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Notes with grave concern the","substantive cuts of 12,5% in commitments","for Heading 4; emphasises that even in","times of increased budgetary discipline","and constraints, it is of vital importance to","maintain appropriate funding for the","EU's global activities to enable it to live","up to its ambitions outlined in the Lisbon","treaty; stresses that all efforts should be","made to limit the deep cuts and their","repercussions for the EU as a global","actor;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.603v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"1","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.603+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Anneli J\u00e4\u00e4tteenm\u00e4ki","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2013-07-17T00:00:00","id":"PE516.603-2","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 1"]],"meps":[28314],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:47"},"new":["1. Understands the need for savings in the","EU budget and notes the cuts of 12,5% in","commitments for Heading 4; emphasises,","however, that the EU should maintain","appropriate funding for its foreign policy","priorities to enable it to live up to its stated","ambitions;"],"old":["1. 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Deplores the substantive cuts of 12,5%","in commitment appropriations and a cut","of 8,2% in payment appropriations","compared with the 2013 budget for","Heading 4; emphasises that even in times","of increased budgetary discipline and","constraints, it is of vital importance to","maintain appropriate funding for the EU's","global activities to enable it to live up to its","ambitions outlined in the Lisbon treaty;","stresses that all efforts should be made to","limit the deep cuts and their repercussions","for the EU as a global actor;"],"old":["1. Notes with grave concern the","substantive cuts of 12,5% in commitments","for Heading 4; emphasises that even in","times of increased budgetary discipline and","constraints, it is of vital importance to","maintain appropriate funding for the EU's","global activities to enable it to live up to its","ambitions outlined in the Lisbon treaty;","stresses that all efforts should be made to","limit the deep cuts and their repercussions","for the EU as a global actor;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.603v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"3","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.603+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Sabine L\u00f6sing, Takis Hadjigeorgiou","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2013-07-17T00:00:00","id":"PE516.603-4","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 1"]],"meps":[96854,96907],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:47"},"new":["1. Notes the cuts of 12,5% in commitments","for Heading 4; emphasises that even in","times of increased budgetary discipline and","constraints, it is of vital importance to","maintain appropriate funding for the EU's","global activities to enable it to live up to its","ambitions such as poverty eradication,","sustainable development and the","Millennium Development Goals, arms-","control, the NPT regime and nuclear","disarmament, the peaceful resolution of","conflicts, favouring balanced economic","relations, fair trade and fair distribution","of the world's resources and wealth to","ensure stability and prosperity in the EU","and the world; stresses that all efforts","should be made to limit the deep cuts","concerning development aid and civil","conflict resolution/mediation,","disarmament and DDR programmes;"],"old":["1. Notes with grave concern the","substantive cuts of 12,5% in commitments","for Heading 4; emphasises that even in","times of increased budgetary discipline and","constraints, it is of vital importance to","maintain appropriate funding for the EU's","global activities to enable it to live up to its","ambitions outlined in the Lisbon treaty;","stresses that all efforts should be made to","limit the deep cuts and their repercussions","for the EU as a global actor;",""],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.603v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"4","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.603+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Mar\u00eda Mu\u00f1iz De Urquiza, Jos\u00e9 Ignacio Salafranca S\u00e1nchez-Neyra","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2013-07-17T00:00:00","id":"PE516.603-5","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 1 a (new)"]],"meps":[96701,2002],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:48"},"new":["1a. Notes that the provisions of the 2014","Draft Budget do not match the initial","ambitions of the proposal of the European","Commission for the MFF 2014-2020 in","order to make the EU a relevant global","actor;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.603v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"5","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.603+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Tarja Cronberg on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2013-07-17T00:00:00","id":"PE516.603-6","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 1 a (new)"]],"meps":[107973],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:48"},"new":["1a. Considers, in this regard, of utmost","importance to enhance cooperation, step","up coordination and develop synergies","with programmes and projects of EU","Member States in third countries in order","to improve the effectiveness of EU","external action and cope with current","budget restraints;"],"old":[""],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.603v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"6","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.603+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" William (The Earl of) Dartmouth","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2013-07-17T00:00:00","id":"PE516.603-7","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 2"]],"meps":[96958],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:48"},"new":["deleted"],"old":["2. Emphasises thus the importance of","trying to as far as possible match the level","of the 2013 budget in terms of","commitments to the EU's major foreign","policy financial instruments to ensure that","the EU's international role is not","unnecessarily weakened;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.603v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"7","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.603+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Anneli J\u00e4\u00e4tteenm\u00e4ki","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2013-07-17T00:00:00","id":"PE516.603-8","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 2"]],"meps":[28314],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:48"},"new":["2. Emphasises that the budget ceiling shall","be respected;"],"old":["2. 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Emphasises thus the importance of","keeping the commitments for the EU's","major foreign policy financial","instruments, such as development and","humanitarian aid, and at the same time","cut drastically or even terminate CSDP","related expenses, such as military or civil-","military (training) missions within or","outside the framework of the IfS;"],"old":["2. 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Regrets the especially severe reductions","applied to the European Neighbourhood","Instrument (ENI), which could","considerably endanger relations with the","Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood, one","of the main priorities of the EU's external","action; stresses that without adequate","funding, the \u2018more for more\u2019 principle as","core mechanism in the relevant financial","instruments will be fundamentally","undermined; strongly urges to restore a","substantial amount of the cuts in","commitments to the ENI;"],"old":["3. Notes with particular concern the","especially severe reductions applied to the","European Neighbourhood Instrument","(ENI), which could considerably endanger","relations with the Eastern and Southern","Neighbourhood, one of the main priorities","of the EU's external action; stresses that","without adequate funding, the \u2018more for","more\u2019 principle as core mechanism in the","relevant financial instruments will be","fundamentally undermined; strongly urges","to restore a substantial amount of the cuts","in commitments to the ENI;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.603v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"10","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.603+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"William (The Earl of) Dartmouth","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2013-07-17T00:00:00","id":"PE516.603-11","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 3"]],"meps":[96958],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:48"},"new":["3. Applauds the especially severe","reductions applied to the European","Neighbourhood Instrument (ENI), which","could considerably endanger relations with","the Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood,","one of the main priorities of the EU's","external action; stresses that without","adequate funding, the \u2018more for more\u2019","principle as core mechanism in the relevant","financial instruments will be fundamentally","undermined; strongly urges to restore a","substantial amount of the cuts in","commitments to the ENI;"],"old":["3. 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Notes with concern the reductions","applied to the European Neighbourhood","Instrument (ENI), especially the cut of","28,5% to the Eastern Partnership, which","could risk the EU's commitment to the","Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood, a","priority of the EU's external action; urges","to restore a substantial amount of the cuts","in commitments to the ENI;"],"old":["3. Notes with particular concern the","especially severe reductions applied to the","European Neighbourhood Instrument","(ENI), which could considerably endanger","relations with the Eastern and Southern","Neighbourhood, one of the main priorities","of the EU's external action; stresses that","without adequate funding, the \u2018more for","more\u2019 principle as core mechanism in the","relevant financial instruments will be","fundamentally undermined; strongly","urges to restore a substantial amount of the","cuts in commitments to the ENI;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.603v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"12","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.603+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Jos\u00e9 Ignacio Salafranca S\u00e1nchez-Neyra","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2013-07-17T00:00:00","id":"PE516.603-13","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 3"]],"meps":[2002],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:48"},"new":["3. Regrets the especially severe reductions","applied to the European Neighbourhood","Instrument (ENI), which could","considerably endanger relations with the","Eastern and Southern Neighbourhood, one","of the main priorities of the EU's external","action; stresses that without adequate","funding, the \u2018more for more\u2019 principle as","core mechanism in the relevant financial","instruments will be fundamentally","undermined; strongly urges to restore a","substantial amount of the cuts in","commitments to the ENI, also taking into","consideration civil society;"],"old":["3. 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Emphasises that in the Southern","Mediterranean, there is an urgent need for","the EU to play an active role as neutral","mediator in order to find purely political","solutions through peaceful means;","expresses its concern that insufficient","funding for the relevant instruments, such","as the support to the peace process and","financial assistance to Palestine and to","the United Nations Relief and Works","Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)","would leave little room to react to sudden","developments and maintain the level of","support required;"],"old":["4. 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Is of the opinion that, for the sake of","transparency and efficiency of aid, the","policy of direct budget support should be","evaluated critically and that the level of","auditing should be improved; stresses that","in cases of fraud and misuse, the EU","should cancel financial aid;"],"old":[""],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.603v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"25","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.603+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Tarja Cronberg on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2013-07-17T00:00:00","id":"PE516.603-26","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 4 a (new)"]],"meps":[107973],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:49"},"new":["4a. Stresses that the expectations and the","objectives of the EaP Vilnius summit will","need an effective follow-up and calls,","therefore, for adequate financial support","that enables the Union to deliver on its","promises;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.603v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"26","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.603+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Mar\u00eda Mu\u00f1iz De Urquiza, Jos\u00e9 Ignacio Salafranca S\u00e1nchez-Neyra","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2013-07-17T00:00:00","id":"PE516.603-27","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 4 b (new)"]],"meps":[96701,2002],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:49"},"new":["4b. Questions whether the level of","payments for Emergency Aid Reserve will","be sufficient to ensure the EU's capacity","to respond rapidly to any urgent crisis;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.603v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"27","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.603+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Anneli J\u00e4\u00e4tteenm\u00e4ki","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2013-07-17T00:00:00","id":"PE516.603-28","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 5"]],"meps":[28314],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:50"},"new":["5. Understands that the emphasis of the","MFF will be at the end of the","programming period and that the budget","ceiling is low, yet notes that the","distribution of the decreases in","commitments among some instruments","remains unexplained; asks the","Commission to provide further clarification","on the reasons for this distribution of cuts;"],"old":["5. 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Regrets that the distribution of the","decreases in commitments among the","different instruments remains largely","unexplained which is especially","disconcerting given the enormous","differences in the depth of the cuts; asks","the Commission to provide further","clarification on the reasons for this","distribution of cuts;"],"old":["5. 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Notes that the margin for Heading 4 has","been reduced this year and leaves less","room for flexibility with regard to policy","priorities; believes that such thin margins","can limit Parliament's role in the budget","negotiations;"],"old":["6. Notes that the margin for Heading 4 has","been once more considerably reduced this","year and leaves little room for flexibility","with regard to policy priorities; stresses","that such thin margins are unacceptable as","they undermine the role that Parliament","can play in the budget negotiations;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.603v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"31","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.603+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" William (The Earl of) Dartmouth","changes":{},"committee":["AFET"],"date":"2013-07-17T00:00:00","id":"PE516.603-32","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 6"]],"meps":[96958],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:06:50"},"new":["6. 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Welcomes the EU Member States'","reconfirmation of all the Official","Development Assistance (ODA)","commitments into which they have entered","individually and collectively, including that","to raise the level of ODA to 0.7% by 2015;","reminds the Member States that in addition","to reconfirming their commitments, they","could honour them; reiterates its own firm","support for the 0.7% target and its","determination to contribute to its","attainment;"],"old":["1. 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Deeply regrets the fact that the 2014","ceiling for the Global Europe heading in","the draft MFF is significantly lower than","the corresponding ceiling for 2013 and that","this generates stress for the members of","the Committee on Development who want","to spend endless amounts of money to","unnecessary projects which are bound to","fail; recognises that savings should even so","not be made on the backs of particularly","vulnerable people and that the prospects","for honouring of ODA commitments must","not be undercut; affirms that the 2013","levels of the development and","humanitarian expenditure must therefore","be maintained;"],"old":["3. 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Stresses that this slight increase of the","budgetary line devoted to the trade policy","of the EU should be complemented by","adequate resources and staff reallocation","within the Commission; is satisfied with","the proposal of a significant increase in","staff working in the Union delegations on","trade-related matters, which should","support the Union\u00b4s trade and economic","influence in third countries;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.777v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"3","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.777+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Franziska Keller on behalf of the Verts/ALE Group","changes":{},"committee":["INTA"],"date":"2013-08-02T00:00:00","id":"PE516.777-4","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 1 a (new)"]],"meps":[96734],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:11:15"},"new":["1a. 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Insists, however, in the light of the","continuing problematic fiscal and","economic situation in the Member States,","that any desired increase in","appropriations should be offset with","commensurate reductions, redeployments","or reallocations elsewhere in the budget,","allowing for the principle of budget","neutrality to be respected;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.777v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"5","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.777+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Peter \u0160\u0165astn\u00fd","changes":{},"committee":["INTA"],"date":"2013-08-02T00:00:00","id":"PE516.777-6","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 2"]],"meps":[28170],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:11:16"},"new":["2. Regrets the sharp decrease in","commitments for the Instrument for","Macro-Financial Assistance and the","European Neighbourhood Instrument","(ENI), which could undermine the EU's","capacity to stabilise and assist its","neighbouring countries, including those","with whom it negotiates deep and","comprehensive free trade agreements","(DCFTAs); believes that the ENI funding","should, given its restrictions, focus on","trade-related technical support and","assistance to our partners, especially","those countries in the Eastern Partnership","which could soon implement DCFTAs","concluded with the EU as well as the","Euromed countries;"],"old":["2. Regrets the sharp decrease in","commitments for the Instrument for","Macro-Financial Assistance and the","European Neighbourhood Instrument,","which will undermine the EU's capacity to","stabilise and assist its neighbouring","countries, including those with whom it","negotiates deep and comprehensive free","trade agreements (DCFTAs);",""],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.777v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"6","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.777+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Syed Kamall on behalf of the ECR Group","changes":{},"committee":["INTA"],"date":"2013-08-02T00:00:00","id":"PE516.777-7","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 2"]],"meps":[33569],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:11:16"},"new":["2. Notes the sharp decrease in","commitments for the Instrument for","Macro-Financial Assistance and the","European Neighbourhood Instrument,","underlines that this reduction should not","lead to a diminishment in the capacity of","the EU to enhance economic and trading","relations with third countries, including","those with whom it negotiates deep and","comprehensive free trade agreements","(DCFTAs);"],"old":["2. Regrets the sharp decrease in","commitments for the Instrument for","Macro-Financial Assistance and the","European Neighbourhood Instrument,","which will undermine the EU's capacity to","stabilise and assist its neighbouring","countries, including those with whom it","negotiates deep and comprehensive free","trade agreements (DCFTAs);"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.777v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"7","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.777+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Helmut Scholz","changes":{},"committee":["INTA"],"date":"2013-08-02T00:00:00","id":"PE516.777-8","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 3"]],"meps":[96646],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:11:16"},"new":["3. Deplores also the fall in real terms in","funding for Aid for Trade, and is","concerned that this is proposed in tandem","with a sharp decrease in funding for the","Development Cooperation Instrument","(DCI); therefore calls for an increase in","payments in both of these substantial","instruments of EU External Relations","Policies;"],"old":["3. Deplores also the fall in real terms in","funding for Aid for Trade, particularly as","this is proposed in tandem with a sharp","decrease in funding for the Development","","Cooperation Instrument (DCI);"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.777v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"8","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.777+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Helmut Scholz","changes":{},"committee":["INTA"],"date":"2013-08-02T00:00:00","id":"PE516.777-9","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 4"]],"meps":[96646],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:11:16"},"new":["4. Notes the substantial increase in funding","for the Partnership Instrument (former","ICI/ICI+), which reflects the widened","scope of this instrument; supports the","significant financing for activities in","support of EU businesses on third markets,","but deplores that the coordination platform","for internationalisation of SMEs will not be","implemented until 2014 despite its","inclusion in the scope of ICI+ since 2012;"],"old":["4. Notes the substantial increase in funding","for the Partnership Instrument (former","ICI/ICI+), which reflects the widened","scope of this instrument; supports the","significant financing for activities in","support of EU businesses on third markets,","but recalls that the coordination platform","for internationalisation of SMEs will not be","implemented until 2014 despite its","inclusion in the scope of ICI+ since 2012;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.777v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"9","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.777+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Peter \u0160\u0165astn\u00fd","changes":{},"committee":["INTA"],"date":"2013-08-02T00:00:00","id":"PE516.777-10","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 4"]],"meps":[28170],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:11:16"},"new":["4. Notes the substantial increase in funding","for the Partnership Instrument (former","ICI/ICI+), which reflects the widened","scope of this instrument; supports the","significant financing for activities in","support of EU businesses on third markets;","welcomes the fact that the proposed","resources for COSME and for the","Partnership Instrument should allow for a","whole range of activities in support of","SMEs internationalisation and recalls the","relevance of finally implementing the","coordination platform for SMEs as of","2014;"],"old":["4. Notes the substantial increase in funding","for the Partnership Instrument (former","ICI/ICI+), which reflects the widened","scope of this instrument; supports the","significant financing for activities in","support of EU businesses on third markets,","but recalls that the coordination platform","","for internationalisation of SMEs will not","be implemented until 2014 despite its","inclusion in the scope of ICI+ since 2012;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.777v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"10","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.777+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Peter \u0160\u0165astn\u00fd","changes":{},"committee":["INTA"],"date":"2013-08-02T00:00:00","id":"PE516.777-11","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 4 a (new)"]],"meps":[28170],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:11:16"},"new":["4a. Notes with interest that the","Partnership Instrument will fund the","expansion of the EU business centres in","Asia, after thorough reviews of the","existing structures in China and India,","and the creation of a Business Centre in","Latin America; believes that this renewed","funding implies that the Commission will","take into account all the lessons drawn","from the first experiences of business","centres, in terms of outreach to SMEs,","complementarities with existing public","and private structures of the EU and of","Members States and sustainability of","these projects;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.777v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"11","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.777+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Syed Kamall on behalf of the ECR Group","changes":{},"committee":["INTA"],"date":"2013-08-02T00:00:00","id":"PE516.777-12","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 5"]],"meps":[33569],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:11:16"},"new":["Deleted"],"old":["5. Believes that the drop in the annual","ceiling for possible use of the European","Globalisation Fund for 2014-2020 is","bound to reduce the effectiveness of this","fund, the purpose of which is to help","workers affected by globalisation and","trade agreements;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.777v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"12","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.777+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Peter \u0160\u0165astn\u00fd","changes":{},"committee":["INTA"],"date":"2013-08-02T00:00:00","id":"PE516.777-13","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 5"]],"meps":[28170],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:11:16"},"new":["5. Believes that the drop in the annual","ceiling for possible use of the European","Globalisation Fund for 2014-2020 could","affect its effectiveness, in particular as the","EGF's scope of recipients has been","expanded to anticipate the possibility of","some negative social impact of future","trade liberalisation by the Union;"],"old":["5. Believes that the drop in the annual","ceiling for possible use of the European","Globalisation Fund for 2014-2020 is bound","to reduce the effectiveness of this fund,","the purpose of which is to help workers","affected by globalisation and trade","agreements;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.777v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"13","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.777+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Helmut Scholz","changes":{},"committee":["INTA"],"date":"2013-08-02T00:00:00","id":"PE516.777-14","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 6"]],"meps":[96646],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:11:16"},"new":["6. Supports the extension for a third year,","into 2014, of the Preparatory Action","'Euromed innovation entrepreneurs for","change', on condition that the funding is","used to promote sustainable economic","development, deepened regional co-","operation, a decrease in unemployment","and a rise in living standards for the","population as a whole, as opposed to","being a tool for the economic and political","interests of big business in Europe."],"old":["6. Supports the extension for a third year,","into 2014, of the Preparatory Action","\u2018Euromed innovation entrepreneurs for","change\u2019.",""],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.777v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"14","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.777+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Josefa Andr\u00e9s Barea","changes":{},"committee":["INTA"],"date":"2013-08-02T00:00:00","id":"PE516.777-15","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 6 a (new)"]],"meps":[96986],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:11:16"},"new":["6a. Considers it necessary to provide","specific funds as part of international","aspects of customs in order to implement","the fight against counterfeiting and","pirating, a growing problem that poses a","threat to legitimate trade, consumer","health and business investment."],"orig_lang":"es","peid":"PE516.777v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"15","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.777+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Josefa Andr\u00e9s Barea","changes":{},"committee":["INTA"],"date":"2013-08-02T00:00:00","id":"PE516.777-16","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 6 b (new)"]],"meps":[96986],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:11:16"},"new":["6b. Considers it necessary to increase the","amount allocated to the ILO to promote","better labour standards, as called for in","trade agreements with third countries,","which is a key element in ensuring that","trade brings people prosperity."],"orig_lang":"es","peid":"PE516.777v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"16","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.777+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Josefa Andr\u00e9s Barea","changes":{},"committee":["INTA"],"date":"2013-08-02T00:00:00","id":"PE516.777-17","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 6 c (new)"]],"meps":[96986],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:11:16"},"new":["6c. Expresses concern at the ability of","Parliament and of civil society adequately","to monitor the growing complexity and","proliferation of bilateral EU trade","negotiations, and therefore stresses the","need to set up a pilot project to create an","umbrella organisation (Trade Watch)","which would systematically gather","together all the independent analytical","knowledge that parliamentarians require","in order to exercise Parliament's","prerogative of granting rapid and","informed approval for EU trade","agreements; considers that this is now","particularly crucial so that Parliament","can monitor EU-US negotiations on what","will be one of the most significant trade","agreements in the world, which will have","numerous consequences for all sectors","and which therefore requires public","monitoring."],"orig_lang":"es","peid":"PE516.777v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"17","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.777+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Josefa Andr\u00e9s Barea","changes":{},"committee":["INTA"],"date":"2013-08-02T00:00:00","id":"PE516.777-18","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 6 d (new)"]],"meps":[96986],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:11:16"},"new":["6d. Warns that the EU's objectives of","enhancing trade inclusiveness and","international economic cooperation and","stability must be reflected in the budgetary","allocations for the Aid for Trade, the","Partnership Instrument and the","Instrument for Macro-Financial","Assistance; opposes therefore decreasing","the allocation of the European","Globalization Fund; supports, in this","regard, the allocation of specific funds to","compensate losses suffered by developing","countries in specific economic sectors as a","result of signing a free trade agreement","with the EU."],"old":[""],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.777v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"18","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.777+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Josefa Andr\u00e9s Barea","changes":{},"committee":["INTA"],"date":"2013-08-02T00:00:00","id":"PE516.777-19","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 6 e (new)"]],"meps":[96986],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:11:16"},"new":["6e. Warns of the imbalance that exists","among regions with regard to the funds","they receive from the DCI, and calls on","the Commission to make provision for","redistribution or compensation in order to","prevent these imbalances."],"orig_lang":"es","peid":"PE516.777v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"19","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.777+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Josefa Andr\u00e9s Barea","changes":{},"committee":["INTA"],"date":"2013-08-02T00:00:00","id":"PE516.777-20","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 6 f (new)"]],"meps":[96986],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:11:17"},"new":["6f. Regrets that the funds previously","available in the 'Preparatory action:","Opportunities for internationalisation of","small and medium-sized enterprises' have","been divided up into different lines, and","this at a time of economic crisis when","international trade is the only way out for","many SMEs."],"old":[""],"orig_lang":"es","peid":"PE516.777v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"20","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.777+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Alda Sousa, J\u00fcrgen Klute on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-1","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 1"]],"meps":[113487,96769],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:39"},"new":["1. Recalls that while still in the context of","one of the most dramatic social, economic","and financial crisis, which has had a","particularly appalling impact in some EU","Member States in terms of unemployment,","increase of poverty, closure of essential","sectors, deterioration of public services, its","priorities for the 2014 budget should be an","ambitious set of investments aimed at","boosting economic and sustainable","growth, competitiveness, the creation of","employment and the fight against youth","unemployment; reiterates, therefore, the","need to allocate the adequate resources to","the policies contributing to smart,","sustainable and inclusive growth based on","the five EU headline targets, namely","promoting employment, in particular for","the youth improving the conditions for","innovation, research and development,","meeting our climate change and energy","objectives, promoting high education and","professional training standards and social","policies, in particular social inclusion and","poverty reduction; recalls that the","Member States themselves have fully","endorsed these five targets;"],"old":["1. 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Recalls that its priorities for the 2014","budget are economic and sustainable","growth, competitiveness, the creation of","employment and the fight against youth","unemployment as well as the EU's role in","the world; reiterates, therefore, its support","for policies contributing to the fight against","youth unemployment, research,","development and innovation, digital","agenda, competitiveness, small and","medium enterprises (SMEs), education,","professional training and mobility and","external aid;"],"old":["1. Recalls that its priorities for the 2014","budget are economic and sustainable","growth, competitiveness, the creation of","employment and the fight against youth","unemployment; reiterates, therefore, its","support for policies contributing to the","fight against youth unemployment,","research, development and innovation,","digital agenda, competitiveness, small and","medium enterprises (SMEs), education,","professional training and mobility;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"2","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Paul R\u00fcbig","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-3","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 1"]],"meps":[2278],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:39"},"new":["1. Recalls that its priorities for the 2014","budget are economic and sustainable","growth, competitiveness, the creation of","employment and the fight against youth","unemployment; reiterates, therefore, its","support for policies contributing to the","fight against youth unemployment,","research, development and innovation,","digital agenda, competitiveness, small and","medium enterprises (SMEs),","entrepreneurship and self-employment,","education, professional training and","mobility;"],"old":["1. Recalls that its priorities for the 2014","budget are economic and sustainable","growth, competitiveness, the creation of","employment and the fight against youth","unemployment; reiterates, therefore, its","support for policies contributing to the","fight against youth unemployment,","research, development and innovation,","digital agenda, competitiveness, small and","medium enterprises (SMEs), education,","professional training and mobility;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"3","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Alda Sousa, J\u00fcrgen Klute on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-4","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 2"]],"meps":[113487,96769],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:39"},"new":["2. Recalls its determination to ensure an","adequate level of commitment and","payment appropriations to allow the","programmes to kick-off with sufficient","funds in the multiannual financial","framework (MFF) for the period 2014 -","2020 and to avoid delays in their","implementation, as well as to ensure the","successful conclusion of the programmes","started under the 2007 - 2013 MFF;"],"old":["2. 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Is convinced that the level of","appropriations in the new MFF is clearly","insufficient and will result in huge","payments gaps already in 2014;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"5","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Eider Gardiaz\u00e1bal Rubial","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-6","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 3"]],"meps":[96991],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:39"},"new":["3. Deplores therefore the Council's","decision to proceed again this year with the","usual approach of horizontal cuts to the","draft budget (DB), aimed at artificially","reducing the level of the Union's resources","for 2014 by an overall total of EUR 240","million (-0,2%) in commitment","appropriations (CA) and EUR 1 061","million (-0,8%) in payment appropriations","(PA) as compared to the DB, thus leading","to a significant decrease compared to the","2013 budget (including amending budgets","No 1 to 5, and draft amending budgets No","6 to 8) both in commitments (6%) and in","payments (-6,6%);"],"old":["3. Deplores therefore the Council's","decision to proceed again this year with the","usual approach of horizontal cuts to the","draft budget (DB), aimed at artificially","reducing the level of the Union's resources","for 2014 by an overall total of EUR 240","million (-0,2%) in commitment","appropriations (CA) and EUR 1 061","million (-0,8%) in payment appropriations","(PA) as compared to the DB, thus leading","to a significant decrease compared to the","2013 budget (including amending budgets","No 1 to 5) both in commitments (-6%) and","in payments (-6,6%);"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"6","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Alda Sousa, J\u00fcrgen Klute on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-7","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 3"]],"meps":[113487,96769],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:39"},"new":["3. Condemns therefore the Council's","decision to insist again this year with the","usual approach of horizontal cuts to the","draft budget (DB), aimed at artificially","reducing the level of the Union's resources","for 2014 by an overall total of EUR 240","million (-0,2%) in commitment","appropriations (CA) and EUR 1 061","million (-0,8%) in payment appropriations","(PA) as compared to the DB, thus leading","to a significant decrease compared to the","2013 budget (including amending budgets","No 1 to 5) both in commitments (-6%) and","in payments (-6,6%);"],"old":["3. Deplores therefore the Council's","decision to proceed again this year with the","usual approach of horizontal cuts to the","draft budget (DB), aimed at artificially","reducing the level of the Union's resources","for 2014 by an overall total of EUR 240","million (-0,2%) in commitment","appropriations (CA) and EUR 1 061","million (-0,8%) in payment appropriations","(PA) as compared to the DB, thus leading","to a significant decrease compared to the","2013 budget (including amending budgets","No 1 to 5) both in commitments (-6%) and","in payments (-6,6%);"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"7","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Alda Sousa, J\u00fcrgen Klute on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-8","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 4"]],"meps":[113487,96769],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:40"},"new":["4. Deplores that, once more the European","Council has fully ignored not only the","European Parliament\u2019s but its own","previous positions; underlines that, in its","position, the Council has not only not taken","into account the agreement on the 2014 -","2020 MFF, regarding the frontloading of","the Erasmus for All, COSME and Horizon","2020 programmes but has even further","decreased the appropriations for some of","those programmes;"],"old":["4. Is surprised that in its position the","Council has not only not taken into account","the agreement on the 2014 - 2020 MFF,","regarding the frontloading of the Erasmus","for All, COSME and Horizon 2020","programmes but has further decreased the","appropriations for some of those","programmes;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"8","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Eider Gardiaz\u00e1bal Rubial","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-9","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 5"]],"meps":[96991],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:40"},"new":["5. Notes that the Council has introduced","cuts in both CA and PA in all headings;","notes that the most affected ones are","Heading 1a (-0,36% in CA and -3,6% in","PA as compared to the DB), Heading 4 (-","0,21% in CA and -2,5% in PA as compared","to the DB) and Heading 5 (-1,78% in CA","and PA as compared to the DB); notes that","these across the board cuts will affect","initiatives which are priority areas for the","European Union delivering the objectives","of the Europe 2020 strategy;"],"old":["5. Notes that the Council has introduced","cuts in both CA and PA in all headings;","notes that the most affected ones are","Heading 1a (-0,36% in CA and -3,6% in","PA as compared to the DB), Heading 4 (-","0,21% in CA and -2,5% in PA as compared","to the DB) and Heading 5 (-1,78% in CA","and PA as compared to the DB); notes that","these headings contain programmes and","initiatives responsible for the delivery of","the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy","and are priority areas for Parliament or","appropriations ensuring the successful","","administrative and operational support","for the implementation of those","programmes;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"9","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Alda Sousa, J\u00fcrgen Klute on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-10","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 5"]],"meps":[113487,96769],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:40"},"new":["5. Deeply regrets that the Council insists in","introducing nothing but cuts in both CA","and PA in all headings; recalls that the","most affected ones are Heading 1a (-0,36%","in CA and -3,6% in PA as compared to the","DB), Heading 4 (-0,21% in CA and -2,5%","in PA as compared to the DB) and Heading","5 (-1,78% in CA and PA as compared to","the DB); underlines that significant cuts","are de facto operated in Heading1b, vis-\u00e0-","vis, the needs of appropriations to","overcome, in 2014, the 2013 rolled-over","payment claims, namely within the","framework of the European Social Fund","and European Cohesion Fund, this might","specially affect the Member States already","facing the most dramatic social,","economical and financial effects of the","crisis; especially recalls that these","headings contain programmes and","initiatives responsible for the delivery of","the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy","and are priority areas for Parliament or","appropriations ensuring the successful","administrative and operational support for","the implementation of those programmes;"],"old":["5. Notes that the Council has introduced","cuts in both CA and PA in all headings;","notes that the most affected ones are","Heading 1a (-0,36% in CA and -3,6% in","PA as compared to the DB), Heading 4 (-","0,21% in CA and -2,5% in PA as compared","to the DB) and Heading 5 (-1,78% in CA","and PA as compared to the DB); notes that","these headings contain programmes and","initiatives responsible for the delivery of","the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy","and are priority areas for Parliament or","appropriations ensuring the successful","administrative and operational support for","the implementation of those programmes;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"10","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Dominique Riquet","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-11","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 5"]],"meps":[96885],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:40"},"new":["5. Notes that the Council has introduced","cuts in both CA and PA in all headings;","notes that the most affected ones are","Heading 1a (-0,36% in CA and -3,6% in","PA as compared to the DB), Heading 4 (-","0,21% in CA and -2,5% in PA as compared","to the DB) and Heading 5 (-1,78% in CA","and PA as compared to the DB); notes that","Headings 1a and 4 contain programmes","and initiatives that are instrumental for","the delivery of the objectives of the Europe","2020 strategy and the EU external policy","agenda, which are priority areas for","Parliament; condemns also the proposed","cuts in administrative lines, which would","clearly prevent the successful","administrative and operational support for","the implementation of those programmes;"],"old":["5. Notes that the Council has introduced","cuts in both CA and PA in all headings;","notes that the most affected ones are","Heading 1a (-0,36% in CA and -3,6% in","PA as compared to the DB), Heading 4 (-","0,21% in CA and -2,5% in PA as compared","to the DB) and Heading 5 (-1,78% in CA","and PA as compared to the DB); notes that","these headings contain programmes and","initiatives responsible for the delivery of","the objectives