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onthefinancingoftheConventionontheFutureoftheEuropeanUnion
(2002/C54/01)
(OJC54,1.3.2002,p.1)
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►M1Interinstitutional Agreement extending the Interinstitutional Agreement
onthefinancingoftheConventiononthefutureoftheEuropeanUnionC320 1 20.12.2002
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INTERINSTITUTIONALAGREEMENT
on the financing of the Convention on the Future of the European
Union
(2002/C54/01)
THEEUROPEANPARLIAMENT,THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
UNIONANDTHECOMMISSIONOFTHEEUROPEANCOMMUNITIES,
Whereas:
(1)The European Council, meeting at Laeken on 14 and 15
December2001,decidedtoconveneaConventionontheFutureof the European Union (hereinafter referred to as the ‘Conven-
tion’).
(2)The Representatives of the Governments of the Member States,
meeting withintheCouncil,adopted aDecisionon21February
2002establishing aFundtofinance the Convention (hereinafter
referredtoas‘theFund’)andlayingdownthefinancialrulesforitsmanagement.
(3)Inaccordance withtheaforementioned Decisionof21February2002,theroleoftheFundistocollecttherevenueandmanagetheexpenditureoftheConventionotherthanthatrelatingtotheinfrastructureneededforitsoperation.
(4)The amount of expenditure of the Fund is estimated atEUR 4000000 (four million) for the period 28 February to 31December2002.
(5)TheConventionpursuesanaimofgeneralinterestforthefutureoftheEuropeanUnion.
(6)The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission aretobearthecostofexpenditurelinkedtotheinfrastructureneces-saryfortheoperationoftheConvention.
(7)In addition, the European Parliament, the Council and theCommissionintendtocontributetothefinancingoftheConven-tion,
HAVEAGREEDASFOLLOWS:
1. ThepurposeofthisAgreement istoarrangeforthecontribution to
bemadebytheEuropeanParliament,theCouncilandtheCommis-
siontothefirstbudgetaryyearoftheConvention,whichshallbeginonthedateofentryintoforceoftheDecisionof21February2002of the representatives of the Governments of the Member States,meetingwithintheCouncil,andendon31December2002.
2. The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission shall
contribute to the financing of the Convention fromthe followingsectionsofthegeneralbudgetoftheEuropeanUnion:
— SectionI—Parliament,
— SectionII—Council,and— SectionIII—Commission—PartA.
3. Inaddition tothe expenditure linked tothe infrastructure necessary
for the operation of the Convention, the European Parliament, the
Council and the Commission shall, for the first budgetary year,
contributetothefundingoftheConventionasfollows:
— EuropeanParliament:(p.m.),
— Council:EUR200000(twohundredthousand),— Commission:EUR750000(sevenhundredandfiftythousand).
4. Any additional contribution charged to the general budget of the
European Union may be decided only by common agreementbetweenthethreeinstitutionsPartiestothisAgreement.2002Q0301—EN—01.01.2003—001.001—2
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5. The contributions of the European Parliament, the Council and the
CommissionshallbepaidintothebudgetoftheFundprovidedforinArticle3oftheDecisionsof21February2002bytransfertothe
bankaccountprovidedforinArticle4ofthatDecision.
6. The three signatory institutions shall record their agreement on the
financialrulesfortheFund'smanagementaslaiddownbytheDeci-sionof21February2002.
7. TherepresentativesoftheEuropeanParliament,ofthePresidencyof
the Council and of the Commission on the Praesidium of theConvention shall be periodically informed of the situation withrespect to implementation of expenditure by the Convention Secre-
tariat. They shall report to their respective institutions on this
subject,inparticularbeforeadischargeisgiveninrespectofimple-mentationofthebudgetinaccordancewiththeprocedurelaiddowninArticle20oftheDecisionof21February2002.
8. This Agreement and the relevant provisions of the Decisions of 21
February 2002 shall be implemented by each institution in accor-dancewithitsinternalrulesandprocedures.
9. ThisAgreementshallenterintoforceonthedayofitssignature.
Subjecttoagreementbetweenthethreeinstitutionsontheamountof
their respective financial contributions, this Agreement shall beextended for the second financial year, namely from 1 January2003untiltheConvention'sproceedingsend.
DoneatBrussels,28February2002.
For the European Parliament
The President
For the Council
The President
For the Commission
The President
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STATEMENT ANNEXED TO THE INTERINSTITUTIONAL
AGREEMENT
The European Parliament and the Council hereby state that the
Commissionwillnothavetoaccountfortheusemadeofitscontribu-
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