2009 budget to support initiatives such as JASMINE, JASPERS or the Community innovation programme and EUR 15 600 000 000 in the form of funding already granted by or new loans and funds from the EIB;

2009/01/27
Committee: BUDG

2008/2334(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph - 1 a (new)

- 1a. Stresses that some elements proposed in the Recovery Plan are too vaguely formulated; asks the Commission to supply the two branches of the budgetary authority without delay with all the detailed information they need to take a decision; also stresses that several elements included in the Recovery Plan require a modification of the existing multi-annual programmes; recalls in this regard that these changes must be made in full compliance with the powers of the European Parliament;

2009/01/27
Committee: BUDG

2008/2334(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph - 1 b (new)

- 1b. Stresses that as a result there is a risk that the implementation of the Recovery Plan as proposed by the Commission will take a considerable time and urges all the institutions concerned to adopt the necessary decisions as quickly as possible, given the very difficult economic situation the European Union is currently in;

2009/01/27
Committee: BUDG

2008/2334(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph - 1 c (new)

- 1c. Stresses that most of the Community measures proposed by the Commission are based on a budgetary redeployment of allocations already programmed and not on the mobilisation of new budget resources; calls on the Commission to draw all the necessary conclusions from the very bad economic forecast it published in January 2009 and to reassess it budget proposals in the light of these new forecasts;

2009/01/27
Committee: BUDG

2008/2334(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Acknowledges the predominant role of the European Investment Bank in contributing to financing investments and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD); notes that more than 50 % of the Community measures proposed in the Recovery Plan fall within the sphere of the EIB; expresses concern at the growing tendency in the Council of Ministers and the Commission to confer on the EIB and the EBRD many extra duties without having first provided all the necessary economic and financial guarantees that the EIB and EBRD will be able to carry out these duties successfully;

2009/01/27
Committee: BUDG

2008/2334(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3a. Notes that the Commission proposes to increase the financial instruments put in place by the EIB under the 2007-2013 multi-annual financial framework (research facility, TEN-T guarantee fund, loans to SMEs); asks the Commission to supply a first evaluation of the activities already undertaken and to state its intentions regarding their future actions, in particular regarding a possible contribution from the EU budget to reinforcing these instruments;

2009/01/27
Committee: BUDG

2008/2334(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3b. Notes that the Commission proposes to give the EIB new financial instruments so as to support initiatives such as the green cars initiative, the factories of the future initiative, the energy-efficient buildings initiative or its participation in the 2020 fund for energy, climate change and infrastructure; asks the Commission to indicate to the two branches of the budgetary authority the extent to which these new instruments will require intervention from the EU budget; further notes that the increase in the tasks conferred on the EIB and the EBRD poses significant questions with regard to the democratic scrutiny of the projects being financed, when funds from the EU budget are at stake;

2009/01/27
Committee: BUDG

2008/2334(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Asks the Commission, however, to take into account the budgetary and regulatory difficulties in the implementation of actions such as JASMINE, JASPERS and JEREMIE and to find solutions to them; recalls that the implementation of these programmes follows on from pilot projects and preparatory actions adopted by the European Parliament in the framework of the annual budgetary procedure and that Parliament gives them particular importance; stresses that their contribution to the recovery of economic activity in the European regions could be decisive;

2009/01/27
Committee: BUDG

2008/2334(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 b (new)

7b. Recalls that the Commission estimates the contribution of the European Fund for Rural Development to the measures to combat climate change at EUR 3 000 000 000; asks the Commission to provide more details of this contribution taking account of the place of climate change issues in the Recovery Plan;

2009/01/27
Committee: BUDG

2008/2237(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 a (new)