of the Europe 2020 strategy","and are priority areas for Parliament or","appropriations ensuring the successful","administrative and operational support for","the implementation of those programmes;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"11","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Eider Gardiaz\u00e1bal Rubial","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-12","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 7"]],"meps":[96991],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:40"},"new":["7. Rejects the Council's argument that the","proposed cuts correspond to under-","implemented or low-performing","programmes, since Council's cuts in","commitments affect mostly the","implementation capacity of a new","generation of multiannual programmes","which have not yet started; furthermore,","Council's cuts in payments affect mostly","the completion of programmes that have","shown not only good implementation rates","but even over-implementation (e.g. the","Common Strategic Framework for","Research and Innovation, Galileo, Customs","and Fiscalis under Heading 1a, ESF, ERDF","and the Cohesion Fund under Heading 1b);","emphasises the fact that such criteria","completely disregard the multiannual","character of the Union's policies, and of","cohesion policy in particular; underlines","that 52% of the payment appropriations","requested in the draft budget 2014 are","devoted to the completion of 2007 - 2013","MFF programmes;"],"old":["7. Rejects the Council's argument that the","proposed cuts correspond to under-","implemented or low-performing","programmes, since they also affect","programmes showing not only good","implementation rates but even over-","implementation (e.g. the Common","Strategic Framework for Research and","Innovation, Galileo, Customs and Fiscalis","","under Heading 1a, ESF, ERDF and the","Cohesion Fund under Heading 1b);","emphasises the fact that such criteria","completely disregard the multiannual","character of the Union's policies, and of","cohesion in particular, and the structure of","draft budget 2014, where 52% of the","payment appropriations are devoted to the","completion of 2007 - 2013 MFF","programmes ;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"12","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Dominique Riquet","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-13","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 7"]],"meps":[96885],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:40"},"new":["7. Rejects the Council's argument that the","proposed cuts correspond to under-","implemented or low-performing","programmes, since they also affect","programmes showing not only good","implementation rates but even over-","implementation (e.g. the Common","Strategic Framework for Research and","Innovation, Galileo, Customs and Fiscalis","under Heading 1a, ESF, ERDF and the","Cohesion Fund under Heading 1b);","emphasises, in particular, that such cuts in","payment appropriations completely","disregard the multiannual character of the","Union's policies, and of cohesion in","particular, and the fact that 52% of the","payment appropriations are devoted to the","completion of 2007 - 2013 MFF","programmes ;"],"old":["7. Rejects the Council's argument that the","proposed cuts correspond to under-","implemented or low-performing","programmes, since they also affect","programmes showing not only good","implementation rates but even over-","implementation (e.g. the Common","Strategic Framework for Research and","Innovation, Galileo, Customs and Fiscalis","under Heading 1a, ESF, ERDF and the","Cohesion Fund under Heading 1b);","emphasises the fact that such criteria","completely disregard the multiannual","character of the Union's policies, and of","cohesion in particular, and the structure of","draft budget 2014, where 52% of the","payment appropriations are devoted to the","completion of 2007 - 2013 MFF","programmes ;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"13","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Eider Gardiaz\u00e1bal Rubial","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-14","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 7 a (new)"]],"meps":[96991],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:40"},"new":["7a. Deplores the arbitrary cuts proposed","by the Council on the administrative and","support lines financing the","implementation of key EU programmes;","considers these cuts to be detrimental to","the successful start-up of the new","programmes as a lack of administrative","capacity entails a serious risk of","hampering implementation of EU","policies; regrets Member States' tendency","to care more about trivial, preposterous","short term savings rather than long term","results; restores therefore, the draft","budget on all lines of support and","administrative expenditure cut by the","Council;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"14","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Eider Gardiaz\u00e1bal Rubial","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-15","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 8"]],"meps":[96991],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:40"},"new":["deleted (and moved as new paragraph","18a)"],"old":["8. Notes the declaration on payments","adopted by the Council in its position on","the draft budget 2014; is not convinced,","however, that it could serve as a","guarantee for a sufficient and adequate","level of payments for all headings;","welcomes the statement by some Member","","States that a better balance between","commitments and payments should be","sought in order to avoid the situation","where the Union cannot meet its legal","obligations;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"15","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Dominique Riquet","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-16","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 8"]],"meps":[96885],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:40"},"new":["8. Notes the declaration on payments","adopted by the Council in its position on","the draft budget 2014; is not convinced,","however, that it could serve as a guarantee","for a sufficient and adequate level of","payments for all headings; welcomes the","statement by some Member States that a","better balance between commitments and","payments should be sought in order to","avoid the situation where the Union cannot","meet its legal obligations; is comforted","that several Council delegations have","started raising vocally the same concerns","that the European Parliament has","strongly put forward over the past","budgetary procedures;"],"old":["8. Notes the declaration on payments","adopted by the Council in its position on","the draft budget 2014; is not convinced,","however, that it could serve as a guarantee","for a sufficient and adequate level of","payments for all headings; welcomes the","statement by some Member States that a","better balance between commitments and","payments should be sought in order to","avoid the situation where the Union cannot","meet its legal obligations;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"16","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Alda Sousa, J\u00fcrgen Klute on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-17","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 8"]],"meps":[113487,96769],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:40"},"new":["8. Notes the declaration on payments","adopted by the Council in its position on","the draft budget 2014; is not convinced,","however, that it could serve as a guarantee","for a sufficient and adequate level of","payments for all headings; takes note of","the statement by some Member States that","a better balance between commitments and","payments should be sought in order to","avoid the situation where the Union cannot","meet its legal obligations;"],"old":["8. Notes the declaration on payments","adopted by the Council in its position on","the draft budget 2014; is not convinced,","however, that it could serve as a guarantee","for a sufficient and adequate level of","payments for all headings; welcomes the","statement by some Member States that a","better balance between commitments and","payments should be sought in order to","avoid the situation where the Union cannot","meet its legal obligations;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"17","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Alda Sousa, J\u00fcrgen Klute on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-18","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 9"]],"meps":[113487,96769],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:40"},"new":["9. Reiterates its position that it does not","accept Council's decision to reduce CA and","PA, in particular while still in the context","of one of the most dramatic social,","economic and financial crisis; underlines","that commitments reflect the Union","political priorities and should be set with a","long-term perspective where the priority","and adequate allocation of resources","should be given to policies of real","convergence, social and territorial","cohesion, focused on job creation, social","progress, solidarity, the sustainable use of","natural resources and protection of the","environment; insists, therefore, that","commitments should go much beyond the","draft budget level, namely in Headings 1a","and 1b; reiterates its position that it is","clearly insufficient to increase CA","appropriations slightly above the DB on a","selected number of budget lines relating to","the programmes of direct benefit for","European citizens, and contributing to the","delivery of the Europe 2020 priorities -","which are crucial for the growth and","competitiveness of the Union - as well as","those projecting the European values and","solidarity abroad;"],"old":["9. Cannot accept Council's decision to","reduce CA and PA; reminds that","commitments reflect Union political","priorities and should be set with a long-","term perspective where the economic","downturn might have ended; takes the","view, therefore, that in general principle,","commitments should be restored at draft","budget level; intends, however, to increase","CA appropriations slightly above the DB","on a selected number of budget lines","relating to the programmes of direct benefit","for European citizens, and contributing to","the delivery of the Europe 2020 priorities -","which are crucial for the growth and","competitiveness of the Union - as well as","those projecting the European values and","solidarity abroad;",""],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"18","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Dominique Riquet","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-19","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 11"]],"meps":[96885],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:40"},"new":["11. Calls, therefore, for the mobilisation of","the Flexibility Instrument for an overall","amount of EUR [XXX million] in","commitment appropriations; considers that","- in Heading 1b - the Flexibility","Instrument will reinforce the Fund for","European Aid to the Most Deprived,","pending the final outcome of the","negotiations on the legal basis that needs","to reflect the MFF political agreement of","27 June on the overall allocation to this","Fund, and will grant additional assistance","to Cyprus from the Structural Funds, as an","expression of European solidarity, that","will enable it to mitigate the negative","impact of the severe economic crisis and","in accordance with the June 2013","European Council request to the","budgetary authority; considers that - in","Heading 4 - the Flexibility Instrument","will provide further support for","humanitarian aid in the Middle East;"],"old":["11. Calls, therefore, for the mobilisation of","the flexibility instrument for an amount of","EUR [XXX million] in commitment","appropriations to reinforce the Fund for","European Aid to the Most Deprived, to","provide further support for humanitarian","aid in the Middle East and to grant","additional assistance to Cyprus from the","Structural Funds, as agreed by the Heads","of States and Governments at their","meeting of 27-28 June 2013;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"19","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Helga Tr\u00fcpel on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-20","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 11"]],"meps":[28240],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:40"},"new":["11. Calls, therefore, for the full","mobilisation of the flexibility instrument in","commitment appropriations to reinforce","some Parliament's priorities such as","Horizon 2020, COSME, Erasmus +,","digital agenda, the Fund for European Aid","to the Most Deprived, to provide further","support for humanitarian aid in the Middle","East and to grant additional assistance to","Cyprus from the Structural Funds, as","agreed by the Heads of States and","Governments at their meeting of 27-28","June 2013;"],"old":["11. Calls, therefore, for the mobilisation of","the flexibility instrument for an amount of","EUR [XXX million] in commitment","appropriations to reinforce the Fund for","European Aid to the Most Deprived, to","provide further support for humanitarian","aid in the Middle East and to grant","additional assistance to Cyprus from the","Structural Funds, as agreed by the Heads of","States and Governments at their meeting of","27-28 June 2013;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"20","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Eider Gardiaz\u00e1bal Rubial","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-21","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 11"]],"meps":[96991],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:40"},"new":["11. Calls, therefore, for the mobilisation of","the flexibility instrument for an amount of","EUR [XXX million] in commitment","appropriations to reinforce the Fund for","European Aid to the Most","Deprived,pending final agreement of the","legislative authority on how to implement","the 27 June 2013 political agreement on","the MFF 2014-2020, to provide further","support for humanitarian aid in the Middle","East and to grant additional assistance to","Cyprus from the Structural Funds, as","agreed by the Heads of States and","Governments at their meeting of 27-28","June 2013"],"old":["11. Calls, therefore, for the mobilisation of","the flexibility instrument for an amount of","EUR [XXX million] in commitment","appropriations to reinforce the Fund for","European Aid to the Most Deprived, to","provide further support for humanitarian","aid in the Middle East and to grant","additional assistance to Cyprus from the","Structural Funds, as agreed by the Heads of","States and Governments at their meeting of","27-28 June 2013;",""],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"21","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Alda Sousa, J\u00fcrgen Klute on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-22","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 11"]],"meps":[113487,96769],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:40"},"new":["11. Calls, therefore, for the mobilisation of","the flexibility instrument for an amount of","EUR [XXX million] in commitment","appropriations to reinforce the Fund for","European Aid to the Most Deprived, to the","European Social Fund, to the European","Cohesion Fund, to provide further support","for humanitarian aid in the Middle East,","namely to UNWRA, taking into account","the rise in the increase of tension in the","region and in order to be able to attend to","all those in need, and to grant additional","assistance to Cyprus from the Structural","Funds, as agreed by the Heads of States","and Governments at their meeting of 27-28","June 2013;"],"old":["11. Calls, therefore, for the mobilisation of","the flexibility instrument for an amount of","EUR [XXX million] in commitment","appropriations to reinforce the Fund for","European Aid to the Most Deprived, to","provide further support for humanitarian","aid in the Middle East and to grant","additional assistance to Cyprus from the","Structural Funds, as agreed by the Heads of","States and Governments at their meeting of","27-28 June 2013;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"22","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Eider Gardiaz\u00e1bal Rubial","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-23","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 13"]],"meps":[96991],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:41"},"new":["13. Deplores the cuts in payments brought","by the Council, which result in a decrease","of EUR 9,5 billion (9 500 million) (-6,6%)","in PA as compared to the adopted budget","for 2013 (including amending budgets No","1 to 5 and draft amending budgets No 6 to","8); deplores that Council keeps following","blindly its past strategy to artificially cut","the level of payments in order to leave an","artificial margin under the payment","ceiling 2014, despite the fact that the","payment 2014 ceiling is EUR 8,5 billion","lower than the 2013 payment ceiling;","emphasises that Council's behaviour","totally disregards real needs and legal","obligations to honour past commitments;","underlines once the more the","schizophrenic attitude of the Council","given that around 80 % of the EU budget","expenditure are spent for projects decided","by public authorities in the Member states","themselves, and therefore constitutes","'return on investment'"],"old":["13. Deplores the cuts in payments brought","by the Council, which result in a decrease","of EUR 9,5 billion (9 500 million) (-6,6%)","","in PA as compared to the adopted budget","for 2013 (including amending budgets No","1 to 5); reiterates the fact that despite the","adoption of a lower MFF for 2014-2020","and the absolute need to keep honouring","past commitments, the Council kept","following blindly its past strategy to","artificially cut the level of payments,","without taking into consideration the real","needs and relatively sparing expenditure","under shared management to ensure","Member States' apparent \u00abreturn on","investment\u00bb;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"23","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Alda Sousa, J\u00fcrgen Klute on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-24","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 13"]],"meps":[113487,96769],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:41"},"new":["13. Deeply deplores the cuts in payments","proposed by the Council, which could","result in a decrease of at least EUR 9,5","billion (9 500 million) (-6,6%) in PA as","compared to the adopted budget for 2013","(including amending budgets No 1 to 5);","underlines the fact that despite the","adoption of a lower MFF for 2014-2020","and the absolute need to keep honouring","past commitments, the Council keeps","following blindly its past strategy to","artificially cut the level of payments,","without taking into consideration the real","needs for investment, with particular","emphasis on the programmes and projects","aimed at boosting growth and decent","employment, smart, sustainable, green","development and eradicating poverty and","simultaneously the Council keeps sparing","expenditure under shared management to","ensure Member States' apparent \u00abreturn on","investment\u00bb;"],"old":["13. Deplores the cuts in payments brought","by the Council, which result in a decrease","of EUR 9,5 billion (9 500 million) (-6,6%)","in PA as compared to the adopted budget","for 2013 (including amending budgets No","1 to 5); reiterates the fact that despite the","adoption of a lower MFF for 2014-2020","and the absolute need to keep honouring","past commitments, the Council kept","following blindly its past strategy to","artificially cut the level of payments,","without taking into consideration the real","needs and relatively sparing expenditure","under shared management to ensure","","Member States' apparent \u00abreturn on","investment\u00bb;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"24","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Helga Tr\u00fcpel on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-25","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 13"]],"meps":[28240],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:41"},"new":["13. Deplores the cuts in payments brought","by the Council, which result in a decrease","of EUR 9,5 billion (9 500 million) (-6,6%)","in PA as compared to the adopted budget","for 2013 (including amending budgets No","1 to 5) reflecting the agreement on the","MFF and endorsed by a majority of the","European Parliament; reiterates the fact","that despite the adoption of a lower MFF","for 2014-2020 and the absolute need to","keep honouring past commitments, the","Council kept following blindly its past","strategy to artificially cut the level of","payments, without taking into","consideration the real needs and relatively","sparing expenditure under shared","management to ensure Member States'","apparent \u00abreturn on investment\u00bb;"],"old":["13. Deplores the cuts in payments brought","by the Council, which result in a decrease","of EUR 9,5 billion (9 500 million) (-6,6%)","in PA as compared to the adopted budget","for 2013 (including amending budgets No","1 to 5); reiterates the fact that despite the","adoption of a lower MFF for 2014-2020","and the absolute need to keep honouring","past commitments, the Council kept","following blindly its past strategy to","artificially cut the level of payments,","without taking into consideration the real","needs and relatively sparing expenditure","under shared management to ensure","Member States' apparent \u00abreturn on","investment\u00bb;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"25","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Dominique Riquet","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-26","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 13 a (new)"]],"meps":[96885],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:41"},"new":["13a. Considers that - particularly this year","- the Council's position to leave an","artificial margin of EUR 1 billion under","the 2014 payments ceiling serves no","purpose, and cannot be justified in any","way, especially given the magnitude of the","expected carry over of outstanding","payments at the end of 2013;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"26","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Eider Gardiaz\u00e1bal Rubial","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-27","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 15"]],"meps":[96991],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:41"},"new":["15. Stresses the fact that the Council","position does not take account of the","dramatic shortage of payments, notably in","the field of the cohesion policy, while","latest (September 2013) forecasts provided","by Member States themselves on their","payment claims to be submitted before the","end of 2013 show a likely lack of payment","appropriations and, accordingly, an","implementation deficit of some EUR 20","billion at the end of 2013, even with the","second tranche of the draft amending","budget No. 2/2013 (draft amending budget","No 8/2013) adopted in full; recalls that","valid payment claims carried over from","2013 will have to be deducted from - and","consequently reduce - the level of payment","appropriations available for 2014; stresses","that this will put 2014 budget under tight","pressure, not the least, against the","background of an the unprecedented level","of unpaid claims and, more generally, of","the outstanding commitments (RALs);"],"old":["15. Stresses the fact that the Council","position does not take account of the","dramatic shortage of payments, notably in","the field of the cohesion policy, with some","estimates pointing to a likely lack of","payment appropriations and, accordingly,","an implementation deficit of some EUR 20","billion at the end of 2013, even with the","second tranche of the draft amending","budget No. 2/2013 adopted in full; recalls","that the outstanding payments carried over","from 2013 will have to be deducted from -","and consequently reduce - the level of","payment appropriations available for 2014;","stresses that this will put 2014 budget","under tight pressure, not the least, against","the background of an the unprecedented","level of unpaid claims and, more generally,","of the outstanding commitments (RALs);",""],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"27","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Dominique Riquet","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-28","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 15"]],"meps":[96885],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:41"},"new":["15. Stresses the fact that the Council","position does not take account of the","dramatic shortage of payments, notably in","the field of the cohesion policy; points","that, on the basis of the revised Member","States' forecasts (September 2013), as","screened and adjusted by the Commission,","a carry-over of some EUR 20 billion is","expected at the end of 2013, even with the","second tranche of the draft amending","budget No. 2/2013 (draft amending budget","No 8/2013) adopted in full; recalls that the","outstanding payments carried over from","2013 will have to be deducted from - and","consequently reduce - the level of payment","appropriations available for 2014; stresses","that this will put 2014 budget under tight","pressure, not the least, against the","background of an the unprecedented level","of unpaid claims and, more generally, of","the outstanding commitments (RALs);"],"old":["15. Stresses the fact that the Council","position does not take account of the","dramatic shortage of payments, notably in","the field of the cohesion policy, with some","estimates pointing to a likely lack of","payment appropriations and, accordingly,","an implementation deficit of some EUR","20 billion at the end of 2013, even with the","second tranche of the draft amending","budget No. 2/2013 adopted in full; recalls","that the outstanding payments carried over","from 2013 will have to be deducted from -","and consequently reduce - the level of","payment appropriations available for 2014;","stresses that this will put 2014 budget","under tight pressure, not the least, against","the background of an the unprecedented","level of unpaid claims and, more generally,","of the outstanding commitments (RALs);"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"28","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Alda Sousa, J\u00fcrgen Klute on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-29","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 15"]],"meps":[113487,96769],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:41"},"new":["15. Stresses the fact that the Council","position fully ignores the dramatic","shortage of payments, notably in the field","of the cohesion policy, with some estimates","pointing to a likely lack of payment","appropriations and, accordingly, an","implementation deficit of some EUR 20","billion at the end of 2013, even with the","second tranche of the draft amending","budget No. 2/2013 adopted in full; recalls","that the outstanding payments carried over","from 2013 will have to be deducted from -","and consequently reduce - the level of","payment appropriations available for 2014,","which has already been reduced by the","2014-2020 MFF agreement; stresses that","this will put 2014 budget under unbearable","pressure, not the least, against the","background of an the unprecedented level","of unpaid claims and, more generally, of","the outstanding commitments (RALs);"],"old":["15. Stresses the fact that the Council","position does not take account of the","dramatic shortage of payments, notably in","the field of the cohesion policy, with some","estimates pointing to a likely lack of","payment appropriations and, accordingly,","an implementation deficit of some EUR 20","billion at the end of 2013, even with the","second tranche of the draft amending","budget No. 2/2013 adopted in full; recalls","that the outstanding payments carried over","from 2013 will have to be deducted from -","and consequently reduce - the level of","payment appropriations available for 2014;","stresses that this will put 2014 budget","under tight pressure, not the least, against","the background of an the unprecedented","level of unpaid claims and, more generally,","of the outstanding commitments (RALs);"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"29","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Alda Sousa, J\u00fcrgen Klute on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-30","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 16"]],"meps":[113487,96769],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:41"},"new":["16. Reiterates its indignation to the fact","that some of the cuts in payments proposed","by the Council affect the Horizon 2020,","COSME and the ESF programmes, in plain","opposition with the previous positions of","the Council itself, the spirit and the letter","of the recent political agreement on the","2014-2020 MFF to frontload some","appropriations in 2014 and 2015 to these","programmes and with the institutions'","commitment at the highest level to tackle","youth unemployment; reiterates its","position that more resources should be","allocated to these programmes, underlines","that the frontload will not sort out the","problem in the long-run, youth","unemployment will still have to be tacled","and addressed after 2016; recalls,","moreover, the apparent lack of logic in the","Council's position: part of the Council's","cuts concern lines which were reinforced in","the framework of the agreement on the first","tranche of draft amending budget No.","2/2013;"],"old":["16. Is astonished that some of the cuts in","payments proposed by the Council affect","the Horizon 2020, COSME and the ESF","programmes, in plain opposition with the","spirit and the letter of the recent political","agreement on the 2014-2020 MFF to","frontload some appropriations in 2014 and","2015 to these programmes and with the","institutions' commitment at the highest","level to tackle youth unemployment;","","recalls, moreover, that part of the Council's","cuts concern lines which were reinforced in","the framework of the agreement on the first","tranche of draft amending budget No.","2/2013;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"30","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Eider Gardiaz\u00e1bal Rubial","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-31","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 17"]],"meps":[96991],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:41"},"new":["17. Strongly rejects, therefore, the","Council's approach on payments and","amends its position on payments; is","strongly convinced that the level of 2014","payments, needed to ensure a proper","completion of 2007-2013 MFF","programmes without jeopardizing the","implementation of new MFF 2014-2020","programmes, should be higher than the","2014 payment ceiling;"],"old":["17. Strongly rejects, therefore, the","Council's approach on payments and","amends its position on payments to ensure","that the fall between 2013 and 2014","ceilings is not detrimental to the proper","implementation and completion of 2007-","2013 MFF programmes, bearing in mind","that, in the Commission's proposal, 52%","of payment appropriations address","outstanding commitments, nor to the start","of new programmes;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"31","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Alda Sousa, J\u00fcrgen Klute on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-32","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 17"]],"meps":[113487,96769],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:41"},"new":["17. Strongly rejects, therefore, the","Council's approach on payments and","amends its position on payments as the","level of appropriations proposed does not","ensure that the fall between 2013 and 2014","ceilings is not detrimental to the proper","implementation and completion of 2007-","2013 MFF programmes; namely, bearing","in mind that, in the Commission's proposal,","52% of payment appropriations address","outstanding commitments, nor to the start","of new programmes;"],"old":["17. Strongly rejects, therefore, the","Council's approach on payments and","amends its position on payments to ensure","that the fall between 2013 and 2014","ceilings is not detrimental to the proper","implementation and completion of 2007-","2013 MFF programmes, bearing in mind","that, in the Commission's proposal, 52% of","payment appropriations address","outstanding commitments, nor to the start","of new programmes;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"32","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Alda Sousa, J\u00fcrgen Klute on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-33","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 18"]],"meps":[113487,96769],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:41"},"new":["18. Reiterates its position that to restore","the draft budget in payments for most lines","cut by the Council will not be sufficient;","recalls that, despite contained","reinforcements in payment appropriations","on a limited number of budget items and","several decreases on other budget items,","the payment ceiling does not allow for an","adequate financing of priorities selected by","the Parliament, with particular emphasis","on the programmes and projects aimed at","boosting growth and decent employment,","smart, sustainable, green development","and eradicating; proposes accordingly,","after having examined all possibilities for","re-allocating payment appropriations, to","mobilise the Flexibility instrument in","payments for an amount of EUR XXX","million to finance humanitarian aid,","integration and cohesion policies;"],"old":["18. Takes the approach to restore the draft","budget in payments for most lines cut by","the Council; notes that, despite contained","reinforcements in payment appropriations","on a limited number of budget items and","several decreases on other budget items,","the payment ceiling does not allow for an","adequate financing of priorities selected by","the Parliament; proposes accordingly, after","having examined all possibilities for re-","allocating payment appropriations, to","mobilise the Flexibility instrument in","payments for an amount of EUR 213","million to finance humanitarian aid;",""],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"33","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Eider Gardiaz\u00e1bal Rubial","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-34","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 18 a (new)"]],"meps":[96991],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:41"},"new":["18a. Takes note of the draft Council","statement on payments adopted by the","Council in its position on the draft budget","2014; is convinced, however, that unless","substantially improved it cannot serve as a","satisfactory political guarantee to ensure","a sufficient and adequate level of","payments in 2014; is determined to","provide assurance and reverse the trend","from the last years, where the outstanding","payments at the end of the year are","growing exponentially; calls therefore on","the Council to agree on a joint political","commitment to use all means available","under the MFF regulation 2014-2020","including recourse to the contingency","margin and/or revision of the payment","ceiling in order not to jeopardize the new","programmes and at the same time to","decrease the amount of the outstanding","year end payments;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"34","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Eider Gardiaz\u00e1bal Rubial","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-35","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 19"]],"meps":[96991],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:41"},"new":["19. Hopes in that respect that the","interinstitutional meeting on payments held","on 26 September 2013 will help both the","European Parliament and the Council to","agree on this joint political commitment","and find a common position during the","budgetary conciliation, paving the way to","address any shortfall in payments during","the execution of budget 2014:"],"old":["19. Is confident that the interinstitutional","meeting on payments will help both the","European Parliament and the Council to","find a common position during the","budgetary conciliation; reiterates its","position that Parliament will not give its","consent to the MFF regulation or will not","adopt the 2014 budget until the new","amending budget, covering the second","tranche of draft amending budget No","2/2013, has been adopted by the Council;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"35","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Dominique Riquet","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-36","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 19"]],"meps":[96885],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:41"},"new":["19. Is confident that the interinstitutional","meeting on payments that was held on 26","September 2013 will help both the","European Parliament and the Council to","find a common position during the","budgetary conciliation, without any","unnecessary dispute over the size and","quality of figures provided by the","European Commission;"],"old":["19. Is confident that the interinstitutional","meeting on payments will help both the","European Parliament and the Council to","find a common position during the","budgetary conciliation; reiterates its","position that Parliament will not give its","consent to the MFF regulation or will not","adopt the 2014 budget until the new","amending budget, covering the second","tranche of draft amending budget No","2/2013, has been adopted by the Council;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"36","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Dominique Riquet","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-37","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 20"]],"meps":[96885],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:41"},"new":["20. Welcomes the adoption by the","Commission of draft amending budget No","8/2013 (second tranche of draft amending","budget No 2/2013), which provides for","additional EUR 3,9 billion for 2013","outstanding payments and calls for its","swift adoption by Council; reiterates its","position, as set out in its resolution of 3","July 2013 on the political agreement on","the MFF that Parliament will not give its","consent to the MFF regulation or will not","adopt the 2014 budget until the new","amending budget, covering the second","tranche of draft amending budget No","2/2013, has been adopted by the Council;"],"old":["20. Welcomes the adoption by the","Commission of draft amending budget No","8/2013 (second tranche of draft amending","budget No 2/2013), which provides for","additional EUR 3,9 billion for 2013","outstanding payments;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"37","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Eider Gardiaz\u00e1bal Rubial","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-38","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 20"]],"meps":[96991],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:42"},"new":["20. Welcomes the adoption by the","Commission of draft amending budget No","8/2013 (second tranche of draft amending","budget No 2/2013), which provides for","additional EUR 3,9 billion for 2013","outstanding payments; reiterates its","position that Parliament will not give its","consent to the MFF 2014 -2020","regulation or will not adopt the 2014","budget until amending budget No 8/2013","has been adopted in full by the Council;"],"old":["20. Welcomes the adoption by the","Commission of draft amending budget No","8/2013 (second tranche of draft amending","budget No 2/2013), which provides for","additional EUR 3,9 billion for 2013","outstanding payments;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"38","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Helga Tr\u00fcpel on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-39","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 20"]],"meps":[28240],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:42"},"new":["20. Welcomes the adoption by the","Commission of draft amending budget No","8/2013 (second tranche of draft amending","budget No 2/2013), which provides for","additional EUR 3,9 billion for 2013","outstanding payments and which is one of","the condition to put the MFF regulation","to the vote according to its resolution of 3","July 2013 on the political agreement on","the Multiannual Financial Framework","2014-2020;"],"old":["20. Welcomes the adoption by the","Commission of draft amending budget No","8/2013 (second tranche of draft amending","budget No 2/2013), which provides for","additional EUR 3,9 billion for 2013","outstanding payments;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"39","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Helga Tr\u00fcpel on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-40","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 21"]],"meps":[28240],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:42"},"new":["21. Points out that the new MFF","negotiated by the heads of State and","government and endorsed by the","Parliament results to a reduction of 24%","(EUR - 38,7 billion) in Heading 1a","compared to the initial Commission","proposal; reiterates the fact that excluding","the large scale infrastructure projects, the","appropriations for Heading 1a included in","the draft budget already resulted in a","decrease by EUR 1,1 billion as compared","to last year; deplores the fact that in","addition, and regardless of all the recent","political engagements in favour of the","objectives of this heading undertaken by","the Heads of State and Government, the","Council decided to cut further the","commitments of Heading 1a by EUR 60","million as compared to the draft budget;"],"old":["21. Reiterates the fact that excluding the","large scale infrastructure projects, the","appropriations for Heading 1a included in","the draft budget already resulted in a","decrease by EUR 1,1 billion as compared","to last year; deplores the fact that in","addition, and regardless of all the recent","political engagements in favour of the","objectives of this heading undertaken by","the Heads of State and Government, the","Council decided to cut further the","commitments of Heading 1a by EUR 60","million as compared to the draft budget;",""],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"40","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Dominique Riquet","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-41","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 22"]],"meps":[96885],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:42"},"new":["22. Stresses that part of the Council's cuts","notably affect programmes identified as","those strategic for growth and economic","recovery by the European Council, namely","Horizon 2020 (EUR -43.7 million) and","COSME (EUR -0.5 million); deplores the","fact that this openly contradicts the spirit","and the letter of the MFF political","agreement that includes arrangements for","specific flexibility to tackle youth","employment and strengthen research;"],"old":["22. Stresses that part of the Council's cuts","notably affect programmes identified as","those strategic for growth and economic","recovery by the European Council, namely","Horizon 2020 (EUR -43.7 million) and","COSME (EUR -0.5 million); deplores the","fact that this openly contradicts the spirit","and the letter of the MFF political","agreement as regards the setting up of the","specific Flexibility instrument for youth","unemployment and research;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"41","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Helga Tr\u00fcpel on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-42","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 23"]],"meps":[28240],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:42"},"new":["23. Takes the approach, therefore, to","restore all lines cut by the Council in order","not to further weaken this heading; takes","the decision, furthermore, to frontload a","selected number of lines in certain priority","areas, such as Horizon 2020, COSME and","Erasmus + which do not represent an","increase as the overall amount for those","programmes during the next financial","perspective is not modified and to increase","the digital agenda, the transport policy, the","Social Dialogue, EURES and the","Microfinance and Social entrepreneurship,","special annual events and the quality of","European statistics;"],"old":["23. Takes the approach, therefore, to","restore all lines cut by the Council in order","not to further weaken this heading; takes","the decision, furthermore, to increase a","selected number of lines in certain priority","","areas, such as Horizon 2020, Erasmus +,","the digital agenda, the transport policy, the","Social Dialogue, EURES and the","Microfinance and Social entrepreneurship,","special annual events and the quality of","European statistics;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"42","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Eider Gardiaz\u00e1bal Rubial","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-43","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 23"]],"meps":[96991],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:42"},"new":["23. Reaffirms its support in favour of EU","programmes in the field of research,","competitiveness, entrepreneurship,","innovation and social inclusion, which","are at the heart of the Europe 2020","strategy; takes the approach, therefore, to","restore all lines cut by the Council in order","not to further weaken this heading; takes","the decision, furthermore, to increase a","selected number of lines in certain priority","areas, such as Horizon 2020, Erasmus +,","the digital agenda, the transport policy, the","Social Dialogue, EURES and the","Microfinance and Social entrepreneurship,","special annual events and the quality of","European statistics;"],"old":["23. Takes the approach, therefore, to","restore all lines cut by the Council in order","not to further weaken this heading; takes","the decision, furthermore, to increase a","selected number of lines in certain priority","areas, such as Horizon 2020, Erasmus +,","the digital agenda, the transport policy, the","Social Dialogue, EURES and the","Microfinance and Social entrepreneurship,","special annual events and the quality of","European statistics;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"43","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Helga Tr\u00fcpel on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-44","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 24"]],"meps":[28240],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:42"},"new":["24. Integrates in its reading the MFF","agreement as regards the frontloading for","2014 of Horizon 2020 by EUR 212,2","million (EUR 106,1 million on European","Research Council and EUR 106,1 million","on Marie Sk\u0142odowska-Curie actions),","COSME by EUR 31,7 million and Erasmus","+ by EUR 137,5 million, for an overall","amount of EUR 381.4 million which does","not represent an increase as the overall","amount for those programmes during the","next financial perspective is not modified."],"old":["24. Integrates in its reading the MFF","agreement as regards the frontloading for","2014 of Horizon 2020 by EUR 212,2","million (EUR 106,1 million on European","Research Council and EUR 106,1 million","on Marie Sk\u0142odowska-Curie actions),","COSME by EUR 31,7 million and Erasmus","+ by EUR 137,5 million, for an overall","amount of EUR 381.4 million;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"44","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Helga Tr\u00fcpel on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-45","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 25"]],"meps":[28240],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:42"},"new":["25. Regrets also the corresponding