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| 1.4.2010 | EN | Official Journal of the European Union | CE 87/335 |
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1.4.2010

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 87/335

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Wednesday 11 March 2009Draft amending budget 1/2009: floods in Romania

P6_TA(2009)0104

European Parliament resolution of 11 March 2009 on Draft amending budget No 1/2009 of the European Union for the financial year 2009, Section III - Commission (6952/2009 – C6-0075/2009 – 2009/2008(BUD))

2010/C 87 E/52

The European Parliament,

The European Parliament,

having regard to Article 272 of the EC Treaty and Article 177 of the Euratom Treaty,

having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (1), and particularly Articles 37 and 38 thereof,

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having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2009, as finally adopted on 18 December 2008 (2),

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having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (3),

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having regard to Preliminary draft amending budget No 1/2009 of the European Union for the financial year 2009, which the Commission presented on 23 January 2009 (COM(2009)0022),

having regard to Draft amending budget No 1/2009, which the Council established on 26 February 2009 (6952/2009 – C6-0075/2009),

having regard to Rule 69 of and Annex IV to its Rules of Procedure,

having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A6-0113/2009),

| A. | whereas Draft amending budget No 1 to the general budget 2009 covers the following items:






  — | Mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund for an amount of EUR 11,8 million in commitment and payment appropriations relating to the effects of the floods that hit Romania in July 2008, |
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whereas Draft amending budget No 1 to the general budget 2009 covers the following items:

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Mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund for an amount of EUR 11,8 million in commitment and payment appropriations relating to the effects of the floods that hit Romania in July 2008,

| — | A corresponding reduction in payment appropriations of EUR 11,8 million from line 130316 - European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)-Convergence, |
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A corresponding reduction in payment appropriations of EUR 11,8 million from line 130316 - European Regional Development Fund (ERDF)-Convergence,

| B. | whereas the purpose of Draft amending budget No 1/2009 is to formally enter these budgetary adjustments into the 2009 budget, |
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whereas the purpose of Draft amending budget No 1/2009 is to formally enter these budgetary adjustments into the 2009 budget,

| 1. | Takes note of Preliminary draft amending budget No 1/2009, which is the third amending budget solely dedicated to the EU Solidarity Fund, as requested by the European Parliament and the Council in a joint declaration adopted during the Conciliation meeting of 17 July 2008; |
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Takes note of Preliminary draft amending budget No 1/2009, which is the third amending budget solely dedicated to the EU Solidarity Fund, as requested by the European Parliament and the Council in a joint declaration adopted during the Conciliation meeting of 17 July 2008;

| 2. | Approves Draft amending budget No 1/2009 unamended; |
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Approves Draft amending budget No 1/2009 unamended;

| 3. | Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission. |
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Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission.

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(1)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

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(2)  OJ L 69, 13.3.2009.

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(3)  OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.

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