5a. Notes that no analysis has been carried out at Community level in order to measure the impact of the various forms of Community funding on SMEs and the benefits they have gained from that funding; reiterates Parliament's call to the Commission to carry out all the requisite studies; regards it as fundamental that the rules and procedures governing access for the various categories of SME to these forms of funding and the relevant programmes should be simplified as far as possible; with that aim in view, calls on the Commission to hold talks with the organisations representing SMEs in an effort to eliminate the obstacles encountered;

2008/11/11
Committee: ECON

2008/2237(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 5 b (new)

5b. Calls on the Commission to find suitable ways of monitoring more effectively the use made by intermediary financial, banking or administrative bodies of Community funding intended for small enterprises and micro- enterprises, and to make sure that all the funding in question reaches those undertakings, within a reasonable time- frame;

2008/11/11
Committee: ECON

2008/2237(INI)

Draft opinion
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Calls, with that aim in view, for Community legislation to be drafted in such a way as to reflect the needs of the majority of enterprises and that this principle should be established as a binding rule, in a form to be determined, but one which would require Parliament, the Council and the Commission to ensure that the priorities inherent in the "Think Small First" principle are properly applied at Community level; calls for the intermediate representative organisations concerned to be directly involved in legislative processes at all levels; urges the Member States to implement this principle in national and region legislation.

2008/11/11
Committee: ECON

2008/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital C a (new)

Ca. whereas in 2008, for the second successive year, the European Parliament approved appropriations to fund a pilot project entitled ‘Promoting a more favourable environment for microcredit in Europe’, and whereas, given that the Commission communication fails to mention this aspect, these appropriations might usefully be earmarked for the formation of own capital which can serve as start-up capital,

2008/11/18
Committee: ECON

2008/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital O

O. whereas several EU initiatives that entail elements of support for microcredit exist, and ~~a more focused approach would be beneficial~~whereas now they should be combined to form a single system,

2008/11/18
Committee: ECON

2008/2122(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recommendation 3 – point c

2008/11/18
Committee: ECON

2008/2055(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Welcomes the initiative taken by the Commission in organising a broad open consultation ~~providing a useful platform for~~seeking to find new ideas and emerging trends; ~~expects the Commission's forthcoming orientations to take into consideration the outcome of this constructive exercise~~recalls, however, that, within the bounds of the institutional prerogatives which each institution enjoys, the European Parliament is entitled to explore other solutions and lines of thought on the basis of consultations and hearings it has planned itself;

2009/02/16
Committee: BUDG

2008/2055(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Recalls that the own resources ceiling represents 1,33 % of EU GNI in commitments and 1,24 % of EU GNI in payments; also recalls that every year significant margins are left below the ceiling set up by the financial framework, notably in payments (EUR 8 300 000 000 in 2007, 13 000 000 000 in 2008, 7 800 000 000 in 2009); moreover recalls that huge margins exist between the MFF ceiling and the ceiling of the EU own resources (EUR 36 600 000 000 in 2010, 44 200 000 000 in 2011, 45 000 000 000 in 2012 and 50 600 000 000 in 2013); recalls, finally, that this EU budget underspend suggests a need for improvements in the implementation of EU funds and policies, as regards both centralised and decentralised management;

2009/02/16
Committee: BUDG

2008/2055(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Believes that the general magnitude of the EU resources ~~should~~must not be affected by the current world economic crisis, even if the Member States' GNI will cease to follow an ever increasing curve; is therefore is convinced that the EU spending should concentrate on policies with a clear European added value, fully in line with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality; recalls that in a time of crisis this added value is measured largely in terms of the fundamental principle of solidarity between European peoples;

2009/02/16
Committee: BUDG

2008/2055(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 11

11. Stresses that matching political priorities and financial needs should remain a priority for the coming years; and that this objective should be pursued through prior identification of positive and negative priorities rather than through self- imposed ceilings; emphasises that the challenges facing the EU (with crises in food, energy and the financial sectors) are of a magnitude rarely seen in its history; considers that a truly European response to these crises requires the mobilisation of a budget proportionate to the size of the task;