back-","loading of EUR 381.4 million, in line with","the MFF agreement and the Commission's","Letter of amendment No.1/2014, whereby","ITER is reduced by EUR 212,2 million and","CEF-Energy by EUR 169,2 million, the","latter cut being already included in the","draft budget, albeit originally intended for","a different purpose; recalls also the","extremely low cost-effectiveness of the","ITER project, which is highly costly, but","will only produce results, if at all, in 2050","and therefore calls for putting an end to","this unsustainable programme;"],"old":["25. Endorses also the corresponding back-","loading of EUR 381.4 million, in line with","the MFF agreement and the Commission's","Letter of amendment No.1/2014, whereby","ITER is reduced by EUR 212,2 million and","CEF-Energy by EUR 169,2 million, the","latter cut being already included in the","draft budget, albeit originally intended for","a different purpose;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"45","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Helga Tr\u00fcpel on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-46","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 26"]],"meps":[28240],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:42"},"new":["26. Considers that some areas should be","subject to targeted cuts (such as ITER,","nuclear-related investment, unsustainable","programmes and subsidies) and/or to the","putting in reserve of commitments, namely","the communication on Economic and","Monetary Union on the one hand (EUR -2","million), and the financial reporting and","auditing on the other hand (reserve pending","an agreement on the relevant Union","programme);"],"old":["26. Considers that some areas should be","subject to targeted cuts and/or to the","putting in reserve of commitments, namely","the communication on Economic and","Monetary Union on the one hand (EUR -2","million), and the financial reporting and","auditing on the other hand (reserve pending","an agreement on the relevant Union","programme);"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"46","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Dominique Riquet","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-47","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 28"]],"meps":[96885],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:42"},"new":["28. Supports the creation of a specific sub-","line under Erasmus + aimed at ensuring","adequate transparency to the youth actions","under this programme and makes a","budgetary transfer of 11,5 % of the","original Erasmus+ allocation in favour of","the dedicated line to youth; deletes the","sub-line created by the Council ensuring","operating grants for national agencies;"],"old":["28. Supports the creation by the Council of","a specific sub-line under Erasmus for All","aimed at ensuring adequate transparency","and funding to the youth actions under this","programme; amends however the level of","appropriations proposed to set them back","at roughly the 2013 level; deletes the sub-","line created by the Council ensuring","operating grants for national agencies;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"47","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Helga Tr\u00fcpel on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-48","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 30"]],"meps":[28240],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:42"},"new":["30. Notes that as a result of its reading, no","margin remains under Heading 1a and","that the Flexibility instrument should be","mobilizsed to finance Parliament's","priorities especially for the future oriented","programmes such as Horizon 2020,","COSME, Erasmus + and the digital","agenda;"],"old":["30. Notes that as a result of its reading, a","margin of [EUR X million] remains under","Heading 1a;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"48","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Helga Tr\u00fcpel","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-49","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 31 a (new)"]],"meps":[28240],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:43"},"new":["31a. Fears that due to the new MFF it","will be impossible to reimburse Member","States entirely for their Structural funds","related expenditures in 2014; deplores","that the Council seems to completely","ignore this problem;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"49","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Eider Gardiaz\u00e1bal Rubial","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-50","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 33"]],"meps":[96991],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:43"},"new":["33. Recalls that Heading 1b bears the","biggest part of the current outstanding","commitments; is deeply concerned that the","amount of outstanding bills at the end of","2013 will amount to approximately EUR","20 billion within Cohesion policy,","creating a large deficit that will have to be","deducted from and consequently reduce","the level of payment appropriations","available for the completion of current as","well as the start of the new programmes in","2014; underlines that the recurrent","shortages of payment appropriations have","been the main cause of the","unprecedentedly high level of RALs","especially in the last years of the 2007 -","2013 MFF;"],"old":["33. Recalls that Heading 1b is responsible","for the biggest part of the current","outstanding commitments (around EUR","20 billion payment claims are to be rolled","over to 2014); emphasises the fact that","cutting the level of payments for 2014","would also lead to a strong increase in the","level of RALs by the end of next year","while, depending on the leftovers from the","2007-2013 period, both in terms of overall","RALs and unpaid claims, some extra","payments will still need to be made","available to clear pre-2014 commitments;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"50","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Dominique Riquet","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-51","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 33"]],"meps":[96885],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:43"},"new":["33. Recalls that Heading 1b carries the","biggest part of the current outstanding","commitments (around EUR 20 billion","payment claims are expected to be rolled","over to 2014); emphasises the fact that","cutting the level of payments for 2014","would also lead to a strong increase in the","level of RALs by the end of next year","while, depending on the leftovers from the","2007-2013 period, both in terms of overall","RALs and unpaid claims, some extra","payments will still need to be made","available to clear pre-2014 commitments;"],"old":["33. Recalls that Heading 1b is responsible","for the biggest part of the current","outstanding commitments (around EUR 20","billion payment claims are to be rolled over","to 2014); emphasises the fact that cutting","the level of payments for 2014 would also","lead to a strong increase in the level of","RALs by the end of next year while,","depending on the leftovers from the 2007-","2013 period, both in terms of overall RALs","and unpaid claims, some extra payments","will still need to be made available to clear","pre-2014 commitments;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"51","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Eider Gardiaz\u00e1bal Rubial","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-52","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 35"]],"meps":[96991],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:43"},"new":["35. Decides to restore the DB in","commitments and payments for all budget","lines cut by the Council under this heading,","and to go above DB in commitment","appropriations for a number of lines,","mostly in line with Letter of amendment","No 1/2014 \u2013 providing allocation from the","Structural Funds to Cyprus for a total","amount of EUR 100 million in current","prices for 2014;"],"old":["35. Decides to restore the DB in","commitments and payments for all budget","lines cut by the Council under this heading",", to go above DB in commitment","appropriations for a number of lines,","mostly in line with Letter of amendment","No 1/2014 \u2013 providing allocation from the","Structural Funds to Cyprus for a total","amount of EUR 100 million in current","prices for 2014, and to reinforce the Fund","for European Aid to the Most Deprived ,","by allocating to the actions promoting","social cohesion and alleviating the worst","forms of poverty in the Union, a total","commitment appropriation of EUR 500","million;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"52","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Helga Tr\u00fcpel","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-53","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 35 a (new)"]],"meps":[28240],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:43"},"new":["35a. Welcomes the Commission's","ambition to play a stronger role in the","preparation and implementation of","programmes under the European","Structural and Investment Funds;","demands in particular that the","requirements for the involvement of local","and regional actors as well as civil society","organisations are met to increase","ownership of the policy and reach Union","targets in the field of climate change and","poverty reduction; calls on the Member","States to take full advantage of available","instruments and methodologies such as","climate change tracking to increase the","visibility of their efforts;"],"old":[""],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"53","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Eider Gardiaz\u00e1bal Rubial","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-54","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 35 a (new)"]],"meps":[96991],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:43"},"new":["35a. Recalls the poverty reduction target","of at least 20 million of the number of","persons at risk of poverty and social","exclusion set through the Europe 2020","strategy; recalls furthermore the political","agreement on the MFF 2014-2020,","through which it was agreed that","provision be made for an additional","increase of up to EUR 1 billion (on top of","the EUR 2.5 billion already agreed) for","the whole period 2014-2020 for the Fund","for European Aid to the Most Deprived;","decides therefore to reinforce this fund, by","allocating to the actions promoting social","cohesion and alleviating the worst forms","of poverty in the Union, a total","commitment appropriation of EUR 500","million;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"54","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Dominique Riquet","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-55","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 36"]],"meps":[96885],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:43"},"new":["36. Creates two dedicated budget lines for","technical assistance to the Union strategies","for the Baltic Sea macro-region,","acknowledging its successful","implementation in the current","programming period, as well as for the","first time for the Danube macro-regions","(with EUR 2.5 million in commitment and","payment appropriations each);"],"old":["36. Creates two new dedicated budget lines","for technical assistance to the Union","strategies for the Baltic Sea and the","Danube macro-regions (with EUR 2.5","million in commitment and payment","appropriations each);"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"55","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Eider Gardiaz\u00e1bal Rubial","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-56","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 37"]],"meps":[96991],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:43"},"new":["37. Welcomes the agreement on the Youth","Employment Initiative (YEI) reached in the","framework of the MFF 2014-2020","negotiations; considers that an adequate","level of funding is necessary to meet the","unprecedented high levels of youth","unemployment; underlines the","importance of actions through this","instrument to be launched as soon as","possible; approves, therefore, the","frontloading of appropriations for the YEI,","as proposed by the Commission; reiterates,","however, that additional appropriations","will be needed as of 2016 to ensure its","effectiveness and sustainability; approves","at the same time the corresponding back-","loading of the European Territorial","Cooperation, as proposed by the","European Commission;"],"old":["37. Welcomes the agreement on the Youth","Employment Initiative (YEI) reached in the","framework of the MFF 2014-2020","negotiations; considers that an adequate","level of funding is necessary to ensure its","timely launching; approves, therefore, the","frontloading and the back-loading of","appropriations for the YEI, as proposed by","the Commission; reiterates that additional","appropriations will be needed as of 2016 to","ensure its effectiveness and sustainability;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"56","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Dominique Riquet","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-57","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 37"]],"meps":[96885],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:43"},"new":["37. Welcomes the agreement on the Youth","Employment Initiative (YEI) reached in the","framework of the MFF 2014-2020","negotiations; considers that an adequate","level of funding is necessary to ensure its","immediate launching, which becomes","imperative given the increasingly high","levels of youth unemployment; approves,","therefore, the frontloading of","appropriations for the YEI, as well as the","corresponding backloading from the","European Territorial Cooperation as","proposed by the Commission; reiterates","that additional appropriations will be","needed as of 2016 to ensure its","effectiveness and sustainability;"],"old":["37. Welcomes the agreement on the Youth","Employment Initiative (YEI) reached in the","framework of the MFF 2014-2020","negotiations; considers that an adequate","level of funding is necessary to ensure its","timely launching; approves, therefore, the","frontloading and the back-loading of","appropriations for the YEI, as proposed by","the Commission; reiterates that additional","appropriations will be needed as of 2016 to","ensure its effectiveness and sustainability;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"57","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Eider Gardiaz\u00e1bal Rubial","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-58","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 38"]],"meps":[96991],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:43"},"new":["38. Approves the creation of new dedicated","budget lines for the technical assistance for","all five Structural Funds with a token entry","(p.m.) and corresponding budget remarks,","alongside with the existing budget lines, in","order to comply with the Member States'","requests, as indicated in the Commission's","Letter of amendment No 1/2014 to the","draft general budget 2014; expects that this","will improve the implementation of the","new programmes at Member States level;"],"old":["38. Approves the creation of new dedicated","budget lines for the technical assistance for","all five Structural Funds with a token entry","(p.m.) and corresponding budget remarks,","alongside with the existing budget lines, in","order to comply with the Member States'","requests, as indicated in the Commission's","Letter of amendment No 1/2014 to the","draft general budget 2014;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"58","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Helga Tr\u00fcpel","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-59","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 40 a (new)"]],"meps":[28240],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:43"},"new":["40a. Deplores the cuts made as a","consequence of the new MFF to rural","development;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"59","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Helga Tr\u00fcpel","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-60","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 41 a (new)"]],"meps":[28240],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:43"},"new":["41a. Increases the appropriations","foreseen for rural development by","reducing direct payments, in order to","compensate partially the cuts made by the","new MFF;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"60","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Helga Tr\u00fcpel","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-61","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 41 b (new)"]],"meps":[28240],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:43"},"new":["41b. Calls on Member States to ensure a","fair distribution of funds by increasing","support for sustainable farming systems,","which preserve biodiversity, protect water","resources and soil fertility, respect animal","welfare and employment;"],"old":["",""],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"61","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Helga Tr\u00fcpel","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-62","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 41 c (new)"]],"meps":[28240],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:43"},"new":["41c. Considers export refunds to be trade","distorting and in contradiction to the EU","development goals; supports therefore","their complete elimination;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"62","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Dominique Riquet","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-63","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 43"]],"meps":[96885],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:43"},"new":["43. Recalls that Heading 3, though the","smallest heading of the MFF in terms of","financial allocation, covers issues of key","concern to Union citizens and security;"],"old":["43. Recalls that Heading 3, though the","smallest heading of the MFF in terms of","financial allocation, covers issues of key","concern to Union citizens ;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"63","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Helga Tr\u00fcpel","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-64","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 43 a (new)"]],"meps":[28240],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:43"},"new":["43a. Regrets that due to the new MFF,","important EU programmes in the field of","asylum and migration, citizenship and","fundamental rights have been strongly","cut;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"64","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Eider Gardiaz\u00e1bal Rubial","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-65","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 44"]],"meps":[96991],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:43"},"new":["44. Regrets the cuts to this heading already","proposed by the Commission in the draft","budget; regrets the fact that the Council","cuts further down its appropriations both in","commitments by EUR 5,2 million (-0,24 %","compared to the DB) and in payments by","EUR 10 million (-0,60 % compared to the","DB);"],"old":["44. Notes the cuts to this heading already","proposed by the Commission in the draft","budget; regrets the fact that the Council","cuts further down its appropriations both in","commitments by EUR 5,2 million (-0,24 %","compared to the DB) and in payments by","EUR 10 million (-0,60 % compared to the","DB);"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"65","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Monika Hohlmeier, Jens Geier","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-66","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 46 a (new)"]],"meps":[96780,96833],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:43"},"new":["46a. Recalls that the EU budget is","exposed to multiple risks like VAT fraud,","smuggling, counterfeiting and corruption","stemming mainly from organised crime;","calls to set a clear priority to the fight","against EU fraud and organised cross-","border crime and hence to strengthen the","respective EU bodies and agencies","involved in prohibiting and fighting these","threats and their underlying criminal","structures effectively;"],"old":[""],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"66","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Dominique Riquet","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-67","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 47"]],"meps":[96885],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:44"},"new":["deleted"],"old":["47. Notes the tight margin leaving little","room for manoeuvre to cope with","unanticipated situations under the","heading;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"67","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Dominique Riquet","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-68","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 48"]],"meps":[96885],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:44"},"new":["48. Deplores the Council's cuts to Heading","4 (-0,21 % in CA and -2,5 % in PA), which","was already one of the most heavily","affected by the decrease in DB (-12,5 % in","CA and - 8,2 % in PA) as compared to the","2013 levels; reiterates the fact that","although it takes up less than 6 % of the","total Union budget, Heading 4 is the","projection of the EU engagement abroad;"],"old":["48. Deplores the Council's cuts to Heading","4 (-0,21 % in CA and -2,5 % in PA), which","was already one of the most heavily","affected by the decrease in DB (-12,5 % in","CA and - 8,2 % in PA) as compared to the","2013 levels; reiterates the fact that","although it takes up less than 6 % of the","total Union budget, Heading 4 is the","projection of the EU image abroad;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"68","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Helga Tr\u00fcpel","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-69","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 48 a (new)"]],"meps":[28240],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:44"},"new":["48a. Regrets that due to the new MFF, the","ability of the Union to pursue its foreign","policy objectives has been strongly","reduced; believes in particular that cuts","made to development aid will now make it","impossible for the Union to make its fair","contribution to the achievement of the","Millenium Development Goals;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"69","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Eider Gardiaz\u00e1bal Rubial","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-70","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 49"]],"meps":[96991],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:44"},"new":["49. Considers the cuts by Council to","Parliament's priority lines unacceptable and","proposes to restore DB on the lines","decreased by the Council and to even go","above DB in commitment appropriations","for some lines of strategic importance for","EU's external relations to a total of EUR","233 million (Humanitarian Aid, European","Neighbourhood Instrument, Development","Cooperation Instrument, Instrument for","Pre-Accession Assistance, Instrument for","Stability and the European Instrument for","Democracy and Human Rights); calls in","this context for increasing the","appropriations for geographic and thematic","areas covered by the Development","Cooperation Instrument, in view of getting","closer to the attainment of the Millennium","Development Goals;"],"old":["49. Considers the cuts by Council to","Parliament's priority lines unacceptable and","proposes to restore DB on the lines","decreased by the Council and to even go","above DB in commitment appropriations","for some lines of strategic importance for","EU's external relations to a total of EUR","233 million (Humanitarian Aid, European","Neighbourhood Instrument, Development","Cooperation Instrument, Instrument for","Pre-Accession Assistance and the","European Instrument for Democracy and","Human Rights); calls in this context for","increasing the appropriations for","geographic and thematic areas covered by","the Development Cooperation Instrument,","in view of getting closer to the attainment","of the Millennium Development Goals;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"70","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Dominique Riquet","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-71","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 49"]],"meps":[96885],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:44"},"new":["49. Considers the cuts by Council to","Parliament's priority lines unacceptable and","proposes to restore DB on the lines","decreased by the Council and to go above","DB in commitment appropriations for lines","of strategic importance for EU's external","relations to a total of EUR 233 million","(Humanitarian Aid, European","Neighbourhood Instrument, Development","Cooperation Instrument, Instrument for","Pre-Accession Assistance and the","European Instrument for Democracy and","Human Rights); calls in this context for","increasing the appropriations for","geographic and thematic areas covered by","the Development Cooperation Instrument,","in view of getting closer to the attainment","of the Millennium Development Goals;"],"old":["49. 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Believes that for an effective","implementation of the European","Neighborhood Policy, greater support","must be ensured for partner countries","committed to building democratic","societies and undertaking reforms; taks","into account the ongoing difficult political","situation in some of the partner countries","greater support must be also ensured to","promote confidence building and other","measures contributing to security and the","prevention and settlement of conflicts;"],"old":[""],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"72","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Alda Sousa, J\u00fcrgen Klute on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-73","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 49 a (new)"]],"meps":[113487,96769],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:44"},"new":["49a. Reiterates the need to the increase","the commitment and payment","appropriations for the European Refugee","Fund and of the Asylum and Migration","Fund with at least EUR 100 million; notes","that the EU must do all to avoid the","dramatic humanitarian disasters, the","endless disasters such as the one we have","witnessed in Lampedusa last 3 October","2013; appropriations made available for","Frontex could be proportionally reduced,","as it has been clearly ineffective and","inadequate to deal with the situations of","humanitarian emergency which have to","be dealt upon daily in the European","Mediterranean shores;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"73","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Alda Sousa on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-74","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 50"]],"meps":[113487],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:44"},"new":["50. Recalls the importance of transparency","as an underlying budgetary principle; calls,","therefore, for a split of the EUSR line to","allow for a better overview of the","allocations for the individual EUSRs;"],"old":["50. Recalls the importance of transparency","as an underlying budgetary principle; calls,","therefore, for a split of the EUSR line to","allow for a better overview of the","allocations for the individual EUSRs;","proposes to fully transfer the budget lines","for EUSRs to the EEAS budget;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"74","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Dominique Riquet","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-75","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 50"]],"meps":[96885],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:44"},"new":["50. Recalls the importance of transparency","as an underlying budgetary principle; calls,","therefore, for a split of the European","Union Special Representatives line to","allow for a better overview of the","allocations for the individual EUSRs;","proposes to fully transfer the budget lines","for EUSRs to the EEAS budget;"],"old":["50. 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Proposes the mobilisation of the","Flexibility Instrument for EUR 50 million","in order to finance the real needs for the","Union's contribution to the Middle East","peace process; reiterates, therefore, its","support for long term programming and","sufficient funding for assistance to United","Nations Relief and Works Agency,","Palestine and the Peace process; highlights","the importance of endowing UNRWA with","the necessary means to enable them to","provide the essential services for which","UNRWA has been mandated by the UN","General Assembly, and to safeguard the","safety and livelihood of refugees in the","light of the instability in the region;"],"old":["52. Proposes the mobilisation of the","Flexibility Instrument for EUR 50 million","in order to finance the real needs for the","Union's contribution to the Middle East","","peace process; reiterates, therefore, its","support for long term programming and","sufficient funding for assistance to United","Nations Relief and Works Agency,","Palestine and the Peace process; suggests","to put the EUR 50 million of additional","appropriations in reserve pending an","assessment from the Commission of the","sound management of the aid by the","Palestinian authorities and the measures","taken in the fight against corruption;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"76","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Dominique Riquet","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-77","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 52"]],"meps":[96885],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:45"},"new":["52. Proposes the mobilisation of the","Flexibility Instrument for EUR 50 million","in order to finance the real needs for the","Union's contribution to the Middle East","peace process; reiterates its support for","long term programming and sufficient","funding for assistance to United Nations","Relief and Works Agency, Palestine and","the Peace process; suggests however to put","the EUR 50 million of additional","appropriations in reserve in","UNRWA/Palestine line pending an","assessment from the Commission of the","sound management of EU funds by the","Palestinian authorities and the measures","taken by them in the fight against","corruption;"],"old":["52. Proposes the mobilisation of the","Flexibility Instrument for EUR 50 million","in order to finance the real needs for the","Union's contribution to the Middle East","peace process; reiterates, therefore, its","support for long term programming and","sufficient funding for assistance to United","Nations Relief and Works Agency,","Palestine and the Peace process; suggests","to put the EUR 50 million of additional","appropriations in reserve pending an","assessment from the Commission of the","sound management of the aid by the","Palestinian authorities and the measures","taken in the fight against corruption;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"77","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Alda Sousa, J\u00fcrgen Klute on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-78","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 52"]],"meps":[113487,96769],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:45"},"new":["52. Proposes the mobilisation of the","Flexibility Instrument for EUR 50 million","in order to finance the real needs for the","Union's contribution to the Middle East","peace process; reiterates, therefore, its","support for long term programming and","sufficient funding for assistance to United","Nations Relief and Works Agency,","Palestine and the Peace process;"],"old":["52. 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Deeply regrets the fact that the","allocations forseen for the Aid to","UNWRA, Palestine and Peace Process","have seen no increase since the last 3","years, meaning that the EU assistance to","this area of the Middle East has in fact","been decreasing on the past few years","while the humanitarian situation is","growing systematically more complex and","with increased needs; fully rejects the","attempt to establish a reserve of EUR 50","million to the EU aid for UNWRA,","Palestine and Peace Process, much more","than the problems caused by the lack of","means, will be the dramatical political","consequences of the impact of such","allegations over resources which have","been administered toguether with an","Agency of the United Nations, without","any concrete full assessment of these","allegations;"],"old":[""],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"79","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Dominique Riquet","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-80","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 53"]],"meps":[96885],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:45"},"new":["53. Calls for an increase of the payment","appropriations for the Emergency Aid","Reserve (EUR +147 million) in order to","avoid the repeated situation where the","Commission is not in a position to react","timely to emerging humanitarian crises;"],"old":["53. Calls for an increase of the payment","appropriations for the Emergency Aid","Reserve (EUR +147 million) in order to","avoid the situation where the Commission","is not in a position to react timely to","emerging humanitarian crises;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"80","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Dominique Riquet","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-81","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 54"]],"meps":[96885],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:45"},"new":["54. 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Notes the Council's cuts to Heading 5,","amounting to a total of EUR -153.283","million in commitments and payments (-","1,8 % compared to DB levels), where the","highest cuts are in Pensions and European","schools (EUR -5,2 million , -3,2 %) and on","expenditure related to officials and","temporary staff in policy areas (EUR -69,7","million or -3,5 %);"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"82","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Alda Sousa, J\u00fcrgen Klute on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-83","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 55"]],"meps":[113487,96769],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:45"},"new":["55. Deeply regrets that in its draft budget,","the Commission already largely included","the savings brought about by the new Staff","Regulation and the 1 % reduction of posts,","as agreed by the institutions; these","proposed staff reductions will endanger","dramatically the capacity of the EU","institutions to deal with the entire new set","of increased tasks and competences; notes","that the EU institutions are supposed to","perform, within a fully democratic","context, with the highest degree of","technical and administrative excellenc;","naturally this becomes impossible while","its institutions are not provided with the","adequate level of human resources, in an","increasing multilingual environment;"],"old":["55. Notes that in its draft budget, the","Commission already largely included the","savings brought about by the new Staff","Regulation and the 1 % reduction of posts,","as agreed by the institutions;",""],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"83","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Dominique Riquet","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-84","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 55"]],"meps":[96885],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:45"},"new":["55. Points out that in its draft budget, the","Commission already largely included the","savings brought about by the new Staff","Regulation and the 1 % reduction of posts,","as agreed by the institutions;"],"old":["55. Notes that in its draft budget, the","Commission already largely included the","savings brought about by the new Staff","Regulation and the 1 % reduction of posts,","as agreed by the institutions;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"84","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Alda Sousa, J\u00fcrgen Klute on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-85","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 56"]],"meps":[113487,96769],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:45"},"new":["56. Reiterates its position that it considers","the additional cuts on administrative","expenditure made by the Council as","unjustified and disregarding statutory and","contractual obligations and the Union's","new competences and tasks; stresses that","\u00abexcluding the amounts relating to the","salary adjustment for 2011 and 2012\u00bb shall","further imbalance the Union budget;"],"old":["56. Views the additional cuts on","administrative expenditure made by the","Council as unjustified and disregarding","statutory and contractual obligations and","the Union's new competences and tasks;","notes that \u00abexcluding the amounts relating","","to the salary adjustment for 2011 and","2012\u00bb could further imbalance the Union","budget;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"85","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Eider Gardiaz\u00e1bal Rubial","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-86","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 58"]],"meps":[96991],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:45"},"new":["deleted (and moved to para 7 a (new))"],"old":["58. Is concerned, furthermore, with the","arbitrary cuts in the administrative and","support lines proposed by the Council,","which would be detrimental to the","successful start-up of the new","programmes as well as to the smooth","conclusion of the 2007-2013 MFF","programmes;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"86","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Mojca Kleva Keku\u0161","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-87","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 61 a (new)"]],"meps":[23413],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:45"},"new":["61a. Regrets the deletion of the budget","line 16 03 04 (Communicating Europe in","Partnership); believes that the","introduction of Strategic or Ad Hoc","Agreements instead of Management","Partnership Agreements (MPA) would","lead to a serious lack of important","funding for communication of EU affairs","in Member States; points out that in the","current times of crisis many Member","States have already been forced to cut the","national budget resources for","communication activities related to the","EU; is of the opinion that the proposed","closure of the MPA would further","exacerbate the situation, which in the run","up to the European elections and the","celebration of the 10th anniversary of the","largest EU enlargement, should not be","allowed to happen; stresses that the","Commission has taken the decision to","transform the mode of financing from","MPA to Strategic or Ad Hoc Agreements","unilaterally, without consultation of","relevant partners; in this regard, calls on","the Commission and the Member States to","reintroduce into the 2014 EU budget the","line 16 03 04 (Communicating Europe in","Partnership) from the 2013 EU budget;"],"old":[""],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"87","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Monika Hohlmeier, Kinga G\u00f6ncz","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-88","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 68 a (new)"]],"meps":[96780,96832],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:45"},"new":["68a. Expresses serious concerns about the","proposed merger between the European","Police College (CEPOL) with the","European Police Office (Europol);","repeats its severe doubts about the","projected savings of this particular","merger; calls upon the Commission to","propose an alternative solution to","maintain CEPOL as an independent","agency and present it to the Parliament","and the Council in a timely manner;","furthermore, calls upon the Commission","to prepare for a draft amending budget in","case the relocation of the agency becomes","necessary;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"88","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Alda Sousa, J\u00fcrgen Klute on behalf of the GUE/NGL Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-89","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 68 a (new)"]],"meps":[113487,96769],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:46"},"new":["68a. Insists that the appropriations for the","European Refugee Fund be increased;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"89","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Ivailo Kalfin, Edit Herczog on behalf of the S&D Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-90","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 77"]],"meps":[96807,28155],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:46"},"new":["77. Welcomes the efforts made by the","institutions to find savings, where possible,","without jeopardising the quality of their","service; welcomes increased inter-","institutional cooperation such as the","ongoing negotiations between Parliament,","the European Economic and Social","Committee and the Committee of the","Regions to achieve efficiency gains in","supporting the core functions of the","respective institutions;"],"old":["77. Welcomes the efforts made by the","institutions to find savings, where possible,","without jeopardising the quality of their","service; welcomes increased inter-","institutional cooperation such as the","ongoing negotiations between Parliament,","the European Economic and Social","Committee and the Committee of the","Regions to strengthen their political","linkages, achieve efficiency gains and","encourage staff mobility to support the","core functions of the respective","institutions;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"90","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Nils Torvalds, Alexander Alvaro, Anne E. Jensen, Anna Maria Corazza Bildt, George Lyon, G\u00f6ran F\u00e4rm, Lidia Joanna Geringer de Oedenberg, Edward McMillan-Scott,","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"compromise":[" Judith A. Merkies, Bart Staes, Derek Vaughan, Helga Tr\u00fcpel"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-91","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 78 a (new)"]],"meps":[114268,4440,96674,96959,4265,28377,1405],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:46"},"new":["78a. Stresses that the two arms of the","budgetary authority, in order to create","long term savings in the EU budget, must","address the need for a roadmap to a single","seat, as stated in previous resolutions","voted by the parliament, notably its","resolutions of 23 October 2012 on the","Council position on the draft general","budget of the European Union for the","financial year 2013- all sections1 and of 6","February 2013 on the guidelines for the","2014 budget procedure \u2013 sections other","than the Commission2 and its decision of","10 May 2012 on discharge in respect of","the implementation of the general budget","of the European Union for the financial","year 2010, Section I \u2013 European","Parliament3;","____________","1","Texts adopted, P7_TA(2012)0359.","2","Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0048.","3","OJ L 286, 17.10.2012, p. 1."],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"91","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Ivailo Kalfin, Edit Herczog on behalf of the S&D Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-92","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 80"]],"meps":[96807,28155],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:46"},"new":["80. Points out that the level of its 2014","budget is 1,9 % above the 2013 budget;","notes that the costs for Croatian accession","of 0,17 % and the one-off costs for the","change of legislature are 2,1 % of the","increase; emphasises that despite the","unavoidable costs related to the change of","legislature following the 2014 European","elections, there is a net decrease of 0,37 %","in the operating budget with a further","decrease by the expected rate of inflation;"],"old":["80. 