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2016/2118(BUD) Mobilisation of the Contingency Margin in 2017

Role	Committee	Rapporteur
Opinion	AFET
Lead	BUDG	GEIER Jens (S&D)
Opinion	LIBE	MACOVEI Monica (ECR)

Lead committee dossier: BUDG/8/06994

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2016/09/12 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
2016/06/30 Non-legislative basic document published
- COM(2016)0314 summary
  
  PURPOSE: to fully mobilise the Contingency Margin to provide EUR 1 164.4 million in commitment appropriations over and above the commitment ceiling of heading 3 (Security and Citizenship) of the multiannual financial framework. PROPOSED ACT: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council. CONTENT: Article 13 of Council Regulation (EU, EURATOM) No 1311/2013 has established a Contingency Margin of up to 0,03 % of the Gross National Income of the Union. In the technical adjustment of the MFF for 2017, based on Article 6 of the MFF Regulation, the absolute amount of the Contingency Margin for the year 2017 is set at EUR 4 496.8 million. After having examined all possibilities for financing additional and unforeseen commitment needs, the Commission proposes to mobilise the Contingency Margin for 2017 for an amount of EUR 1 164.4 million so as to complement the commitment appropriations related to expenditure in heading 3 in the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2017, over and above the commitment ceiling of EUR 2 578 million in current prices. In accordance with point 14 of the Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, the Commission has carried out an analysis of the possibility to reallocate significant amounts within the existing budget. It proposes to offset the reinforcement of the expenditure ceiling of heading 3 as follows: EUR 650 million against the unallocated margin available under the expenditure ceiling of heading 2; EUR 514.4 million against the unallocated margin available in heading 5 in 2017. It should be noted that this proposal is accompanied by a Commission proposal to mobilise in full the amount of the Flexibility Instrument available for 2017 (EUR 530 million), also for heading 3. Contingency margin as the last resort instrument: in the 2017 Draft Budget (DB), the Commission proposes to fully use the unallocated margin under the commitment ceiling of heading 3 after having examined all possibilities for redeployment within the heading. Given the full mobilisation of the flexibility instrument in the DB 2017 (EUR 530 million), the mobilisation of the Contingency Margin for 2017 at a level of EUR 1 164.4 million is therefore the only available instrument to address the gap between the level of the expenditure ceiling of heading 3 in 2017 and the additional unforeseen needs estimated for 2017. Although the migration, refugee and security crisis began in 2015, its impact and consequences are still evolving on a day-to-day basis. Political decisions in third countries about the acceptance of refugees on their territory and the opening and closure of borders make it very hard to foresee the long-term evolution in this field. Offsetting the contingency margin against the MFF ceilings: Article 13(3) of the MFF Regulation requires that amounts made available through the mobilisation of the Contingency Margin shall be fully offset against the margins for the current or future financial years. Therefore the amounts offset shall not be further mobilised in the context of the MFF so that the total ceilings of commitment and payment appropriations laid down in the MFF for the current and future financial years shall not be exceeded. Consequently, the mobilisation of the Contingency Margin for commitment appropriations in 2017 under heading 3 and the related offsetting have to respect the total commitment ceiling for the years 2017 to 2020. As sufficient margins are available under the 2017 expenditure ceilings of heading 2 and 5, the Commission proposes to make the offsetting fully in 2017 in order not to prejudge the needs in commitment appropriations of the years 2018-2020. The amount offset in heading 2 will be EUR 650 million, leaving a margin of EUR 639.3 million in 2017. The rest of the offsetting (EUR 514.4 million) is made against the margin of heading 5, leaving a margin of EUR 81.9 million in 2017. The overall commitment ceiling for 2017 and for the whole MFF will remain unchanged. In order to minimise the time taken to mobilise the Contingency margin, it is proposed that the Decision should apply from 1 January 2017.
- DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/budget/', 'title': 'Budget'}, GEORGIEVA Kristalina

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Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2016)0314