2009/02/16
Committee: BUDG

2008/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Indent 8 a (new)

- having regard to the conclusions of the European Council of 11 and 12 December 2008 on the approach to reviving work in respect of the Treaty of Lisbon,

2009/02/02
Committee: BUDG

2008/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital H a (new)

Ha. whereas the European Council of 11 and 12 December 2008 reaffirmed that the Treaty of Lisbon is necessary in order to help the enlarged Union to function more efficiently, more democratically and more effectively, including in international affairs, and whereas it defined an approach and legal guarantees in response to the concerns expressed by the Irish electorate, with a view to enabling the Treaty to enter into force before the end of 2009, while respecting the aims and objectives of the Treaties,

2009/02/02
Committee: BUDG

2008/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. Calls on the Council to employ that arrangement wherever possible in order to make the decision-making procedure more flexible and to ensure that the decision on own resources reflects the truly essential aspects of the Lisbon Treaty;

2009/02/02
Committee: BUDG

2008/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 31

31. Is convinced that the ~~correctness of the decision to~~reform Treaty will strengthen its powers un, providerd th~~e reform Treaty will be borne out mainly by its ability to manage~~at it can equip itself with the means to manage effectively both the tighter timetable and the greater need to plan ahead thoroughly which will result from the introduction of the new procedure;

2009/02/02
Committee: BUDG

2008/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 38

38. Emphasises that it would be desirable, without prejudice to the political nature of the procedure for the appointment of its members by the political groups, for Parliament'’s delegation to the Conciliation Committee ~~must necessarily~~to be headed by the chairman of the Committee on Budgets and for it to incorporate, in addition to the members of that committee, members of the specialist parliamentary committees whose work has significant budgetary implications;

2009/02/02
Committee: BUDG

2008/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 41

41. Proposes that these proceedings should be prepared by an interinstitutional ~~technical~~preparatory working party comprising the general rapporteur and representatives of the political groups, for Parliament, and the Permanent Representative of the country holding the Presidency, who may be accompanied by representatives of the two other Presidencies in the troïka;

2009/02/02
Committee: BUDG

2008/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 44

44. Emphasises that the parallelism between the extension of Parliament'’s budgetary powers to cover all Union expenditure and the widening of the codecision procedure to encompass almost all legislation calls for greater account to be taken of the budgetary dimension to legislative activity; with that aim in view, regards it as essential that cooperation between the Committee on Budgets and the sectoral committees should be stepped up in order to take due account of the financial impact of Parliament'’s legislative activity, in particular its impact on the MFF and the annual budget; proposes, accordingly, that the legislative conciliation committees on matters with financial implications should include a member of the Committee on Budgets; to that end, points to the work of the Working Party on Parliamentary Reform, not least as regards the specific forms of cooperation between parliamentary committees set out in the Third interim report;

2009/02/02
Committee: BUDG

2008/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 53

53. Reiterates, as of now, its intention of exercising its budgetary powers to the full in connection with these institutional innovations and emphasises the importance of reaching a political agreement with the Council~~, prior to the entry into force of the Treaty,~~ in due time on funding arrangements for the European Council, and, in particular, its fixed Presidency, and for the future European External Action Service; emphasises that all aspects of the funding arrangements for that service must remain under the supervision of the budgetary authority;

2009/02/02
Committee: BUDG

2008/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 55

~~55. Points out that circumstances in 2009 will be exceptional, since it will be the first year of implementation of the new budgetary procedure;~~deleted

2009/02/02
Committee: BUDG

2008/2054(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 56

~~56. Notes that, in addition, in 2009 European elections will be held and a new Commission will be appointed, circumstances which will certainly hamper the organisation of budget-related work;~~deleted

