Document ID: 32021C0920(01)
Language: ENG

<table><col/><col/><col/><col/><tbody><tr><td><p>20.9.2021&#160;&#160;&#160;</p></td><td><p>EN</p></td><td><p>Official Journal of the European Union</p></td><td><p>CI 380/1</p></td></tr></tbody></table>
Statement by the European Parliament on the suspension of assistance granted under the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA III)
(2021/C 380 I/01)
The European Parliament notes that Regulation (EU) 2021/1529 establishing the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA III) contains a general reference on the possibility of suspending assistance without specifying the concrete basis for such a decision. Such a suspension of assistance should be implemented in the event of degradation in democracy, human rights and rule of law by a beneficiary listed in Annex I.
The European Parliament considers that any suspension of assistance under this instrument would modify the overall financial scheme agreed under the ordinary legislative procedure. As a co-legislator and co-branch of the budgetary authority, the European Parliament is therefore entitled to fully exercise its prerogatives in that regard, if such a decision is to be taken.