# EUR-Lex - 52006AP0541 - EN

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# 52006AP0541

**European Parliament legislative resolution on the initiative by the Republic of Austria, the Kingdom of Belgium and the Republic of Finland with a view to the adoption of a Council Decision concerning cooperation between Asset Recovery Offices of the Member States in the field of tracing and identification of proceeds from, or other property related to, crime (7259/2006 - C6-0122/2006 - 2006/0805(CNS)) **

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Official Journal 317 E , 23/12/2006 P. 0076 - 0078 *

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Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 12 December 2006 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EC) No .../2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 on the organisation of Community surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings, as regards the financial framework for the period 2007-2009 and the maximum Community contribution for Bulgaria and Romania

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 285(1) thereof,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, and in particular Article 56 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty [1],

Whereas:

(1) Council Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 [2] provides for the Member States to be reimbursed up to a maximum amount per survey, as a contribution to expenses incurred.

(2) In order to carry out the surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings, considerable funding will be required from the Member States and from the Community to meet the information requirements of the Community institutions.

(3) With a view to the accession of Bulgaria and Romania and to conducting surveys on the structure of agricultural holdings in these new Member States in 2007, it is appropriate to provide for a maximum Community contribution per survey; this adaptation is needed by reason of accession and has not been provided for in the Act of Accession.

(4) This Regulation lays down, for the remainder of the programme, a financial envelope constituting the prime reference for the budgetary authority during the annual budgetary procedure, within the meaning of point 37 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management [3],

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Regulation (EEC) No 571/88 is amended as follows:

1) the following indents are added to the first subparagraph of Article 14(1):

"— 2000000euro for Bulgaria,

— 2000000euro for Romania.";

2) in Article 14, the third, fourth and fifth subparagraphs of paragraph 1 are replaced by the following:

"The financial envelope for the implementation of this programme, including the appropriations necessary for the management of the Eurofarm project, shall be set at 20400000euro for the period 2007-2009.

The annual appropriations shall be authorised by the budgetary authority within the limits of the financial framework.".

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 1(1) shall apply as from 1 January 2007.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at ..., on ...

For the European Parliament

The President

For the Council

The President

[1] Position of the European Parliament of 12 December 2006.

[2] OJ L 56, 2.3.1988, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 204/2006 (OJ L 34, 7.2.2006, p. 3).

[3] OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.

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