2009/02/02
Committee: BUDG

2008/2026(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2

2. Welcomes the ~~overall~~ agreement on Budget 2009, reached in the traditional budgetary conciliation meeting with Council on 21 November 2008, ~~especially~~ with regard to the financing of the Food Facility; is extremely concerned, however, by the very low level of overall payments finally agreed for Budget 2009 and about the possible effects of a recession on European citizens and regrets, therefore, that at the conciliation meeting, the Commission was reluctant to disclose any information on the possible budgetary impact of its coming proposal on tackling the economic crisis;

2008/11/27
Committee: BUDG

2008/2026(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. Takes note of the Commission's Communication of 26 November 2008 to the European Council entitled "A European Economic recovery Plan"; points out that this plan if approved by the European Council on 11-12 December 2008, will have a significant impact on Budget 2009; requests the Commission to further clarify this impact by providing the European Parliament, as one arm of the budgetary authority, with further details on the scope of its proposal and concrete figures relating to its implementation particularly in respect of the financial programming.

2008/11/27
Committee: BUDG

2008/2026(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Supports Letter of amendment No 1 to the preliminary draft budget (PDB) 2009, in particular as it seems to give a slightly more realistic picture of needs in heading 4 than the PDB; takes note of Letter of amendment No 2/2009 in its traditional aspects of updating the figures underlying the estimate of agricultural expenditure in the PDB and points out that this letter leaves a significant margin beneath the ceiling of heading 2 of the MFF of more than EUR 3 billion in commitment appropriations; takes note of Letter of amendment No 3/2009 aiming at covering - within Council's budget - the cost (EUR 1,06 million) of the reflection group set up by the European Council of 15-16 October 2008;

2008/11/27
Committee: BUDG

2008/2026(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5

5. On overall figures, sets the final level of commitment appropriations at EUR xxx xxx million; sets the overall level of payments at EUR 116 096 million, equivalent to 0,89% of EU GNI ; notes that this leaves a significant margin of EUR 7 762 million beneath the payments ceiling of the multi-annual financial framework (MFF) for 2009; stresses that the overall level of payments for Budget 2009 represents a significant decrease (around EUR 4 billion) compared to the level adopted for Budget 2008 in December 2007, and only a moderate increase compared to the level of payments implementation of Budget 2008, as stated in the preliminary draft amending budget (PDAB) 10 /2008;

2008/11/27
Committee: BUDG

2008/2026(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8

8. Attaches crucial importance, therefore, to the ready availability of higher payment appropriations through amending budgets, if those entered in Budget 2009 should prove insufficient, and highlights the commitments made in respect of this by the three institutions in the relevant joint declaration as agreed in the conciliation meeting; asks the Commission to further clarify its intentions in relation to this, following the publication of the European Economic Recovery Plan on 26 November 2008;

2008/11/27
Committee: BUDG

2008/2026(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Welcomes the agreement on the EUR 1 billion financing over three years for the Food Facility, reached in the conciliation meeting; notes that a share of EUR 420 million will be financed by fresh money via the flexibility instrument, while EUR 340 million will come from the Emergency Aid Reserve, ~~partly through~~this amount resulting from an exceptional increase of EUR 240 million in the Emergency Aid Reserve for 2008, which requires an amendment of Point 25 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (IIA), as well as from the mobilisation of funds still available in the Emergency Aid Reserve for 2008 (EUR 22 million) and from the "pre- mobilisation" of the Emergency Aid Reserve in 2009 (EUR 78 million) ; acknowledges that the remaining EUR 240 million will be redeployed within heading 4 but expects the Commission to present a revised financial programme to ensure an orderly progression of the amounts planned up to 2013 despite this redeployment exercise; deeply regrets that a simpler and more straightforward solution could not be found with the Council;

2008/11/27
Committee: BUDG

2008/2026(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 16 a (new)

Food programme for the most deprived persons in the European Union 16a. Welcomes the financing proposed by the Commission and approved by the Council to improve the current food distribution programme for the most deprived persons in the Union by increasing the budget by two thirds to around EUR 500 million for 2009 and extending the range of products that can be provided;