Amendments	Dossier
22	2016/2118(BUD) 2016/10/21 LIBE 22 amendments... Amendment 1 # Gérard DEPREZ, Louis MICHEL Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. ~~Not~~Welcomes the moCommission's proposal for an additional EUR 1,8 billi~~sation in the Draft Budget 2017~~on to tackle the humanitarian and migratory challenges in the Union, above the amount initially programmed for 2017; stresses, however, that the Commission proposes to finance part of this reinforcement through the mobilisation of the Contingency Margin for an amount of EUR 1 164,4 million in commitment appropriations over and above the commitment ceiling of heading 3; Amendment 10 # Daniele VIOTTI Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Considers that additional financial needs are likely to arise in relation to the migration, and refugee ~~and internal security cris~~challenges in 2017 and recalls that no more margin is available under the ceiling of heading 3 while the Flexibility Instrument has already been used up in its entirety for 2017; therefore, requests the Commission to clarify if and how additional funds could be possibly mobilised using the Contingency Margin to respond to possible additional financial needs for heading 3 during the course of 2017; Amendment 11 # Barbara SPINELLI Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Considers that additional financial needs are likely to arise in relation to the migration, and refugee ~~and internal security crises~~situation in 2017 and recalls that no more margin is available under the ceiling of heading 3 while the Flexibility Instrument has already been used up in its entirety for 2017; therefore, requests the Commission to clarify if and how additional funds could be possibly mobilised using the Contingency Margin to respond to possible additional financial needs for heading 3 during the course of 2017; Amendment 12 # Josep-Maria TERRICABRAS Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Considers that additional financial needs are likely to arise in relation to the migration, and refugee ~~and internal security crises~~situation in 2017 and recalls that no more margin is available under the ceiling of heading 3 while the Flexibility Instrument has already been used up in its entirety for 2017; therefore, requests the Commission to clarify if and how additional funds could be possibly mobilised using the Contingency Margin to respond to possible additional financial needs for heading 3 during the course of 2017; Amendment 13 # Monika HOHLMEIER Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes the proposals of the Commission to ~~mobilise~~reinforce heading 3 with an additional EUR 2,55 billion ~~under heading 3~~ over the period 2018-2020 as part of the MFF mid- term review/revision to provide sufficient resources for the necessary reinforcement of Europol and the newly created European Border and Coast Guard as well as to take account of recent Commission proposals in the area of security and migration; recalls that immediate response is needed to the security, migration and refugee crises and considers it important that full transparency of payments and regular monitoring/reporting of the expenditure are ensured by all actors involved. Amendment 14 # Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Gérard DEPREZ Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes the proposals of the Commission to ~~mobilise~~reinforce heading 3 with an additional EUR 2,55 billion ~~under heading 3~~ over the period 2018-2020 as part of the MFF mid- term review/revision to provide sufficient resources for the necessary reinforcement of Europol and the newly created European Border and Coast Guard as well as to take account of recent Commission proposals in the area of security and migration; recalls that immediate response is needed to the security, migration and refugee crises and considers it important that full transparency of payments and regular monitoring/reporting of the expenditure are ensured by all actors involved. Amendment 15 # Gérard DEPREZ, Louis MICHEL Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes the proposals of the Commission to mobilise an additional EUR 2,55 billion under heading 3 over the period 2018-2020 as part of the MFF mid- term review/revision; recalls that immediate response is needed to the secur~~ity, migration and refugee crises and considers it important that full transparency of payments and regular monitoring/reporting of the expenditure are ensured by all~~rent humanitarian and migratory challenges; considers that all recent budgetary decisions to secure fresh appropriations in the field have actually shown the need for a revision of the ceiling of heading 3; regrets that the Commission did not use the opportunity of the MFF mid-term revision to adjust the ceiling actcor~~s involved~~dingly. Amendment 16 # Notis MARIAS Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. ~~Notes the proposals of the Commission~~Stresses the need to mobilise an additional EUR 2,.55 billion under heading 3 over the period 2018-2020 as part of the MFF mid- term review/revision; recalls that immediate response is needed to the security, migration and refugee crises, together with increased funding and the immediate measures to expedite the relocation of refugees and considers it important that full transparency of payments and regular monitoring/reporting of the expenditure are ensured by all actors involved. Amendment 17 # Emil RADEV Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. Notes the proposals of the Commission to mobilise an additional EUR 2,.55 billion under heading 3 over the period 2018-2020 as part of the MFF mid- term review/revision; recalls that immediate response is needed to improve security along all the EU's external borders and to address the security, migration and refugee crises, and considers it important that full transparency of payments and regular monitoring/reporting of the expenditure are ensured by all actors involved. Amendment 18 # Daniele VIOTTI Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. ~~Not~~Welcomes the proposals of the Commission to mobilise an additional EUR 2,55 billion under heading 3 over the period 2018-2020 as part of the MFF mid- term review/revision; recalls that immediate response is needed to the ~~security,~~ migration and refugee c~~ris~~hallenges and considers it important that full transparency of payments and regular monitoring/reporting of the expenditure are ensured by all actors involved. Amendment 19 # Barbara SPINELLI Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. ~~Not~~Welcomes the proposals of the Commission to mobilise an additional EUR 2,55 billion under heading 3 over the period 2018-2020 as part of the MFF mid- term review/revision; recalls that immediate response is needed to the ~~security,~~ migration and refugee ~~crises~~situation and considers it important that full transparency of payments and regular monitoring/reporting of the expenditure are ensured by all actors involved. Amendment 2 # Monika HOHLMEIER Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes the ~~mobilisation~~Commission proposal in the Draft Budget 2017 ofto mobilise the Contingency Margin for an amount of EUR 1 