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PURPOSE: to\n review the multiannual financial framework 2007-2013 in order to finance projects\n in the field of energy in the context of the European Economic\n Recovery Plan.
PROPOSED ACT:\n Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council (Interinstitutional\n Agreement).
BACKGROUND: at the trilogue meeting of 2 April 2009, the European\n Parliament, the Council and the Commission agreed on the financing, in the\n framework of the European\n Economic Recovery Plan (EERP), of projects in the field of energy and\n broadband internet in rural areas as well as activities related to 'new\n challenges' identified in the Common Agricultural Policy's Health Check.
Based on that agreement and the amended Commission proposal of 8\n April 2009, the European Parliament and the Council adopted a Decisionon 6 May 2009 by\n which the 2007- 2013 financial framework was revised (see ACI/2008/2332).\n The 2009 ceiling for commitment appropriations under heading 1A was increased\n by EUR 2 000 million to finance energy projects to aid economic recovery.\n This increase was fully offset by lowering the ceiling for 2009 for commitment\n appropriations under Heading 2 by the same amount. The ceilings for payment appropriations\n for the years 2009-2013 was modified accordingly. In parallel to that\n Decision, EUR 600 million were made available within the 2009 budget for\n broadband internet in rural areas as well as activities related to 'new\n challenges'.
According to the agreement of 2 April 2009, the financing of\n the remaining amount (EUR 1 980 million for energy and EUR 420 million\n for developing broadband internet in rural areas and strengthening operations\n related to the \"new challenges\" defined in the context of the CAP\n Health Check) is to \"be secured through a compensation mechanism at\n the conciliation of the 2010 budgetary procedure by using all budgetary\n means foreseen in its legal framework, to be completed, if needed, at the\n latest at the conciliation of the 2011 budgetary procedure\".
On 27 October\n 2009, the Commission presented a proposal\n to 'compensate' the remaining amount based on the above agreement.
The present\n amended proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council\n takes into account the final execution data for EAGF measures under\n Heading 2, which were not available when the Commission made its initial proposal,\n as well as the results of the budgetary conciliation meeting of 18\n November 2009.
CONTENT: consequently, the Commission proposes to revise the\n financial framework so as to increase the 2010 ceiling for commitment\n appropriations under Heading 1A by an amount of EUR 1 779 million.
In addition, EUR 120 million will be made available by mobilising\n the Flexibility Instrument under Point 27 of the Interinstitutional Agreement\n of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (IIA),\n and EUR 81 million by using the unallocated margin left under the 2010\n ceiling for commitment appropriations under Heading 1A. This allows for the\n provision of the full remaining amount of EUR 1 980 million for energy\n projects under the EERP as agreed between the three institutions. In\n parallel, EUR 420 million will be made available within the 2010 budget\n for broadband internet in rural areas as well as activities related to\n 'new challenges'.
Scope for reallocating expenditure under the ceiling of Heading 1A: the increase of the ceiling for sub-Heading 1 A for the year 2010\n will be fully offset by decreasing the ceilings for commitment appropriations\n under Headings 1A, 1B, 2, 3A and 5 for the year 2009 as well as the ceilings\n for commitment appropriations under Heading 1B, 2 and 5 for 2010.
The institutions agreed at the budgetary conciliation meeting of\n 19 November 2009 to 'compensate' the raising of the ceiling for commitment\n appropriations under Heading 1A in the following way:
Given that the agricultural year is now closed, it was\n agreed to make the remaining 2009 margin and the unused appropriations under\n Heading 2 available to the energy projects of the European Economic Recovery\n Plan to be financed under Heading 1A. The initial margin under the 2010\n expenditure ceiling for commitment appropriations under Heading 2 amounts to\n EUR 1 083 million after Council second reading of the 2010 budget. It was\n agreed to use this margin for providing, (i) under Heading 2, the EUR 420\n million required under the European Economic Recovery Plan for developing\n broadband internet in rural areas and strengthening operations related to the\n \"new challenges\" defined in the context of Health Check; (ii) a\n further EUR 158 million, which can be made available for energy projects\n under Heading 1A.
This leaves a margin of EUR 505 million available for agriculture\n under the expenditure ceiling in 2010. In any case, the Commission has\n undertaken to take all appropriate measures to ensure that decisions taken on\n CAP expenditure and its financing, including the agreement on the Health\n Check, are respected.
A margin of EUR 5 million is left under the ceiling for commitment\n appropriations under Heading 3A in 2009 which will also contribute to the financing\n of the energy projects under the EERP.