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Believes that in the medium term the","Members' statute, which generates","important costs due to the change of","legislature, should be opened for revision","in order to limit certain of these costs;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"93","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Ivailo Kalfin, Edit Herczog on behalf of the S&D Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-94","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 82 \u2013 indent 3"]],"meps":[96807,28155],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:46"},"new":["\u2013 reduce the appropriations for the House","of European History due to the","contribution of the Commission towards","the operating costs;"],"old":["\u2013 reduce the appropriations for the House","of European History due to the","contribution of the Commission towards","the operating costs and internal savings;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"94","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" George Lyon","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-95","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 82 \u2013 indent 6"]],"meps":[96959],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:46"},"new":["\u2013 endow the new DG for Parliamentary","Research Services with human and","financial resources following the succesful","conclusions of cooperation agreement","with the two committees (European","Economic and Social Committee and","Committee of the Regions);"],"old":["\u2013 endow the new DG for Parliamentary","Research Services with human and","financial resources;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"95","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Peter van Dalen","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-96","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 82 a (new)"]],"meps":[96809],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:46"},"new":["82a. Implements the following","administrative changes:","- As of 1 January 2014 full accountability","will be demanded from its Members","regarding their General Expenditures","Allowance;","- As of 1 January 2014 the opening hours","of the desk where Members sign to attest","their presence in order to receive their","Subsistence Allowance will be limited to","18:30;"],"old":["",""],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"96","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Ivailo Kalfin, Edit Herczog on behalf of the S&D Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-97","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 85"]],"meps":[96807,28155],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:46"},"new":["85. Maintains that the reforms initiated in","the deliberations of the working group -","interinstitutional cooperation with the","Committee of the Regions and the","European Economic and Social","Committee, measures to implement a","\u00abpaperless Parliament\u00bb and e-meetings,","more efficient structure of Parliament's","working rhythm and outsourcing of","payments and introduction of a new human","resources management software - should","continue in order to bring real efficiency;"],"old":["85. Maintains that the reforms initiated in","the deliberations of the working group -","interinstitutional cooperation with the","Committee of the Regions and the","European Economic and Social","Committee, measures to implement a","\u00abpaperless Parliament\u00bb and e-meetings,","more efficient structure of Parliament's","working rhythm and outsourcing of","payments and introduction of a new human","resources management software - must","continue in order to bring real efficiency","gains and free up resources to improve","independent scientific advice to Members,","to improve Parliament's capacity of","scrutiny and to upgrade the local and","logistical support to Members;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"97","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Ivailo Kalfin, Edit Herczog on behalf of the S&D Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-98","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 88"]],"meps":[96807,28155],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:46"},"new":["88. Observes that the Commission's","proposal to reduce total staffing level by 1","% per annum in the case of Parliament will","result in the deletion of 67 posts in the","2014 establishment plan ; insists that the","reduction in staff must not affect the","political groups neither in 2014 nor in the","years following the application of the 5 %","reduction, given the freeze in their human","resources since 2012 and the needs only","partially covered in the two preceeding","years;"],"old":["88. Observes that the Commission's","proposal to reduce total staffing level by 1","% per annum in the case of Parliament will","result in the deletion of 67 posts in the","2014 establishment plan ;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"98","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Edit Herczog, Ivailo Kalfin on behalf of the S&D Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-99","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 90"]],"meps":[28155,96807],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:46"},"new":["90. Welcomes the ongoing negotiations","and encourages the Parliament and the","two advisory committees, the European","Economic and Social Committee and the","Committee of Regions to develop an","interinstitutional cooperation agreement","in view of a deeper cooperation;"],"old":["90. Welcomes closer interinstitutional","cooperation and efforts to exploit the","scope for increased productivity in the","translation sector between Parliament and","the two advisory committees, the European","Economic and Social Committee and the","Committee of Regions;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"99","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Edit Herczog, Ivailo Kalfin on behalf of the S&D Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-100","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 91"]],"meps":[28155,96807],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:46"},"new":["91. Underlines that the estimated changes","to the establishment plans of the","Parliament, the European Economic and","Social Committee and the Committee of","the Regions, related to the","interinstitutional cooperation agreement","being under negotiation, are directly","linked to and, consequently, are","conditional to bringing the political","agreement to a final conclusion; is of the","opinion that the result of this cooperation","can be a gradual transfer of qualified","personnel from the Committee's translation","services to Parliament's new DG for","Parliamentary Research Services","(including the respective increase of its","establishment plan) of up to 80 posts on a","voluntary basis and the respective deletion","of a proportionate number of posts in the","Committee's establishment plans in the","year following the staff transfer;"],"old":["91. Is of the opinion that the result of this","cooperation would be a gradual transfer of","qualified personnel from the Committee's","translation services to Parliament's new DG","for Parliamentary Research Services","(including the respective increase of its","establishment plan) of up to 80 posts on a","voluntary basis and the respective deletion","of a proportionate number of posts in the","Committee's establishment plans in the","year following the staff transfer;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"100","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Edit Herczog, Ivailo Kalfin on behalf of the S&D Group","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-101","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 92"]],"meps":[28155,96807],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:46"},"new":["92. Decides, since neither the start nor the","pace of this staff transfer can be established","with the adequate degree of precision at the","time of the annual 2014 budget procedure,","to add EUR 1 million to Parliament's salary","line, while placing a proportionate amount","of appropriations of the Committee's salary","lines in reserve, pending the progress of","staff transfer;"],"old":["92. Decides, since neither the start nor the","pace of this staff transfer can be established","with the adequate degree of precision at the","time of the annual 2014 budget procedure,","to add EUR 1 million to Parliament's salary","line, while placing a proportionate amount","of appropriations of the Committee's salary","lines in reserve, pending the progress of","","staff transfer; understands that up to EUR","3 million in appropriations could be","ultimately transferred from the","contingency reserve to the salary line, if","needed, subject to the decision of its","competent committee; expects the two","Advisory Committees to reduce an","adequate proportion of appropriations in","their own budgets, pending the progress","of transfer and the underlying political","agreement with Parliament;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"101","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Monika Hohlmeier","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-102","location":[[" Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 93 a (new)"]],"meps":[96780],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:46"},"new":["European Elections","93a. Notes that a coherent approach is","needed for the provision of information","about the European elections; supports,","therefore, the promotion of turnout at the","2014 elections, provision of information","about the election date, and awareness-","raising among citizens of the Union by","informing about their electoral rights and","the impact of the Union on their daily","lives in all languages of the Union;","believes that an ex post evaluation of the","communication strategy for the elections","2009 and 2014 should be undertaken;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE521.482v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"102","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-521.482+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Paul R\u00fcbig","changes":{},"committee":["BUDG"],"date":"2013-10-07T00:00:00","id":"PE521.482-103","location":[["Motion for a resolution","Paragraph 94"]],"meps":[2278],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:12:46"},"new":["94. Believes that in the times of economic","restraint, all efforts must be devoted to","scrutinise institutional budgets for potential","savings by introducing more practices","which do not reduce the Members' quality","of work; recalls that visible expressions of","self-restraint include the fact that staff","mission allowances have not been indexed","since 2007 and the freeze on all Members'","allowances at the 2011 level until the end","of the current parliamentary term; respects,","moreover, the freeze of all Members'","allowances until the end of 2014;"],"old":["94. 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Stresses that efficiency gains in all areas","of the EU budget should be striven for","and savings in the EU budget should be","concentrated on budget lines which","contribute little to accomplishing the EU","2020 objectives, including future","investments; the fight against poverty and","sustainable development;"],"old":["2. 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Demands enhanced support for the","EURES axis of PSCI, in order to provide","easier access to available job vacancies in","other countries for unemployed youth;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.819v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"9","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.819+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Daerden, Jutta Steinruck","changes":{},"committee":["EMPL"],"date":"2013-08-21T00:00:00","id":"PE516.819-10","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 9"]],"meps":[97125,96831],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:22:26"},"new":["9. Stresses the need for increased financial","support for the Microfinance and Social","Entrepreneurship axis within EaSI,","especially for small and medium-sized","enterprises, to give vulnerable people the","opportunity to enter the labour market","and thereby contribute to economic","growth;"],"old":["9. 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Highlights that addressing poverty in","member states and regions is primarily a","Member State responsibility, whilst","acknowledging the importance of EU","level action as a demonstration of political","solidarity and a means of showing","leadership and best practice in relation to","increased poverty rates; therefore","welcomes intensification of and more","financial support for the Fund for European","Aid to the Most Deprived and for the part","of the European Social Fund which refers","to combating poverty and social exclusion."],"old":["10. Demands, in regard to increased","poverty rates, intensification of and more","financial support for the Fund for European","Aid to the Most Deprived and for the part","of the European Social Fund which refers","to combating poverty and social exclusion."],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.819v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"11","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.819+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Nadja Hirsch","changes":{},"committee":["EMPL"],"date":"2013-08-21T00:00:00","id":"PE516.819-12","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 10"]],"meps":[96872],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:22:26"},"new":["10. Highlights that addressing poverty in","Member States and regions is primarily a","Member State responsibility, whilst","acknowledging the importance of EU","level action as a demonstration of political","solidarity and a means of showing","leadership and best practice in relation to","increased poverty rates, therefore","welcomes intensification of and more","financial support for the part of the","European Social Fund which refers to","combating poverty and social exclusion."],"old":["10. Demands, in regard to increased","poverty rates, intensification of and more","financial support for the Fund for","","European Aid to the Most Deprived and","for the part of the European Social Fund","which refers to combating poverty and","social exclusion."],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.819v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"12","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.819+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Jos\u00e9 Manuel Fernandes","changes":{},"committee":["ENVI"],"date":"2013-08-28T00:00:00","id":"PE516.848-1","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 1"]],"meps":[96899],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:26:06"},"new":["1. Notes the political agreement on the","Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF)","2014-2020 of 27 June 2013 which will","allow the continuation of policy financing","focussing on new priorities to aim at","achieving the goals of the 2020 strategy;","notes that the MFF includes an important","deal on flexibility which will allow","making a maximum use of funds the level","of which has been substantially reduced","by the Member States as compared to the","original Commission\u00b4s proposal; is","convinced that a high level of","environmental protection in the European","Union, health as a precondition for","economic prosperity, food and feed safety","and mechanisms to help protect against","natural and man-made disasters are of core","value to all European citizens;"],"old":["1. 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Stresses that the MFF is a spending","plan that translates Union priorities into","financial terms. It is not a seven-year","budget, but the basis for the annual","budgetary exercise. It sets the maximum","annual amounts which the Union may","spend in different political fields. It","therefore provides a political as well as","budgetary framework for the benefit of","500 million Europeans."],"old":[""],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.848v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"2","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.848+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Jos\u00e9 Manuel Fernandes","changes":{},"committee":["ENVI"],"date":"2013-08-28T00:00:00","id":"PE516.848-3","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 1 b (new)"]],"meps":[96899],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:26:06"},"new":["1b. Underlines that it is necessary to help","Europe recover from the crisis.","The spending plan seeks to increase","growth and jobs in Europe, encourage","greener agriculture and establish a more","environment-conscious and","internationally prominent Europe.","The proposals foresee funding increases","for research and innovation, education","and training and external relations.","Climate spending is expected to represent","at least 20% of Union spending in the","period 2014-2020."],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.848v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"3","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.848+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Jutta Haug","changes":{},"committee":["ENVI"],"date":"2013-08-28T00:00:00","id":"PE516.848-4","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 3 a (new)"]],"meps":[1914],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:26:07"},"new":["3a. Takes note of the Council's position","on the Draft Budget 2014 proposing EUR","142 226,9 million in commitment","appropriations and EUR 135 004,6 in","payment appropriations decreasing even","more Commission's initial proposal;"],"old":[""],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.848v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"4","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.848+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Jos\u00e9 Manuel Fernandes","changes":{},"committee":["ENVI"],"date":"2013-08-28T00:00:00","id":"PE516.848-5","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 4 a (new)"]],"meps":[96899],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:26:07"},"new":["4a. Notes that a vast majority of","programmes run out on 31 December","2013 (civil protection as an example) and","urges the adoption of new legal bases","under the ordinary legislative procedure","before beginning of 2014 in order to","ensure the funding for millions of Union","beneficiaries; stresses that the legal bases","have to be finalised before that date."],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.848v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"5","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.848+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Jutta Haug","changes":{},"committee":["ENVI"],"date":"2013-08-28T00:00:00","id":"PE516.848-6","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 5 a (new)"]],"meps":[1914],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:26:07"},"new":["5a. 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Will reverse the Council's position to","cut the budgets of the agencies under the","responsibility of this committee by EUR 2","051 898; considers Council's justification","that the reduction would correspond to","the salary adjustment amounts from 2011","and 2012 as smokescreen because","agencies are seen by Council as","administrative burden;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.848v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"8","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.848+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Eider Gardiaz\u00e1bal Rubial","changes":{},"committee":["TRAN"],"date":"2013-07-25T00:00:00","id":"PE516.767-1","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph - 1 (new)"]],"meps":[96991],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:39:11"},"new":["- 1. 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Recalls the incoherence between the","financial cuts proposed by the Council in","the context of the MFF, CEF and TEN-T","negotiations and the long wish lists of large","transport infrastructure projects also","proposed by the Council; underlines that","while co-financing infrastructure projects","through TEN-T, cohesion and regional","funds the Commission must strictly apply","the criteria on the European added value,","climate and economic-social impact","analysis, environmental legislation,","minimising external costs and must give","priority to upgrading or revitalising","missing cross-border rail connections;"],"old":["2. 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Welcomes the CEF and TEN-T","agreements, which will enable","investments to be made in key projects","with high European added value for the","creation of a more sustainable and","integrated European transport network;","points out that the headings and agreed","amounts in budget lines 06 02 01 for the","CEF should be adjusted in line with the","outcome of CEF negotiations, particularly","as regards interoperability, which should","be removed from line 06 02 01 03 and","included in line 06 02 01 01;"],"orig_lang":"es","peid":"PE516.767v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"17","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.767+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Dominique Riquet","changes":{},"committee":["TRAN"],"date":"2013-07-25T00:00:00","id":"PE516.767-18","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 3"]],"meps":[96885],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:39:13"},"new":["3. 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Regrets that, even though tourism has","been within the scope of the EU\u2019s","competence since the entry into force of","the Lisbon Treaty, it still does not have its","own budget line; calls on the Commission","to propose initiatives for 2014 that will","follow up on the results of the preparatory","actions on \u2018sustainable tourism\u2019 (soft","mobility, cycling networks, eco-tourism","and nature protection), focusing, at a later","stage, on the aspects of cultural, natural,","industrial and historical heritage, as well as","to follow up on the preparatory action on","accessibility for all, particularly for people","with reduced mobility and for socially","disadvantaged people."],"old":["5. 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Believes that better use should be","made of innovative financial instruments,","which could play a decisive role in the","implementation of certain infrastructure","projects; points out that such instruments","can be used to mobilise private capital,","thereby compensating for the scarcity of","public money as a result of budgetary","consolidation efforts at national and EU","level;"],"orig_lang":"fr","peid":"PE516.767v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"38","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.767+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Dimitar Stoyanov","changes":{},"committee":["AGRI"],"date":"2013-09-03T00:00:00","id":"PE516.905-1","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 1"]],"meps":[34254],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:43:39"},"new":["1. Notes that, given the ceiling imposed by","the 7-8 February 2013 European Council","for Heading 2 \u2013 \u2018Sustainable growth:","natural resources\u2019 which will include a","sub-ceiling for market-related expenditure","and direct payments \u2013 of the 2014-20","Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF),","all the major categories of Common","Agricultural Policy (CAP) spending are","likely, in practice, to be cut in 2014,","including direct payments, market","measures and rural development, and that","direct support will be more equitably","distributed between Member States, while","taking account of the differences that still","exist in terms of wage levels, purchasing","power, the output of the agriculture","industry and input costs, having regard to","the overall context of the common","agricultural policy and the EU budget;"],"old":["1. 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Insists, in this context, that the Council","respect its promises to provide sufficient","payment appropriations in the 2013","budgetary procedure to allow the Union to","meet its outstanding commitments, if","necessary via a third draft amending","budget to be presented by the Commission","in mid-October 2013;"],"old":["4. 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Reiterates that measures to bring the","level of unpaid commitments under control","are a precondition for making a successful","start to the new programming period for","2014-20, notably due to the reduced level","of rural development payment","appropriations foreseen in DB 2014;"],"old":["5. 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Notes that, while the budget for direct","payments and market measures under the","European Agricultural Guarantee Fund","(EAGF) will be increased in 2014 by 0.3%","relative to 2013, for both commitments and","payments, that increase will be","insufficient to meet increased needs linked","to the phasing-in of direct payments in the","EU-12 and the creation of the fund for","agricultural crises;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.905v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"4","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.905+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Wojciech Micha\u0142 Olejniczak","changes":{},"committee":["AGRI"],"date":"2013-09-03T00:00:00","id":"PE516.905-5","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 8"]],"meps":[96783],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:43:40"},"new":["8. Regrets, in particular, the application of","the 'financial discipline' mechanism,","meaning that a large number of the Union's","farmers will suffer a cut of around 5% in","direct payments paid out in the 2014","financial year; calls, therefore, on the","Member States to develop the necessary","mechanisms for efficiently transferring to","farmers unused appropriations from the","reserve in the next financial year;"],"old":["8. Regrets, in particular, the application of","the 'financial discipline' mechanism,","meaning that a large number of the Union's","farmers will suffer a cut of around 5% in","direct payments paid out in the 2014","financial year;"],"orig_lang":"pl","peid":"PE516.905v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"5","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.905+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"George Lyon, Britta Reimers","changes":{},"committee":["AGRI"],"date":"2013-09-03T00:00:00","id":"PE516.905-6","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 8"]],"meps":[96959,96875],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:43:40"},"new":["8. Regrets, in particular, the application of","the 'financial discipline' mechanism,","meaning that a minority of the Union's","farmers will suffer a disproportionate cut","of around 5% in direct payments paid out","in the 2014 financial year; Believes that","the amounts of direct payments within the","meaning of Article 2(d) of Regulation","(EC) No 73/2009 to be granted to all","farmers for an aid application submitted","in respect of calendar year 2013, should","be reduced in a fair and uniform manner","and not subject to a minimum threshold","receipt of EUR 5000;"],"old":["8. 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Calls on the Commission and Member","States to monitor fulfilment of the","objectives of the CAP, namely increasing","agricultural productivity by promoting","technical progress and ensuring the","optimum use of the factors of production,","in particular labour, and thus ensuring a","fair standard of living for the agricultural","community, in particular by increasing","the individual earnings of persons","engaged in agriculture, stabilising","markets, ensuring the availability of","supplies and ensuring that supplies reach","consumers at reasonable prices;"],"old":["9. 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Welcomes the steps taken towards the","establishment of the European Prices","Monitoring Mechanism for Food Products","in the form of an annual report required","from each Member State, and calls on the","Commission to regularly report to the","European Parliament and the Council about","the activities and findings of this","Mechanism and ensure that such","information reaches as wide an audience","as possible."],"old":["10. 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Calls for the full alignment of direct","payments in the EU-28 as soon as","possible;"],"orig_lang":"pl","peid":"PE516.905v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"11","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.905+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Dolores Garc\u00eda-Hierro Caraballo","changes":{},"committee":["PECH"],"date":"2013-08-06T00:00:00","id":"PE516.704-1","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 3"]],"meps":[111017],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:46:16"},"new":["3. Calls for the budget appropriations for","2014 to be sufficient to meet the challenges","of the recently reformed Common","Fisheries Policy (CFP), and above all for","account to be taken of coastal and","artisanal fishing as a source of job","creation;"],"old":["3. 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Demands that the draft 2014 budget of","the Commission be restored accordingly;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.704v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"11","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.704+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Helga Tr\u00fcpel","changes":{},"committee":["CULT"],"date":"2013-07-18T00:00:00","id":"PE516.705-1","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 1"]],"meps":[28240],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:47:45"},"new":["1. Notes that 2014 will be the first year for","the launch and implementation of the new","multiannual programmes in the fields of","education, training, youth, sport, culture,","media and citizenship; welcomes the fact","that for the first time, the European","dimension in sport is supported by an EU","programme; highlights the importance of","sufficient commitment and payment","appropriations to ensure the full","functioning of the programmes right from","the beginning of the programming period;"],"old":["1. 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Insists that sufficient payment","appropriations are made available for the","correct and full implementation of the","2014 policy engagements;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.705v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"2","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.705+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":"Ivo Belet, Doris Pack, Marco Scurria, Se\u00e1n Kelly","changes":{},"committee":["CULT"],"date":"2013-07-18T00:00:00","id":"PE516.705-3","location":[["Draft opinion","Paragraph 1 b (new)"]],"meps":[28257,1191,96843,96668],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:47:45"},"new":["1b. Believes that the Special Olympics","should be supported under a separate","budget line to secure EU funding for this","European event in line with the 2009","Declaration of the European Parliament","on support for Special Olympics in the","European Union;"],"orig_lang":"en","peid":"PE516.705v01-00","reference":"2013/2145(BUD)","seq":"3","src":"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?pubRef=-//EP//NONSGML+COMPARL+PE-516.705+01+DOC+PDF+V0//EN&language=EN"},{"authors":" Helga Tr\u00fcpel","changes":{},"committee":["CULT"],"date":"2013-07-18T00:00:00","id":"PE516.705-4","location":[[" Draft opinion","Paragraph 2"]],"meps":[28240],"meta":{"created":"2019-07-03T05:47:45"},"new":["2. 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Regrets the decrease of 9.4% in","commitments and 11.9% in payments in","Heading 3 on Security and Citizenship","compared to the 2013 budget, which","strengthens the concept of European","citizenship by creating an area of","freedom, justice, security and access to","basic public goods and services; this","concept needs re-enforcement during","these times of economic crisis and in view","of the forthcoming European elections;"],"old":["1. 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PURPOSE: the presentation of the Commissions\ndraft general budget of the European Union for the financial year\n2014.
\nBACKGROUND: given the very particular circumstances\nrelating to the negotiations on the multiannual financial framework\n(MFF) for the 2014-2020 period, a framework within which this\n2014 budget falls, this draft general budget takes account of\nthe very advanced stage of these negotiations. It meets the Treaty\ntimetable for the presentation of the annual budget procedure and\nthus launches the annual budgetary procedure.
\nThe European Parliament and the Council are expected\nto conclude in a timely manner the legislative decisions on the\n2014-2020 MFF and the new legal bases for the accompanying spending\nprogrammes, so that the implementation of the new programmes can\nstart without delay. At the same time, the current programmes need\nto be brought progressively to a successful closure, for which\nan adequate level of payment appropriations is necessary,\nnotably to meet obligations vis-à-vis the\nbeneficiaries of EU funding.
\nCONTENT: the 2014 is conceived as an investment\ntool to deliver on smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and\nfor providing solidarity between Member States and\nregions.
\nThis budget will seek to contribute to four major\nstrategic objectives:
\nThe budget in a nutshell: overall, the proposed level of expenditure reflects\nthe expenditure ceilings under the new multiannual financial\nframework set by the European Council in February 2013, while the\namounts for the individual programmes reflect the breakdown of the\n2014-2020 MFF according to the list of programmes adjusted\ntechnically following the European Council conclusions and\ntransmitted to the Budgetary Authority on 27 March 2013.
\nIn terms of commitment appropriations: the\ntotal expenditure of the draft budget (DB) 2014 is EUR\n142 467.6 million, corresponding to 1.06% of GNI, that is\nEUR -9 100.4 million less than in 2013 (-6.0%). The\nresulting total margin under the MFF expenditure ceilings stands at\nEUR 528.6 million.
\nThe payment\nappropriations amount to EUR 136 065.8 million,\ncorresponding to 1.01 % of GNI. Practically\nno margin (EUR 200 000) is left under\nthe payment ceiling of the MFF which, for 2014 is EUR -8 385\nmillion lower than the level of payment appropriations in the 2013\nbudget as modified by draft amending budgets (-5.8%).
\nThe Commissions proposal reflects the payment\nneeds, assuming that the full amount of the additional payment\nappropriations requested with the DAB No 2/2013 has been\napproved. Of the overall amount foreseen for 2014, EUR\n54 670.2 million will be used to pay non-differentiated\nexpenditure (whereby commitments are equal to payments) such as\ndirect aids for agriculture and administration, EUR 70 710.7\nmillion for payments on outstanding commitments of previous years\n(the so-called reste à liquider or\nRAL) and EUR 10 684.8 million to implement new\nprogrammes starting in 2014.
\nMAIN FEATURES BY BUDGET HEADING: the presentation that follows is structured according\nto the new budget headings resulting from the new multiannual\nfinancial framework 2014-2020:
\nHeading 1: Smart and inclusive\ngrowth: this new budget heading\nis itself split into two sub-headings:
\nHeading 2: Sustainable growth: natural\nresources: commitment\nappropriations of EUR 59 247.7 million are proposed for\nheading 2. This level of funding represents a decrease of -1.1 %\ncompared to 2013 and leaves a margin of EUR 55.3 million under the\nceiling. Payment appropriations amount to EUR 56 532.5\nmillion, with a decrease of -2.3 % compared to 2013. Expenditure\nfor market related expenditure and direct aids reaches EUR\n43 778.1 million in commitment appropriations, and EUR 43 777\nmillion in payment appropriations. No margin under the\nsub-ceiling for market measures and direct aids is left, as the\nCommission requested the activation of the financial discipline\nmechanism.
\nMeasures under the European Agricultural\nGuarantee Fund (EAGF) will be focused in particular on\nfurther improving the situation of primary producers in the food\nchain, bringing EU commodity prices closer to world prices and\nincreasing the percentage of total direct payments which is\ndecoupled from production to some 94 % as from budget year\n2014.
\nUnder the second pillar of the CAP, the European\nAgricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) will continue to be\ntargeted at making a vital contribution to the economic, social and\nenvironmental well-being of rural areas, and the sustainability of\nthe rural environment.
\nN.B. this heading also covers finance for the\nenvironment and climate action programme (LIFE+), with an amount of\nEUR 446.3 million proposed in commitment appropriations for\n2014.
\nHeading 3: Security and citizenship:\nthis heading sees a decrease in commitment\nappropriations of -9.4 % to EUR 2 139.5 million, leaving a\nmargin of EUR 39.5 million. Payment appropriations decrease by\n-11.9 % to EUR 1 668 million.
\nHeading 3 groups various policies whose common\nobjective is to strengthen the concept of European\ncitizenship by creating an area of freedom, justice, security\nand improving access to basic public goods and services. Under this\nheading may be found the new funds relating to asylum and\nmigration, the Justice, Rights and\nCitizenship, Europe for Citizens and\nCreative Europe programmes, as well as other programmes\nrelating to health and consumers. Priority will be given to a\ncontinued delivery on the basis of existing mechanisms, while, at\nthe same time, integrating the necessary adjustments entailed by\nthe new programmes.
\nHeading 4: Global Europe: this heading sees a decrease in commitment\nappropriations of -12.5 % to EUR 8 175.8 million, leaving an\nunallocated margin of EUR 159.2 million available under the\nceiling. Payment appropriations decrease by -8.2 % to EUR\n6 251.3 million.
\nUnder this heading are the main geographic and\nthematic instruments, notably as regards the Instrument for\nPre-accession Assistance (IPA II), the European Neighbourhood\nInstrument (ENI), the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI), the\nEuropean Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), the\nInstrument for Stability (IfS) and the Instrument for Nuclear\nSafety Cooperation (INSC).
\nIn addition to the revised financial instruments, the\nCommission has proposed the creation of a new instrument\n the Partnership Instrument (PI) to complement the\ncurrent array of instruments. The Partnership Instrument is the\nsuccessor of the financial instrument for cooperation with\nindustrialised and other high income countries (ICI/ICI+). Its\noverarching objective is to advance and promote EU and mutual\ninterests.
\nHeading 4 also covers expenditures relating to\nhumanitarian aid and the Common Foreign and Security Policy\n(CFSP).
\nHeading 5: Administration (expenditure of the\nEuropean institutions and staff): commitment and payment appropriations for\nadministration for all institutions combined increase by 2.1 % (of\nwhich + 1.3 % for the administrative expenditure of the\ninstitutions), with commitments set at EUR 8 595.1 million and\npayments at EUR 8 596.7 million. This increase includes\nadditional administrative expenditure related to Croatias\naccession, amounting to EUR 54 million for all\ninstitutions.
\nAs regards heading 5, the new MFF introduces a\nsub-ceiling for administrative expenditure of the institutions\n(excluding pensions and European schools). The requested\nexpenditure for the institutions leaves a margin of EUR 119.7\nmillion under such a sub-ceiling. Taking into account the estimated\nexpenditure for pensions, the global margin under the ceiling of\nheading 5 amounts to EUR 125.9 million.
\nThe Commissions document presents the budgetary\namounts for all the Unions institutions (including European\nParliament, the Council, the European Council ).
\nHeading 6: Compensations: lastly, both commitments and payments for heading 6\nare set at EUR 28.6 million, which is a decrease of -61.9 %\ncompared to 2013, in accordance with the Treaty concerning the\nAccession of Croatia.
\nPURPOSE: presentation of Amending Letter No 1 to the\ndraft General Budget 2014.
\nCONTENT: this amending letter to the 2014 general\nbudget concerns:
\nThe net budgetary impact of these changes is an\nincrease in commitment appropriations of EUR 100 million\ncompared to the Draft Budget 2014. The Amending Letter does not\npropose any change to payment appropriations.
\nDetails of the budgetary amendments:
\n\nIn particular, the agreement\nenvisages:
\n\nare fully offset against appropriations within\nand/or between headings in order to leave unchanged the total\nannual ceilings of each heading and sub-heading over the period\n2014-2020.
\n\nThe Amending Letter No 1 to the 2014 Draft\nBudget takes account of the political agreement reached on the new\nMFF by adjusting the 2014 financial envelopes of the corresponding\nprogrammes under heading 1a (Competitiveness for growth and jobs)\nand heading 1b (Economic, social and territorial cohesion)\naccordingly. No changes are proposed as regards the frontloading\nfor the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) which was\nalready included in the DB 2014. However, the frontloading of\nprogrammes under heading 1a impacts on the amounts frontloaded\nunder heading 1b.
\nCreation of budget lines: this last point has no effect from a budgetary point\nof view.
\nThe Council adopted its position on the draft budget\nfor the financial year 2014.
\nFollowing Councils deliberations, the main\nfeatures of this position are as follows:
\nUnder the Council's position on the DB for 2014,\ncommitment appropriations decrease by -6.15 % compared to the\n2013 budget and payment appropriations increase by +1.35\n%.
\nThe total amount of payment appropriations provided\nfor in the Council's position on the DB for 2014 corresponds to\n1.00 % of the EU gross national income (GNI).
\nA. General points: when\nadopting its position, the Council took into account a number of\nguidelines contained in its February 2013 conclusions and\nwhich may be summarised as follows:
\nStatement on payment appropriations: in addition to the guidelines described above, the\nCouncil also approved a statement on payment appropriations calling\non the Commission to submit as early as possible the letter of\namendment for agriculture (including information about the\npossible carry-over of assigned revenue),and a letter of\namendment for sub-heading 1b in order to appropriately\ncalibrate the level of resources in heading 2 in the 2014\nbudget.
\nFurthermore, the Council asked the Commission to\nsubmit a draft amending budget if the payment appropriations\nentered in the 2014 budget are insufficient to cover expenditure\nunder:
\nIt urged the Commission to present as early as\npossible updated figures concerning the state of affairs and\nestimates regarding payment appropriations under sub-heading 1b\nand, if necessary, to present a draft amending budget for this sole\npurpose. The Council would then take position on the draft amending\nbudget as quickly as possible in order to avoid any shortfall in\npayment appropriations.
\nB. Expenditure by main budget headings:\nas to expenditure under the different headings\nand sub-headings of the multiannual financial framework, the\nCouncil's position is the following:
\nHeading 1: Smart and inclusive\ngrowth » (EUR 63.762 billion in commitment\nappropriations):
\n1a: expenditure on\ncompetitiveness for growth and jobs: the amount for this\nheading was set at EUR 16.204 billion in commitment appropriations,\nan increase of 2.89% compared with the 2013 budget.
\nCharacteristics in regard to subheading 1a\ninclude:
\nThe margin available under sub-heading 1a would be EUR\n185.8 million.
\n1b: economic, social and territorial cohesion\nexpenditure: the Council has foreseen\nan amount of EUR 47.557 billion in commitment appropriations\n(a fall of 13.5% compared with the 2013 budget). The other main\ncharacteristics of this subheading are:
\nThe margin available under sub-heading 1b would be EUR\n25.7 million.
\nHeading 2: Sustainable growth: natural\nresources: the amount for this\nheading was fixed at EUR 59.246 billion in commitment\nappropriations, a total reduction of 1.07% compared with the 2013\nbudget.
\nExpenditure on the European Agricultural Guarantee\nFund (EAGF) and market-related expenditure and direct payments are\nset at EUR 43.778 billion (in commitments) by the Council, an\nincrease of 0.28% compared with 2013.
\nThe characteristics of this budget heading are the\nfollowing:
\nThe margin available under heading 2 would be EUR 56.9\nmillion.
\nHeading 3: security and citizenship: the amount for this heading was set at EUR 2.134\nbillion in commitment appropriations and has been reduced by\n9.63% compared with the 2013 budget. The characteristics of this\nbudget heading are the following:
\nThe margin available under heading 3 would be EUR 44.8\nmillion.
\nHeading 4: global Europe: the Council envisages an overall amount of EUR\n8.159 billion in commitment appropriations, a reduction of\n12.66% compared with 2013. It has thus decided to:
\nThe margin available under heading 4 would be EUR\n176.5 million.
\nHeading 5: administrative expenditure:\nadministrative expenditure is set at EUR\n8.441 billion in commitment appropriations (+28% compared with\n2013), EUR 6.835 billion of which are administrative expenditures\nfor the institutions. The budget of each institution is covered by\nthe Councils position with the budget variations from one\nyear to the next. It should, moreover, be noted that the Council\nhas maintained certain reductions relating to the administrative\nexpenditure of the European schools
\nDecentralised agencies: as far as the decentralised agencies are concerned,\nthe Council has applied an approach similar to that adopted for the\ninstitutions. Therefore, in proportion to the number of staff in\nthe agencies' establishment plans (self-financed posts excepted), a\nreduction corresponding to the amounts relating to the salary\nadjustment of 2011 and 2012 was applied in the contribution to all\nagencies.
\nPURPOSE: presentation of Amending Letter No 1 to the\ndraft General Budget 2014.
\nCONTENT: this amending letter to the 2014 general\nbudget concerns:
\nThe net budgetary impact of these changes is an\nincrease in commitment appropriations of EUR 100 million\ncompared to the Draft Budget 2014. The Amending Letter does not\npropose any change to payment appropriations.
\nDetails of the budgetary amendments:
\n\nIn particular, the agreement\nenvisages:
\n\nare fully offset against appropriations within\nand/or between headings in order to leave unchanged the total\nannual ceilings of each heading and sub-heading over the period\n2014-2020.
\n\nThe Amending Letter No 1 to the 2014 Draft\nBudget takes account of the political agreement reached on the new\nMFF by adjusting the 2014 financial envelopes of the corresponding\nprogrammes under heading 1a (Competitiveness for growth and jobs)\nand heading 1b (Economic, social and territorial cohesion)\naccordingly. No changes are proposed as regards the frontloading\nfor the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) which was\nalready included in the DB 2014. However, the frontloading of\nprogrammes under heading 1a impacts on the amounts frontloaded\nunder heading 1b.
\nCreation of budget lines: this last point has no effect from a budgetary point\nof view.
\nPURPOSE: presentation of Amending Letter No 1 to the\ndraft General Budget 2014.
\nCONTENT: this amending letter to the 2014 general\nbudget concerns:
\nThe net budgetary impact of these changes is an\nincrease in commitment appropriations of EUR 100 million\ncompared to the Draft Budget 2014. The Amending Letter does not\npropose any change to payment appropriations.
\nDetails of the budgetary amendments:
\n\nIn particular, the agreement\nenvisages:
\n\nare fully offset against appropriations within\nand/or between headings in order to leave unchanged the total\nannual ceilings of each heading and sub-heading over the period\n2014-2020.
\n\nThe Amending Letter No 1 to the 2014 Draft\nBudget takes account of the political agreement reached on the new\nMFF by adjusting the 2014 financial envelopes of the corresponding\nprogrammes under heading 1a (Competitiveness for growth and jobs)\nand heading 1b (Economic, social and territorial cohesion)\naccordingly. No changes are proposed as regards the frontloading\nfor the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) which was\nalready included in the DB 2014. However, the frontloading of\nprogrammes under heading 1a impacts on the amounts frontloaded\nunder heading 1b.
\nCreation of budget lines: this last point has no effect from a budgetary point\nof view.
\nPURPOSE: presentation of Amending Letter No 1 to the\ndraft General Budget 2014.
\nCONTENT: this amending letter to the 2014 general\nbudget concerns:
\nThe net budgetary impact of these changes is an\nincrease in commitment appropriations of EUR 100 million\ncompared to the Draft Budget 2014. The Amending Letter does not\npropose any change to payment appropriations.
\nDetails of the budgetary amendments:
\n\nIn particular, the agreement\nenvisages:
\n\nare fully offset against appropriations within\nand/or between headings in order to leave unchanged the total\nannual ceilings of each heading and sub-heading over the period\n2014-2020.
\n\nThe Amending Letter No 1 to the 2014 Draft\nBudget takes account of the political agreement reached on the new\nMFF by adjusting the 2014 financial envelopes of the corresponding\nprogrammes under heading 1a (Competitiveness for growth and jobs)\nand heading 1b (Economic, social and territorial cohesion)\naccordingly. No changes are proposed as regards the frontloading\nfor the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) which was\nalready included in the DB 2014. However, the frontloading of\nprogrammes under heading 1a impacts on the amounts frontloaded\nunder heading 1b.
\nCreation of budget lines: this last point has no effect from a budgetary point\nof view.
\nPURPOSE: presentation of Amending Letter No 1 to the\ndraft General Budget 2014.
\nCONTENT: this amending letter to the 2014 general\nbudget concerns:
\nThe net budgetary impact of these changes is an\nincrease in commitment appropriations of EUR 100 million\ncompared to the Draft Budget 2014. The Amending Letter does not\npropose any change to payment appropriations.
\nDetails of the budgetary amendments:
\n\nIn particular, the agreement\nenvisages:
\n\nare fully offset against appropriations within\nand/or between headings in order to leave unchanged the total\nannual ceilings of each heading and sub-heading over the period\n2014-2020.
\n\nThe Amending Letter No 1 to the 2014 Draft\nBudget takes account of the political agreement reached on the new\nMFF by adjusting the 2014 financial envelopes of the corresponding\nprogrammes under heading 1a (Competitiveness for growth and jobs)\nand heading 1b (Economic, social and territorial cohesion)\naccordingly. No changes are proposed as regards the frontloading\nfor the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) which was\nalready included in the DB 2014. However, the frontloading of\nprogrammes under heading 1a impacts on the amounts frontloaded\nunder heading 1b.
\nCreation of budget lines: this last point has no effect from a budgetary point\nof view.