164,4 million in commitment appropriations over and above the commitment ceiling of heading 3 in order to respond to the additional funding needs arising from the migration, refugee and security crisis given the exhaustion of the margin available under heading 3 and the Flexibility Instrument for 2017; Amendment 20 # Josep-Maria TERRICABRAS Draft opinion Paragraph 3 3. ~~Not~~Welcomes the proposals of the Commission to mobilise an additional EUR 2,55 billion under heading 3 over the period 2018-2020 as part of the MFF mid- term review/revision; recalls that immediate response is needed to the ~~security,~~ migration and refugee ~~crises~~situation and considers it important that full transparency of payments and regular monitoring/reporting of the expenditure are ensured by all actors involved. Amendment 21 # Barbara SPINELLI Draft opinion Paragraph 3 a (new) 3 a. Reiterates its belief that Union funding for reception and integration of migrants and asylum seekers should be substantially increased, as opposed to the priority which is given today to border control and other costly security measures, such as administrative detention, which have not shown their effectiveness and often contravene the rights of migrants; calls on the Commission, primarily, to allocate additional resources for earmarked specific actions to Member States that volunteer for actions focusing on the reception and integration of migrants and asylum seekers, as proposed in the LIBE opinion for the 2016 Budget 1a . _________________ 1a §1 of EP budget opinion 2016 Amendment 22 # Barbara SPINELLI Draft opinion Paragraph 3 b (new) 3 b. Recalls that the fair and transparent distribution of funding between the different objectives of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (Fund) was a priority for Parliament during the negotiations leading to the adoption of Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a, which established the Fund; calls on the Commission to increase the number of budget lines under the Fund accordingly, in order to facilitate a better readability and transparency of how the financial resources allocated to the different objectives and thus to those budgetary lines will be spent; calls on the Commission, in particular, to separate expenditure on enhancing fair return strategies from expenditure on legal migration and promoting the effective integration of third-country nationals in all future draft budgets as proposed in the LIBE opinion for the 2015 Budget1b; _________________ 1aREGULATION (EU) No 516/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 establishing the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, amending Council Decision 2008/381/EC and repealing Decisions No 573/2007/EC and No 575/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Decision 2007/435/EC (OJ L 150,20.5.2014,p. 168). 1b §12 of EP budget opinion 2015. Amendment 3 # Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Gérard DEPREZ Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. Notes the ~~mobilisation~~Commission proposal in the Draft Budget 2017 ofto mobilise the Contingency Margin for an amount of EUR 1 164,4 million in commitment appropriations over and above the commitment ceiling of heading 3 in order to respond to the additional funding needs arising from the migration, refugee and security crisis given the exhaustion of the margin available under heading 3 and the Flexibility Instrument for 2017; Amendment 4 # Notis MARIAS Draft opinion Paragraph 1 1. ~~Not~~Stresses the mobilisation in the Draft Budget 2017 of the Contingency Margin for an amount of EUR 1 164,4 million in commitment appropriations over and above the commitment ceiling of heading 3; Amendment 5 # Monika HOHLMEIER Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. ~~Considers that additional financial needs are likely to arise in relation~~Shares the Commission's view that the financial needs linked to the migration, refugee and internal security criseis in 2017 ~~and recalls that no more margin is available under the ceiling of heading 3 while the Flexibility Instrument has already been used up in its entirety for 2017~~will significantly exceed the funding available under heading 3; therefore, requests the Commission to clarify if and how additional funds could be possibly mobilised using the Contingency Margin to respond to possible additional financial needs for heading 3 during the course of 2017; Amendment 6 # Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Gérard DEPREZ Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. ~~Considers that additional financial needs are likely to arise in relation~~Shares the Commission's view that the financial needs linked to the migration, refugee and internal security criseis in 2017 ~~and recalls that no more margin is available under the ceiling of heading 3 while the Flexibility Instrument has already been used up in its entirety for 2017~~will significantly exceed the funding available under heading 3; therefore, requests the Commission to clarify if and how additional funds could be possibly mobilised using the Contingency Margin to respond to possible additional financial needs for heading 3 during the course of 2017; Amendment 7 # Emil RADEV Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Considers that additional financial needs are likely to arise in relation to the protection of the EU's external borders and the migration, refugee and internal security crises in 2017 and recalls that no more margin is available under the ceiling of heading 3 while the Flexibility Instrument has already been used up in its entirety for 2017; therefore, requests the Commission to clarify if and how additional funds could be possibly mobilised using the Contingency Margin to respond to possible additional financial needs for heading 3 during the course of 2017; Amendment 8 # Gérard DEPREZ, Louis MICHEL Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Considers that additional financial needs are likely to arise in relation to the ~~migration, refugee and internal security crises~~current humanitarian and migratory challenges faced in 2017 and recalls that no more margin is available under the ceiling of heading 3 while the Flexibility Instrument has already been used up in its entirety for 2017; therefore, requests the Commission to clarify if and how additional funds could be possibly mobilised using the Contingency Margin to respond to possible additional financial needs for heading 3 during the course of 2017; Amendment 9 # Notis MARIAS Draft opinion Paragraph 2 2. Considers that additional financial needs are ~~likely to~~ ariseing in relation to ~~the~~ migration, refugee and internal security crises in 2017 and recalls that no more margin is available under the ceiling of heading 3 while the Flexibility Instrument has already been used up in its entirety for 2017; therefore, requests the Commission to ~~clarify if and how additional funds could be possibly mobilised using the Contingency Margin to~~mobilise immediately additional funds using the Contingency Margin to assist EU Member States such as Greece and Italy and respond to possible additional financial needs for heading 3 during the course of 2017; source: 592.367