2008/11/27
Committee: BUDG

2008/2026(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18

18. Expresses its regret that, once more, heading 4 has been under steady pressure since its available margins are not sufficient to finance priorities that have arisen in the course of the year without jeopardising its traditional priorities; reiterates its concerns that the funds available in this heading do not, as they stand, allow the Union to assume its role as a global player despite its various declarations of intent; asks the Commission to present as quickly as possible an evaluation of the situation regarding heading 4 in order to examine the Union's budgetary capacity to assume its role as a global partner within the constraints of the annual budgetary procedures ~~but also in a multiannual contex~~set by a MFF which proves every year to be insufficient; fears that the Union's credibility in third countries may be irreversibly altered for the worse if, year after year, the budgetary authority is not able to provide the adequate financing to its political commitments;

2008/11/27
Committee: BUDG

2008/2026(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 a (new)

22a. Recalls the importance of financing policies dealing with the external dimension of climate change and expresses its concerns at the lack of any ambitious EU commitment on this issue in Budget 2009;

2008/11/27
Committee: BUDG

2008/2026(BUD)

Catherine GUY-QUINT, Bárbara DÜHRKOP DÜHRKOP, Costas BOTOPOULOS, Gianni PITTELLA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 22 b (new)

22 b. Stresses that the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria has proven to be an effective financing mechanism but deplores the fact that the Global Fund is not an implementing agent; reminds the Commission that in order to implement Global Fund grants effectively, increased financial resources will need to be spent on technical assistance;

2008/11/27
Committee: BUDG

2008/2025(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Underlines that the overall margin of EUR 2 638 million can be considered misleading in as much as by far the largest portion thereof, i.e. an amount of EUR 2 027 million, stems from the unused margin of market related expenditure and dirNotes that by far the largest portion of the overall margin of EUR 2 638 million in the preliminary draft budget, i.e. an amount of EUR 2 027 million, stems from the margin of market related expenditure and direct payments under heading 2 (first CAP pillar); deplores the fact that the 2007-2013 multiannual financial framework and the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allow this margin under heading 2 (first CAP pillar) to be used only under extremely restrictive conditions and that the EU is therefore unable to respond to new political needs flexibly; stresses that this large margin should be usable to realise the Union's new priority objectives, as was the case in November 2007, following Council and Parliament agreement, for the Galileo project; p~~ayments under heading 2~~oints out that structurally, since 2007, real spending under heading 2 (first CAP pillar) is below the ceilings laid down by the 2007-2013 financial framework;

2008/06/09
Committee: BUDG

2008/2025(BUD)

Catherine GUY-QUINT, Bárbara DÜHRKOP DÜHRKOP, Costas BOTOPOULOS, Gianni PITTELLA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13 a (new)

13a. Is surprised at the extremely low level of payment appropriations (EUR 116.736 billion) proposed by the Commission in its 2009 preliminary draft budget; points out that commitment appropriations adopted under the 2007 and 2008 budgets totalled EUR 126.5 billion and EUR 129.1 billion respectively;

2008/06/09
Committee: BUDG

2008/2025(BUD)

Catherine GUY-QUINT, Bárbara DÜHRKOP DÜHRKOP, Costas BOTOPOULOS, Gianni PITTELLA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19

19. Considers the planned Small Business Act an important strategy to support Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises; ~~not~~hopes that ~~also a financial framework and legislative acts are required to support SMEs in the most appropriate way~~the Commission will incorporate into it the positive results of the many pilot projects and preparatory actions which Parliament has been successfully putting forward for a number of years with regard to small and medium-sized enterprises; is eagerly awaiting precise proposals for funding this new strategic tool;

2008/06/09
Committee: BUDG

2008/2025(BUD)

Catherine GUY-QUINT, Bárbara DÜHRKOP DÜHRKOP, Costas BOTOPOULOS, Gianni PITTELLA

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73 a (new)