\nThe Committee on Budgets adopted the joint report by\nAnne E. JENSEN (ALDE, DK) (section III Commission) and\nMonika HOHLMEIER (EPP, DE) (other sections) on the Council position on the draft general budget of\nthe European Union for the financial year 2014 all\nsections.
\nSection III Commission: Members recalled that\nthe priorities for the 2014 budget are economic and sustainable\ngrowth, competitiveness, the creation of employment and the fight\nagainst youth unemployment as well as the EU's role in the world.\nThey insisted that the Commission and the Member States should make\nevery effort to ensure that the EU budget is spent in an efficient\nway and that anything financed with it should have a clear European\nadded value. Recalling their determination to ensure a\nsufficient and realistic level of commitment and payment\nappropriations to allow the programmes to kick-off with\nsufficient funds in the multiannual financial framework (MFF) for\nthe period 2014 - 2020 and to avoid delays in their implementation,\nMembers therefore deplored the Council's decision to proceed\nagain this year with the usual approach of horizontal cuts to the\ndraft budget, aimed at artificially reducing the level of the\nUnion's resources for 2014 by an overall total of EUR 240 million\n(-0,2%) in commitment appropriations and EUR 1 061 million (-0,8%)\nin payment appropriations as compared to the draft budget, thus\nleading to a significant decrease compared to the 2013 budget\n(including amending budgets Nos 1 to 5) both in commitments (-6%)\nand in payments (-6,6%).
\nMembers were surprised that\nin its position the Council has not only not taken into account the\nagreement on the MFF, regarding the frontloading of the Erasmus+\nCOSME and Horizon 2020 programmes but has further decreased the\nappropriations for some of those programmes.
\nMembers deeply regretted that the Council has\nintroduced cuts in both commitment appropriations and payment\nappropriations in all headings:
\nIn Members opinion, those cuts are in direct\ncontradiction with the political agreement on the MFF on\nfrontloading and also disregard Parliament's priorities, as\noutlined in its resolution on the general guidelines for the preparation of the\n2014 budget and the recommendations on the mandate for the trilogue on the 2014\nbudget.
\nNor did they accept the\nCouncil's argument that the proposed cuts correspond to\nunder-implemented or low-performing programmes, since its cuts in\ncommitments affect mostly the implementation capacity of a new\ngeneration of programmes which have not yet started or do not take\ninto account the multiannual nature of the Unions\npolicies.
\nThey also deplored the\narbitrary to the administrative and support lines considering these\ncuts to be detrimental to the successful start of the new\nprogrammes. They called on Parliament to restore therefore, the\ndraft budget on all lines of administrative and support expenditure\ncut.
\nMembers also called for a reversal of the trend\nof the last years, where the outstanding payments at the end of\nthe year have grown exponentially. They therefore called on the\nCouncil to agree to a joint political commitment to use all\nmeans available under the MFF Regulation for the period 2014-2020\nincluding recourse to the contingency margin and/or revision of the\npayment ceiling.
\nAgainst the linear reduction of\nappropriations: Members indicated\nthey could not accept Council's decision\nto reduce commitment and payment appropriations because commitments\nreflect Union political priorities and should be set with a\nlong-term perspective, taking into account a time when the economic\ndownturn might have ended. They took the view, therefore, that as a\ngeneral principle, commitments should be restored at draft\nbudget level. They suggested an increase in commitment\nappropriations slightly above the draft budget on a selected number\nof budget lines relating to the programmes of direct benefit for\nEuropean citizens, and contributing to the delivery of the\nEurope 2020 priorities - which are crucial for the growth and\ncompetitiveness of the Union - as well as those projecting European\nvalues and solidarity abroad.
\nThe 2014 budget in figures: Members call on Parliament to set the overall level of\nappropriations for 2014 at:
\nThey, therefore, called for the mobilisation of the\nFlexibility Instrument for an amount of EUR 274.2 million in\ncommitment appropriations to reinforce the Fund for European Aid to\nthe Most Deprived, pending the final agreement of the legislative\nauthority on the legal basis. In Heading 4 the Flexibility\nInstrument should provide additional assistance to Cyprus and\nfurther support for humanitarian aid in the Middle East.
\nRevenue: Members called\nfor a more realistic budgeting of the expected revenue from fines\nimposed by the Commission on companies in breach of Union\ncompetition law and for further discussion on the budgeting of the\nsurplus in the budget in order to avoid a complex procedure,\nincomprehensible to the outside world, which currently\nconsists of returning it to Member States via a reduction of their\nrespective GNI-contribution.
\nPayment appropriations: once again, Members deplored the cuts in payments brought by the Council, which\nresult in a decrease of EUR 9.5 billion (9 500 million) (-6.6%) in\npayment appropriations as compared to the adopted budget for 2013\n(including amending budgets Nos 1 to 5). They reiterated that,\ndespite the adoption of a lower MFF for the period 2014-2020 and\nthe absolute need to keep honouring past commitments, the Council\nkept blindly following its past strategy to artificially cut the\nlevel of payments. Particularly this year - the Council's position\nto leave an artificial margin of EUR 1 billion under the 2014\npayments ceiling serves no purpose, especially given the\nmagnitude of the expected carry-over of outstanding payments at the\nend of 2013.
\nThe Council position does not take account of the\ndramatic shortage of payments, notably in the field of cohesion\npolicy. Members therefore strongly rejected, therefore, the\nCouncils approach to payments and reinstated the draft budget\nas regards payments for the majority of the headings cut by the\nCouncil.
\nMembers welcomed the adoption by the Commission of\ndraft amending budget No\n8/2013 (second tranche of draft amending budget\nNo 2/2013), which provided for an additional EUR 3.9 billion for\noutstanding payments from 2013 and which is one of the\nconditions to put the MFF Regulation to the vote.
\nIn regard to each of the budget headings, Members had\nthe following remarks:
\n\nThey also decided to\nreinforce the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived, by\nallocating a total commitment appropriation of EUR 500 million to\nthe actions promoting social cohesion and alleviating the worst\nforms of poverty in the Union. Moreover, they approved the creation\nof new dedicated budget lines for technical assistance for the five\nStructural Funds.
\n\nMembers called for the mobilisation of the\nFlexibility Instrument for EUR 50 million in order to finance the\nreal needs for the Union's contribution to the Middle East peace\nprocess. They suggested putting the EUR 50 million of\nadditional appropriations in reserve pending an assessment from the\nCommission of the sound management of the aid by the Palestinian\nauthorities. They also called for an increase of the payment\nappropriations for the Emergency Aid Reserve (+ EUR 147 million) in\norder to avoid a repeat of the situation where the Commission is\nnot in a position to react in a timely manner to emerging\nhumanitarian crises.
\nAgencies: Members reject\nthe Commission's approach to staff,\naccording to which the agencies' establishment plans are not only\nto be reduced by 1 % on the basis of the political agreement on the\nMFF, which applies to all institutions and bodies, but are also to\ncontribute another 1% to a \"redeployment pool\". They therefore\nmodified the establishment plans of most agencies in such a way as\nto implement the agreed 1 % reduction but did not do so, however,\nfor agencies which in their initial request already applied the 1+1\n% reduction.
\nMembers decided to increase the appropriations for the\nthree financial supervisory agencies, as well as for, among others,\nFRONTEX and EUROPOL.
\nOther sections: generally speaking,\nMembers believed that the budget of each\nUnion institution, due to its specific mission and situation,\nshould be treated individually, without one-size-fits-all\nsolutions. They called for the budgets for Parliament and the\nCouncil to be maintained and are concerned by the Council's cuts,\nin the 2014 draft budget, of staff salary adjustments of 1.7 % for\n2011 and 2012 in those institutions. They requested an amending\nbudget to cover the backlog and the respective salary adjustments,\nshould the Court of Justice rule in favour of the salary adaptation\nprescribed by the Staff Regulations.
\nAs far as the European Parliaments budget is\nconcerned, Members, once again,\ncalled for a roadmap to a single\nseat.
\nThey welcomed the agreement reached during the\nconciliation meeting of 24 September 2013 between the Bureau and\nthe Committee on Budgets and pointed out that the overall level of\nits 2014 budget is EUR 1 783 976 098, which represents a net\nreduction of EUR 29 168 108 compared to the preliminary draft\nestimates of 26 February 2013.
\nMembers approved the following adjustments to the\nestimates:
\nOther technical amendments were approved for the other\nEU institutions.
\nThe Committee on Budgets adopted the joint report by\nAnne E. JENSEN (ALDE, DK) (section III Commission) and\nMonika HOHLMEIER (EPP, DE) (other sections) on the Council position on the draft general budget of\nthe European Union for the financial year 2014 all\nsections.
\nSection III Commission: Members recalled that\nthe priorities for the 2014 budget are economic and sustainable\ngrowth, competitiveness, the creation of employment and the fight\nagainst youth unemployment as well as the EU's role in the world.\nThey insisted that the Commission and the Member States should make\nevery effort to ensure that the EU budget is spent in an efficient\nway and that anything financed with it should have a clear European\nadded value. Recalling their determination to ensure a\nsufficient and realistic level of commitment and payment\nappropriations to allow the programmes to kick-off with\nsufficient funds in the multiannual financial framework (MFF) for\nthe period 2014 - 2020 and to avoid delays in their implementation,\nMembers therefore deplored the Council's decision to proceed\nagain this year with the usual approach of horizontal cuts to the\ndraft budget, aimed at artificially reducing the level of the\nUnion's resources for 2014 by an overall total of EUR 240 million\n(-0,2%) in commitment appropriations and EUR 1 061 million (-0,8%)\nin payment appropriations as compared to the draft budget, thus\nleading to a significant decrease compared to the 2013 budget\n(including amending budgets Nos 1 to 5) both in commitments (-6%)\nand in payments (-6,6%).
\nMembers were surprised that\nin its position the Council has not only not taken into account the\nagreement on the MFF, regarding the frontloading of the Erasmus+\nCOSME and Horizon 2020 programmes but has further decreased the\nappropriations for some of those programmes.
\nMembers deeply regretted that the Council has\nintroduced cuts in both commitment appropriations and payment\nappropriations in all headings:
\nIn Members opinion, those cuts are in direct\ncontradiction with the political agreement on the MFF on\nfrontloading and also disregard Parliament's priorities, as\noutlined in its resolution on the general guidelines for the preparation of the\n2014 budget and the recommendations on the mandate for the trilogue on the 2014\nbudget.
\nNor did they accept the\nCouncil's argument that the proposed cuts correspond to\nunder-implemented or low-performing programmes, since its cuts in\ncommitments affect mostly the implementation capacity of a new\ngeneration of programmes which have not yet started or do not take\ninto account the multiannual nature of the Unions\npolicies.
\nThey also deplored the\narbitrary to the administrative and support lines considering these\ncuts to be detrimental to the successful start of the new\nprogrammes. They called on Parliament to restore therefore, the\ndraft budget on all lines of administrative and support expenditure\ncut.
\nMembers also called for a reversal of the trend\nof the last years, where the outstanding payments at the end of\nthe year have grown exponentially. They therefore called on the\nCouncil to agree to a joint political commitment to use all\nmeans available under the MFF Regulation for the period 2014-2020\nincluding recourse to the contingency margin and/or revision of the\npayment ceiling.
\nAgainst the linear reduction of\nappropriations: Members indicated\nthey could not accept Council's decision\nto reduce commitment and payment appropriations because commitments\nreflect Union political priorities and should be set with a\nlong-term perspective, taking into account a time when the economic\ndownturn might have ended. They took the view, therefore, that as a\ngeneral principle, commitments should be restored at draft\nbudget level. They suggested an increase in commitment\nappropriations slightly above the draft budget on a selected number\nof budget lines relating to the programmes of direct benefit for\nEuropean citizens, and contributing to the delivery of the\nEurope 2020 priorities - which are crucial for the growth and\ncompetitiveness of the Union - as well as those projecting European\nvalues and solidarity abroad.
\nThe 2014 budget in figures: Members call on Parliament to set the overall level of\nappropriations for 2014 at:
\nThey, therefore, called for the mobilisation of the\nFlexibility Instrument for an amount of EUR 274.2 million in\ncommitment appropriations to reinforce the Fund for European Aid to\nthe Most Deprived, pending the final agreement of the legislative\nauthority on the legal basis. In Heading 4 the Flexibility\nInstrument should provide additional assistance to Cyprus and\nfurther support for humanitarian aid in the Middle East.
\nRevenue: Members called\nfor a more realistic budgeting of the expected revenue from fines\nimposed by the Commission on companies in breach of Union\ncompetition law and for further discussion on the budgeting of the\nsurplus in the budget in order to avoid a complex procedure,\nincomprehensible to the outside world, which currently\nconsists of returning it to Member States via a reduction of their\nrespective GNI-contribution.
\nPayment appropriations: once again, Members deplored the cuts in payments brought by the Council, which\nresult in a decrease of EUR 9.5 billion (9 500 million) (-6.6%) in\npayment appropriations as compared to the adopted budget for 2013\n(including amending budgets Nos 1 to 5). They reiterated that,\ndespite the adoption of a lower MFF for the period 2014-2020 and\nthe absolute need to keep honouring past commitments, the Council\nkept blindly following its past strategy to artificially cut the\nlevel of payments. Particularly this year - the Council's position\nto leave an artificial margin of EUR 1 billion under the 2014\npayments ceiling serves no purpose, especially given the\nmagnitude of the expected carry-over of outstanding payments at the\nend of 2013.
\nThe Council position does not take account of the\ndramatic shortage of payments, notably in the field of cohesion\npolicy. Members therefore strongly rejected, therefore, the\nCouncils approach to payments and reinstated the draft budget\nas regards payments for the majority of the headings cut by the\nCouncil.
\nMembers welcomed the adoption by the Commission of\ndraft amending budget No\n8/2013 (second tranche of draft amending budget\nNo 2/2013), which provided for an additional EUR 3.9 billion for\noutstanding payments from 2013 and which is one of the\nconditions to put the MFF Regulation to the vote.
\nIn regard to each of the budget headings, Members had\nthe following remarks:
\n\nThey also decided to\nreinforce the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived, by\nallocating a total commitment appropriation of EUR 500 million to\nthe actions promoting social cohesion and alleviating the worst\nforms of poverty in the Union. Moreover, they approved the creation\nof new dedicated budget lines for technical assistance for the five\nStructural Funds.
\n\nMembers called for the mobilisation of the\nFlexibility Instrument for EUR 50 million in order to finance the\nreal needs for the Union's contribution to the Middle East peace\nprocess. They suggested putting the EUR 50 million of\nadditional appropriations in reserve pending an assessment from the\nCommission of the sound management of the aid by the Palestinian\nauthorities. They also called for an increase of the payment\nappropriations for the Emergency Aid Reserve (+ EUR 147 million) in\norder to avoid a repeat of the situation where the Commission is\nnot in a position to react in a timely manner to emerging\nhumanitarian crises.
\nAgencies: Members reject\nthe Commission's approach to staff,\naccording to which the agencies' establishment plans are not only\nto be reduced by 1 % on the basis of the political agreement on the\nMFF, which applies to all institutions and bodies, but are also to\ncontribute another 1% to a \"redeployment pool\". They therefore\nmodified the establishment plans of most agencies in such a way as\nto implement the agreed 1 % reduction but did not do so, however,\nfor agencies which in their initial request already applied the 1+1\n% reduction.
\nMembers decided to increase the appropriations for the\nthree financial supervisory agencies, as well as for, among others,\nFRONTEX and EUROPOL.
\nOther sections: generally speaking,\nMembers believed that the budget of each\nUnion institution, due to its specific mission and situation,\nshould be treated individually, without one-size-fits-all\nsolutions. They called for the budgets for Parliament and the\nCouncil to be maintained and are concerned by the Council's cuts,\nin the 2014 draft budget, of staff salary adjustments of 1.7 % for\n2011 and 2012 in those institutions. They requested an amending\nbudget to cover the backlog and the respective salary adjustments,\nshould the Court of Justice rule in favour of the salary adaptation\nprescribed by the Staff Regulations.
\nAs far as the European Parliaments budget is\nconcerned, Members, once again,\ncalled for a roadmap to a single\nseat.
\nThey welcomed the agreement reached during the\nconciliation meeting of 24 September 2013 between the Bureau and\nthe Committee on Budgets and pointed out that the overall level of\nits 2014 budget is EUR 1 783 976 098, which represents a net\nreduction of EUR 29 168 108 compared to the preliminary draft\nestimates of 26 February 2013.
\nMembers approved the following adjustments to the\nestimates:
\nOther technical amendments were approved for the other\nEU institutions.
\nThe Committee on Budgets adopted the joint report by\nAnne E. JENSEN (ALDE, DK) (section III Commission) and\nMonika HOHLMEIER (EPP, DE) (other sections) on the Council position\non the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial\nyear 2014 all sections.
\nSection III Commission: Members recalled that\nthe priorities for the 2014 budget are economic and sustainable\ngrowth, competitiveness, the creation of employment and the fight\nagainst youth unemployment as well as the EU's role in the world.\nThey insisted that the Commission and the Member States should make\nevery effort to ensure that the EU budget is spent in an efficient\nway and that anything financed with it should have a clear European\nadded value. Recalling their determination to ensure a\nsufficient and realistic level of commitment and payment\nappropriations to allow the programmes to kick-off with\nsufficient funds in the multiannual financial framework (MFF) for\nthe period 2014 - 2020 and to avoid delays in their implementation,\nMembers therefore deplored the Council's decision to proceed\nagain this year with the usual approach of horizontal cuts to the\ndraft budget, aimed at artificially reducing the level of the\nUnion's resources for 2014 by an overall total of EUR 240 million\n(-0,2%) in commitment appropriations and EUR 1 061 million (-0,8%)\nin payment appropriations as compared to the draft budget, thus\nleading to a significant decrease compared to the 2013 budget\n(including amending budgets Nos 1 to 5) both in commitments (-6%)\nand in payments (-6,6%).
\nMembers were surprised that in its position the\nCouncil has not only not taken into account the agreement on the\nMFF, regarding the frontloading of the Erasmus+ COSME and Horizon\n2020 programmes but has further decreased the appropriations for\nsome of those programmes.
\nMembers deeply regretted that the Council has\nintroduced cuts in both commitment appropriations and payment\nappropriations in all headings:
\nIn Members opinion, those cuts are in direct\ncontradiction with the political agreement on the MFF on\nfrontloading and also disregard Parliament's priorities, as\noutlined in its resolution on the general guidelines for the preparation of the\n2014 budget and the recommendations on the mandate for the trilogue on the 2014\nbudget.
\nNor did they accept the Council's argument that the\nproposed cuts correspond to under-implemented or low-performing\nprogrammes, since its cuts in commitments affect mostly the\nimplementation capacity of a new generation of programmes which\nhave not yet started or do not take into account the multiannual\nnature of the Unions policies.
\nThey also deplored the arbitrary to the administrative\nand support lines considering these cuts to be detrimental to the\nsuccessful start of the new programmes. They called on Parliament\nto restore therefore, the draft budget on all lines of\nadministrative and support expenditure cut.
\nMembers also called for a reversal of the trend\nof the last years, where the outstanding payments at the end of\nthe year have grown exponentially. They therefore called on the\nCouncil to agree to a joint political commitment to use all\nmeans available under the MFF Regulation for the period 2014-2020\nincluding recourse to the contingency margin and/or revision of the\npayment ceiling.
\nAgainst the linear reduction of\nappropriations: Members indicated\nthey could not accept Council's decision to reduce commitment and\npayment appropriations because commitments reflect Union political\npriorities and should be set with a long-term perspective, taking\ninto account a time when the economic downturn might have ended.\nThey took the view, therefore, that as a general principle,\ncommitments should be restored at draft budget level. They\nsuggested an increase in commitment appropriations slightly above\nthe draft budget on a selected number of budget lines relating to\nthe programmes of direct benefit for European citizens, and\ncontributing to the delivery of the Europe 2020 priorities - which\nare crucial for the growth and competitiveness of the Union - as\nwell as those projecting European values and solidarity\nabroad.
\nThe 2014 budget in figures: Members call on Parliament to set the overall level of\nappropriations for 2014 at:
\nThey, therefore, called for the mobilisation of the\nFlexibility Instrument for an amount of EUR 274.2 million in\ncommitment appropriations to reinforce the Fund for European Aid to\nthe Most Deprived, pending the final agreement of the legislative\nauthority on the legal basis. In Heading 4 the Flexibility\nInstrument should provide additional assistance to Cyprus and\nfurther support for humanitarian aid in the Middle East.
\nRevenue: Members called\nfor a more realistic budgeting of the expected revenue from fines\nimposed by the Commission on companies in breach of Union\ncompetition law and for further discussion on the budgeting of the\nsurplus in the budget in order to avoid a complex procedure,\nincomprehensible to the outside world, which currently\nconsists of returning it to Member States via a reduction of their\nrespective GNI-contribution.
\nPayment appropriations: once again, Members deplored the cuts in payments\nbrought by the Council, which result in a decrease of EUR 9.5\nbillion (9 500 million) (-6.6%) in payment appropriations as\ncompared to the adopted budget for 2013 (including amending budgets\nNos 1 to 5). They reiterated that, despite the adoption of a lower\nMFF for the period 2014-2020 and the absolute need to keep\nhonouring past commitments, the Council kept blindly following its\npast strategy to artificially cut the level of payments.\nParticularly this year - the Council's position to leave an\nartificial margin of EUR 1 billion under the 2014 payments ceiling\nserves no purpose, especially given the magnitude of the\nexpected carry-over of outstanding payments at the end of\n2013.
\nThe Council position does not take account of the\ndramatic shortage of payments, notably in the field of cohesion\npolicy. Members therefore strongly rejected, therefore, the\nCouncils approach to payments and reinstated the draft budget\nas regards payments for the majority of the headings cut by the\nCouncil.
\nMembers welcomed the adoption by the Commission of\ndraft amending budget No\n8/2013 (second tranche of draft amending budget\nNo 2/2013), which provided for an additional EUR 3.9 billion for\noutstanding payments from 2013 and which is one of the\nconditions to put the MFF Regulation to the vote.
\nIn regard to each of the budget headings, Members had\nthe following remarks:
\n\nThey also decided to reinforce the Fund for\nEuropean Aid to the Most Deprived, by allocating a total commitment\nappropriation of EUR 500 million to the actions promoting social\ncohesion and alleviating the worst forms of poverty in the Union.\nMoreover, they approved the creation of new dedicated budget lines\nfor technical assistance for the five Structural Funds.
\n\nMembers called for the mobilisation of the\nFlexibility Instrument for EUR 50 million in order to finance the\nreal needs for the Union's contribution to the Middle East peace\nprocess. They suggested putting the EUR 50 million of\nadditional appropriations in reserve pending an assessment from the\nCommission of the sound management of the aid by the Palestinian\nauthorities. They also called for an increase of the payment\nappropriations for the Emergency Aid Reserve (+ EUR 147 million) in\norder to avoid a repeat of the situation where the Commission is\nnot in a position to react in a timely manner to emerging\nhumanitarian crises.
\nAgencies: Members reject\nthe Commission's approach to staff, according to which the\nagencies' establishment plans are not only to be reduced by 1 % on\nthe basis of the political agreement on the MFF, which applies to\nall institutions and bodies, but are also to contribute another 1%\nto a \"redeployment pool\". They therefore modified the establishment\nplans of most agencies in such a way as to implement the agreed 1 %\nreduction but did not do so, however, for agencies which in their\ninitial request already applied the 1+1 % reduction.
\nMembers decided to increase the appropriations for the\nthree financial supervisory agencies, as well as for, among others,\nFRONTEX and EUROPOL.
\nOther sections: generally speaking,\nMembers believed that the budget of each Union institution, due to\nits specific mission and situation, should be treated\nindividually, without one-size-fits-all solutions. They called\nfor the budgets for Parliament and the Council to be maintained and\nare concerned by the Council's cuts, in the 2014 draft budget, of\nstaff salary adjustments of 1.7 % for 2011 and 2012 in those\ninstitutions. They requested an amending budget to cover the\nbacklog and the respective salary adjustments, should the Court of\nJustice rule in favour of the salary adaptation prescribed by the\nStaff Regulations.
\nAs far as the European Parliaments budget is\nconcerned, Members, once again,\ncalled for a roadmap to a single seat.
\nThey welcomed the agreement reached during the\nconciliation meeting of 24 September 2013 between the Bureau and\nthe Committee on Budgets and pointed out that the overall level of\nits 2014 budget is EUR 1 783 976 098, which represents a net\nreduction of EUR 29 168 108 compared to the preliminary draft\nestimates of 26 February 2013.
\nMembers approved the following adjustments to the\nestimates:
\nOther technical amendments were approved for the other\nEU institutions.
\nPURPOSE: presentation of an Amending Letter No 2 (AL\n2) to the Draft Budget for 2014.
\nCONTENT: the AL 2 to the Draft Budget for 2014 covers\nthe following:
\nBudgetary impact of these changes: the net budgetary impact of these changes is a\nreduction of EUR 4.9 million compared to the Draft Budget\n2014 (including AL 1/2014), in commitment and payment\nappropriations.
\nN.B. : by means of this\nAmending Letter the Commission draws the attention of the European\nParliament and the Council to some necessary measures in case of a\ndelay in the adoption of certain new legal bases under the\n2014-2020 multiannual financial framework (MFF), and the proposed\nremedial action that might be required before the new legal bases\nenter into force.
\nThe political agreement on the new MFF was reached in\nJune 2013 and work concerning the legal bases of certain 2014-2020\nprogrammes is still ongoing. In case some of these programmes would\nnot be adopted before the end of 2013, this would create a legal\nvacuum, in particular for the ongoing programmes which expire\nat the end of 2013 and which will be consolidated in new programmes\nand instruments.
\nIn order to ensure the continuity of implementation of\nthe ongoing programmes (which are already approved), and given the\nunderlying political agreement reached in the MFF negotiations on\nthe new programmes and the related financial envelopes, the\nCommission intends to continue to make use of the appropriations\nfor technical assistance and administrative support expenditure\nnecessary for the proper implementation of programmes, also in\nthe event of a transitional phase before the final adoption of the\nnew legal bases.
\nThe European Parliament adopted by 480 votes by 119,\nwith 86 abstentions, a resolution on the Council position on the\ndraft general budget of the European Union for the financial year\n2014.
\nSection III Commission: Parliament\nrecalled that the priorities for the 2014 budget\nare economic and sustainable growth, competitiveness, the creation\nof employment and the fight against youth unemployment as well as\nthe EU's role in the world. It insisted that the Commission and the\nMember States should make every effort to ensure that the EU budget\nis spent in an efficient way and that anything financed with it\nshould have a clear European added value. Recalling its\ndetermination to ensure a sufficient and realistic level of\ncommitment and payment appropriations to allow the programmes\nto kick-off with sufficient funds in the multiannual financial\nframework (MFF) for the period 2014 - 2020 and to avoid delays in\ntheir implementation, Parliament therefore deplored the Council's\ndecision to proceed again this year with the usual approach of\nhorizontal cuts to the draft budget, aimed at artificially\nreducing the level of the Union's resources for 2014 by an overall\ntotal of EUR 240 million (-0.2%) in commitment appropriations and\nEUR 1 061 million (-0.8%) in payment appropriations as compared to\nthe draft budget, thus leading to a significant decrease compared\nto the 2013 budget (including amending budgets Nos 1 to 5) both in\ncommitments (-6%) and in payments (-6.6%).
\nParliament was surprised that in its position the\nCouncil has not only not taken into account the agreement on the\nMFF, regarding the frontloading of the Erasmus+ COSME and Horizon\n2020 programmes but has further decreased the appropriations for\nsome of those programmes.
\nMembers deeply regretted that the Council has\nintroduced cuts in both commitment appropriations and payment\nappropriations in all headings:
\nIn Parliaments opinion, those cuts are in direct\ncontradiction with the political agreement on the MFF on\nfrontloading and also disregard Parliament's priorities, as\noutlined in its resolution on the general guidelines for the preparation of the\n2014 budget and the recommendations on the mandate for the trilogue on the 2014\nbudget.
\nNor did it accept the Council's argument that the\nproposed cuts correspond to under-implemented or low-performing\nprogrammes, since its cuts in commitments affect mostly the\nimplementation capacity of a new generation of programmes which\nhave not yet started or do not take into account the multiannual\nnature of the Unions policies.
\nParliament also deplored the arbitrary to the\nadministrative and support lines considering these cuts to be\ndetrimental to the successful start of the new programmes. Members\ncalled on Parliament to restore therefore, the draft budget on all\nlines of administrative and support expenditure cut.
\nThey also called for a reversal of the trend of\nthe last years, where the outstanding payments at the end of the\nyear have grown exponentially. They therefore called on the\nCouncil to agree to a joint political commitment to use all\nmeans available under the MFF Regulation for the period 2014-2020\nincluding recourse to the contingency margin and/or revision of the\npayment ceiling.
\nAgainst the linear reduction of\nappropriations: Parliament indicated\nit could not accept Council's decision to reduce commitment and\npayment appropriations because commitments reflect Union political\npriorities and should be set with a long-term perspective, taking\ninto account a time when the economic downturn might have ended. It\ntook the view, therefore, that as a general principle,\ncommitments should be restored at draft budget level. It\nsuggested an increase in commitment appropriations slightly above\nthe draft budget on a selected number of budget lines relating to\nthe programmes of direct benefit for European citizens, and\ncontributing to the delivery of the Europe 2020 priorities - which\nare crucial for the growth and competitiveness of the Union - as\nwell as those projecting European values and solidarity\nabroad.
\nThe 2014 budget in figures: Parliament sets the overall\nlevel of appropriations for 2014 at:
\nMembers called for the mobilisation of the\nFlexibility Instrument for an amount of EUR 274.2 million in\ncommitment appropriations to reinforce the Fund for European Aid to\nthe Most Deprived, pending the final agreement of the legislative\nauthority on the legal basis. In Heading 4 the Flexibility\nInstrument should provide additional assistance to Cyprus and\nfurther support for humanitarian aid in the Middle East.
\nRevenue: they\ncalled for a more realistic budgeting of the\nexpected revenue from fines imposed by the Commission on companies\nin breach of Union competition law and for further discussion on\nthe budgeting of the surplus in the budget in order to avoid a\ncomplex procedure, incomprehensible to the outside world,\nwhich currently consists of returning it to Member States via a\nreduction of their respective GNI-contribution.
\nPayment appropriations: once again, Parliament deplored the cuts in payments\nbrought by the Council, which result in a decrease of EUR 9.5\nbillion (9 500 million) (-6.6%) in payment appropriations as\ncompared to the adopted budget for 2013 (including amending budgets\nNos 1 to 5). It reiterated the absolute need to keep honouring\npast commitments, the Council kept blindly following its past\nstrategy to artificially cut the level of payments. Particularly\nthis year - the Council's position to leave an artificial margin of\nEUR 1 billion under the 2014 payments ceiling serves no\npurpose, especially given the magnitude of the expected\ncarry-over of outstanding payments at the end of 2013.
\nThe Council position does not take account of the\ndramatic shortage of payments, notably in the field of cohesion\npolicy. Parliament therefore strongly rejected, therefore, the\nCouncils approach to payments and reinstated the draft budget\nas regards payments for the majority of the headings cut by the\nCouncil.
\nParliament welcomed the adoption by the Commission of\ndraft amending budget No\n8/2013 (second tranche of draft amending budget\nNo 2/2013), which provided for an additional EUR 3.9 billion for\noutstanding payments from 2013 and which is one of the\nconditions to put the MFF Regulation to the\nvote.
\nIn regard to each of the budget headings, Parliament\nmade the following remarks:
\n\nThey also decided to reinforce the Fund for\nEuropean Aid to the Most Deprived, by allocating a total commitment\nappropriation of EUR 500 million to the actions promoting social\ncohesion and alleviating the worst forms of poverty in the Union.\nMoreover, they approved the creation of new dedicated budget lines\nfor technical assistance for the five Structural Funds.
\nAgencies: Parliament rejected the\nCommission's approach to staff, according to which the agencies'\nestablishment plans are not only to be reduced by 1 % on the basis\nof the political agreement on the MFF, which applies to all\ninstitutions and bodies, but are also to contribute another 1% to a\n\"redeployment pool\". It therefore modified the establishment plans\nof most agencies in such a way as to implement the agreed 1 %\nreduction but did not do so, however, for agencies which in their\ninitial request already applied the 1+1 % reduction.
\nParliament decided to increase the appropriations for\nthe three financial supervisory agencies, as well as for, among\nothers, FRONTEX and EUROPOL.
\nOther sections: generally speaking,\nParliament believed that the budget of each Union institution, due\nto its specific mission and situation, should be treated\nindividually, without one-size-fits-all solutions. It called\nfor the budgets for Parliament and the Council to be maintained and\nare concerned by the Council's cuts, in the 2014 draft budget, of\nstaff salary adjustments of 1.7 % for 2011 and 2012 in those\ninstitutions. It requested an amending budget to cover the backlog\nand the respective salary adjustments, should the Court of Justice\nrule in favour of the salary adaptation prescribed by the Staff\nRegulations.
\nAs far as the European Parliaments budget is\nconcerned, Parliament, once again,\ncalled for a roadmap to a single seat.
\nIt pointed out that the overall level of its 2014\nbudget is EUR 1 783 976 098, which represents a net reduction of\nEUR 29 168 108 compared to the preliminary draft estimates of\n26 February 2013.
\nIt approved the following adjustments to the\nestimates:
\nOther technical amendments were approved for the other\nEU institutions.
\nThe European Parliament delegation to the Budgetary\nConciliation Committee adopted the report drafted by Anne E. JENSEN\n(ALDE, DK) (section III Commission) and Monika HOHLMEIER\n(EPP, DE) (other sections) on the joint text on the draft general\nbudget of the European Union for the financial year 2014 approved\nby the Conciliation Committee under the budgetary\nprocedure.
\nDiscussions in the Conciliation Committee were aimed\nat finding a compromise bridging the gap between the Council's\nposition and the European Parliament's amendments on the draft\nbudget for 2014 proposed by the European Commission.