Payment\n appropriations: Point 23, fourth paragraph, of\n the IIA provides that any revision must maintain an appropriate relationship\n between commitments and payments. Hence, the annual ceilings for payment appropriations\n need to be modified on the basis of the payment profiles foreseen for the additional\n commitments under Heading 1A and the reduction of payments corresponding to the\n reduction of commitment appropriations for Headings 1b, 2 and 5 in 2009 and\n 2010.
\nThe Committee\n on Budgets adopted the report drawn up by Reimer BÖGE (EPP, DE) calling on\n the European Parliament to approve the amended proposal for a decision of the\n European Parliament and of the Council amending the Interinstitutional\n Agreement of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and sound financial\n management as regards the multiannual financial framework: Financing projects\n in the field of energy in the context of the European\n Economic Recovery Plan.
With this\n report, MEPs approve the conclusions of the Conciliation meeting of 18\n November 2009. The main conclusions are as follows:
In the\n resolution accompanying the IIA amended proposal, MEPs underline that the agreement\n reached on the revision of the multiannual financial framework (MFF) is the\n result of successful interinstitutional cooperation in responding to the\n financial and economic crisis that Member States are experiencing, and that the\n agreement builds on the principles declared by the three institutions on 2 April\n 2009 (at the time of adoption of the previous IIA modification – see ACI/2008/2332).
They agree to\n the political compromise which mobilises various budgetary means available in\n the budgetary legal framework, including the revision of the 2007-2013 MFF\n for the years 2009 and 2010 and the use of the Flexibility Instrument in\n order to allow the full financing of the Recovery Plan in 2010. They express their\n satisfaction that no financing of the Recovery Plan has been postponed to\n 2011. On the other hand, they deplore the fact that after the revision of\n the MFF for the financing of the Recovery Plan, the margins available in\n headings 1a, 1b, 2, and 5 are extremely tight in 2010, leaving little\n room for manoeuvre should unexpected financial needs arise during the year.
In parallel,\n MEPs stress that financing\n of the decommissioning of Kozloduy should not jeopardise the financing of\n multiannual programmes and actions under subheading 1a.
Lastly, MEPs\n consider that the current MFF does not correspond to the financial needs of\n the European Union. They call, therefore,on the Commission to submit a\n proposal for a mid-term review of the current MFF without delay.
\nThe European\n Parliament adopted by 536 votes to 18, with 22 abstentions, a resolution\n calling on the European Parliament to approve the amended proposal for a\n decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending the Interinstitutional\n Agreement of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and sound financial\n management as regards the multiannual financial framework: Financing projects\n in the field of energy in the context of the European\n Economic Recovery Plan.
With this\n resolution, Parliament approves the conclusions of the Conciliation meeting\n of 18 November 2009. The main conclusions are as follows:
· \n setting the modalities for providing\n additional financing, in the framework of the European Economic Recovery\n Plan, to projects in the field of energy and broadband internet as well as\n the Common Agricultural Policy (\"Health Check\");
· \n a revision of the multiannual financial\n framework 2007-2013 in accordance with points 21, 22, and 23 of the\n Interinstitutional Agreement, so as to raise the ceiling for the year 2010\n for commitment appropriations under subheading 1a by an amount of EUR 1\n 779 million in current prices;
· \n the increase of the ceiling for subheading 1a\n for the year 2010 will be fully offset by decreasing the ceilings for\n commitment appropriations under headings 1a, 1b, 2, 3a and 5 for the year\n 2009 as well as the ceilings for commitment appropriations under headings 1a,\n 2 and 5 for 2010;
· \n in order to keep an appropriate relationship\n between commitments and payments, the annual ceilings for payment\n appropriations will be adjusted. The adjustment will be neutral.
In the\n resolution accompanying the IIA amended proposal, Parliament underlines that\n the agreement reached on the revision of the multiannual financial framework\n (MFF) is the result of successful interinstitutional cooperation in\n responding to the financial and economic crisis that Member States are\n experiencing, and that the agreement builds on the principles declared by the\n three institutions on 2 April 2009 (at the time of adoption of the previous\n IIA modification – see ACI/2008/2332).
Parliament\n accepts the political compromise which mobilises various budgetary means\n available in the budgetary legal framework, including the revision of the\n 2007-2013 MFF for the years 2009 and 2010 and the use of the Flexibility\n Instrument in order to allow the full financing of the Recovery Plan in 2010.\n It expresses its satisfaction that no financing of the Recovery Plan has\n been postponed to 2011. On the other hand, it deplores the fact that\n after the revision of the MFF for the financing of the Recovery Plan, the margins\n available in headings 1a, 1b, 2, and 5 are extremely tight in 2010,\n leaving little room for manoeuvre should unexpected financial needs arise\n during the year. In parallel, Parliament stresses that financing\n of the decommissioning of Kozloduy should not jeopardise the financing of\n multiannual programmes and actions under subheading 1a.