73a. Strongly deplores the custom of the Council to make across-the-board cuts at its first reading of the Union budget without any precise reasons being provided; points out that establishing the Union budget is a fundamental political act which is more than a mere accounting exercise, and looks to the Council to make arrangements for genuine political dialogue with Parliament during this budgetary procedure;

2008/06/09
Committee: BUDG

2008/2022(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3

3. Notes that the overall level of ~~its~~the budget 2009, as suggested by the Bureau, w~~ould~~ill stay below the traditional voluntary share of 20% of heading 5 (administrative expenditure) of the multi-annual financial framework;

2008/04/23
Committee: BUDG

2008/2022(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4

4. Stresses the fact that human resources, and overall resources for Lisbon-related issues, were predominant questions at the pre-conciliation; welcomes the fact that the Bureau acted on concerns raised by integrating the proposed 65 new posts into the estimates (corresponding to EUR 2, 02 million for 2009) but, at the same time, placing 15% of those appropriations in reserve pending the submission by the end of June of complementary information ~~asked;~~ , such as an analytical, detailed and user- friendly establishment plan assessing the repartition and use of human resources in the EP secretariat, including a detailed report on redeployment operations in 2008 and those planned for 2009, indicating positive and negative priorities; considers that this should include changes within and between DGs and an outlook in view of reinforcing core legislative activities and services to Members;

2008/04/23
Committee: BUDG

2008/2022(BUD)

Salvador GARRIGA POLLEDO, Catherine GUY-QUINT, Anne E. JENSEN, Helga TRÜPEL, Dariusz Maciej GRABOWSKI, Esko SEPPÄNEN

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 6

6. Welcomes the commitment of the Secretary General to present before the first reading an analytical and user- friendly establishment plan assessing the repartition and use of human resources in the EP secretariat, including a state-of- play concerning redeployment; considers that this should include changes within and between DGs and an outlook in view of reinforcing core legislative activities and services to members;deleted

2008/04/23
Committee: BUDG

2008/2022(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)

7a. Underlines the fact that the new Lisbon Treaty also provides a challenge for political groups; acknowledges, that in line with the reinforcement of the core activities of Parliamentary Administration, political groups will also need strengthening in terms of staff while observing budgetary prudence;

2008/04/23
Committee: BUDG

2008/2022(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Notes the proposal to continue a three- year plan to reclaim expertise in the IT area, reducing the dependence on external consultants in some key areas, and the proposal for an increase of posts in this area; agrees to ~~consider~~follow this approach but is of the opinion that, in order to maintain such increases for the final budget, related savings in the current consultant costs should be demonstrated; invites the administration to present before September a co~~mplete assessment of the situation including a coherent IT strategy~~herent and innovative IT strategy, for the next three years which includes savings generated by its implementation;

2008/04/23
Committee: BUDG

2008/2022(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Notes that ~~the~~a long-term strategic plan on buildings policy including maintenance costs and environmental issues will be presented before the end of May; stresses the importance of a thorough debate on this issue in view of arriving at relevant decisions on the way forward and the destination of these appropriations as soon as possible; ~~pending these discussions~~wishes to be informed about the work of the Bureau with the Commission on an agreement on purchase of buildings and costs; pending these information, takes note of the fact that the buildings reserve included in the draft estimates amounts to EUR 30 million, an increase by EUR 10 million compared to 2008;

2008/04/23
Committee: BUDG

2008/2022(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13

13. Is also encouraged by the information that contacts have been made with Member States, the Council and with the current and forthcoming Council Presidencies, concerning the ~~new Regime for parliamentary a~~agreement on a statute for Assistants; recalls, in this respect, its Guidelines resolution of 10 April 2008 and stresses once again the importance it attaches to resolving this issue;