Amendments

Dossier

2016/2118(BUD)

2016/10/21 LIBE 22 amendments...

Amendment 1 #

Gérard DEPREZ, Louis MICHEL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Not~~Welcomes the moCommission's proposal for an additional EUR 1,8 billi~~sation in the Draft Budget 2017~~on to tackle the humanitarian and migratory challenges in the Union, above the amount initially programmed for 2017; stresses, however, that the Commission proposes to finance part of this reinforcement through the mobilisation of the Contingency Margin for an amount of EUR 1 164,4 million in commitment appropriations over and above the commitment ceiling of heading 3;

Amendment 10 #

Daniele VIOTTI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Considers that additional financial needs are likely to arise in relation to the migration, and refugee ~~and internal security cris~~challenges in 2017 and recalls that no more margin is available under the ceiling of heading 3 while the Flexibility Instrument has already been used up in its entirety for 2017; therefore, requests the Commission to clarify if and how additional funds could be possibly mobilised using the Contingency Margin to respond to possible additional financial needs for heading 3 during the course of 2017;

Amendment 11 #

Barbara SPINELLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Considers that additional financial needs are likely to arise in relation to the migration, and refugee ~~and internal security crises~~situation in 2017 and recalls that no more margin is available under the ceiling of heading 3 while the Flexibility Instrument has already been used up in its entirety for 2017; therefore, requests the Commission to clarify if and how additional funds could be possibly mobilised using the Contingency Margin to respond to possible additional financial needs for heading 3 during the course of 2017;

Amendment 12 #

Josep-Maria TERRICABRAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 13 #

Monika HOHLMEIER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes the proposals of the Commission to ~~mobilise~~reinforce heading 3 with an additional EUR 2,55 billion ~~under heading 3~~ over the period 2018-2020 as part of the MFF mid- term review/revision to provide sufficient resources for the necessary reinforcement of Europol and the newly created European Border and Coast Guard as well as to take account of recent Commission proposals in the area of security and migration; recalls that immediate response is needed to the security, migration and refugee crises and considers it important that full transparency of payments and regular monitoring/reporting of the expenditure are ensured by all actors involved.