Lastly,\n Parliament considers that the current MFF does not correspond to the\n financial needs of the European Union. It calls, therefore, on the Commission\n to submit a proposal for a mid-term review of the current MFF without delay.\n Parliament approves the annexed decision amending the Interinstitutional\n Agreement (IIA) of 2006 which contains an annex with the revised amounts for\n the 2007-2013 Financial Framework.
\nPURPOSE: to\n review the multiannual financial framework 2007-2013 in order to finance\n projects in the field of energy in the context of the European Economic\n Recovery Plan.
LEGISLATIVE\n ACT: Decision 2009/1005/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council amending\n the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and\n sound financial management as regards the multiannual financial framework —\n Financing projects in the field of energy in the context of the European\n Economic Recovery Plan.
CONTENT: with\n this decision, the European Parliament and the Council amended the\n Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and\n sound financial management (IIA\n of 17 May 2006) in order to finance a certain number of projects.
At the\n budgetary conciliation meeting of 18 November 2009 the European Parliament,\n the Council and the Commission agreed on the modalities for providing\n additional financing, in the framework of the European\n Economic Recovery Plan, to projects in the field of energy and broadband\n Internet as well as investments for strengthening operations related to the\n \"new challenges\" defined in the context of the assessment of the\n 2003 mid-term reform of the common agricultural policy (\"Health Check\").\n
The financing\n requires a revision of the multiannual financial framework 2007-2013 in\n accordance with points 21, 22, and 23 of the Interinstitutional Agreement, so\n as to raise the ceiling for the year 2010 for commitment appropriations\n under subheading 1a by an amount of EUR 1779 million in current prices.
The increase\n of the ceiling for subheading 1a for the year 2010 will be fully offset by\n decreasing the ceilings for commitment appropriations under headings 1a, 1b,\n 2, 3a and 5 for the year 2009 as well as the ceilings for commitment\n appropriations under headings 1a, 2 and 5 for 2010.
In order to\n keep an appropriate relationship between commitments and payments, the annual\n ceilings for payment appropriations will be adjusted. The adjustment will\n be neutral.
Annex I of the\n Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and sound financial\n management should therefore be amended accordingly.
\nPURPOSE: to\n review the multiannual financial framework 2007-2013 in order to finance projects\n in the field of energy in the context of the European Economic\n Recovery Plan.
PROPOSED ACT:\n Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council (Interinstitutional\n Agreement).
BACKGROUND: at the trilogue meeting of 2 April 2009, the European\n Parliament, the Council and the Commission agreed on the financing, in the\n framework of the European\n Economic Recovery Plan (EERP), of projects in the field of energy and\n broadband internet in rural areas as well as activities related to 'new\n challenges' identified in the Common Agricultural Policy's Health Check.
Based on that agreement and the amended Commission proposal of 8\n April 2009, the European Parliament and the Council adopted a Decisionon 6 May 2009 by\n which the 2007- 2013 financial framework was revised (see ACI/2008/2332).\n The 2009 ceiling for commitment appropriations under heading 1A was increased\n by EUR 2 000 million to finance energy projects to aid economic recovery.\n This increase was fully offset by lowering the ceiling for 2009 for commitment\n appropriations under Heading 2 by the same amount. The ceilings for payment appropriations\n for the years 2009-2013 was modified accordingly. In parallel to that\n Decision, EUR 600 million were made available within the 2009 budget for\n broadband internet in rural areas as well as activities related to 'new\n challenges'.
According to the agreement of 2 April 2009, the financing of\n the remaining amount (EUR 1 980 million for energy and EUR 420 million\n for developing broadband internet in rural areas and strengthening operations\n related to the \"new challenges\" defined in the context of the CAP\n Health Check) is to \"be secured through a compensation mechanism at\n the conciliation of the 2010 budgetary procedure by using all budgetary\n means foreseen in its legal framework, to be completed, if needed, at the\n latest at the conciliation of the 2011 budgetary procedure\".
On 27 October\n 2009, the Commission presented a proposal\n to 'compensate' the remaining amount based on the above agreement.
The present\n amended proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council\n takes into account the final execution data for EAGF measures under\n Heading 2, which were not available when the Commission made its initial proposal,\n as well as the results of the budgetary conciliation meeting of 18\n November 2009.
CONTENT: consequently, the Commission proposes to revise the\n financial framework so as to increase the 2010 ceiling for commitment\n appropriations under Heading 1A by an amount of EUR 1 779 million.
