Activites

• #3044
• 2010/11/15 Council Meeting
• 2010/11/15 Additional information
• 2010/11/15 Agreement not reached in budgetary conciliation
• 2010/11/11 Debate in Council
• #3040
• 2010/10/25 Council Meeting
• 2010/10/25 Start of budgetary conciliation (Parliament and Council)
• 2010/10/20 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T7-0371/2010 summary

    The European Parliament adopted by 580 votes to 28, with 17 abstentions a resolution amending the Council’s position on Draft amending budget No 3/2010 of the European Union for the financial year 2010, Section III – Commission, on funding accompanying measures in the banana sector. The resolution pointed out that the Commission was proposing to amend Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1905/2006 (see COD/2010/0059) to allow the financing of Bananas Accompanying Measures (BAM) over the years 2010 to 2013, with an overall budget of EUR 190 million, and a potential supplementary EUR 10 million if margins allowed. It added that the proposed annual breakdown of the financial assistance for BAM provided for an amount of EUR 75 million in 2010. Parliament noted that the major part of this financial assistance in 2010 stemmed from redeployment within heading 4 of the budget (EUR 55.8 million out of the total EUR 75 million). This proposed redeployment affected instruments and actions that the EU and particularly the European Parliament had defined as being of great interest. The resolution pointed out that the margin available under heading 4 was only EUR 875 530, due to the need to finance to the greatest extent, in 2010, the EU's priorities in its role as a global player. It also stressed that past budgetary procedures had illustrated the extreme pressure this heading had been under. The resolution reiterated Parliament's position that new priorities should be financed by new funds. It said that the remaining margin of EUR 875 530 under Heading 4 could be used for the financing of BAM and that the Commission should present a new proposal for the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument for the remaining part of EUR 74.12 million (rather than the EUR 18.3 million initially proposed), given that the financing of BAM fulfilled the conditions for the use of the Flexibility Instrument. In its amendments, Parliament therefore reinstated all the amounts provided for under Heading 4 of the financial perspective for 2010. 

• 2010/10/19 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament
• 2010/10/08 Budgetary report tabled for plenary, 1st reading
  • A7-0281/2010
• 2010/10/07 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• 2010/09/20 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2010/09/13 Council position on draft budget published
  • 13472/2010 summary

    On 12 April 2010, the Commission submitted draft amending budget (DAB) No 3 to the general budget for 2010 concerning the financing of the Banana Accompanying Measures (BAM). It proposed that EUR 75 million should be allocated to BAM, to be financed as follows: EUR 55.8 million in commitment appropriations by redeployments under heading 4; EUR 0.9 million from the margin of heading 4; EUR 18.3 million by mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument. The net impact of DAB No 3/2010 would be EUR 19.2 million in commitment appropriations. The Council reached an agreement on EUR 56.7 million for financing the Banana Accompanying Measure by redeployment and from the margin of heading 4 (without the use of the Flexibility Instrument). The Council invited the Commission to present as soon as possible additional redeployments within heading 4 for the financing of the remaining EUR 18.3 million for the Banana Accompanying Measures. On 13 September 2010, the Council adopted its position on draft amending budget No 3 of the European Union for the financial year 2010 as set out in the technical annex to its explanatory memorandum (see Council doc 13472/10 ADD 1).

• 2010/04/08 Commission draft budget published
  • COM(2010)0149 summary

    PURPOSE: presentation of draft amending budget No 3 to the 2010 general budget with a view to financing Banana Accompanying Measures through the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument. CONTENT: Draft Amending Budget No 3/2010 covers appropriations relaing to the establishment of the financing of the Banana Accompanying Measures (BAM) in favour of the main ACP banana-supplying countries affected by the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) liberalisation in the framework of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), following the proposal to amend Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006. These measures would last for four years (2010-2013) and have a total budget of EUR 190 million. In 2010, EUR 75 million will be allocated to the BAM under budget Article 21 06 07 - Bananas Accompanying Measures, created during the 2010 budget procedure. This amount will be entered into the reserve pending the adoption of the amending Regulation (EC) No 1905/20066, to be financed as follows: EUR 55.8 million in commitment appropriations stem from redeployment of appropriations under Heading 4, EUR 0,9 million from the margin of Heading 4 and EUR 18.3 million through the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument in 2010. Banana accompanying measures: the European Union is committed to helping ACP countries adapt to the effects of changes in its import regime. The integration of all developing countries into the multilateral trading system and the global economy is a key EU development objective. The European Commission therefore proposes to support the main ACP banana-exporting countries to address the challenges they will face by establishing Banana Accompanying Measures (BAM). The Banana Accompanying Measures are intended to support the adjustment of ACP bananas supplier countries affected by the Most Favoured Nation (MFN) liberalisation in the framework of the WTO. This programme should aim: - to support the adaptation and/or restructuring of areas dependent upon banana exports through budget support or specific interventions, - to provide for social resilience policies, economic diversification or investments in competitiveness improvement, where this is a viable strategy, taking into account the results of and experiences gained through the Special System and the Special Framework of Assistance to traditional ACP suppliers of bananas. For further information regarding this financing instrument, please refer to COD/2010/0059. Mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument: having examined all possibilities for re-allocating appropriations under heading 4, the Commission proposes to mobilise the Flexibility Instrument for the financing of the Banana Accompanying Measures (BAM), for an amount of EUR 18.3 million beyond the ceiling of heading 4. Conclusion: the net financial impact of this amending budget is EUR 19.2 million in additional commitment appropriations, with no new request for payment appropriations.

  • DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/budget/', 'title': 'Budget'}, LEWANDOWSKI Janusz

Documents

• Commission draft budget published: COM(2010)0149
• Council position on draft budget published: 13472/2010
• Budgetary report tabled for plenary, 1st reading: A7-0281/2010
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T7-0371/2010

History

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