6 Amendments of José Manuel FERNANDES related to 2014/2224(BUD)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1
Paragraph 1
1. Recalls that the "draft package" agreed, after difficult negotiations, by representatives of Parliament and Council during the trilogue of 8 December 2014 consists of three elements: Draft Amending Budgets No 3-8/2014 for an overall amount of EUR 49,8 million in commitment appropriations and additional EUR 3 529,6 million from fresh money in payment appropriations, so at least partially covering the current shortage in payments, the Union Budget for the year 2015 set at a level of EUR 145 321,5 million and EUR 141 214,0 million, in commitment and payment appropriations respectively, and six joint statements as well as three unilateral statements;
Amendment 4 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1a (new)
Paragraph 1a (new)
1a. Considers that the level of payments agreed both for 2014 and 2015 reaches the minimum required to stabilise the level of unpaid bills at year-end; is, therefore, satisfied by this result that is attributed to the strong determination of Parliament’s negotiating team throughout this year’s budgetary negotiations; recalls that a satisfactory level of payments was the primary objective of Parliament in these negotiations;
Amendment 6 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1b (new)
Paragraph 1b (new)
1b. Is convinced, however, that efforts need to be stepped up in the coming years with the view of reducing the level of unpaid bills, with a particular focus on cohesion policy, to a sustainable level; stresses, in this respect, the joint commitment of the three EU Institutions to consider any possible means to reduce the level of those bills, as set out in the joint statement on a payment plan accompanying this year’s budgetary agreement;
Amendment 10 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. RIs pleased that the overall level of commitments obtained in the negotiations includes modest reinforcements above the level proposed by the Commission for some key EU programmes (e.g. Horizon 2020, COSME, Erasmus +), corresponding to Parliament’s political priorities; regrets however that the Council was once again not willing to complement its political declarations with sufficient budgetary resources regarding the support for jobs and growth and the Union’s international commitments, which it demonstrated by not agreeing to budgeting up to the MFF ceiling in Headings 1a and 4; is however pleased that the increases obtained in the negotiations correspond to Parliament’s political prioritiesfurther reinforcements in Headings 1a and 4, as requested by Parliament in its October reading;
Amendment 25 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Welcomes the fact that Council, in the end, agreed to the mobilisation of the Contingency Margin in 2014, even though to a lower amount than needed; welcomes furthermore the overall reinforcements in payments in the 2014 budget, on a number of budget lines up to a level EUR 4,2 billion, of which EUR 3 168,2 million will be mobilised through the Contingency Margin for 2014 as well as the fact that the increases proposed in DAB No 3/2014 in payment appropriations for Heading 1a and Heading 4 have been largely preserved in the final compromise; notes that the reinforcements mainly target Heading 1b, where the bulk of the problem of unpaid bills at year-end currently lies;
Amendment 28 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 10 a (new)
Paragraph 10 a (new)
10a. Reiterates its long-standing position that the payments of special instruments should be calculated over and above the MFF ceilings, as is the case for commitments; regrets that, once more, it has not been made possible to reach an agreement with Council on this point; stresses, however, that all efforts need to be made towards a definite agreement on this point at the earliest possible date;