In addition, EUR 120 million will be made available by mobilising\n the Flexibility Instrument under Point 27 of the Interinstitutional Agreement\n of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (IIA),\n and EUR 81 million by using the unallocated margin left under the 2010\n ceiling for commitment appropriations under Heading 1A. This allows for the\n provision of the full remaining amount of EUR 1 980 million for energy\n projects under the EERP as agreed between the three institutions. In\n parallel, EUR 420 million will be made available within the 2010 budget\n for broadband internet in rural areas as well as activities related to\n 'new challenges'.
Scope for reallocating expenditure under the ceiling of Heading 1A: the increase of the ceiling for sub-Heading 1 A for the year 2010\n will be fully offset by decreasing the ceilings for commitment appropriations\n under Headings 1A, 1B, 2, 3A and 5 for the year 2009 as well as the ceilings\n for commitment appropriations under Heading 1B, 2 and 5 for 2010.
The institutions agreed at the budgetary conciliation meeting of\n 19 November 2009 to 'compensate' the raising of the ceiling for commitment\n appropriations under Heading 1A in the following way:
Given that the agricultural year is now closed, it was\n agreed to make the remaining 2009 margin and the unused appropriations under\n Heading 2 available to the energy projects of the European Economic Recovery\n Plan to be financed under Heading 1A. The initial margin under the 2010\n expenditure ceiling for commitment appropriations under Heading 2 amounts to\n EUR 1 083 million after Council second reading of the 2010 budget. It was\n agreed to use this margin for providing, (i) under Heading 2, the EUR 420\n million required under the European Economic Recovery Plan for developing\n broadband internet in rural areas and strengthening operations related to the\n \"new challenges\" defined in the context of Health Check; (ii) a\n further EUR 158 million, which can be made available for energy projects\n under Heading 1A.
This leaves a margin of EUR 505 million available for agriculture\n under the expenditure ceiling in 2010. In any case, the Commission has\n undertaken to take all appropriate measures to ensure that decisions taken on\n CAP expenditure and its financing, including the agreement on the Health\n Check, are respected.
A margin of EUR 5 million is left under the ceiling for commitment\n appropriations under Heading 3A in 2009 which will also contribute to the financing\n of the energy projects under the EERP.
Payment\n appropriations: Point 23, fourth paragraph, of\n the IIA provides that any revision must maintain an appropriate relationship\n between commitments and payments. Hence, the annual ceilings for payment appropriations\n need to be modified on the basis of the payment profiles foreseen for the additional\n commitments under Heading 1A and the reduction of payments corresponding to the\n reduction of commitment appropriations for Headings 1b, 2 and 5 in 2009 and\n 2010.
\nThe Committee\n on Budgets adopted the report drawn up by Reimer BÖGE (EPP, DE) calling on\n the European Parliament to approve the amended proposal for a decision of the\n European Parliament and of the Council amending the Interinstitutional\n Agreement of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and sound financial\n management as regards the multiannual financial framework: Financing projects\n in the field of energy in the context of the European\n Economic Recovery Plan.
With this\n report, MEPs approve the conclusions of the Conciliation meeting of 18\n November 2009. The main conclusions are as follows:
In the\n resolution accompanying the IIA amended proposal, MEPs underline that the agreement\n reached on the revision of the multiannual financial framework (MFF) is the\n result of successful interinstitutional cooperation in responding to the\n financial and economic crisis that Member States are experiencing, and that the\n agreement builds on the principles declared by the three institutions on 2 April\n 2009 (at the time of adoption of the previous IIA modification – see ACI/2008/2332).
They agree to\n the political compromise which mobilises various budgetary means available in\n the budgetary legal framework, including the revision of the 2007-2013 MFF\n for the years 2009 and 2010 and the use of the Flexibility Instrument in\n order to allow the full financing of the Recovery Plan in 2010. They express their\n satisfaction that no financing of the Recovery Plan has been postponed to\n 2011. On the other hand, they deplore the fact that after the revision of\n the MFF for the financing of the Recovery Plan, the margins available in\n headings 1a, 1b, 2, and 5 are extremely tight in 2010, leaving little\n room for manoeuvre should unexpected financial needs arise during the year.
In parallel,\n MEPs stress that financing\n of the decommissioning of Kozloduy should not jeopardise the financing of\n multiannual programmes and actions under subheading 1a.
Lastly, MEPs\n consider that the current MFF does not correspond to the financial needs of\n the European Union. They call, therefore,on the Commission to submit a\n proposal for a mid-term review of the current MFF without delay.
