# C_2018451EN.01000201.xml

| 14.12.2018 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | C 451/2 |
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14.12.2018

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 451/2

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COUNCIL DECISION

of 11 December 2018

adopting the Council’s position on the second draft budget of the European Union for the financial year 2019

(2018/C 451/02)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 314(3) thereof, in conjunction with the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community and in particular Article 106a thereof,

Whereas:

| (1) | on 30 November 2018, the Commission submitted a proposal containing the second draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2019 (1), |
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(1)

on 30 November 2018, the Commission submitted a proposal containing the second draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2019 (1),

| (2) | the Council examined the Commission proposal with a view to defining a position consistent, on the revenue side, with Council Decision 2014/335/EU, Euratom of 26 May 2014 on the system of own resources of the European Union (2), and, on the expenditure side, with Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 (3), |
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(2)

the Council examined the Commission proposal with a view to defining a position consistent, on the revenue side, with Council Decision 2014/335/EU, Euratom of 26 May 2014 on the system of own resources of the European Union (2), and, on the expenditure side, with Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 (3),

| (3) | given the need to adopt a Council position on the second draft budget as soon as possible with a view to a budget being definitively adopted before the beginning of the financial year 2019, thus ensuring the continuity of the Union’s action, it is justified to shorten, in accordance with Article 3(3) of the Council’s Rules of Procedure, the eight-week period for the information of National Parliaments, as well as the ten-day period foreseen for placing the item on the Council’s provisional agenda laid down in Article 4 of Protocol No 1. |
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(3)

given the need to adopt a Council position on the second draft budget as soon as possible with a view to a budget being definitively adopted before the beginning of the financial year 2019, thus ensuring the continuity of the Union’s action, it is justified to shorten, in accordance with Article 3(3) of the Council’s Rules of Procedure, the eight-week period for the information of National Parliaments, as well as the ten-day period foreseen for placing the item on the Council’s provisional agenda laid down in Article 4 of Protocol No 1.

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The Council’s position on the second draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2019 was adopted by the Council on 11 December 2018.

The full text can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the Council’s website: http://www.consilium.europa.eu/

Done at Brussels, 11 December 2018.

For the Council

The President

G. BLÜMEL

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(1)  COM(2018) 900 final.

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(2)  OJ L 168, 7.6.2014, p. 105.

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(3)  OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884.

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