\n2014 is the first year under the EU's multiannual\nfinancial framework (MFF) for 2014-2020.
\nThe Agreement reached on the EU budget for 2014 aims\nto overcome the budget deficit payment for the current\nfiscal year.
\nThe two institutions agreed on:
\nThis is a decrease of 6.5% for payments and of 6.2%\nfor commitments compared to the EU budget for 2013.
\nIn general, Members have guaranteed that victims of\nflood and drought disasters in 2013 should be compensated and that\nthe priorities for 2014 in areas such as education, employment,\nresearch, innovation, border management, and humanitarian\nassistance should also be taken into account. In addition, the\nFlexibility Instrument should be mobilised to assist\nCyprus.
\nThe Agreement also included reinforcing the budget\nfor:
\nAdditional support was agreed upon as regards the\npeace process and financial assistance to Palestine and to the\nUnited Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees\n(UNRWA).
\nStriving to keep the level of next year's EU budget in\nline with Member States' financing capacities, the Conciliation\nCommittee made the following joint statements:
\n- Payment appropriations: the European Parliament and the Council recalled the\nneed to ensure an orderly progression of payments so as to avoid\nany abnormal shift of outstanding commitments (RAL)\nonto the 2015 budget. In this respect, they will have recourse,\nwhen appropriate, to the various flexibility mechanisms\nincluded in the MFF Regulation.
\nAs regards the payment appropriations, they asked the\nCommission to initiate any necessary action, on the basis of\nthe provisions of the draft MFF Regulation and the Financial\nRegulation, to cover the responsibility assigned by the Treaty and\nwith particular reference to any expected under-implementation of\nappropriations to request additional payment appropriations in an\namending budget if the appropriations entered in the 2014 budget\nare insufficient to cover expenditure.
\nThe European Parliament and the Council should take\nposition on any draft amending budget as quickly as possible in\norder to avoid any shortfall in payment appropriations. In\naddition, the European Parliament and the Council should undertake\nto process swiftly any possible transfer of payment appropriations,\nincluding across financial framework headings, in order to make the\nbest possible use of payment appropriations entered in the budget\nand align them to actual execution and needs.
\nThe European Parliament, the Council and the\nCommission will, throughout the year, actively monitor the state of\nimplementation of the 2014 budget, in particular under sub-heading\n1b (Economic, social and territorial cohesion) and rural\ndevelopment under heading 2 (Sustainable Growth: Natural\nResources). This will take the form of dedicated\ninter-institutional meetings to take stock of payment\nimplementation and revised forecasts.
\n- Decentralised agencies: the European Parliament, the Council and the\nCommission recalled the importance to progressively reduce the\nstaffing levels of all EU institutions, bodies and agencies\nby 5% over five years.
\nThey also agreed on the need for a closer and more\npermanent scrutiny on the development of decentralised agencies\nto ensure a coherent approach. They agreed to establish a specific\ninter-institutional working group with the aim of defining a clear\ndevelopment path for agencies, based on objective\ncriteria.
\n- Heading 5 and salary\nadjustments: they agreed that the\nappropriations related to the proposed salary adjustments of 1.7%\nfor 2011 and 1.7% for 2012 will not be included at this stage in\nthe 2014 budget.
\n- EU Special Representatives: the Parliament and the Council agreed to examine the\ntransfer of appropriations for the European Union Special\nRepresentatives from the Commission's budget (Section III) to the\nbudget of the European External Action Service (Section X) in the\ncontext of the 2015 budgetary procedure.
\nThe Agreement also includes draft amending budget\nNo. 9 for 2013, which would\nmobilise the EU Solidarity Fund to provide financial assistance of\nEUR 400.5 million to repair damages caused in 2013 by floods in\nGermany (360.5 million), Austria (21.7 million) and the Czech\nRepublic (15.9 million) and drought in Romania (2.5\nmillion).
\nMembers called on the Parliament to approve the joint\ntext agreed by the Conciliation Committee and to confirm the joint\nstatements by the Parliament, the Council and the Commission\nincluded in the joint conclusions agreed by the Conciliation\nCommittee.
\nThe European Parliament adopted by 494 votes to 158,\nwith 13 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the joint text on\nthe draft general budget of the European Union for the financial\nyear 2014 approved by the Conciliation Committee under the\nbudgetary procedure.
\nParliament approved the joint text agreed by the\nConciliation Committee.
\nPlenary also confirmed the joint statements by\nParliament, the Council and the Commission included in the joint\nconclusions agreed by the Conciliation Committee annexed to this\nresolution.
\nThe main issues of the draft text may be summarised as\nfollows:
\nFor the 2014 budget: the\ntwo institutions agreed on:
\nThis is a decrease of 6.5% for payments and of 6.2%\nfor commitments compared to the EU budget for 2013.
\nThe joint text also concerned the conclusion of\nAmending Budgets 8/2013 and 9/2013.
\nHorizontal issues: the\njoint text sets out:
\nExpenditure headings of the financial\nframework: the joint text includes a\nseries of budget lines that have been amended. These include,\ninter alia:
\nPayment appropriations :\na series of new amounts were provided in particular:
\nThere was also the creation of a series of new budget\nlines as well as the setting aside of EUR 2 million for the EMU\ncommunication.
\nJoint statements:\nstriving to keep the level of next year's EU budget in line with\nMember States' financing capacities, the Conciliation Committee\nmade the following joint statements:
\n- Payment appropriations: the European Parliament and the Council recalled the\nneed to ensure an orderly progression of payments so as to avoid\nany abnormal shift of outstanding commitments (RAL)\nonto the 2015 budget. In this respect, they will have recourse,\nwhen appropriate, to the various flexibility mechanisms\nincluded in the MFF Regulation.
\nAs regards the payment appropriations, they asked the\nCommission to initiate any necessary action, on the basis of\nthe provisions of the draft MFF Regulation and the Financial\nRegulation, to cover the responsibility assigned by the Treaty and\nwith particular reference to any expected under-implementation of\nappropriations to request additional payment appropriations in an\namending budget if the appropriations entered in the 2014 budget\nare insufficient to cover expenditure.
\nThe European Parliament and the Council should take\nposition on any draft amending budget as quickly as possible in\norder to avoid any shortfall in payment appropriations. In\naddition, the European Parliament and the Council should undertake\nto process swiftly any possible transfer of payment appropriations,\nincluding across financial framework headings, in order to make the\nbest possible use of payment appropriations entered in the budget\nand align them to actual execution and needs.
\nThe European Parliament, the Council and the\nCommission will, throughout the year, actively monitor the state of\nimplementation of the 2014 budget, in particular under sub-heading\n1b (Economic, social and territorial cohesion) and rural\ndevelopment under heading 2 (Sustainable Growth: Natural\nResources). This will take the form of dedicated\ninter-institutional meetings to take stock of payment\nimplementation and revised forecasts.
\n- Decentralised agencies: the European Parliament, the Council and the\nCommission recalled the importance to progressively reduce the\nstaffing levels of all EU institutions, bodies and agencies\nby 5% over five years.
\nThey also agreed on the need for a closer and more\npermanent scrutiny on the development of decentralised agencies\nto ensure a coherent approach. They agreed to establish a specific\ninter-institutional working group with the aim of defining a clear\ndevelopment path for agencies, based on objective\ncriteria.
\n- Heading 5 and salary\nadjustments: they agreed that the\nappropriations related to the proposed salary adjustments of 1.7%\nfor 2011 and 1.7% for 2012 will not be included at this stage in\nthe 2014 budget.
\n- EU Special Representatives: the Parliament and the Council agreed to examine the\ntransfer of appropriations for the European Union Special\nRepresentatives from the Commission's budget (Section III) to the\nbudget of the European External Action Service (Section X) in the\ncontext of the 2015 budgetary procedure.
\nThe Agreement also includes draft amending budget\nNo. 9 for 2013, which would\nmobilise the EU Solidarity Fund to provide financial assistance of\nEUR 400.5 million to repair damages caused in 2013 by floods in\nGermany (360.5 million), Austria (21.7 million) and the Czech\nRepublic (15.9 million) and drought in Romania (2.5\nmillion).
\nMembers called on the Parliament to approve the joint\ntext agreed by the Conciliation Committee and to confirm the joint\nstatements by the Parliament, the Council and the Commission\nincluded in the joint conclusions agreed by the Conciliation\nCommittee.
\nPURPOSE: presentation of an Amending Letter No 2 (AL\n2) to the Draft Budget for 2014.
\nCONTENT: the AL 2 to the Draft Budget for 2014 covers\nthe following:
\nBudgetary impact of these changes: the net budgetary impact of these changes is a\nreduction of EUR 4.9 million compared to the Draft Budget\n2014 (including AL 1/2014), in commitment and payment\nappropriations.
\nN.B. : by means of this\nAmending Letter the Commission draws the attention of the European\nParliament and the Council to some necessary measures in case of a\ndelay in the adoption of certain new legal bases under the\n2014-2020 multiannual financial framework (MFF), and the proposed\nremedial action that might be required before the new legal bases\nenter into force.
\nThe political agreement on the new MFF was reached in\nJune 2013 and work concerning the legal bases of certain 2014-2020\nprogrammes is still ongoing. In case some of these programmes would\nnot be adopted before the end of 2013, this would create a legal\nvacuum, in particular for the ongoing programmes which expire\nat the end of 2013 and which will be consolidated in new programmes\nand instruments.
\nIn order to ensure the continuity of implementation of\nthe ongoing programmes (which are already approved), and given the\nunderlying political agreement reached in the MFF negotiations on\nthe new programmes and the related financial envelopes, the\nCommission intends to continue to make use of the appropriations\nfor technical assistance and administrative support expenditure\nnecessary for the proper implementation of programmes, also in\nthe event of a transitional phase before the final adoption of the\nnew legal bases.
\nPURPOSE: presentation of Amending Letter No 1 to the\ndraft General Budget 2014.
\nCONTENT: this amending letter to the 2014 general\nbudget concerns:
\nThe net budgetary impact of these changes is an\nincrease in commitment appropriations of EUR 100 million\ncompared to the Draft Budget 2014. The Amending Letter does not\npropose any change to payment appropriations.
\nDetails of the budgetary amendments:
\n\nIn particular, the agreement\nenvisages:
\n\nare fully offset against appropriations within\nand/or between headings in order to leave unchanged the total\nannual ceilings of each heading and sub-heading over the period\n2014-2020.
\n\nThe Amending Letter No 1 to the 2014 Draft\nBudget takes account of the political agreement reached on the new\nMFF by adjusting the 2014 financial envelopes of the corresponding\nprogrammes under heading 1a (Competitiveness for growth and jobs)\nand heading 1b (Economic, social and territorial cohesion)\naccordingly. No changes are proposed as regards the frontloading\nfor the Youth Employment Initiative (YEI) which was\nalready included in the DB 2014. However, the frontloading of\nprogrammes under heading 1a impacts on the amounts frontloaded\nunder heading 1b.
\nCreation of budget lines: this last point has no effect from a budgetary point\nof view.
\nThe European Parliament adopted by 494 votes to 158,\nwith 13 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the joint text on\nthe draft general budget of the European Union for the financial\nyear 2014 approved by the Conciliation Committee under the\nbudgetary procedure.
\nParliament approved the joint text agreed by the\nConciliation Committee.
\nPlenary also confirmed the joint statements by\nParliament, the Council and the Commission included in the joint\nconclusions agreed by the Conciliation Committee annexed to this\nresolution.
\nThe main issues of the draft text may be summarised as\nfollows:
\nFor the 2014 budget: the\ntwo institutions agreed on:
\nThis is a decrease of 6.5% for payments and of 6.2%\nfor commitments compared to the EU budget for 2013.
\nThe joint text also concerned the conclusion of\nAmending Budgets 8/2013 and 9/2013.
\nHorizontal issues: the\njoint text sets out:
\nExpenditure headings of the financial\nframework: the joint text includes a\nseries of budget lines that have been amended. These include,\ninter alia:
\nPayment appropriations :\na series of new amounts were provided in particular:
\nThere was also the creation of a series of new budget\nlines as well as the setting aside of EUR 2 million for the EMU\ncommunication.
\nJoint statements:\nstriving to keep the level of next year's EU budget in line with\nMember States' financing capacities, the Conciliation Committee\nmade the following joint statements:
\n- Payment appropriations: the European Parliament and the Council recalled the\nneed to ensure an orderly progression of payments so as to avoid\nany abnormal shift of outstanding commitments (RAL)\nonto the 2015 budget. In this respect, they will have recourse,\nwhen appropriate, to the various flexibility mechanisms\nincluded in the MFF Regulation.
\nAs regards the payment appropriations, they asked the\nCommission to initiate any necessary action, on the basis of\nthe provisions of the draft MFF Regulation and the Financial\nRegulation, to cover the responsibility assigned by the Treaty and\nwith particular reference to any expected under-implementation of\nappropriations to request additional payment appropriations in an\namending budget if the appropriations entered in the 2014 budget\nare insufficient to cover expenditure.
\nThe European Parliament and the Council should take\nposition on any draft amending budget as quickly as possible in\norder to avoid any shortfall in payment appropriations. In\naddition, the European Parliament and the Council should undertake\nto process swiftly any possible transfer of payment appropriations,\nincluding across financial framework headings, in order to make the\nbest possible use of payment appropriations entered in the budget\nand align them to actual execution and needs.
\nThe European Parliament, the Council and the\nCommission will, throughout the year, actively monitor the state of\nimplementation of the 2014 budget, in particular under sub-heading\n1b (Economic, social and territorial cohesion) and rural\ndevelopment under heading 2 (Sustainable Growth: Natural\nResources). This will take the form of dedicated\ninter-institutional meetings to take stock of payment\nimplementation and revised forecasts.
\n- Decentralised agencies: the European Parliament, the Council and the\nCommission recalled the importance to progressively reduce the\nstaffing levels of all EU institutions, bodies and agencies\nby 5% over five years.
\nThey also agreed on the need for a closer and more\npermanent scrutiny on the development of decentralised agencies\nto ensure a coherent approach. They agreed to establish a specific\ninter-institutional working group with the aim of defining a clear\ndevelopment path for agencies, based on objective\ncriteria.
\n- Heading 5 and salary\nadjustments: they agreed that the\nappropriations related to the proposed salary adjustments of 1.7%\nfor 2011 and 1.7% for 2012 will not be included at this stage in\nthe 2014 budget.
\n- EU Special Representatives: the Parliament and the Council agreed to examine the\ntransfer of appropriations for the European Union Special\nRepresentatives from the Commission's budget (Section III) to the\nbudget of the European External Action Service (Section X) in the\ncontext of the 2015 budgetary procedure.
\nThe Agreement also includes draft amending budget\nNo. 9 for 2013, which would\nmobilise the EU Solidarity Fund to provide financial assistance of\nEUR 400.5 million to repair damages caused in 2013 by floods in\nGermany (360.5 million), Austria (21.7 million) and the Czech\nRepublic (15.9 million) and drought in Romania (2.5\nmillion).
\nMembers called on the Parliament to approve the joint\ntext agreed by the Conciliation Committee and to confirm the joint\nstatements by the Parliament, the Council and the Commission\nincluded in the joint conclusions agreed by the Conciliation\nCommittee.
\nThe Council adopted its position on the draft budget\nfor the financial year 2014.
\nFollowing Councils deliberations, the main\nfeatures of this position are as follows:
\nUnder the Council's position on the DB for 2014,\ncommitment appropriations decrease by -6.15 % compared to the\n2013 budget and payment appropriations increase by +1.35\n%.
\nThe total amount of payment appropriations provided\nfor in the Council's position on the DB for 2014 corresponds to\n1.00 % of the EU gross national income (GNI).
\nA. General points: when\nadopting its position, the Council took into account a number of\nguidelines contained in its February 2013 conclusions and\nwhich may be summarised as follows:
\nStatement on payment appropriations: in addition to the guidelines described above, the\nCouncil also approved a statement on payment appropriations calling\non the Commission to submit as early as possible the letter of\namendment for agriculture (including information about the\npossible carry-over of assigned revenue),and a letter of\namendment for sub-heading 1b in order to appropriately\ncalibrate the level of resources in heading 2 in the 2014\nbudget.
\nFurthermore, the Council asked the Commission to\nsubmit a draft amending budget if the payment appropriations\nentered in the 2014 budget are insufficient to cover expenditure\nunder:
\nIt urged the Commission to present as early as\npossible updated figures concerning the state of affairs and\nestimates regarding payment appropriations under sub-heading 1b\nand, if necessary, to present a draft amending budget for this sole\npurpose. The Council would then take position on the draft amending\nbudget as quickly as possible in order to avoid any shortfall in\npayment appropriations.
\nB. Expenditure by main budget headings:\nas to expenditure under the different headings\nand sub-headings of the multiannual financial framework, the\nCouncil's position is the following:
\nHeading 1: Smart and inclusive\ngrowth » (EUR 63.762 billion in commitment\nappropriations):
\n1a: expenditure on\ncompetitiveness for growth and jobs: the amount for this\nheading was set at EUR 16.204 billion in commitment appropriations,\nan increase of 2.89% compared with the 2013 budget.
\nCharacteristics in regard to subheading 1a\ninclude:
\nThe margin available under sub-heading 1a would be EUR\n185.8 million.
\n1b: economic, social and territorial cohesion\nexpenditure: the Council has foreseen\nan amount of EUR 47.557 billion in commitment appropriations\n(a fall of 13.5% compared with the 2013 budget). The other main\ncharacteristics of this subheading are:
\nThe margin available under sub-heading 1b would be EUR\n25.7 million.
\nHeading 2: Sustainable growth: natural\nresources: the amount for this\nheading was fixed at EUR 59.246 billion in commitment\nappropriations, a total reduction of 1.07% compared with the 2013\nbudget.
\nExpenditure on the European Agricultural Guarantee\nFund (EAGF) and market-related expenditure and direct payments are\nset at EUR 43.778 billion (in commitments) by the Council, an\nincrease of 0.28% compared with 2013.
\nThe characteristics of this budget heading are the\nfollowing:
\nThe margin available under heading 2 would be EUR 56.9\nmillion.
\nHeading 3: security and citizenship: the amount for this heading was set at EUR 2.134\nbillion in commitment appropriations and has been reduced by\n9.63% compared with the 2013 budget. The characteristics of this\nbudget heading are the following:
\nThe margin available under heading 3 would be EUR 44.8\nmillion.
\nHeading 4: global Europe: the Council envisages an overall amount of EUR\n8.159 billion in commitment appropriations, a reduction of\n12.66% compared with 2013. It has thus decided to:
\nThe margin available under heading 4 would be EUR\n176.5 million.
\nHeading 5: administrative expenditure:\nadministrative expenditure is set at EUR\n8.441 billion in commitment appropriations (+28% compared with\n2013), EUR 6.835 billion of which are administrative expenditures\nfor the institutions. The budget of each institution is covered by\nthe Councils position with the budget variations from one\nyear to the next. It should, moreover, be noted that the Council\nhas maintained certain reductions relating to the administrative\nexpenditure of the European schools
\nDecentralised agencies: as far as the decentralised agencies are concerned,\nthe Council has applied an approach similar to that adopted for the\ninstitutions. Therefore, in proportion to the number of staff in\nthe agencies' establishment plans (self-financed posts excepted), a\nreduction corresponding to the amounts relating to the salary\nadjustment of 2011 and 2012 was applied in the contribution to all\nagencies.
\nThe Council adopted its position on the draft budget\nfor the financial year 2014.
\nFollowing Councils deliberations, the main\nfeatures of this position are as follows:
\nUnder the Council's position on the DB for 2014,\ncommitment appropriations decrease by -6.15 % compared to the\n2013 budget and payment appropriations increase by +1.35\n%.
\nThe total amount of payment appropriations provided\nfor in the Council's position on the DB for 2014 corresponds to\n1.00 % of the EU gross national income (GNI).
\nA. General points: when\nadopting its position, the Council took into account a number of\nguidelines contained in its February 2013 conclusions and\nwhich may be summarised as follows:
\nStatement on payment appropriations: in addition to the guidelines described above, the\nCouncil also approved a statement on payment appropriations calling\non the Commission to submit as early as possible the letter of\namendment for agriculture (including information about the\npossible carry-over of assigned revenue),and a letter of\namendment for sub-heading 1b in order to appropriately\ncalibrate the level of resources in heading 2 in the 2014\nbudget.
\nFurthermore, the Council asked the Commission to\nsubmit a draft amending budget if the payment appropriations\nentered in the 2014 budget are insufficient to cover expenditure\nunder:
\nIt urged the Commission to present as early as\npossible updated figures concerning the state of affairs and\nestimates regarding payment appropriations under sub-heading 1b\nand, if necessary, to present a draft amending budget for this sole\npurpose. The Council would then take position on the draft amending\nbudget as quickly as possible in order to avoid any shortfall in\npayment appropriations.
\nB. Expenditure by main budget headings:\nas to expenditure under the different headings\nand sub-headings of the multiannual financial framework, the\nCouncil's position is the following:
\nHeading 1: Smart and inclusive\ngrowth » (EUR 63.762 billion in commitment\nappropriations):
\n1a: expenditure on\ncompetitiveness for growth and jobs: the amount for this\nheading was set at EUR 16.204 billion in commitment appropriations,\nan increase of 2.89% compared with the 2013 budget.
\nCharacteristics in regard to subheading 1a\ninclude:
\nThe margin available under sub-heading 1a would be EUR\n185.8 million.
\n1b: economic, social and territorial cohesion\nexpenditure: the Council has foreseen\nan amount of EUR 47.557 billion in commitment appropriations\n(a fall of 13.5% compared with the 2013 budget). The other main\ncharacteristics of this subheading are:
\nThe margin available under sub-heading 1b would be EUR\n25.7 million.
\nHeading 2: Sustainable growth: natural\nresources: the amount for this\nheading was fixed at EUR 59.246 billion in commitment\nappropriations, a total reduction of 1.07% compared with the 2013\nbudget.
\nExpenditure on the European Agricultural Guarantee\nFund (EAGF) and market-related expenditure and direct payments are\nset at EUR 43.778 billion (in commitments) by the Council, an\nincrease of 0.28% compared with 2013.
\nThe characteristics of this budget heading are the\nfollowing:
\nThe margin available under heading 2 would be EUR 56.9\nmillion.
\nHeading 3: security and citizenship: the amount for this heading was set at EUR 2.134\nbillion in commitment appropriations and has been reduced by\n9.63% compared with the 2013 budget. The characteristics of this\nbudget heading are the following:
\nThe margin available under heading 3 would be EUR 44.8\nmillion.
\nHeading 4: global Europe: the Council envisages an overall amount of EUR\n8.159 billion in commitment appropriations, a reduction of\n12.66% compared with 2013. It has thus decided to:
\nThe margin available under heading 4 would be EUR\n176.5 million.
\nHeading 5: administrative expenditure:\nadministrative expenditure is set at EUR\n8.441 billion in commitment appropriations (+28% compared with\n2013), EUR 6.835 billion of which are administrative expenditures\nfor the institutions. The budget of each institution is covered by\nthe Councils position with the budget variations from one\nyear to the next. It should, moreover, be noted that the Council\nhas maintained certain reductions relating to the administrative\nexpenditure of the European schools
\nDecentralised agencies: as far as the decentralised agencies are concerned,\nthe Council has applied an approach similar to that adopted for the\ninstitutions. Therefore, in proportion to the number of staff in\nthe agencies' establishment plans (self-financed posts excepted), a\nreduction corresponding to the amounts relating to the salary\nadjustment of 2011 and 2012 was applied in the contribution to all\nagencies.
\nThe European Parliament adopted by 494 votes to 158,\nwith 13 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the joint text on\nthe draft general budget of the European Union for the financial\nyear 2014 approved by the Conciliation Committee under the\nbudgetary procedure.
\nParliament approved the joint text agreed by the\nConciliation Committee.
\nPlenary also confirmed the joint statements by\nParliament, the Council and the Commission included in the joint\nconclusions agreed by the Conciliation Committee annexed to this\nresolution.
\nThe main issues of the draft text may be summarised as\nfollows:
\nFor the 2014 budget: the\ntwo institutions agreed on:
\nThis is a decrease of 6.5% for payments and of 6.2%\nfor commitments compared to the EU budget for 2013.
\nThe joint text also concerned the conclusion of\nAmending Budgets 8/2013 and 9/2013.
\nHorizontal issues: the\njoint text sets out:
\nExpenditure headings of the financial\nframework: the joint text includes a\nseries of budget lines that have been amended. These include,\ninter alia:
\nPayment appropriations :\na series of new amounts were provided in particular:
\nThere was also the creation of a series of new budget\nlines as well as the setting aside of EUR 2 million for the EMU\ncommunication.
\nJoint statements:\nstriving to keep the level of next year's EU budget in line with\nMember States' financing capacities, the Conciliation Committee\nmade the following joint statements:
\n- Payment appropriations: the European Parliament and the Council recalled the\nneed to ensure an orderly progression of payments so as to avoid\nany abnormal shift of outstanding commitments (RAL)\nonto the 2015 budget. In this respect, they will have recourse,\nwhen appropriate, to the various flexibility mechanisms\nincluded in the MFF Regulation.
\nAs regards the payment appropriations, they asked the\nCommission to initiate any necessary action, on the basis of\nthe provisions of the draft MFF Regulation and the Financial\nRegulation, to cover the responsibility assigned by the Treaty and\nwith particular reference to any expected under-implementation of\nappropriations to request additional payment appropriations in an\namending budget if the appropriations entered in the 2014 budget\nare insufficient to cover expenditure.
\nThe European Parliament and the Council should take\nposition on any draft amending budget as quickly as possible in\norder to avoid any shortfall in payment appropriations. In\naddition, the European Parliament and the Council should undertake\nto process swiftly any possible transfer of payment appropriations,\nincluding across financial framework headings, in order to make the\nbest possible use of payment appropriations entered in the budget\nand align them to actual execution and needs.
\nThe European Parliament, the Council and the\nCommission will, throughout the year, actively monitor the state of\nimplementation of the 2014 budget, in particular under sub-heading\n1b (Economic, social and territorial cohesion) and rural\ndevelopment under heading 2 (Sustainable Growth: Natural\nResources). This will take the form of dedicated\ninter-institutional meetings to take stock of payment\nimplementation and revised forecasts.
\n- Decentralised agencies: the European Parliament, the Council and the\nCommission recalled the importance to progressively reduce the\nstaffing levels of all EU institutions, bodies and agencies\nby 5% over five years.
\nThey also agreed on the need for a closer and more\npermanent scrutiny on the development of decentralised agencies\nto ensure a coherent approach. They agreed to establish a specific\ninter-institutional working group with the aim of defining a clear\ndevelopment path for agencies, based on objective\ncriteria.
\n- Heading 5 and salary\nadjustments: they agreed that the\nappropriations related to the proposed salary adjustments of 1.7%\nfor 2011 and 1.7% for 2012 will not be included at this stage in\nthe 2014 budget.
\n- EU Special Representatives: the Parliament and the Council agreed to examine the\ntransfer of appropriations for the European Union Special\nRepresentatives from the Commission's budget (Section III) to the\nbudget of the European External Action Service (Section X) in the\ncontext of the 2015 budgetary procedure.
\nThe Agreement also includes draft amending budget\nNo. 9 for 2013, which would\nmobilise the EU Solidarity Fund to provide financial assistance of\nEUR 400.5 million to repair damages caused in 2013 by floods in\nGermany (360.5 million), Austria (21.7 million) and the Czech\nRepublic (15.9 million) and drought in Romania (2.5\nmillion).
\nMembers called on the Parliament to approve the joint\ntext agreed by the Conciliation Committee and to confirm the joint\nstatements by the Parliament, the Council and the Commission\nincluded in the joint conclusions agreed by the Conciliation\nCommittee.
\nPURPOSE: the presentation of the Commissions\ndraft general budget of the European Union for the financial year\n2014.
\nBACKGROUND: given the very particular circumstances\nrelating to the negotiations on the multiannual financial framework\n(MFF) for the 2014-2020 period, a framework within which this\n2014 budget falls, this draft general budget takes account of\nthe very advanced stage of these negotiations. It meets the Treaty\ntimetable for the presentation of the annual budget procedure and\nthus launches the annual budgetary procedure.
\nThe European Parliament and the Council are expected\nto conclude in a timely manner the legislative decisions on the\n2014-2020 MFF and the new legal bases for the accompanying spending\nprogrammes, so that the implementation of the new programmes can\nstart without delay. At the same time, the current programmes need\nto be brought progressively to a successful closure, for which\nan adequate level of payment appropriations is necessary,\nnotably to meet obligations vis-à-vis the\nbeneficiaries of EU funding.
\nCONTENT: the 2014 is conceived as an investment\ntool to deliver on smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and\nfor providing solidarity between Member States and\nregions.
\nThis budget will seek to contribute to four major\nstrategic objectives:
\nThe budget in a nutshell: overall, the proposed level of expenditure reflects\nthe expenditure ceilings under the new multiannual financial\nframework set by the European Council in February 2013, while the\namounts for the individual programmes reflect the breakdown of the\n2014-2020 MFF according to the list of programmes adjusted\ntechnically following the European Council conclusions and\ntransmitted to the Budgetary Authority on 27 March 2013.
\nIn terms of commitment appropriations: the\ntotal expenditure of the draft budget (DB) 2014 is EUR\n142 467.6 million, corresponding to 1.06% of GNI, that is\nEUR -9 100.4 million less than in 2013 (-6.0%). The\nresulting total margin under the MFF expenditure ceilings stands at\nEUR 528.6 million.
\nThe payment\nappropriations amount to EUR 136 065.8 million,\ncorresponding to 1.01 % of GNI. Practically\nno margin (EUR 200 000) is left under\nthe payment ceiling of the MFF which, for 2014 is EUR -8 385\nmillion lower than the level of payment appropriations in the 2013\nbudget as modified by draft amending budgets (-5.8%).
\nThe Commissions proposal reflects the payment\nneeds, assuming that the full amount of the additional payment\nappropriations requested with the DAB No 2/2013 has been\napproved. Of the overall amount foreseen for 2014, EUR\n54 670.2 million will be used to pay non-differentiated\nexpenditure (whereby commitments are equal to payments) such as\ndirect aids for agriculture and administration, EUR 70 710.7\nmillion for payments on outstanding commitments of previous years\n(the so-called reste à liquider or\nRAL) and EUR 10 684.8 million to implement new\nprogrammes starting in 2014.
\nMAIN FEATURES BY BUDGET HEADING: the presentation that follows is structured according\nto the new budget headings resulting from the new multiannual\nfinancial framework 2014-2020:
\nHeading 1: Smart and inclusive\ngrowth: this new budget heading\nis itself split into two sub-headings:
\nHeading 2: Sustainable growth: natural\nresources: commitment\nappropriations of EUR 59 247.7 million are proposed for\nheading 2. This level of funding represents a decrease of -1.1 %\ncompared to 2013 and leaves a margin of EUR 55.3 million under the\nceiling. Payment appropriations amount to EUR 56 532.5\nmillion, with a decrease of -2.3 % compared to 2013. Expenditure\nfor market related expenditure and direct aids reaches EUR\n43 778.1 million in commitment appropriations, and EUR 43 777\nmillion in payment appropriations. No margin under the\nsub-ceiling for market measures and direct aids is left, as the\nCommission requested the activation of the financial discipline\nmechanism.
\nMeasures under the European Agricultural\nGuarantee Fund (EAGF) will be focused in particular on\nfurther improving the situation of primary producers in the food\nchain, bringing EU commodity prices closer to world prices and\nincreasing the percentage of total direct payments which is\ndecoupled from production to some 94 % as from budget year\n2014.
\nUnder the second pillar of the CAP, the European\nAgricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) will continue to be\ntargeted at making a vital contribution to the economic, social and\nenvironmental well-being of rural areas, and the sustainability of\nthe rural environment.
\nN.B. this heading also covers finance for the\nenvironment and climate action programme (LIFE+), with an amount of\nEUR 446.3 million proposed in commitment appropriations for\n2014.
\nHeading 3: Security and citizenship:\nthis heading sees a decrease in commitment\nappropriations of -9.4 % to EUR 2 139.5 million, leaving a\nmargin of EUR 39.5 million. Payment appropriations decrease by\n-11.9 % to EUR 1 668 million.
\nHeading 3 groups various policies whose common\nobjective is to strengthen the concept of European\ncitizenship by creating an area of freedom, justice, security\nand improving access to basic public goods and services. Under this\nheading may be found the new funds relating to asylum and\nmigration, the Justice, Rights and\nCitizenship, Europe for Citizens and\nCreative Europe programmes, as well as other programmes\nrelating to health and consumers. Priority will be given to a\ncontinued delivery on the basis of existing mechanisms, while, at\nthe same time, integrating the necessary adjustments entailed by\nthe new programmes.
\nHeading 4: Global Europe: this heading sees a decrease in commitment\nappropriations of -12.5 % to EUR 8 175.8 million, leaving an\nunallocated margin of EUR 159.2 million available under the\nceiling. Payment appropriations decrease by -8.2 % to EUR\n6 251.3 million.
\nUnder this heading are the main geographic and\nthematic instruments, notably as regards the Instrument for\nPre-accession Assistance (IPA II), the European Neighbourhood\nInstrument (ENI), the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI), the\nEuropean Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), the\nInstrument for Stability (IfS) and the Instrument for Nuclear\nSafety Cooperation (INSC).
\nIn addition to the revised financial instruments, the\nCommission has proposed the creation of a new instrument\n the Partnership Instrument (PI) to complement the\ncurrent array of instruments. The Partnership Instrument is the\nsuccessor of the financial instrument for cooperation with\nindustrialised and other high income countries (ICI/ICI+). Its\noverarching objective is to advance and promote EU and mutual\ninterests.
\nHeading 4 also covers expenditures relating to\nhumanitarian aid and the Common Foreign and Security Policy\n(CFSP).