Amendment 14 #

Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Gérard DEPREZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

Amendment 15 #

Gérard DEPREZ, Louis MICHEL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes the proposals of the Commission to mobilise an additional EUR 2,55 billion under heading 3 over the period 2018-2020 as part of the MFF mid- term review/revision; recalls that immediate response is needed to the secur~~ity, migration and refugee crises and considers it important that full transparency of payments and regular monitoring/reporting of the expenditure are ensured by all~~rent humanitarian and migratory challenges; considers that all recent budgetary decisions to secure fresh appropriations in the field have actually shown the need for a revision of the ceiling of heading 3; regrets that the Commission did not use the opportunity of the MFF mid-term revision to adjust the ceiling actcor~~s involved~~dingly.

Amendment 16 #

Notis MARIAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Notes the proposals of the Commission~~Stresses the need to mobilise an additional EUR 2,.55 billion under heading 3 over the period 2018-2020 as part of the MFF mid- term review/revision; recalls that immediate response is needed to the security, migration and refugee crises, together with increased funding and the immediate measures to expedite the relocation of refugees and considers it important that full transparency of payments and regular monitoring/reporting of the expenditure are ensured by all actors involved.

Amendment 17 #

Emil RADEV

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. Notes the proposals of the Commission to mobilise an additional EUR 2,.55 billion under heading 3 over the period 2018-2020 as part of the MFF mid- term review/revision; recalls that immediate response is needed to improve security along all the EU's external borders and to address the security, migration and refugee crises, and considers it important that full transparency of payments and regular monitoring/reporting of the expenditure are ensured by all actors involved.

Amendment 18 #

Daniele VIOTTI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Not~~Welcomes the proposals of the Commission to mobilise an additional EUR 2,55 billion under heading 3 over the period 2018-2020 as part of the MFF mid- term review/revision; recalls that immediate response is needed to the ~~security,~~ migration and refugee c~~ris~~hallenges and considers it important that full transparency of payments and regular monitoring/reporting of the expenditure are ensured by all actors involved.

Amendment 19 #

Barbara SPINELLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Not~~Welcomes the proposals of the Commission to mobilise an additional EUR 2,55 billion under heading 3 over the period 2018-2020 as part of the MFF mid- term review/revision; recalls that immediate response is needed to the ~~security,~~ migration and refugee ~~crises~~situation and considers it important that full transparency of payments and regular monitoring/reporting of the expenditure are ensured by all actors involved.

Amendment 2 #

Monika HOHLMEIER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. Notes the ~~mobilisation~~Commission proposal in the Draft Budget 2017 ofto mobilise the Contingency Margin for an amount of EUR 1 164,4 million in commitment appropriations over and above the commitment ceiling of heading 3 in order to respond to the additional funding needs arising from the migration, refugee and security crisis given the exhaustion of the margin available under heading 3 and the Flexibility Instrument for 2017;

Amendment 20 #

Josep-Maria TERRICABRAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3

3. ~~Not~~Welcomes the proposals of the Commission to mobilise an additional EUR 2,55 billion under heading 3 over the period 2018-2020 as part of the MFF mid- term review/revision; recalls that immediate response is needed to the ~~security,~~ migration and refugee ~~crises~~situation and considers it important that full transparency of payments and regular monitoring/reporting of the expenditure are ensured by all actors involved.

