# C_2022202EN.01000501.xml

| 19.5.2022 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 202/5 |
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19.5.2022

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 202/5

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COUNCIL DECISION

of 16 May 2022

adopting the Council’s position on draft amending budget No 3 of the European Union for the financial year 2022

(2022/C 202/02)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 314 thereof, in conjunction with the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 106a thereof,

Having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 (1), and in particular Article 44 thereof,

Whereas:

| — | the Union’s budget for the financial year 2022 was definitively adopted on 24 November 2021 (2); |
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the Union’s budget for the financial year 2022 was definitively adopted on 24 November 2021 (2);

| — | on 22 April 2022, the Commission submitted a proposal containing draft amending budget No 3 to the general budget for the financial year 2022; |
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on 22 April 2022, the Commission submitted a proposal containing draft amending budget No 3 to the general budget for the financial year 2022;

| — | the Council needs to proceed without delay with the adoption of its position on draft amending budget No 3 to the general budget for 2022, which would contribute to the financing, in the Member States, of the first reception and registration costs of people fleeing Ukraine as a consequence of the Russian aggression against Ukraine. It is therefore justified to provide for an exception to the eight-week period referred to in Article 4 of Protocol No 1 on the role of national Parliaments in the European Union, annexed to the Treaty on European Union, to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community. |
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the Council needs to proceed without delay with the adoption of its position on draft amending budget No 3 to the general budget for 2022, which would contribute to the financing, in the Member States, of the first reception and registration costs of people fleeing Ukraine as a consequence of the Russian aggression against Ukraine. It is therefore justified to provide for an exception to the eight-week period referred to in Article 4 of Protocol No 1 on the role of national Parliaments in the European Union, annexed to the Treaty on European Union, to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community.

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The Council’s position on draft amending budget No 3 of the European Union for the financial year 2022 was adopted on 16 May 2022.

The full text is available for consultation or download on the Council’s Internet: https://www.consilium.europa.eu/.

Done at Brussels, 16 May 2022.

For the Council

The President

J. BORRELL FONTELLES

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(1)  OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1.

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(2)  OJ L 45, 24.2.2022, p. 1.

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