\nHeading 5: Administration (expenditure of the\nEuropean institutions and staff): commitment and payment appropriations for\nadministration for all institutions combined increase by 2.1 % (of\nwhich + 1.3 % for the administrative expenditure of the\ninstitutions), with commitments set at EUR 8 595.1 million and\npayments at EUR 8 596.7 million. This increase includes\nadditional administrative expenditure related to Croatias\naccession, amounting to EUR 54 million for all\ninstitutions.
\nAs regards heading 5, the new MFF introduces a\nsub-ceiling for administrative expenditure of the institutions\n(excluding pensions and European schools). The requested\nexpenditure for the institutions leaves a margin of EUR 119.7\nmillion under such a sub-ceiling. Taking into account the estimated\nexpenditure for pensions, the global margin under the ceiling of\nheading 5 amounts to EUR 125.9 million.
\nThe Commissions document presents the budgetary\namounts for all the Unions institutions (including European\nParliament, the Council, the European Council ).
\nHeading 6: Compensations: lastly, both commitments and payments for heading 6\nare set at EUR 28.6 million, which is a decrease of -61.9 %\ncompared to 2013, in accordance with the Treaty concerning the\nAccession of Croatia.
\nPURPOSE: the presentation of the Commissions\ndraft general budget of the European Union for the financial year\n2014.
\nBACKGROUND: given the very particular circumstances\nrelating to the negotiations on the multiannual financial framework\n(MFF) for the 2014-2020 period, a framework within which this\n2014 budget falls, this draft general budget takes account of\nthe very advanced stage of these negotiations. It meets the Treaty\ntimetable for the presentation of the annual budget procedure and\nthus launches the annual budgetary procedure.
\nThe European Parliament and the Council are expected\nto conclude in a timely manner the legislative decisions on the\n2014-2020 MFF and the new legal bases for the accompanying spending\nprogrammes, so that the implementation of the new programmes can\nstart without delay. At the same time, the current programmes need\nto be brought progressively to a successful closure, for which\nan adequate level of payment appropriations is necessary,\nnotably to meet obligations vis-à-vis the\nbeneficiaries of EU funding.
\nCONTENT: the 2014 is conceived as an investment\ntool to deliver on smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and\nfor providing solidarity between Member States and\nregions.
\nThis budget will seek to contribute to four major\nstrategic objectives:
\nThe budget in a nutshell: overall, the proposed level of expenditure reflects\nthe expenditure ceilings under the new multiannual financial\nframework set by the European Council in February 2013, while the\namounts for the individual programmes reflect the breakdown of the\n2014-2020 MFF according to the list of programmes adjusted\ntechnically following the European Council conclusions and\ntransmitted to the Budgetary Authority on 27 March 2013.
\nIn terms of commitment appropriations: the\ntotal expenditure of the draft budget (DB) 2014 is EUR\n142 467.6 million, corresponding to 1.06% of GNI, that is\nEUR -9 100.4 million less than in 2013 (-6.0%). The\nresulting total margin under the MFF expenditure ceilings stands at\nEUR 528.6 million.
\nThe payment\nappropriations amount to EUR 136 065.8 million,\ncorresponding to 1.01 % of GNI. Practically\nno margin (EUR 200 000) is left under\nthe payment ceiling of the MFF which, for 2014 is EUR -8 385\nmillion lower than the level of payment appropriations in the 2013\nbudget as modified by draft amending budgets (-5.8%).
\nThe Commissions proposal reflects the payment\nneeds, assuming that the full amount of the additional payment\nappropriations requested with the DAB No 2/2013 has been\napproved. Of the overall amount foreseen for 2014, EUR\n54 670.2 million will be used to pay non-differentiated\nexpenditure (whereby commitments are equal to payments) such as\ndirect aids for agriculture and administration, EUR 70 710.7\nmillion for payments on outstanding commitments of previous years\n(the so-called reste à liquider or\nRAL) and EUR 10 684.8 million to implement new\nprogrammes starting in 2014.
\nMAIN FEATURES BY BUDGET HEADING: the presentation that follows is structured according\nto the new budget headings resulting from the new multiannual\nfinancial framework 2014-2020:
\nHeading 1: Smart and inclusive\ngrowth: this new budget heading\nis itself split into two sub-headings:
\nHeading 2: Sustainable growth: natural\nresources: commitment\nappropriations of EUR 59 247.7 million are proposed for\nheading 2. This level of funding represents a decrease of -1.1 %\ncompared to 2013 and leaves a margin of EUR 55.3 million under the\nceiling. Payment appropriations amount to EUR 56 532.5\nmillion, with a decrease of -2.3 % compared to 2013. Expenditure\nfor market related expenditure and direct aids reaches EUR\n43 778.1 million in commitment appropriations, and EUR 43 777\nmillion in payment appropriations. No margin under the\nsub-ceiling for market measures and direct aids is left, as the\nCommission requested the activation of the financial discipline\nmechanism.
\nMeasures under the European Agricultural\nGuarantee Fund (EAGF) will be focused in particular on\nfurther improving the situation of primary producers in the food\nchain, bringing EU commodity prices closer to world prices and\nincreasing the percentage of total direct payments which is\ndecoupled from production to some 94 % as from budget year\n2014.
\nUnder the second pillar of the CAP, the European\nAgricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) will continue to be\ntargeted at making a vital contribution to the economic, social and\nenvironmental well-being of rural areas, and the sustainability of\nthe rural environment.
\nN.B. this heading also covers finance for the\nenvironment and climate action programme (LIFE+), with an amount of\nEUR 446.3 million proposed in commitment appropriations for\n2014.
\nHeading 3: Security and citizenship:\nthis heading sees a decrease in commitment\nappropriations of -9.4 % to EUR 2 139.5 million, leaving a\nmargin of EUR 39.5 million. Payment appropriations decrease by\n-11.9 % to EUR 1 668 million.
\nHeading 3 groups various policies whose common\nobjective is to strengthen the concept of European\ncitizenship by creating an area of freedom, justice, security\nand improving access to basic public goods and services. Under this\nheading may be found the new funds relating to asylum and\nmigration, the Justice, Rights and\nCitizenship, Europe for Citizens and\nCreative Europe programmes, as well as other programmes\nrelating to health and consumers. Priority will be given to a\ncontinued delivery on the basis of existing mechanisms, while, at\nthe same time, integrating the necessary adjustments entailed by\nthe new programmes.
\nHeading 4: Global Europe: this heading sees a decrease in commitment\nappropriations of -12.5 % to EUR 8 175.8 million, leaving an\nunallocated margin of EUR 159.2 million available under the\nceiling. Payment appropriations decrease by -8.2 % to EUR\n6 251.3 million.
\nUnder this heading are the main geographic and\nthematic instruments, notably as regards the Instrument for\nPre-accession Assistance (IPA II), the European Neighbourhood\nInstrument (ENI), the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI), the\nEuropean Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), the\nInstrument for Stability (IfS) and the Instrument for Nuclear\nSafety Cooperation (INSC).
\nIn addition to the revised financial instruments, the\nCommission has proposed the creation of a new instrument\n the Partnership Instrument (PI) to complement the\ncurrent array of instruments. The Partnership Instrument is the\nsuccessor of the financial instrument for cooperation with\nindustrialised and other high income countries (ICI/ICI+). Its\noverarching objective is to advance and promote EU and mutual\ninterests.
\nHeading 4 also covers expenditures relating to\nhumanitarian aid and the Common Foreign and Security Policy\n(CFSP).
\nHeading 5: Administration (expenditure of the\nEuropean institutions and staff): commitment and payment appropriations for\nadministration for all institutions combined increase by 2.1 % (of\nwhich + 1.3 % for the administrative expenditure of the\ninstitutions), with commitments set at EUR 8 595.1 million and\npayments at EUR 8 596.7 million. This increase includes\nadditional administrative expenditure related to Croatias\naccession, amounting to EUR 54 million for all\ninstitutions.
\nAs regards heading 5, the new MFF introduces a\nsub-ceiling for administrative expenditure of the institutions\n(excluding pensions and European schools). The requested\nexpenditure for the institutions leaves a margin of EUR 119.7\nmillion under such a sub-ceiling. Taking into account the estimated\nexpenditure for pensions, the global margin under the ceiling of\nheading 5 amounts to EUR 125.9 million.
\nThe Commissions document presents the budgetary\namounts for all the Unions institutions (including European\nParliament, the Council, the European Council ).
\nHeading 6: Compensations: lastly, both commitments and payments for heading 6\nare set at EUR 28.6 million, which is a decrease of -61.9 %\ncompared to 2013, in accordance with the Treaty concerning the\nAccession of Croatia.
\nThe European Parliament adopted by 480 votes by 119,\nwith 86 abstentions, a resolution on the Council position on the\ndraft general budget of the European Union for the financial year\n2014.
\nSection III Commission: Parliament\nrecalled that the priorities for the 2014 budget\nare economic and sustainable growth, competitiveness, the creation\nof employment and the fight against youth unemployment as well as\nthe EU's role in the world. It insisted that the Commission and the\nMember States should make every effort to ensure that the EU budget\nis spent in an efficient way and that anything financed with it\nshould have a clear European added value. Recalling its\ndetermination to ensure a sufficient and realistic level of\ncommitment and payment appropriations to allow the programmes\nto kick-off with sufficient funds in the multiannual financial\nframework (MFF) for the period 2014 - 2020 and to avoid delays in\ntheir implementation, Parliament therefore deplored the Council's\ndecision to proceed again this year with the usual approach of\nhorizontal cuts to the draft budget, aimed at artificially\nreducing the level of the Union's resources for 2014 by an overall\ntotal of EUR 240 million (-0.2%) in commitment appropriations and\nEUR 1 061 million (-0.8%) in payment appropriations as compared to\nthe draft budget, thus leading to a significant decrease compared\nto the 2013 budget (including amending budgets Nos 1 to 5) both in\ncommitments (-6%) and in payments (-6.6%).
\nParliament was surprised that in its position the\nCouncil has not only not taken into account the agreement on the\nMFF, regarding the frontloading of the Erasmus+ COSME and Horizon\n2020 programmes but has further decreased the appropriations for\nsome of those programmes.
\nMembers deeply regretted that the Council has\nintroduced cuts in both commitment appropriations and payment\nappropriations in all headings:
\nIn Parliaments opinion, those cuts are in direct\ncontradiction with the political agreement on the MFF on\nfrontloading and also disregard Parliament's priorities, as\noutlined in its resolution on the general guidelines for the preparation of the\n2014 budget and the recommendations on the mandate for the trilogue on the 2014\nbudget.
\nNor did it accept the Council's argument that the\nproposed cuts correspond to under-implemented or low-performing\nprogrammes, since its cuts in commitments affect mostly the\nimplementation capacity of a new generation of programmes which\nhave not yet started or do not take into account the multiannual\nnature of the Unions policies.
\nParliament also deplored the arbitrary to the\nadministrative and support lines considering these cuts to be\ndetrimental to the successful start of the new programmes. Members\ncalled on Parliament to restore therefore, the draft budget on all\nlines of administrative and support expenditure cut.
\nThey also called for a reversal of the trend of\nthe last years, where the outstanding payments at the end of the\nyear have grown exponentially. They therefore called on the\nCouncil to agree to a joint political commitment to use all\nmeans available under the MFF Regulation for the period 2014-2020\nincluding recourse to the contingency margin and/or revision of the\npayment ceiling.
\nAgainst the linear reduction of\nappropriations: Parliament indicated\nit could not accept Council's decision to reduce commitment and\npayment appropriations because commitments reflect Union political\npriorities and should be set with a long-term perspective, taking\ninto account a time when the economic downturn might have ended. It\ntook the view, therefore, that as a general principle,\ncommitments should be restored at draft budget level. It\nsuggested an increase in commitment appropriations slightly above\nthe draft budget on a selected number of budget lines relating to\nthe programmes of direct benefit for European citizens, and\ncontributing to the delivery of the Europe 2020 priorities - which\nare crucial for the growth and competitiveness of the Union - as\nwell as those projecting European values and solidarity\nabroad.
\nThe 2014 budget in figures: Parliament sets the overall\nlevel of appropriations for 2014 at:
\nMembers called for the mobilisation of the\nFlexibility Instrument for an amount of EUR 274.2 million in\ncommitment appropriations to reinforce the Fund for European Aid to\nthe Most Deprived, pending the final agreement of the legislative\nauthority on the legal basis. In Heading 4 the Flexibility\nInstrument should provide additional assistance to Cyprus and\nfurther support for humanitarian aid in the Middle East.
\nRevenue: they\ncalled for a more realistic budgeting of the\nexpected revenue from fines imposed by the Commission on companies\nin breach of Union competition law and for further discussion on\nthe budgeting of the surplus in the budget in order to avoid a\ncomplex procedure, incomprehensible to the outside world,\nwhich currently consists of returning it to Member States via a\nreduction of their respective GNI-contribution.
\nPayment appropriations: once again, Parliament deplored the cuts in payments\nbrought by the Council, which result in a decrease of EUR 9.5\nbillion (9 500 million) (-6.6%) in payment appropriations as\ncompared to the adopted budget for 2013 (including amending budgets\nNos 1 to 5). It reiterated the absolute need to keep honouring\npast commitments, the Council kept blindly following its past\nstrategy to artificially cut the level of payments. Particularly\nthis year - the Council's position to leave an artificial margin of\nEUR 1 billion under the 2014 payments ceiling serves no\npurpose, especially given the magnitude of the expected\ncarry-over of outstanding payments at the end of 2013.
\nThe Council position does not take account of the\ndramatic shortage of payments, notably in the field of cohesion\npolicy. Parliament therefore strongly rejected, therefore, the\nCouncils approach to payments and reinstated the draft budget\nas regards payments for the majority of the headings cut by the\nCouncil.
\nParliament welcomed the adoption by the Commission of\ndraft amending budget No\n8/2013 (second tranche of draft amending budget\nNo 2/2013), which provided for an additional EUR 3.9 billion for\noutstanding payments from 2013 and which is one of the\nconditions to put the MFF Regulation to the\nvote.
\nIn regard to each of the budget headings, Parliament\nmade the following remarks:
\n\nThey also decided to reinforce the Fund for\nEuropean Aid to the Most Deprived, by allocating a total commitment\nappropriation of EUR 500 million to the actions promoting social\ncohesion and alleviating the worst forms of poverty in the Union.\nMoreover, they approved the creation of new dedicated budget lines\nfor technical assistance for the five Structural Funds.
\nAgencies: Parliament rejected the\nCommission's approach to staff, according to which the agencies'\nestablishment plans are not only to be reduced by 1 % on the basis\nof the political agreement on the MFF, which applies to all\ninstitutions and bodies, but are also to contribute another 1% to a\n\"redeployment pool\". It therefore modified the establishment plans\nof most agencies in such a way as to implement the agreed 1 %\nreduction but did not do so, however, for agencies which in their\ninitial request already applied the 1+1 % reduction.
\nParliament decided to increase the appropriations for\nthe three financial supervisory agencies, as well as for, among\nothers, FRONTEX and EUROPOL.
\nOther sections: generally speaking,\nParliament believed that the budget of each Union institution, due\nto its specific mission and situation, should be treated\nindividually, without one-size-fits-all solutions. It called\nfor the budgets for Parliament and the Council to be maintained and\nare concerned by the Council's cuts, in the 2014 draft budget, of\nstaff salary adjustments of 1.7 % for 2011 and 2012 in those\ninstitutions. It requested an amending budget to cover the backlog\nand the respective salary adjustments, should the Court of Justice\nrule in favour of the salary adaptation prescribed by the Staff\nRegulations.
\nAs far as the European Parliaments budget is\nconcerned, Parliament, once again,\ncalled for a roadmap to a single seat.
\nIt pointed out that the overall level of its 2014\nbudget is EUR 1 783 976 098, which represents a net reduction of\nEUR 29 168 108 compared to the preliminary draft estimates of\n26 February 2013.
\nIt approved the following adjustments to the\nestimates:
\nOther technical amendments were approved for the other\nEU institutions.
\nThe Council adopted its position on the draft budget\nfor the financial year 2014.
\nFollowing Councils deliberations, the main\nfeatures of this position are as follows:
\nUnder the Council's position on the DB for 2014,\ncommitment appropriations decrease by -6.15 % compared to the\n2013 budget and payment appropriations increase by +1.35\n%.
\nThe total amount of payment appropriations provided\nfor in the Council's position on the DB for 2014 corresponds to\n1.00 % of the EU gross national income (GNI).
\nA. General points: when\nadopting its position, the Council took into account a number of\nguidelines contained in its February 2013 conclusions and\nwhich may be summarised as follows:
\nStatement on payment appropriations: in addition to the guidelines described above, the\nCouncil also approved a statement on payment appropriations calling\non the Commission to submit as early as possible the letter of\namendment for agriculture (including information about the\npossible carry-over of assigned revenue),and a letter of\namendment for sub-heading 1b in order to appropriately\ncalibrate the level of resources in heading 2 in the 2014\nbudget.
\nFurthermore, the Council asked the Commission to\nsubmit a draft amending budget if the payment appropriations\nentered in the 2014 budget are insufficient to cover expenditure\nunder:
\nIt urged the Commission to present as early as\npossible updated figures concerning the state of affairs and\nestimates regarding payment appropriations under sub-heading 1b\nand, if necessary, to present a draft amending budget for this sole\npurpose. The Council would then take position on the draft amending\nbudget as quickly as possible in order to avoid any shortfall in\npayment appropriations.
\nB. Expenditure by main budget headings:\nas to expenditure under the different headings\nand sub-headings of the multiannual financial framework, the\nCouncil's position is the following:
\nHeading 1: Smart and inclusive\ngrowth » (EUR 63.762 billion in commitment\nappropriations):
\n1a: expenditure on\ncompetitiveness for growth and jobs: the amount for this\nheading was set at EUR 16.204 billion in commitment appropriations,\nan increase of 2.89% compared with the 2013 budget.
\nCharacteristics in regard to subheading 1a\ninclude:
\nThe margin available under sub-heading 1a would be EUR\n185.8 million.
\n1b: economic, social and territorial cohesion\nexpenditure: the Council has foreseen\nan amount of EUR 47.557 billion in commitment appropriations\n(a fall of 13.5% compared with the 2013 budget). The other main\ncharacteristics of this subheading are:
\nThe margin available under sub-heading 1b would be EUR\n25.7 million.
\nHeading 2: Sustainable growth: natural\nresources: the amount for this\nheading was fixed at EUR 59.246 billion in commitment\nappropriations, a total reduction of 1.07% compared with the 2013\nbudget.
\nExpenditure on the European Agricultural Guarantee\nFund (EAGF) and market-related expenditure and direct payments are\nset at EUR 43.778 billion (in commitments) by the Council, an\nincrease of 0.28% compared with 2013.
\nThe characteristics of this budget heading are the\nfollowing:
\nThe margin available under heading 2 would be EUR 56.9\nmillion.
\nHeading 3: security and citizenship: the amount for this heading was set at EUR 2.134\nbillion in commitment appropriations and has been reduced by\n9.63% compared with the 2013 budget. The characteristics of this\nbudget heading are the following:
\nThe margin available under heading 3 would be EUR 44.8\nmillion.
\nHeading 4: global Europe: the Council envisages an overall amount of EUR\n8.159 billion in commitment appropriations, a reduction of\n12.66% compared with 2013. It has thus decided to:
\nThe margin available under heading 4 would be EUR\n176.5 million.
\nHeading 5: administrative expenditure:\nadministrative expenditure is set at EUR\n8.441 billion in commitment appropriations (+28% compared with\n2013), EUR 6.835 billion of which are administrative expenditures\nfor the institutions. The budget of each institution is covered by\nthe Councils position with the budget variations from one\nyear to the next. It should, moreover, be noted that the Council\nhas maintained certain reductions relating to the administrative\nexpenditure of the European schools
\nDecentralised agencies: as far as the decentralised agencies are concerned,\nthe Council has applied an approach similar to that adopted for the\ninstitutions. Therefore, in proportion to the number of staff in\nthe agencies' establishment plans (self-financed posts excepted), a\nreduction corresponding to the amounts relating to the salary\nadjustment of 2011 and 2012 was applied in the contribution to all\nagencies.
\nThe Council adopted its position on the draft budget\nfor the financial year 2014.
\nFollowing Councils deliberations, the main\nfeatures of this position are as follows:
\nUnder the Council's position on the DB for 2014,\ncommitment appropriations decrease by -6.15 % compared to the\n2013 budget and payment appropriations increase by +1.35\n%.
\nThe total amount of payment appropriations provided\nfor in the Council's position on the DB for 2014 corresponds to\n1.00 % of the EU gross national income (GNI).
\nA. General points: when\nadopting its position, the Council took into account a number of\nguidelines contained in its February 2013 conclusions and\nwhich may be summarised as follows:
\nStatement on payment appropriations: in addition to the guidelines described above, the\nCouncil also approved a statement on payment appropriations calling\non the Commission to submit as early as possible the letter of\namendment for agriculture (including information about the\npossible carry-over of assigned revenue),and a letter of\namendment for sub-heading 1b in order to appropriately\ncalibrate the level of resources in heading 2 in the 2014\nbudget.
\nFurthermore, the Council asked the Commission to\nsubmit a draft amending budget if the payment appropriations\nentered in the 2014 budget are insufficient to cover expenditure\nunder:
\nIt urged the Commission to present as early as\npossible updated figures concerning the state of affairs and\nestimates regarding payment appropriations under sub-heading 1b\nand, if necessary, to present a draft amending budget for this sole\npurpose. The Council would then take position on the draft amending\nbudget as quickly as possible in order to avoid any shortfall in\npayment appropriations.
\nB. Expenditure by main budget headings:\nas to expenditure under the different headings\nand sub-headings of the multiannual financial framework, the\nCouncil's position is the following:
\nHeading 1: Smart and inclusive\ngrowth » (EUR 63.762 billion in commitment\nappropriations):
\n1a: expenditure on\ncompetitiveness for growth and jobs: the amount for this\nheading was set at EUR 16.204 billion in commitment appropriations,\nan increase of 2.89% compared with the 2013 budget.
\nCharacteristics in regard to subheading 1a\ninclude:
\nThe margin available under sub-heading 1a would be EUR\n185.8 million.
\n1b: economic, social and territorial cohesion\nexpenditure: the Council has foreseen\nan amount of EUR 47.557 billion in commitment appropriations\n(a fall of 13.5% compared with the 2013 budget). The other main\ncharacteristics of this subheading are:
\nThe margin available under sub-heading 1b would be EUR\n25.7 million.
\nHeading 2: Sustainable growth: natural\nresources: the amount for this\nheading was fixed at EUR 59.246 billion in commitment\nappropriations, a total reduction of 1.07% compared with the 2013\nbudget.
\nExpenditure on the European Agricultural Guarantee\nFund (EAGF) and market-related expenditure and direct payments are\nset at EUR 43.778 billion (in commitments) by the Council, an\nincrease of 0.28% compared with 2013.
\nThe characteristics of this budget heading are the\nfollowing:
\nThe margin available under heading 2 would be EUR 56.9\nmillion.
\nHeading 3: security and citizenship: the amount for this heading was set at EUR 2.134\nbillion in commitment appropriations and has been reduced by\n9.63% compared with the 2013 budget. The characteristics of this\nbudget heading are the following:
\nThe margin available under heading 3 would be EUR 44.8\nmillion.
\nHeading 4: global Europe: the Council envisages an overall amount of EUR\n8.159 billion in commitment appropriations, a reduction of\n12.66% compared with 2013. It has thus decided to:
\nThe margin available under heading 4 would be EUR\n176.5 million.
\nHeading 5: administrative expenditure:\nadministrative expenditure is set at EUR\n8.441 billion in commitment appropriations (+28% compared with\n2013), EUR 6.835 billion of which are administrative expenditures\nfor the institutions. The budget of each institution is covered by\nthe Councils position with the budget variations from one\nyear to the next. It should, moreover, be noted that the Council\nhas maintained certain reductions relating to the administrative\nexpenditure of the European schools
\nDecentralised agencies: as far as the decentralised agencies are concerned,\nthe Council has applied an approach similar to that adopted for the\ninstitutions. Therefore, in proportion to the number of staff in\nthe agencies' establishment plans (self-financed posts excepted), a\nreduction corresponding to the amounts relating to the salary\nadjustment of 2011 and 2012 was applied in the contribution to all\nagencies.
\nPURPOSE: Corrigendum to the definitive adoption\nof the European Union's general budget for the financial year 2014\n(published previously in the Official Journal of the European\nUnion L51 of 20 February 2014).
\nCONTENT: the corrigendum concerns the authorised\nestablishment plans for certain institutions and bodies of the\nEuropean Union (permanent and temporary posts).
\nThe European Parliament adopted by 480 votes by 119,\nwith 86 abstentions, a resolution on the Council position on the\ndraft general budget of the European Union for the financial year\n2014.
\nSection III Commission: Parliament\nrecalled that the priorities for the 2014 budget\nare economic and sustainable growth, competitiveness, the creation\nof employment and the fight against youth unemployment as well as\nthe EU's role in the world. It insisted that the Commission and the\nMember States should make every effort to ensure that the EU budget\nis spent in an efficient way and that anything financed with it\nshould have a clear European added value. Recalling its\ndetermination to ensure a sufficient and realistic level of\ncommitment and payment appropriations to allow the programmes\nto kick-off with sufficient funds in the multiannual financial\nframework (MFF) for the period 2014 - 2020 and to avoid delays in\ntheir implementation, Parliament therefore deplored the Council's\ndecision to proceed again this year with the usual approach of\nhorizontal cuts to the draft budget, aimed at artificially\nreducing the level of the Union's resources for 2014 by an overall\ntotal of EUR 240 million (-0.2%) in commitment appropriations and\nEUR 1 061 million (-0.8%) in payment appropriations as compared to\nthe draft budget, thus leading to a significant decrease compared\nto the 2013 budget (including amending budgets Nos 1 to 5) both in\ncommitments (-6%) and in payments (-6.6%).
\nParliament was surprised that in its position the\nCouncil has not only not taken into account the agreement on the\nMFF, regarding the frontloading of the Erasmus+ COSME and Horizon\n2020 programmes but has further decreased the appropriations for\nsome of those programmes.
\nMembers deeply regretted that the Council has\nintroduced cuts in both commitment appropriations and payment\nappropriations in all headings:
\nIn Parliaments opinion, those cuts are in direct\ncontradiction with the political agreement on the MFF on\nfrontloading and also disregard Parliament's priorities, as\noutlined in its resolution on the general guidelines for the preparation of the\n2014 budget and the recommendations on the mandate for the trilogue on the 2014\nbudget.
\nNor did it accept the Council's argument that the\nproposed cuts correspond to under-implemented or low-performing\nprogrammes, since its cuts in commitments affect mostly the\nimplementation capacity of a new generation of programmes which\nhave not yet started or do not take into account the multiannual\nnature of the Unions policies.
\nParliament also deplored the arbitrary to the\nadministrative and support lines considering these cuts to be\ndetrimental to the successful start of the new programmes. Members\ncalled on Parliament to restore therefore, the draft budget on all\nlines of administrative and support expenditure cut.
\nThey also called for a reversal of the trend of\nthe last years, where the outstanding payments at the end of the\nyear have grown exponentially. They therefore called on the\nCouncil to agree to a joint political commitment to use all\nmeans available under the MFF Regulation for the period 2014-2020\nincluding recourse to the contingency margin and/or revision of the\npayment ceiling.
\nAgainst the linear reduction of\nappropriations: Parliament indicated\nit could not accept Council's decision to reduce commitment and\npayment appropriations because commitments reflect Union political\npriorities and should be set with a long-term perspective, taking\ninto account a time when the economic downturn might have ended. It\ntook the view, therefore, that as a general principle,\ncommitments should be restored at draft budget level. It\nsuggested an increase in commitment appropriations slightly above\nthe draft budget on a selected number of budget lines relating to\nthe programmes of direct benefit for European citizens, and\ncontributing to the delivery of the Europe 2020 priorities - which\nare crucial for the growth and competitiveness of the Union - as\nwell as those projecting European values and solidarity\nabroad.
\nThe 2014 budget in figures: Parliament sets the overall\nlevel of appropriations for 2014 at:
\nMembers called for the mobilisation of the\nFlexibility Instrument for an amount of EUR 274.2 million in\ncommitment appropriations to reinforce the Fund for European Aid to\nthe Most Deprived, pending the final agreement of the legislative\nauthority on the legal basis. In Heading 4 the Flexibility\nInstrument should provide additional assistance to Cyprus and\nfurther support for humanitarian aid in the Middle East.
\nRevenue: they\ncalled for a more realistic budgeting of the\nexpected revenue from fines imposed by the Commission on companies\nin breach of Union competition law and for further discussion on\nthe budgeting of the surplus in the budget in order to avoid a\ncomplex procedure, incomprehensible to the outside world,\nwhich currently consists of returning it to Member States via a\nreduction of their respective GNI-contribution.
\nPayment appropriations: once again, Parliament deplored the cuts in payments\nbrought by the Council, which result in a decrease of EUR 9.5\nbillion (9 500 million) (-6.6%) in payment appropriations as\ncompared to the adopted budget for 2013 (including amending budgets\nNos 1 to 5). It reiterated the absolute need to keep honouring\npast commitments, the Council kept blindly following its past\nstrategy to artificially cut the level of payments. Particularly\nthis year - the Council's position to leave an artificial margin of\nEUR 1 billion under the 2014 payments ceiling serves no\npurpose, especially given the magnitude of the expected\ncarry-over of outstanding payments at the end of 2013.
\nThe Council position does not take account of the\ndramatic shortage of payments, notably in the field of cohesion\npolicy. Parliament therefore strongly rejected, therefore, the\nCouncils approach to payments and reinstated the draft budget\nas regards payments for the majority of the headings cut by the\nCouncil.
\nParliament welcomed the adoption by the Commission of\ndraft amending budget No\n8/2013 (second tranche of draft amending budget\nNo 2/2013), which provided for an additional EUR 3.9 billion for\noutstanding payments from 2013 and which is one of the\nconditions to put the MFF Regulation to the\nvote.
\nIn regard to each of the budget headings, Parliament\nmade the following remarks:
\n\nThey also decided to reinforce the Fund for\nEuropean Aid to the Most Deprived, by allocating a total commitment\nappropriation of EUR 500 million to the actions promoting social\ncohesion and alleviating the worst forms of poverty in the Union.\nMoreover, they approved the creation of new dedicated budget lines\nfor technical assistance for the five Structural Funds.
\nAgencies: Parliament rejected the\nCommission's approach to staff, according to which the agencies'\nestablishment plans are not only to be reduced by 1 % on the basis\nof the political agreement on the MFF, which applies to all\ninstitutions and bodies, but are also to contribute another 1% to a\n\"redeployment pool\". It therefore modified the establishment plans\nof most agencies in such a way as to implement the agreed 1 %\nreduction but did not do so, however, for agencies which in their\ninitial request already applied the 1+1 % reduction.
\nParliament decided to increase the appropriations for\nthe three financial supervisory agencies, as well as for, among\nothers, FRONTEX and EUROPOL.
\nOther sections: generally speaking,\nParliament believed that the budget of each Union institution, due\nto its specific mission and situation, should be treated\nindividually, without one-size-fits-all solutions. It called\nfor the budgets for Parliament and the Council to be maintained and\nare concerned by the Council's cuts, in the 2014 draft budget, of\nstaff salary adjustments of 1.7 % for 2011 and 2012 in those\ninstitutions. It requested an amending budget to cover the backlog\nand the respective salary adjustments, should the Court of Justice\nrule in favour of the salary adaptation prescribed by the Staff\nRegulations.
\nAs far as the European Parliaments budget is\nconcerned, Parliament, once again,\ncalled for a roadmap to a single seat.
\nIt pointed out that the overall level of its 2014\nbudget is EUR 1 783 976 098, which represents a net reduction of\nEUR 29 168 108 compared to the preliminary draft estimates of\n26 February 2013.
\nIt approved the following adjustments to the\nestimates:
\nOther technical amendments were approved for the other\nEU institutions.
\nPURPOSE: the presentation of the Commissions\ndraft general budget of the European Union for the financial year\n2014.
\nBACKGROUND: given the very particular circumstances\nrelating to the negotiations on the multiannual financial framework\n(MFF) for the 2014-2020 period, a framework within which this\n2014 budget falls, this draft general budget takes account of\nthe very advanced stage of these negotiations. It meets the Treaty\ntimetable for the presentation of the annual budget procedure and\nthus launches the annual budgetary procedure.
\nThe European Parliament and the Council are expected\nto conclude in a timely manner the legislative decisions on the\n2014-2020 MFF and the new legal bases for the accompanying spending\nprogrammes, so that the implementation of the new programmes can\nstart without delay. At the same time, the current programmes need\nto be brought progressively to a successful closure, for which\nan adequate level of payment appropriations is necessary,\nnotably to meet obligations vis-à-vis the\nbeneficiaries of EU funding.
\nCONTENT: the 2014 is conceived as an investment\ntool to deliver on smart, sustainable and inclusive growth and\nfor providing solidarity between Member States and\nregions.
\nThis budget will seek to contribute to four major\nstrategic objectives:
\nThe budget in a nutshell: overall, the proposed level of expenditure reflects\nthe expenditure ceilings under the new multiannual financial\nframework set by the European Council in February 2013, while the\namounts for the individual programmes reflect the breakdown of the\n2014-2020 MFF according to the list of programmes adjusted\ntechnically following the European Council conclusions and\ntransmitted to the Budgetary Authority on 27 March 2013.
\nIn terms of commitment appropriations: the\ntotal expenditure of the draft budget (DB) 2014 is EUR\n142 467.6 million, corresponding to 1.06% of GNI, that is\nEUR -9 100.4 million less than in 2013 (-6.0%). The\nresulting total margin under the MFF expenditure ceilings stands at\nEUR 528.6 million.
\nThe payment\nappropriations amount to EUR 136 065.8 million,\ncorresponding to 1.01 % of GNI. Practically\nno margin (EUR 200 000) is left under\nthe payment ceiling of the MFF which, for 2014 is EUR -8 385\nmillion lower than the level of payment appropriations in the 2013\nbudget as modified by draft amending budgets (-5.8%).