Amendment 21 #

Barbara SPINELLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 a (new)

3 a. Reiterates its belief that Union funding for reception and integration of migrants and asylum seekers should be substantially increased, as opposed to the priority which is given today to border control and other costly security measures, such as administrative detention, which have not shown their effectiveness and often contravene the rights of migrants; calls on the Commission, primarily, to allocate additional resources for earmarked specific actions to Member States that volunteer for actions focusing on the reception and integration of migrants and asylum seekers, as proposed in the LIBE opinion for the 2016 Budget 1a . _________________ 1a §1 of EP budget opinion 2016

Amendment 22 #

Barbara SPINELLI

Draft opinion
Paragraph 3 b (new)

3 b. Recalls that the fair and transparent distribution of funding between the different objectives of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (Fund) was a priority for Parliament during the negotiations leading to the adoption of Regulation (EU) No 516/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a, which established the Fund; calls on the Commission to increase the number of budget lines under the Fund accordingly, in order to facilitate a better readability and transparency of how the financial resources allocated to the different objectives and thus to those budgetary lines will be spent; calls on the Commission, in particular, to separate expenditure on enhancing fair return strategies from expenditure on legal migration and promoting the effective integration of third-country nationals in all future draft budgets as proposed in the LIBE opinion for the 2015 Budget1b; _________________ 1aREGULATION (EU) No 516/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 April 2014 establishing the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund, amending Council Decision 2008/381/EC and repealing Decisions No 573/2007/EC and No 575/2007/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Council Decision 2007/435/EC (OJ L 150,20.5.2014,p. 168). 1b §12 of EP budget opinion 2015.

Amendment 3 #

Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Gérard DEPREZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

Amendment 4 #

Notis MARIAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 1

1. ~~Not~~Stresses the mobilisation in the Draft Budget 2017 of the Contingency Margin for an amount of EUR 1 164,4 million in commitment appropriations over and above the commitment ceiling of heading 3;

Amendment 5 #

Monika HOHLMEIER

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. ~~Considers that additional financial needs are likely to arise in relation~~Shares the Commission's view that the financial needs linked to the migration, refugee and internal security criseis in 2017 ~~and recalls that no more margin is available under the ceiling of heading 3 while the Flexibility Instrument has already been used up in its entirety for 2017~~will significantly exceed the funding available under heading 3; therefore, requests the Commission to clarify if and how additional funds could be possibly mobilised using the Contingency Margin to respond to possible additional financial needs for heading 3 during the course of 2017;

Amendment 6 #

Tomáš ZDECHOVSKÝ, Gérard DEPREZ

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

Amendment 7 #

Emil RADEV

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Considers that additional financial needs are likely to arise in relation to the protection of the EU's external borders and the migration, refugee and internal security crises in 2017 and recalls that no more margin is available under the ceiling of heading 3 while the Flexibility Instrument has already been used up in its entirety for 2017; therefore, requests the Commission to clarify if and how additional funds could be possibly mobilised using the Contingency Margin to respond to possible additional financial needs for heading 3 during the course of 2017;

Amendment 8 #

Gérard DEPREZ, Louis MICHEL

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Considers that additional financial needs are likely to arise in relation to the ~~migration, refugee and internal security crises~~current humanitarian and migratory challenges faced in 2017 and recalls that no more margin is available under the ceiling of heading 3 while the Flexibility Instrument has already been used up in its entirety for 2017; therefore, requests the Commission to clarify if and how additional funds could be possibly mobilised using the Contingency Margin to respond to possible additional financial needs for heading 3 during the course of 2017;

Amendment 9 #

Notis MARIAS

Draft opinion
Paragraph 2

2. Considers that additional financial needs are ~~likely to~~ ariseing in relation to ~~the~~ migration, refugee and internal security crises in 2017 and recalls that no more margin is available under the ceiling of heading 3 while the Flexibility Instrument has already been used up in its entirety for 2017; therefore, requests the Commission to ~~clarify if and how additional funds could be possibly mobilised using the Contingency Margin to~~mobilise immediately additional funds using the Contingency Margin to assist EU Member States such as Greece and Italy and respond to possible additional financial needs for heading 3 during the course of 2017;

