Document ID: 32014D0415(01)
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>15.4.2014&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>C 113/22</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
COUNCIL DECISION
of 9 April 2014
adopting the Council’s position on draft amending budget No 1 of the European Union for the financial year 2014
2014/C 113/03
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 314 thereof,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 106a thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 ( 1 ) and in particular Article 41 thereof,
Whereas:
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>&#8212;</p></td><td><p>the Union&#8217;s budget for the financial year 2014 was definitively adopted on 20 November 2013<a>&#160;(<span>2</span>)</a>,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
<table><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>&#8212;</p></td><td><p>on 11 February 2014, the Commission submitted a proposal containing draft amending budget No 1 to the general budget for the financial year 2014,</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Sole Article
The Council’s position on draft amending budget No 1 of the European Union for the financial year 2014 was adopted on 9 April 2014.
Following the judgement of the European Court of Justice of 11 July 1985 in joined cases 87, 130/77, 22/83, 9 and 10/84 ( 3 ) , the Council recalls that budgetary remarks are not binding and are without prejudice to existing provisions in legislative acts.
The full text can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the Council’s website: http://www.consilium.europa.eu/.
Done at Brussels, 9 April 2014.
For the Council
The President
D. KOURKOULAS
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( 1 ) OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1 .
( 2 ) OJ L 51, 20.2.2014, p. 1 .
( 3 ) ECJ [1985], pp. 11-2524, in particular paragraph 56.
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