Activites

• 2017/02/28 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Decision 2017/343
  • OJ L 050 28.02.2017, p. 0055
• 2016/12/12 Draft budget approved by Council
• 2016/12/01 Results of vote in Parliament
  • Results of vote in Parliament
  • T8-0474/2016 summary

    The European Parliament adopted by 640 votes to 24, with 7 abstentions, a resolution on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide for the payment of advances in the general budget of the Union for 2017. Parliament recalled that the current proposal is not linked to a specific disaster. Instead, it aims at entering into the general budget of the Union for 2017 the amount of EUR 50 million in commitment and payment appropriations for the payment of advances in a timely and efficient way in the event of a disaster occurring next year. In parallel, Parliament approved the decision annexed to the draft resolution in order to ensure that the EU 50 million is included in the 2017 Budget.

• 2016/11/14 Budgetary report tabled for plenary, 1st reading
  • A8-0323/2016 summary

    The Committee on Budgets adopted the report by Patricija ŠULIN (EPP, SI) on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide for the payment of advances in the general budget of the Union for 2017. Members recalled that the current proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council is not linked to a specific disaster. Instead, it aims at entering into the general budget of the Union for 2017 the amount of EUR 50 million in commitment and payment appropriations for the payment of advances in a timely and efficient way in the event of a disaster occurring next year. This is the direct result of a new provision in the 2014 Amending Regulation (Art. 4a), strongly defended by the European Parliament, which aims at speeding up the disbursement of aid to affected countries through the payment of an advance before the final award decision has been taken, thus enhancing the Fund's effectiveness. The report recalled that the EUSF is not simply another form of EU financial support, but that it also contributes to sending a clear political message of solidarity, while providing much-needed assistance to affected citizens. A prompt response capacity, including through the payment of an advance, will help the Union achieve these objectives. Therefore the committee called on the European Parliament to approve its decision annexed to the draft resolution in order to ensure that the EU 50 million is included in the 2017 Budget.

• 2016/11/10 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
• 2016/09/12 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 2016/06/30 Non-legislative basic document published
  • COM(2016)0312 summary

    PURPOSE: to mobilise the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide for the payment of advances in the general budget of the Union for 2017. PROPOSED ACT: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council.  CONTENT: Council Regulation (EU, EURATOM) No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020, and in particular Article 10 thereof allows for the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund, within an annual ceiling of EUR 500 000 000  (2011 prices), over and above the relevant headings of the financial framework. Point 11 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management2 sets out the modalities for the mobilisation of the Fund. The conditions of eligibility to the Fund are detailed in Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 establishing the European Union Solidarity Fund, which foresees that an amount of up to a maximum of EUR 50 million in both commitment and payment appropriations shall be included in the budget for the payment of advances. The Commission considers it necessary to provide for this mobilisation in order to ensure the timely availability of budgetary resources and therefore proposes to include this amount in the Draft Budget 2017.

  • DG {'url': 'http://ec.europa.eu/info/departments/budget_en', 'title': 'Budget'}, GEORGIEVA Kristalina

Documents

• Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2016)0312
• Budgetary report tabled for plenary, 1st reading: A8-0323/2016
• Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T8-0474/2016
• : Decision 2017/343
• : OJ L 050 28.02.2017, p. 0055

Amendments

Dossier

2

2016/2119(BUD) 2016/10/14 BUDG 2 amendments... Amendment 1 # Notis MARIAS Motion for a resolution Citation 3 a (new) having regard to Protocol (No 1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union on the role of national Parliaments in the European Union, Amendment 2 # Notis MARIAS Motion for a resolution Citation 3 b (new) having regard to Protocol (No 2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU) on the application of the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality, source: 592.211

History

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