source: 592.367

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activities/0/docs/0/text/0	Old PURPOSE: to fully mobilise the Contingency Margin to provide EUR 1 164.4 million in commitment appropriations over and above the commitment ceiling of heading 3 (Security and Citizenship) of the multiannual financial framework. PROPOSED ACT: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council. CONTENT: Article 13 of Council Regulation (EU, EURATOM) No 1311/2013 has established a Contingency Margin of up to 0,03 % of the Gross National Income of the Union. In the technical adjustment of the MFF for 2017, based on Article 6 of the MFF Regulation, the absolute amount of the Contingency Margin for the year 2017 is set at EUR 4 496.8 million. After having examined all possibilities for financing additional and unforeseen commitment needs, the Commission proposes to mobilise the Contingency Margin for 2017 for an amount of EUR 1 164.4 million so as to complement the commitment appropriations related to expenditure in heading 3 in the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2017, over and above the commitment ceiling of EUR 2 578 million in current prices. In accordance with point 14 of the Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, the Commission has carried out an analysis of the possibility to reallocate significant amounts within the existing budget. It proposes to offset the reinforcement of the expenditure ceiling of heading 3 as follows: EUR 650 million against the unallocated margin available under the expenditure ceiling of heading 2; EUR 514.4 million against the unallocated margin available in heading 5 in 2017. It should be noted that this proposal is accompanied by a Commission proposal to mobilise in full the amount of the Flexibility Instrument available for 2017 (EUR 530 million), also for heading 3. Contingency margin as the last resort instrument: in the 2017 Draft Budget (DB), the Commission proposes to fully use the unallocated margin under the commitment ceiling of heading 3 after having examined all possibilities for redeployment within the heading. Given the full mobilisation of the flexibility instrument in the DB 2017 (EUR 530 million), the mobilisation of the Contingency Margin for 2017 at a level of EUR 1 164.4 million is therefore the only available instrument to address the gap between the level of the expenditure ceiling of heading 3 in 2017 and the additional unforeseen needs estimated for 2017. Although the migration, refugee and security crisis began in 2015, its impact and consequences are still evolving on a day-to-day basis. Political decisions in third countries about the acceptance of refugees on their territory and the opening and closure of borders make it very hard to foresee the long-term evolution in this field. Offsetting the contingency margin against the MFF ceilings: Article 13(3) of the MFF Regulation requires that amounts made available through the mobilisation of the Contingency Margin shall be fully offset against the margins for the current or future financial years. Therefore the amounts offset shall not be further mobilised in the context of the MFF so that the total ceilings of commitment and payment appropriations laid down in the MFF for the current and future financial years shall not be exceeded. Consequently, the mobilisation of the Contingency Margin for commitment appropriations in 2017 under heading 3 and the related offsetting have to respect the total commitment ceiling for the years 2017 to 2020. As sufficient margins are available under the 2017 expenditure ceilings of heading 2 and 5, the Commission proposes to make the offsetting fully in 2017 in order not to prejudge the needs in commitment appropriations of the years 2018-2020. The amount offset in heading 2 will be EUR 650 million, leaving a margin of EUR 639.3 million in 2017. The rest of the offsetting (EUR 514.4 million) is made against the margin of heading 5, leaving a margin of EUR 81.9 million in 2017. The overall commitment ceiling for 2017 and for the whole MFF will remain unchanged. In order to minimise the time taken to mobilise the Contingency margin, it is proposed that the Decision should apply from 1 January 2017. New PURPOSE: to mobilise the contingency margin in 2017. PROPOSED ACT: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council. CONTENT: Article 13 of Council Regulation No 1311/2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 allows for the mobilisation of the Contingency Margin of up to 0.03 % of Gross National Income for the EU-28 to react to unforeseen circumstances as a last resort instrument. In the technical adjustment of the MFF for 2017, based on Article 6 of the MFF Regulation, the absolute amount of the Contingency Margin for the year 2017 is set at EUR 4 496,8 million. After having examined all possibilities for financing additional and unforeseen commitment needs, the Commission proposes to mobilise the Contingency Margin for 2017 for an amount of EUR 2 150,6 million so as to complement the commitment appropriations related to expenditure in: headings 3 ‘Security and Citizenship’: EUR 2 578 million; heading 4 ‘Global Europe’: EUR 9 432 million in current prices. The Commission carried out an analysis of the possibility to reallocate significant amounts within the existing budget and proposed in this regard to offset the reinforcement of the expenditure ceiling of headings 3 and 4 as follows: 2017: EUR 850 million against the unallocated margin available under the expenditure ceiling of heading 2 Sustainable Growth: Natural Resources and EUR 514.4 million against the unallocated margin available in heading 5 Administration; 2018: EUR 570 million against the unallocated margin available in heading 5 Administration; 2019: EUR 216.2 million against the unallocated margin available in heading 5 Administration. This proposal includes an amount of EUR 1 164,4 million for which the Commission had already made a proposal to mobilise the Contingency Margin for heading 3 which accompanied the initial draft budget 2017, and which is now repealed and replaced by the present proposal. This proposal has been preceded by a Commission proposal to mobilise in full the amount of the Flexibility Instrument available for 2017 (EUR 530 million), also for heading 3. Margin as the last resort: it is recalled that Article 13(1) of the MFF Regulation defines the Contingency Margin as a last resort instrument to react to unforeseen circumstances. Given the full mobilisation of the flexibility instrument in the DB 2017 (EUR 530 million), the mobilisation of the Contingency Margin for 2017 at a level of EUR 2 150,6 million is therefore the only available instrument to address the gap between the level of the expenditure ceiling of headings 3 and 4 in 2017 and the additional unforeseen needs estimated for 2017.
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PURPOSE: to fully mobilise the Contingency Margin to provide EUR 1 164.4 million in commitment appropriations over and above the commitment ceiling of heading 3 (Security and Citizenship) of the multiannual financial framework.

