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COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT pursuant to Article 294(6) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union concerning the

2022/0371 (COD)

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION

TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT



pursuant to Article 294(6) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union



concerning the

position of the Council on the adoption of a Regulation (EU) of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing an instrument for providing support to Ukraine for 2023 (macro-financial assistance +)

1.Background

Date of transmission of the proposal to the European Parliament and to the Council

(document COM(2022) 597 final – 2022/0371 COD): 9.11.2022. Date of the position of the European Parliament, first reading: 24.11.2022. Date of adoption of the position of the Council: 10.12.2022.

2.Objective of the proposal from the Commission

The Commission proposal aimed at providing for a structural and efficient approach to the Union’s financial support to Ukraine in 2023.

To ensure a sound financial underpinning, the Commission proposed that loans to Ukraine should be backed up by a guarantee from the so-called “headroom”, i.e. the budgetary space above the multiannual financial framework (MFF) ceilings up to the limits referred to in Article 3(1) and (2) of Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053, on the system of own resources of the European Union. This was accompanied by the parallel proposal on an amendment to Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 (amendment to the MFF Regulation) to allow contingent liabilities stemming from financial assistance made available to Ukraine in 2023, with possible disbursements until 31 March 2024, to be treated in the same way as financial assistance for Member States, i.e. to be able to mobilise the guarantee for financial assistance to Ukraine over and above the MFF ceilings.

3.Comments on the position of the Council

The parallel proposal for an amendment to the MFF Regulation allowing for guaranteeing the borrowing for Ukraine through the use of the headroom has not yet been adopted. The Council therefore proposes an alternative budgetary coverage of the loan through voluntary guarantees by the Member States. At the same time, the budgetary coverage through the headroom would become possible as of the date of application of the amendment to the MFF Regulation, or its successor, once it is adopted.

The Commission supports the introduction of these rules as a viable budgetary basis for allowing a gradual disbursement of up to EUR 18 000 000 000 in MFA+ loans to Ukraine in connection with the entry into force of the guarantee agreements between the Commission and the Member States.

4.Conclusion

The Commission accepts the Council´s position at first reading.
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GENERALBUDGETFOR1979
SECTIONIllsCOMMISSION
TRANSFER OFAPPROPRIATIONS No3/79
(Non–compulsoryexpenditure)
FromChapter100;Provisionalappropriations
ToChapter 26;Expenditure onstudies,surveysand
consultations
Article264:Statisticalstudiesandsurveys
2000000EUA
TheFinancialControllerhasapprovedthisproposal,attestingthat
theappropriations areavailableat19April1979*

REASONS
Duringthediscussions onthepreparationofthe1979Budget,the
BudgetaryAuthoritydecidedtoenter2mEUAunderChapter100to
financeasamplemanpowersurvey,pendingCouncilapprovalofa
draftRegulationwhichhad"beentransmittedtoit"bytheCommission.
ThisdraftwasapprovedbytheCouncilon19February1979
(Regulation (EEC)No327/79).
TheCommissionthereforerequeststhatthe2mEUAenteredunder
Chapter100betransferredtoArticle264ofthe1979Budgetin
orderthatthesurvey-scheduledforSpring1979-canbecarried
out.

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forpayments
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themarkets inother species consumed intheCommunity ,
and theprospects foragreement with Canada ;
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(Non-compulsory  expenditure) 
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From Chapter  100 -  Provisional  appropriations 15 000 
From Chapter  101 -  Contingency  reserve 7 500 
To Chapter  23 - Current administrative expenditure 
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for the 1998 year of application on progress in processing transfers under the export earnings stabilisation system set up by the fourth ACP-EC Convention as revised by the Agreement signed in Mauritius on 4 November 1995

Stabex, application year 1998

Report by the Commission pursuant to Article 207(4) of the revised fourth ACP-EC Convention.

Article 207(4) of the revised Lomé IV Convention states:

"On 30 September ... the Commission shall report to the Committee of Ambassadors on the progress made with the processing of all transfers."

This report covers transfers for the 1998 year of application.

The Commission found 13 ACP States to be eligible for 18 transfers under the export earnings stabilisation system set up by the revised fourth ACP-EC Convention.

Following consultations under Articles 202 and 203 of the Convention, as appropriate, the total of eligible transfers is EUR 74 728 228.

For the 1998 year of application the position regarding the financial resources available under the system is as follows:

// EUR

- tranche annual for the 1998 year of application // 360.000.000

- balance for 1995 to be carried over to 1998 // 271.251.306

- balance for 1996 to be carried over to 1998 // 286.415.194

- balance for 1997 to be carried over to 1998 // 295.207.178

- estimated interest up to 30 June 1999 // 33.729.441

Total // 1.246.603.119

This means that all eligible transfers for 1998 can be covered.

The list of individual transfers decided by the Commission on 26 July 1999 is annexed to this report.

Consultations, mainly to do with statistics, are still under way with three ACP States (Mauritania, Sudan and Tanzania) and so any transfers for these countries will be decided at a later date. But whatever the case, the amount in transfers is much less than the resources available after deduction of the total concerned by this decision.

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concerning the Presidency compromise prolonging an existing derogation on beer imports for Finland

COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION

concerning the Presidency compromise prolonging an existing derogation on beer imports for Finland

The present memorandum concerns the replacement of Directive 69/169/EEC on the harmonisation of provisions laid down by law regulation or administrative action relating to exemption from turnover tax and excise duty on imports in international travel.[1] To this effect a new text had been proposed by the Commission in 2006 [COM(2006)76 final]

Given that the adoption and application of the new rules has been delayed, the actual Presidency compromise foresees to prolong an existing derogation contained in Directive 69/169/EEC. According to this derogation, Finland can apply to beer a maximum quantitative limit of 16 litres. In view of the imminent expiry of this derogation, on 31 December 2007, the Presidency suggests to include into the draft text a clause prolonging the said derogation from 1 January 2008 until 1 December 2008 (Article 17 of the Presidency compromise; attached)

The Commission's initial proposal foresaw (as the Presidency compromise) a quantitative limit for beer common to all Member States, namely of 16 liters. Thus, that proposal was limited to a common rule and did not provide for an extension of a derogation applicable to a single Member State under Directive 69/169/EEC. Therefore, the prolongation of the said derogation is at present not covered by a proposal on the part of the Commission.

However, without this quantitative limit, in practice private travellers would be entitled to import on average 200 litres beer from Russia into Finland. The current Directive does not contain a quantitative limit for beer although this product is highly taxed in some Member States, such as Finland, but is very cheaply available in some third countries, absent a comparable level of taxation. From 1 December 2008 onwards, the new directive, in accordance with the latest version of the Presidency compromise,, will apply providing a general quantitative limit of 16 litres for beer (as proposed by the Commission).

It is therefore proposed at this stage:

- to decide that the Commission's initial proposal be modified to the effect that it also provides for a prorogation of the time limit in Article 5, paragraph 9, of Directive 69/169/EEC until 30 November 2008.

- to authorise Commissioner Kovács to communicate this modification to the Council.

[1] OJ L 133 of 4.6.1969, p. 6.
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