\nThe Commissions proposal reflects the payment\nneeds, assuming that the full amount of the additional payment\nappropriations requested with the DAB No 2/2013 has been\napproved. Of the overall amount foreseen for 2014, EUR\n54 670.2 million will be used to pay non-differentiated\nexpenditure (whereby commitments are equal to payments) such as\ndirect aids for agriculture and administration, EUR 70 710.7\nmillion for payments on outstanding commitments of previous years\n(the so-called reste à liquider or\nRAL) and EUR 10 684.8 million to implement new\nprogrammes starting in 2014.
\nMAIN FEATURES BY BUDGET HEADING: the presentation that follows is structured according\nto the new budget headings resulting from the new multiannual\nfinancial framework 2014-2020:
\nHeading 1: Smart and inclusive\ngrowth: this new budget heading\nis itself split into two sub-headings:
\nHeading 2: Sustainable growth: natural\nresources: commitment\nappropriations of EUR 59 247.7 million are proposed for\nheading 2. This level of funding represents a decrease of -1.1 %\ncompared to 2013 and leaves a margin of EUR 55.3 million under the\nceiling. Payment appropriations amount to EUR 56 532.5\nmillion, with a decrease of -2.3 % compared to 2013. Expenditure\nfor market related expenditure and direct aids reaches EUR\n43 778.1 million in commitment appropriations, and EUR 43 777\nmillion in payment appropriations. No margin under the\nsub-ceiling for market measures and direct aids is left, as the\nCommission requested the activation of the financial discipline\nmechanism.
\nMeasures under the European Agricultural\nGuarantee Fund (EAGF) will be focused in particular on\nfurther improving the situation of primary producers in the food\nchain, bringing EU commodity prices closer to world prices and\nincreasing the percentage of total direct payments which is\ndecoupled from production to some 94 % as from budget year\n2014.
\nUnder the second pillar of the CAP, the European\nAgricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) will continue to be\ntargeted at making a vital contribution to the economic, social and\nenvironmental well-being of rural areas, and the sustainability of\nthe rural environment.
\nN.B. this heading also covers finance for the\nenvironment and climate action programme (LIFE+), with an amount of\nEUR 446.3 million proposed in commitment appropriations for\n2014.
\nHeading 3: Security and citizenship:\nthis heading sees a decrease in commitment\nappropriations of -9.4 % to EUR 2 139.5 million, leaving a\nmargin of EUR 39.5 million. Payment appropriations decrease by\n-11.9 % to EUR 1 668 million.
\nHeading 3 groups various policies whose common\nobjective is to strengthen the concept of European\ncitizenship by creating an area of freedom, justice, security\nand improving access to basic public goods and services. Under this\nheading may be found the new funds relating to asylum and\nmigration, the Justice, Rights and\nCitizenship, Europe for Citizens and\nCreative Europe programmes, as well as other programmes\nrelating to health and consumers. Priority will be given to a\ncontinued delivery on the basis of existing mechanisms, while, at\nthe same time, integrating the necessary adjustments entailed by\nthe new programmes.
\nHeading 4: Global Europe: this heading sees a decrease in commitment\nappropriations of -12.5 % to EUR 8 175.8 million, leaving an\nunallocated margin of EUR 159.2 million available under the\nceiling. Payment appropriations decrease by -8.2 % to EUR\n6 251.3 million.
\nUnder this heading are the main geographic and\nthematic instruments, notably as regards the Instrument for\nPre-accession Assistance (IPA II), the European Neighbourhood\nInstrument (ENI), the Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI), the\nEuropean Instrument for Democracy and Human Rights (EIDHR), the\nInstrument for Stability (IfS) and the Instrument for Nuclear\nSafety Cooperation (INSC).
\nIn addition to the revised financial instruments, the\nCommission has proposed the creation of a new instrument\n the Partnership Instrument (PI) to complement the\ncurrent array of instruments. The Partnership Instrument is the\nsuccessor of the financial instrument for cooperation with\nindustrialised and other high income countries (ICI/ICI+). Its\noverarching objective is to advance and promote EU and mutual\ninterests.
\nHeading 4 also covers expenditures relating to\nhumanitarian aid and the Common Foreign and Security Policy\n(CFSP).
\nHeading 5: Administration (expenditure of the\nEuropean institutions and staff): commitment and payment appropriations for\nadministration for all institutions combined increase by 2.1 % (of\nwhich + 1.3 % for the administrative expenditure of the\ninstitutions), with commitments set at EUR 8 595.1 million and\npayments at EUR 8 596.7 million. This increase includes\nadditional administrative expenditure related to Croatias\naccession, amounting to EUR 54 million for all\ninstitutions.
\nAs regards heading 5, the new MFF introduces a\nsub-ceiling for administrative expenditure of the institutions\n(excluding pensions and European schools). The requested\nexpenditure for the institutions leaves a margin of EUR 119.7\nmillion under such a sub-ceiling. Taking into account the estimated\nexpenditure for pensions, the global margin under the ceiling of\nheading 5 amounts to EUR 125.9 million.
\nThe Commissions document presents the budgetary\namounts for all the Unions institutions (including European\nParliament, the Council, the European Council ).
\nHeading 6: Compensations: lastly, both commitments and payments for heading 6\nare set at EUR 28.6 million, which is a decrease of -61.9 %\ncompared to 2013, in accordance with the Treaty concerning the\nAccession of Croatia.
\nThe Council adopted its position on the draft budget\nfor the financial year 2014.
\nFollowing Councils deliberations, the main\nfeatures of this position are as follows:
\nUnder the Council's position on the DB for 2014,\ncommitment appropriations decrease by -6.15 % compared to the\n2013 budget and payment appropriations increase by +1.35\n%.
\nThe total amount of payment appropriations provided\nfor in the Council's position on the DB for 2014 corresponds to\n1.00 % of the EU gross national income (GNI).
\nA. General points: when\nadopting its position, the Council took into account a number of\nguidelines contained in its February 2013 conclusions and\nwhich may be summarised as follows:
\nStatement on payment appropriations: in addition to the guidelines described above, the\nCouncil also approved a statement on payment appropriations calling\non the Commission to submit as early as possible the letter of\namendment for agriculture (including information about the\npossible carry-over of assigned revenue),and a letter of\namendment for sub-heading 1b in order to appropriately\ncalibrate the level of resources in heading 2 in the 2014\nbudget.
\nFurthermore, the Council asked the Commission to\nsubmit a draft amending budget if the payment appropriations\nentered in the 2014 budget are insufficient to cover expenditure\nunder:
\nIt urged the Commission to present as early as\npossible updated figures concerning the state of affairs and\nestimates regarding payment appropriations under sub-heading 1b\nand, if necessary, to present a draft amending budget for this sole\npurpose. The Council would then take position on the draft amending\nbudget as quickly as possible in order to avoid any shortfall in\npayment appropriations.
\nB. Expenditure by main budget headings:\nas to expenditure under the different headings\nand sub-headings of the multiannual financial framework, the\nCouncil's position is the following:
\nHeading 1: Smart and inclusive\ngrowth » (EUR 63.762 billion in commitment\nappropriations):
\n1a: expenditure on\ncompetitiveness for growth and jobs: the amount for this\nheading was set at EUR 16.204 billion in commitment appropriations,\nan increase of 2.89% compared with the 2013 budget.
\nCharacteristics in regard to subheading 1a\ninclude:
\nThe margin available under sub-heading 1a would be EUR\n185.8 million.
\n1b: economic, social and territorial cohesion\nexpenditure: the Council has foreseen\nan amount of EUR 47.557 billion in commitment appropriations\n(a fall of 13.5% compared with the 2013 budget). The other main\ncharacteristics of this subheading are:
\nThe margin available under sub-heading 1b would be EUR\n25.7 million.
\nHeading 2: Sustainable growth: natural\nresources: the amount for this\nheading was fixed at EUR 59.246 billion in commitment\nappropriations, a total reduction of 1.07% compared with the 2013\nbudget.
\nExpenditure on the European Agricultural Guarantee\nFund (EAGF) and market-related expenditure and direct payments are\nset at EUR 43.778 billion (in commitments) by the Council, an\nincrease of 0.28% compared with 2013.
\nThe characteristics of this budget heading are the\nfollowing:
\nThe margin available under heading 2 would be EUR 56.9\nmillion.
\nHeading 3: security and citizenship: the amount for this heading was set at EUR 2.134\nbillion in commitment appropriations and has been reduced by\n9.63% compared with the 2013 budget. The characteristics of this\nbudget heading are the following:
\nThe margin available under heading 3 would be EUR 44.8\nmillion.
\nHeading 4: global Europe: the Council envisages an overall amount of EUR\n8.159 billion in commitment appropriations, a reduction of\n12.66% compared with 2013. It has thus decided to:
\nThe margin available under heading 4 would be EUR\n176.5 million.
\nHeading 5: administrative expenditure:\nadministrative expenditure is set at EUR\n8.441 billion in commitment appropriations (+28% compared with\n2013), EUR 6.835 billion of which are administrative expenditures\nfor the institutions. The budget of each institution is covered by\nthe Councils position with the budget variations from one\nyear to the next. It should, moreover, be noted that the Council\nhas maintained certain reductions relating to the administrative\nexpenditure of the European schools
\nDecentralised agencies: as far as the decentralised agencies are concerned,\nthe Council has applied an approach similar to that adopted for the\ninstitutions. Therefore, in proportion to the number of staff in\nthe agencies' establishment plans (self-financed posts excepted), a\nreduction corresponding to the amounts relating to the salary\nadjustment of 2011 and 2012 was applied in the contribution to all\nagencies.
\nThe Committee on Budgets adopted the joint report by\nAnne E. JENSEN (ALDE, DK) (section III Commission) and\nMonika HOHLMEIER (EPP, DE) (other sections) on the Council position\non the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial\nyear 2014 all sections.
\nSection III Commission: Members recalled that\nthe priorities for the 2014 budget are economic and sustainable\ngrowth, competitiveness, the creation of employment and the fight\nagainst youth unemployment as well as the EU's role in the world.\nThey insisted that the Commission and the Member States should make\nevery effort to ensure that the EU budget is spent in an efficient\nway and that anything financed with it should have a clear European\nadded value. Recalling their determination to ensure a\nsufficient and realistic level of commitment and payment\nappropriations to allow the programmes to kick-off with\nsufficient funds in the multiannual financial framework (MFF) for\nthe period 2014 - 2020 and to avoid delays in their implementation,\nMembers therefore deplored the Council's decision to proceed\nagain this year with the usual approach of horizontal cuts to the\ndraft budget, aimed at artificially reducing the level of the\nUnion's resources for 2014 by an overall total of EUR 240 million\n(-0,2%) in commitment appropriations and EUR 1 061 million (-0,8%)\nin payment appropriations as compared to the draft budget, thus\nleading to a significant decrease compared to the 2013 budget\n(including amending budgets Nos 1 to 5) both in commitments (-6%)\nand in payments (-6,6%).
\nMembers were surprised that in its position the\nCouncil has not only not taken into account the agreement on the\nMFF, regarding the frontloading of the Erasmus+ COSME and Horizon\n2020 programmes but has further decreased the appropriations for\nsome of those programmes.
\nMembers deeply regretted that the Council has\nintroduced cuts in both commitment appropriations and payment\nappropriations in all headings:
\nIn Members opinion, those cuts are in direct\ncontradiction with the political agreement on the MFF on\nfrontloading and also disregard Parliament's priorities, as\noutlined in its resolution on the general guidelines for the preparation of the\n2014 budget and the recommendations on the mandate for the trilogue on the 2014\nbudget.
\nNor did they accept the Council's argument that the\nproposed cuts correspond to under-implemented or low-performing\nprogrammes, since its cuts in commitments affect mostly the\nimplementation capacity of a new generation of programmes which\nhave not yet started or do not take into account the multiannual\nnature of the Unions policies.
\nThey also deplored the arbitrary to the administrative\nand support lines considering these cuts to be detrimental to the\nsuccessful start of the new programmes. They called on Parliament\nto restore therefore, the draft budget on all lines of\nadministrative and support expenditure cut.
\nMembers also called for a reversal of the trend\nof the last years, where the outstanding payments at the end of\nthe year have grown exponentially. They therefore called on the\nCouncil to agree to a joint political commitment to use all\nmeans available under the MFF Regulation for the period 2014-2020\nincluding recourse to the contingency margin and/or revision of the\npayment ceiling.
\nAgainst the linear reduction of\nappropriations: Members indicated\nthey could not accept Council's decision to reduce commitment and\npayment appropriations because commitments reflect Union political\npriorities and should be set with a long-term perspective, taking\ninto account a time when the economic downturn might have ended.\nThey took the view, therefore, that as a general principle,\ncommitments should be restored at draft budget level. They\nsuggested an increase in commitment appropriations slightly above\nthe draft budget on a selected number of budget lines relating to\nthe programmes of direct benefit for European citizens, and\ncontributing to the delivery of the Europe 2020 priorities - which\nare crucial for the growth and competitiveness of the Union - as\nwell as those projecting European values and solidarity\nabroad.
\nThe 2014 budget in figures: Members call on Parliament to set the overall level of\nappropriations for 2014 at:
\nThey, therefore, called for the mobilisation of the\nFlexibility Instrument for an amount of EUR 274.2 million in\ncommitment appropriations to reinforce the Fund for European Aid to\nthe Most Deprived, pending the final agreement of the legislative\nauthority on the legal basis. In Heading 4 the Flexibility\nInstrument should provide additional assistance to Cyprus and\nfurther support for humanitarian aid in the Middle East.
\nRevenue: Members called\nfor a more realistic budgeting of the expected revenue from fines\nimposed by the Commission on companies in breach of Union\ncompetition law and for further discussion on the budgeting of the\nsurplus in the budget in order to avoid a complex procedure,\nincomprehensible to the outside world, which currently\nconsists of returning it to Member States via a reduction of their\nrespective GNI-contribution.
\nPayment appropriations: once again, Members deplored the cuts in payments\nbrought by the Council, which result in a decrease of EUR 9.5\nbillion (9 500 million) (-6.6%) in payment appropriations as\ncompared to the adopted budget for 2013 (including amending budgets\nNos 1 to 5). They reiterated that, despite the adoption of a lower\nMFF for the period 2014-2020 and the absolute need to keep\nhonouring past commitments, the Council kept blindly following its\npast strategy to artificially cut the level of payments.\nParticularly this year - the Council's position to leave an\nartificial margin of EUR 1 billion under the 2014 payments ceiling\nserves no purpose, especially given the magnitude of the\nexpected carry-over of outstanding payments at the end of\n2013.
\nThe Council position does not take account of the\ndramatic shortage of payments, notably in the field of cohesion\npolicy. Members therefore strongly rejected, therefore, the\nCouncils approach to payments and reinstated the draft budget\nas regards payments for the majority of the headings cut by the\nCouncil.
\nMembers welcomed the adoption by the Commission of\ndraft amending budget No\n8/2013 (second tranche of draft amending budget\nNo 2/2013), which provided for an additional EUR 3.9 billion for\noutstanding payments from 2013 and which is one of the\nconditions to put the MFF Regulation to the vote.
\nIn regard to each of the budget headings, Members had\nthe following remarks:
\n\nThey also decided to reinforce the Fund for\nEuropean Aid to the Most Deprived, by allocating a total commitment\nappropriation of EUR 500 million to the actions promoting social\ncohesion and alleviating the worst forms of poverty in the Union.\nMoreover, they approved the creation of new dedicated budget lines\nfor technical assistance for the five Structural Funds.
\n\nMembers called for the mobilisation of the\nFlexibility Instrument for EUR 50 million in order to finance the\nreal needs for the Union's contribution to the Middle East peace\nprocess. They suggested putting the EUR 50 million of\nadditional appropriations in reserve pending an assessment from the\nCommission of the sound management of the aid by the Palestinian\nauthorities. They also called for an increase of the payment\nappropriations for the Emergency Aid Reserve (+ EUR 147 million) in\norder to avoid a repeat of the situation where the Commission is\nnot in a position to react in a timely manner to emerging\nhumanitarian crises.
\nAgencies: Members reject\nthe Commission's approach to staff, according to which the\nagencies' establishment plans are not only to be reduced by 1 % on\nthe basis of the political agreement on the MFF, which applies to\nall institutions and bodies, but are also to contribute another 1%\nto a \"redeployment pool\". They therefore modified the establishment\nplans of most agencies in such a way as to implement the agreed 1 %\nreduction but did not do so, however, for agencies which in their\ninitial request already applied the 1+1 % reduction.
\nMembers decided to increase the appropriations for the\nthree financial supervisory agencies, as well as for, among others,\nFRONTEX and EUROPOL.
\nOther sections: generally speaking,\nMembers believed that the budget of each Union institution, due to\nits specific mission and situation, should be treated\nindividually, without one-size-fits-all solutions. They called\nfor the budgets for Parliament and the Council to be maintained and\nare concerned by the Council's cuts, in the 2014 draft budget, of\nstaff salary adjustments of 1.7 % for 2011 and 2012 in those\ninstitutions. They requested an amending budget to cover the\nbacklog and the respective salary adjustments, should the Court of\nJustice rule in favour of the salary adaptation prescribed by the\nStaff Regulations.
\nAs far as the European Parliaments budget is\nconcerned, Members, once again,\ncalled for a roadmap to a single seat.
\nThey welcomed the agreement reached during the\nconciliation meeting of 24 September 2013 between the Bureau and\nthe Committee on Budgets and pointed out that the overall level of\nits 2014 budget is EUR 1 783 976 098, which represents a net\nreduction of EUR 29 168 108 compared to the preliminary draft\nestimates of 26 February 2013.
\nMembers approved the following adjustments to the\nestimates:
\nOther technical amendments were approved for the other\nEU institutions.
\nThe European Parliament adopted by 480 votes by 119,\nwith 86 abstentions, a resolution on the Council position on the\ndraft general budget of the European Union for the financial year\n2014.
\nSection III Commission: Parliament\nrecalled that the priorities for the 2014 budget\nare economic and sustainable growth, competitiveness, the creation\nof employment and the fight against youth unemployment as well as\nthe EU's role in the world. It insisted that the Commission and the\nMember States should make every effort to ensure that the EU budget\nis spent in an efficient way and that anything financed with it\nshould have a clear European added value. Recalling its\ndetermination to ensure a sufficient and realistic level of\ncommitment and payment appropriations to allow the programmes\nto kick-off with sufficient funds in the multiannual financial\nframework (MFF) for the period 2014 - 2020 and to avoid delays in\ntheir implementation, Parliament therefore deplored the Council's\ndecision to proceed again this year with the usual approach of\nhorizontal cuts to the draft budget, aimed at artificially\nreducing the level of the Union's resources for 2014 by an overall\ntotal of EUR 240 million (-0.2%) in commitment appropriations and\nEUR 1 061 million (-0.8%) in payment appropriations as compared to\nthe draft budget, thus leading to a significant decrease compared\nto the 2013 budget (including amending budgets Nos 1 to 5) both in\ncommitments (-6%) and in payments (-6.6%).
\nParliament was surprised that in its position the\nCouncil has not only not taken into account the agreement on the\nMFF, regarding the frontloading of the Erasmus+ COSME and Horizon\n2020 programmes but has further decreased the appropriations for\nsome of those programmes.
\nMembers deeply regretted that the Council has\nintroduced cuts in both commitment appropriations and payment\nappropriations in all headings:
\nIn Parliaments opinion, those cuts are in direct\ncontradiction with the political agreement on the MFF on\nfrontloading and also disregard Parliament's priorities, as\noutlined in its resolution on the general guidelines for the preparation of the\n2014 budget and the recommendations on the mandate for the trilogue on the 2014\nbudget.
\nNor did it accept the Council's argument that the\nproposed cuts correspond to under-implemented or low-performing\nprogrammes, since its cuts in commitments affect mostly the\nimplementation capacity of a new generation of programmes which\nhave not yet started or do not take into account the multiannual\nnature of the Unions policies.
\nParliament also deplored the arbitrary to the\nadministrative and support lines considering these cuts to be\ndetrimental to the successful start of the new programmes. Members\ncalled on Parliament to restore therefore, the draft budget on all\nlines of administrative and support expenditure cut.
\nThey also called for a reversal of the trend of\nthe last years, where the outstanding payments at the end of the\nyear have grown exponentially. They therefore called on the\nCouncil to agree to a joint political commitment to use all\nmeans available under the MFF Regulation for the period 2014-2020\nincluding recourse to the contingency margin and/or revision of the\npayment ceiling.
\nAgainst the linear reduction of\nappropriations: Parliament indicated\nit could not accept Council's decision to reduce commitment and\npayment appropriations because commitments reflect Union political\npriorities and should be set with a long-term perspective, taking\ninto account a time when the economic downturn might have ended. It\ntook the view, therefore, that as a general principle,\ncommitments should be restored at draft budget level. It\nsuggested an increase in commitment appropriations slightly above\nthe draft budget on a selected number of budget lines relating to\nthe programmes of direct benefit for European citizens, and\ncontributing to the delivery of the Europe 2020 priorities - which\nare crucial for the growth and competitiveness of the Union - as\nwell as those projecting European values and solidarity\nabroad.
\nThe 2014 budget in figures: Parliament sets the overall\nlevel of appropriations for 2014 at:
\nMembers called for the mobilisation of the\nFlexibility Instrument for an amount of EUR 274.2 million in\ncommitment appropriations to reinforce the Fund for European Aid to\nthe Most Deprived, pending the final agreement of the legislative\nauthority on the legal basis. In Heading 4 the Flexibility\nInstrument should provide additional assistance to Cyprus and\nfurther support for humanitarian aid in the Middle East.
\nRevenue: they\ncalled for a more realistic budgeting of the\nexpected revenue from fines imposed by the Commission on companies\nin breach of Union competition law and for further discussion on\nthe budgeting of the surplus in the budget in order to avoid a\ncomplex procedure, incomprehensible to the outside world,\nwhich currently consists of returning it to Member States via a\nreduction of their respective GNI-contribution.
\nPayment appropriations: once again, Parliament deplored the cuts in payments\nbrought by the Council, which result in a decrease of EUR 9.5\nbillion (9 500 million) (-6.6%) in payment appropriations as\ncompared to the adopted budget for 2013 (including amending budgets\nNos 1 to 5). It reiterated the absolute need to keep honouring\npast commitments, the Council kept blindly following its past\nstrategy to artificially cut the level of payments. Particularly\nthis year - the Council's position to leave an artificial margin of\nEUR 1 billion under the 2014 payments ceiling serves no\npurpose, especially given the magnitude of the expected\ncarry-over of outstanding payments at the end of 2013.
\nThe Council position does not take account of the\ndramatic shortage of payments, notably in the field of cohesion\npolicy. Parliament therefore strongly rejected, therefore, the\nCouncils approach to payments and reinstated the draft budget\nas regards payments for the majority of the headings cut by the\nCouncil.
\nParliament welcomed the adoption by the Commission of\ndraft amending budget No\n8/2013 (second tranche of draft amending budget\nNo 2/2013), which provided for an additional EUR 3.9 billion for\noutstanding payments from 2013 and which is one of the\nconditions to put the MFF Regulation to the\nvote.
\nIn regard to each of the budget headings, Parliament\nmade the following remarks:
\n\nThey also decided to reinforce the Fund for\nEuropean Aid to the Most Deprived, by allocating a total commitment\nappropriation of EUR 500 million to the actions promoting social\ncohesion and alleviating the worst forms of poverty in the Union.\nMoreover, they approved the creation of new dedicated budget lines\nfor technical assistance for the five Structural Funds.
\nAgencies: Parliament rejected the\nCommission's approach to staff, according to which the agencies'\nestablishment plans are not only to be reduced by 1 % on the basis\nof the political agreement on the MFF, which applies to all\ninstitutions and bodies, but are also to contribute another 1% to a\n\"redeployment pool\". It therefore modified the establishment plans\nof most agencies in such a way as to implement the agreed 1 %\nreduction but did not do so, however, for agencies which in their\ninitial request already applied the 1+1 % reduction.
\nParliament decided to increase the appropriations for\nthe three financial supervisory agencies, as well as for, among\nothers, FRONTEX and EUROPOL.
\nOther sections: generally speaking,\nParliament believed that the budget of each Union institution, due\nto its specific mission and situation, should be treated\nindividually, without one-size-fits-all solutions. It called\nfor the budgets for Parliament and the Council to be maintained and\nare concerned by the Council's cuts, in the 2014 draft budget, of\nstaff salary adjustments of 1.7 % for 2011 and 2012 in those\ninstitutions. It requested an amending budget to cover the backlog\nand the respective salary adjustments, should the Court of Justice\nrule in favour of the salary adaptation prescribed by the Staff\nRegulations.
\nAs far as the European Parliaments budget is\nconcerned, Parliament, once again,\ncalled for a roadmap to a single seat.
\nIt pointed out that the overall level of its 2014\nbudget is EUR 1 783 976 098, which represents a net reduction of\nEUR 29 168 108 compared to the preliminary draft estimates of\n26 February 2013.
\nIt approved the following adjustments to the\nestimates:
\nOther technical amendments were approved for the other\nEU institutions.
\nThe European Parliament delegation to the Budgetary\nConciliation Committee adopted the report drafted by Anne E. JENSEN\n(ALDE, DK) (section III Commission) and Monika HOHLMEIER\n(EPP, DE) (other sections) on the joint text on the draft general\nbudget of the European Union for the financial year 2014 approved\nby the Conciliation Committee under the budgetary\nprocedure.
\nDiscussions in the Conciliation Committee were aimed\nat finding a compromise bridging the gap between the Council's\nposition and the European Parliament's amendments on the draft\nbudget for 2014 proposed by the European Commission.
\n2014 is the first year under the EU's multiannual\nfinancial framework (MFF) for 2014-2020.
\nThe Agreement reached on the EU budget for 2014 aims\nto overcome the budget deficit payment for the current\nfiscal year.
\nThe two institutions agreed on:
\nThis is a decrease of 6.5% for payments and of 6.2%\nfor commitments compared to the EU budget for 2013.
\nIn general, Members have guaranteed that victims of\nflood and drought disasters in 2013 should be compensated and that\nthe priorities for 2014 in areas such as education, employment,\nresearch, innovation, border management, and humanitarian\nassistance should also be taken into account. In addition, the\nFlexibility Instrument should be mobilised to assist\nCyprus.
\nThe Agreement also included reinforcing the budget\nfor:
\nAdditional support was agreed upon as regards the\npeace process and financial assistance to Palestine and to the\nUnited Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees\n(UNRWA).
\nStriving to keep the level of next year's EU budget in\nline with Member States' financing capacities, the Conciliation\nCommittee made the following joint statements:
\n- Payment appropriations: the European Parliament and the Council recalled the\nneed to ensure an orderly progression of payments so as to avoid\nany abnormal shift of outstanding commitments (RAL)\nonto the 2015 budget. In this respect, they will have recourse,\nwhen appropriate, to the various flexibility mechanisms\nincluded in the MFF Regulation.
\nAs regards the payment appropriations, they asked the\nCommission to initiate any necessary action, on the basis of\nthe provisions of the draft MFF Regulation and the Financial\nRegulation, to cover the responsibility assigned by the Treaty and\nwith particular reference to any expected under-implementation of\nappropriations to request additional payment appropriations in an\namending budget if the appropriations entered in the 2014 budget\nare insufficient to cover expenditure.
\nThe European Parliament and the Council should take\nposition on any draft amending budget as quickly as possible in\norder to avoid any shortfall in payment appropriations. In\naddition, the European Parliament and the Council should undertake\nto process swiftly any possible transfer of payment appropriations,\nincluding across financial framework headings, in order to make the\nbest possible use of payment appropriations entered in the budget\nand align them to actual execution and needs.
\nThe European Parliament, the Council and the\nCommission will, throughout the year, actively monitor the state of\nimplementation of the 2014 budget, in particular under sub-heading\n1b (Economic, social and territorial cohesion) and rural\ndevelopment under heading 2 (Sustainable Growth: Natural\nResources). This will take the form of dedicated\ninter-institutional meetings to take stock of payment\nimplementation and revised forecasts.
\n- Decentralised agencies: the European Parliament, the Council and the\nCommission recalled the importance to progressively reduce the\nstaffing levels of all EU institutions, bodies and agencies\nby 5% over five years.
\nThey also agreed on the need for a closer and more\npermanent scrutiny on the development of decentralised agencies\nto ensure a coherent approach. They agreed to establish a specific\ninter-institutional working group with the aim of defining a clear\ndevelopment path for agencies, based on objective\ncriteria.
\n- Heading 5 and salary\nadjustments: they agreed that the\nappropriations related to the proposed salary adjustments of 1.7%\nfor 2011 and 1.7% for 2012 will not be included at this stage in\nthe 2014 budget.
\n- EU Special Representatives: the Parliament and the Council agreed to examine the\ntransfer of appropriations for the European Union Special\nRepresentatives from the Commission's budget (Section III) to the\nbudget of the European External Action Service (Section X) in the\ncontext of the 2015 budgetary procedure.
\nThe Agreement also includes draft amending budget\nNo. 9 for 2013, which would\nmobilise the EU Solidarity Fund to provide financial assistance of\nEUR 400.5 million to repair damages caused in 2013 by floods in\nGermany (360.5 million), Austria (21.7 million) and the Czech\nRepublic (15.9 million) and drought in Romania (2.5\nmillion).
\nMembers called on the Parliament to approve the joint\ntext agreed by the Conciliation Committee and to confirm the joint\nstatements by the Parliament, the Council and the Commission\nincluded in the joint conclusions agreed by the Conciliation\nCommittee.
\nThe European Parliament adopted by 494 votes to 158,\nwith 13 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the joint text on\nthe draft general budget of the European Union for the financial\nyear 2014 approved by the Conciliation Committee under the\nbudgetary procedure.
\nParliament approved the joint text agreed by the\nConciliation Committee.
\nPlenary also confirmed the joint statements by\nParliament, the Council and the Commission included in the joint\nconclusions agreed by the Conciliation Committee annexed to this\nresolution.
\nThe main issues of the draft text may be summarised as\nfollows:
\nFor the 2014 budget: the\ntwo institutions agreed on:
\nThis is a decrease of 6.5% for payments and of 6.2%\nfor commitments compared to the EU budget for 2013.
\nThe joint text also concerned the conclusion of\nAmending Budgets 8/2013 and 9/2013.
\nHorizontal issues: the\njoint text sets out:
\nExpenditure headings of the financial\nframework: the joint text includes a\nseries of budget lines that have been amended. These include,\ninter alia:
\nPayment appropriations :\na series of new amounts were provided in particular:
\nThere was also the creation of a series of new budget\nlines as well as the setting aside of EUR 2 million for the EMU\ncommunication.
\nJoint statements:\nstriving to keep the level of next year's EU budget in line with\nMember States' financing capacities, the Conciliation Committee\nmade the following joint statements:
\n- Payment appropriations: the European Parliament and the Council recalled the\nneed to ensure an orderly progression of payments so as to avoid\nany abnormal shift of outstanding commitments (RAL)\nonto the 2015 budget. In this respect, they will have recourse,\nwhen appropriate, to the various flexibility mechanisms\nincluded in the MFF Regulation.
\nAs regards the payment appropriations, they asked the\nCommission to initiate any necessary action, on the basis of\nthe provisions of the draft MFF Regulation and the Financial\nRegulation, to cover the responsibility assigned by the Treaty and\nwith particular reference to any expected under-implementation of\nappropriations to request additional payment appropriations in an\namending budget if the appropriations entered in the 2014 budget\nare insufficient to cover expenditure.
\nThe European Parliament and the Council should take\nposition on any draft amending budget as quickly as possible in\norder to avoid any shortfall in payment appropriations. In\naddition, the European Parliament and the Council should undertake\nto process swiftly any possible transfer of payment appropriations,\nincluding across financial framework headings, in order to make the\nbest possible use of payment appropriations entered in the budget\nand align them to actual execution and needs.
\nThe European Parliament, the Council and the\nCommission will, throughout the year, actively monitor the state of\nimplementation of the 2014 budget, in particular under sub-heading\n1b (Economic, social and territorial cohesion) and rural\ndevelopment under heading 2 (Sustainable Growth: Natural\nResources). This will take the form of dedicated\ninter-institutional meetings to take stock of payment\nimplementation and revised forecasts.
\n- Decentralised agencies: the European Parliament, the Council and the\nCommission recalled the importance to progressively reduce the\nstaffing levels of all EU institutions, bodies and agencies\nby 5% over five years.
\nThey also agreed on the need for a closer and more\npermanent scrutiny on the development of decentralised agencies\nto ensure a coherent approach. They agreed to establish a specific\ninter-institutional working group with the aim of defining a clear\ndevelopment path for agencies, based on objective\ncriteria.
\n- Heading 5 and salary\nadjustments: they agreed that the\nappropriations related to the proposed salary adjustments of 1.7%\nfor 2011 and 1.7% for 2012 will not be included at this stage in\nthe 2014 budget.
\n- EU Special Representatives: the Parliament and the Council agreed to examine the\ntransfer of appropriations for the European Union Special\nRepresentatives from the Commission's budget (Section III) to the\nbudget of the European External Action Service (Section X) in the\ncontext of the 2015 budgetary procedure.
\nThe Agreement also includes draft amending budget\nNo. 9 for 2013, which would\nmobilise the EU Solidarity Fund to provide financial assistance of\nEUR 400.5 million to repair damages caused in 2013 by floods in\nGermany (360.5 million), Austria (21.7 million) and the Czech\nRepublic (15.9 million) and drought in Romania (2.5\nmillion).
\nMembers called on the Parliament to approve the joint\ntext agreed by the Conciliation Committee and to confirm the joint\nstatements by the Parliament, the Council and the Commission\nincluded in the joint conclusions agreed by the Conciliation\nCommittee.
\nPURPOSE: Corrigendum to the definitive adoption\nof the European Union's general budget for the financial year 2014\n(published previously in the Official Journal of the European\nUnion L51 of 20 February 2014).
\nCONTENT: the corrigendum concerns the authorised\nestablishment plans for certain institutions and bodies of the\nEuropean Union (permanent and temporary posts).
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