PROPOSED ACT: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council.

CONTENT: Article 13 of Council Regulation (EU, EURATOM) No 1311/2013 has established a Contingency Margin of up to 0,03 % of the Gross National Income of the Union.

In the technical adjustment of the MFF for 2017, based on Article 6 of the MFF Regulation, the absolute amount of the Contingency Margin for the year 2017 is set at EUR 4 496.8 million.

After having examined all possibilities for financing additional and unforeseen commitment needs, the Commission proposes to mobilise the Contingency Margin for 2017 for an amount of EUR 1 164.4 million so as to complement the commitment appropriations related to expenditure in heading 3 in the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2017, over and above the commitment ceiling of EUR 2 578 million in current prices.

In accordance with point 14 of the Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, the Commission has carried out an analysis of the possibility to reallocate significant amounts within the existing budget. It proposes to offset the reinforcement of the expenditure ceiling of heading 3 as follows:
- EUR 650 million against the unallocated margin available under the expenditure ceiling of heading 2;
- EUR 514.4 million against the unallocated margin available in heading 5 in 2017.
It should be noted that this proposal is accompanied by a Commission proposal to mobilise in full the amount of the Flexibility Instrument available for 2017 (EUR 530 million), also for heading 3.

Contingency margin as the last resort instrument: in the 2017 Draft Budget (DB), the Commission proposes to fully use the unallocated margin under the commitment ceiling of heading 3 after having examined all possibilities for redeployment within the heading.

Given the full mobilisation of the flexibility instrument in the DB 2017 (EUR 530 million), the mobilisation of the Contingency Margin for 2017 at a level of EUR 1 164.4 million is therefore the only available instrument to address the gap between the level of the expenditure ceiling of heading 3 in 2017 and the additional unforeseen needs estimated for 2017.

Although the migration, refugee and security crisis began in 2015, its impact and consequences are still evolving on a day-to-day basis. Political decisions in third countries about the acceptance of refugees on their territory and the opening and closure of borders make it very hard to foresee the long-term evolution in this field.

Offsetting the contingency margin against the MFF ceilings: Article 13(3) of the MFF Regulation requires that amounts made available through the mobilisation of the Contingency Margin shall be fully offset against the margins for the current or future financial years. Therefore the amounts offset shall not be further mobilised in the context of the MFF so that the total ceilings of commitment and payment appropriations laid down in the MFF for the current and future financial years shall not be exceeded. Consequently, the mobilisation of the Contingency Margin for commitment appropriations in 2017 under heading 3 and the related offsetting have to respect the total commitment ceiling for the years 2017 to 2020.

As sufficient margins are available under the 2017 expenditure ceilings of heading 2 and 5, the Commission proposes to make the offsetting fully in 2017 in order not to prejudge the needs in commitment appropriations of the years 2018-2020.

The amount offset in heading 2 will be EUR 650 million, leaving a margin of EUR 639.3 million in 2017. The rest of the offsetting (EUR 514.4 million) is made against the margin of heading 5, leaving a margin of EUR 81.9 million in 2017.

The overall commitment ceiling for 2017 and for the whole MFF will remain unchanged.

In order to minimise the time taken to mobilise the Contingency margin, it is proposed that the Decision should apply from 1 January 2017.

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