\nThe European\n Parliament adopted by 536 votes to 18, with 22 abstentions, a resolution\n calling on the European Parliament to approve the amended proposal for a\n decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending the Interinstitutional\n Agreement of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and sound financial\n management as regards the multiannual financial framework: Financing projects\n in the field of energy in the context of the European\n Economic Recovery Plan.
With this\n resolution, Parliament approves the conclusions of the Conciliation meeting\n of 18 November 2009. The main conclusions are as follows:
· \n setting the modalities for providing\n additional financing, in the framework of the European Economic Recovery\n Plan, to projects in the field of energy and broadband internet as well as\n the Common Agricultural Policy (\"Health Check\");
· \n a revision of the multiannual financial\n framework 2007-2013 in accordance with points 21, 22, and 23 of the\n Interinstitutional Agreement, so as to raise the ceiling for the year 2010\n for commitment appropriations under subheading 1a by an amount of EUR 1\n 779 million in current prices;
· \n the increase of the ceiling for subheading 1a\n for the year 2010 will be fully offset by decreasing the ceilings for\n commitment appropriations under headings 1a, 1b, 2, 3a and 5 for the year\n 2009 as well as the ceilings for commitment appropriations under headings 1a,\n 2 and 5 for 2010;
· \n in order to keep an appropriate relationship\n between commitments and payments, the annual ceilings for payment\n appropriations will be adjusted. The adjustment will be neutral.
In the\n resolution accompanying the IIA amended proposal, Parliament underlines that\n the agreement reached on the revision of the multiannual financial framework\n (MFF) is the result of successful interinstitutional cooperation in\n responding to the financial and economic crisis that Member States are\n experiencing, and that the agreement builds on the principles declared by the\n three institutions on 2 April 2009 (at the time of adoption of the previous\n IIA modification – see ACI/2008/2332).
Parliament\n accepts the political compromise which mobilises various budgetary means\n available in the budgetary legal framework, including the revision of the\n 2007-2013 MFF for the years 2009 and 2010 and the use of the Flexibility\n Instrument in order to allow the full financing of the Recovery Plan in 2010.\n It expresses its satisfaction that no financing of the Recovery Plan has\n been postponed to 2011. On the other hand, it deplores the fact that\n after the revision of the MFF for the financing of the Recovery Plan, the margins\n available in headings 1a, 1b, 2, and 5 are extremely tight in 2010,\n leaving little room for manoeuvre should unexpected financial needs arise\n during the year. In parallel, Parliament stresses that financing\n of the decommissioning of Kozloduy should not jeopardise the financing of\n multiannual programmes and actions under subheading 1a.
Lastly,\n Parliament considers that the current MFF does not correspond to the\n financial needs of the European Union. It calls, therefore, on the Commission\n to submit a proposal for a mid-term review of the current MFF without delay.\n Parliament approves the annexed decision amending the Interinstitutional\n Agreement (IIA) of 2006 which contains an annex with the revised amounts for\n the 2007-2013 Financial Framework.
\nPURPOSE: to\n review the multiannual financial framework 2007-2013 in order to finance\n projects in the field of energy in the context of the European Economic\n Recovery Plan.
LEGISLATIVE\n ACT: Decision 2009/1005/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council amending\n the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and\n sound financial management as regards the multiannual financial framework —\n Financing projects in the field of energy in the context of the European\n Economic Recovery Plan.
CONTENT: with\n this decision, the European Parliament and the Council amended the\n Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and\n sound financial management (IIA\n of 17 May 2006) in order to finance a certain number of projects.
At the\n budgetary conciliation meeting of 18 November 2009 the European Parliament,\n the Council and the Commission agreed on the modalities for providing\n additional financing, in the framework of the European\n Economic Recovery Plan, to projects in the field of energy and broadband\n Internet as well as investments for strengthening operations related to the\n \"new challenges\" defined in the context of the assessment of the\n 2003 mid-term reform of the common agricultural policy (\"Health Check\").\n
The financing\n requires a revision of the multiannual financial framework 2007-2013 in\n accordance with points 21, 22, and 23 of the Interinstitutional Agreement, so\n as to raise the ceiling for the year 2010 for commitment appropriations\n under subheading 1a by an amount of EUR 1779 million in current prices.
The increase\n of the ceiling for subheading 1a for the year 2010 will be fully offset by\n decreasing the ceilings for commitment appropriations under headings 1a, 1b,\n 2, 3a and 5 for the year 2009 as well as the ceilings for commitment\n appropriations under headings 1a, 2 and 5 for 2010.
In order to\n keep an appropriate relationship between commitments and payments, the annual\n ceilings for payment appropriations will be adjusted. The adjustment will\n be neutral.
Annex I of the\n Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and sound financial\n management should therefore be amended accordingly.
\n