2008/04/23
Committee: BUDG

2008/2022(BUD)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 14

14. Looks forward to the proposal on a Knowledge Management System that should be presented to the Bureau within the next few weeks; reaffirms its intention to follow this issue closely and its recommendation to the Bureau to take the necessary decisions ~~during the budgetary procedure~~before the middle of July;

2008/04/23
Committee: BUDG

2008/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 131

131. Calls on the Commission to draw up an inventory of all existing funding instruments and their significance for European climate objectives and, on the basis of this ‘climate audit’, to devise proposals for the future financial framework so that EU budget lines can be adapted in line with the requirements of climate policy, while not excluding the possibility of creating new funds and thus allocating new resources to them;

2008/10/10
Committee: CLIM

2008/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 131 a (new)

131a. Highlights, in this context, the need to provide sufficient funds to support developing countries in their adaptation to carbon emission mitigation strategies and measures to support their industrial and productive fabric;

2008/10/10
Committee: CLIM

2008/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 133

133. ~~Urg~~Stresses, in its capacity as an arm of the budgetary authority together with the Council, that the highest priority must be given to climate change and measures to combat it in the next financial perspective;

2008/10/10
Committee: CLIM

2008/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 133 a (new)

133a. Calls on the other arm of the budgetary authority and the Commission to establish a European climate change fund financed by revenues generated from the future scheme for greenhouse gas emissions allowance trading, which would be used to support adaptation, mitigation, energy efficiency and sustainable consumption;

2008/10/10
Committee: CLIM

2008/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital CK

CK. whereas the current EU budget is insufficient to achieve the climate objectives, since the political priority of combating climate change has not yet been furnished with the necessary budgetary appropriations,

2008/10/13
Committee: CLIM

2008/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital CL

CL. whereas in the forthcoming financial framework, budgetary appropriations ~~will~~must be allocated to combat climate change and create a European adaptation policy, in order to ensure that the EU has a sufficient ‘climate change budget’ for the next budgetary period after 2013,

2008/10/13
Committee: CLIM

2008/2015(INI)

Motion for a resolution
Recital CL a (new)

CLa. whereas combating climate change must be taken into account in all EU policies; whereas, consequently, the EU can no longer merely redistribute existing resources but should promote the creation of new resources to finance the cross- sectoral nature of the fight against climate change,

2008/10/13
Committee: CLIM

2008/0149(COD)

Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1 a (new)

1a. Considers that the reference amount indicated in the legislative proposal is not compatible with the ceiling of heading 4 of the current multi-annual financial framework (MFF) 2007-2013 without jeopardising the financing of other priorities; notes that the Commission has proposed to finance the facility by using uncommitted appropriations left available under heading 2 of the MFF; recalls, however, that such a proposition should have been accompanied by a formal proposal by the Commission for revision of the MFF as foreseen in the Interinstitutional Agreement (IIA)of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and sound financial management;

2008/09/16
Committee: BUDG

2008/0149(COD)

Draft legislative resolution
Paragraph 1 b (new)

1b. Underlines that the provisions of Point 14 of the IIA of 17 May 2006 shall be applied should the legislative authority decide in favour of the adoption of the legislative proposal; stresses that Parliament will enter into negotiations with the other arm of the budgetary authority with a view to reaching a timely agreement on the financing of this facility; considers that this agreement should not exclude the possibility to create a temporary facility fund within the IIA which could not exceed a maximum annual amount settled by the two branches of the budgetary authority and which could be drawn from any margin existing under the global expenditure ceiling of the previous year, and/or from cancelled commitment appropriations from the previous two years;

2008/09/16
Committee: BUDG

2008/0149(COD)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 10

1. The total financial reference amount for the implementation of this Regulation over the period 2008-2009 shall be EUR 1.0 billion. 2. For 2008, the reference amount shall be EUR 750 million. 3. For 2009, the maximum reference amount shall be EUR 250 million. 4. The amount committed shall, for each year, leave a margin under heading 2 of the financial framework of at least EUR 600 million, based on the forecast of the most recent early warning system report as established in Regulation (EC) No 1290/2005. Should that not be the case for a particular year, the maximum amount which can be committed for that year pursuant to this Regulation shall be reduced in order to restore such a margin under heading 2.

2008/09/16
Committee: BUDG

2008/0103(CNS)

Proposal for a regulation
Article 2 – point a a (new)

aa) ‘larger beneficiary’ means a natural or legal person receiving more than EUR 150 000 in the form of the payments provided for in Annex I;

2008/09/02
Committee: AGRI

2008/0103(CNS)

Catherine GUY-QUINT, Anne FERREIRA

Proposal for a regulation
Article 7 – paragraph 2 a (new)

2a. The maximum amount of the payments provided for in Annex I shall be fixed at EUR 150 000 per holding.

2008/09/02
Committee: AGRI

2008/0013(COD)

Proposal for a directive – amending act
Article 1 - Point 7

Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 10 - paragraph 3 - point d

(d) for measures ~~to avoid deforestation, in particular in Least Developed Countries~~, both in the EU and in least developed countries, to combat deforestation and promote afforestation and reafforestation, and to encourage forest conservation and the use of timber for constructional or industrial purposes (wood panels, paper pulp, etc.) or as fuelwood by setting up or promoting a value chain for the utilisation of forest timber, encompassed within the broader aims of sustainable forest management and preserving and fostering biodiversity;

2008/07/14
Committee: ENVI

2007/2038(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 9

9. Notes, in addition, the initiative of the President of Parliament aimed at strengthening the links between the Bureau and the Committee on Budgets, on the one hand, and the Bureau and the Committee on Budgetary Control, on the other, by creating a working group with the brief of consolidating those links in a lasting form; ~~notes that this group will also take account of the new budget procedure arising from the Treaty of Lisbon;~~

2008/03/10
Committee: CONT

2007/2038(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10

10. Considers that the budget and discharge procedures need to be viewed as complementary: ~~a budget is not to be adopted without an analysis of the discharge decisions already adopted, and~~ a decision on discharge must be taken on the basis of awareness of the political objectives set at the time of the budget procedure for the discharge year concerned; ~~calls for further work on the interoperability of the budget and discharge procedures;~~

2008/03/10
Committee: CONT

2007/2038(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
After paragraph 71, heading 'Preparation of implementation of the Treaty of Lisbon'

~~Preparation of implementation of the Treaty of Lisbon~~deleted

2008/03/10
Committee: CONT

2007/2038(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 72

72. Recalls that in 2006 Parliament was willing to 'consider whether modifications should be made to its administrative structures or further support provided for its core activities to optimise the work of the institution;'1; adds that Parliament then also took the view that 'the increased responsibility of the European Parliament in legislative decision making requires significantly more resources to be allocated to support this core activity'2; 1 OJ C 320 E, 15.12.2005, p. 159, paragraph 19. 2 OJ C 320 E, 15.12.2005, p. 159, paragraph 20.deleted Or. fr

2008/03/10
Committee: CONT

2007/2038(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 73

~~73. Notes the response of its administration as regards the implementation of the interinstitutional agreement on better lawmaking;~~deleted

2008/03/10
Committee: CONT

2007/2038(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 74

74. Stresses, furthermore, that the Treaty of Lisbon markedly extends the scope of codecision, which will become the standard legislative procedure, and that Parliament will thus become the co- legislator, on a footing of equality, for 95% of EU legislation;deleted

2008/03/10
Committee: CONT

2007/2038(DEC)

Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 75

75. Calls on its administration, in the light of this, to submit, no later than 30 November 2008: – a table of Parliament's staff (officials and other servants), broken down by grade, DG, nationality and gender, accompanied by an evaluation; – an analysis of the use of the research budget in the DGs;deleted

2008/03/10
Committee: CONT

2007/2038(DEC)