Thursday 1 December 2011

Financing instrument for development cooperation ***III

P7_TA(2011)0535

European Parliament legislative resolution of 1 December 2011 on the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1905/2006 establishing a financing instrument for development cooperation (PE-CONS 00057/2011 – C7-0377/2011 – 2009/0060A(COD))

2013/C 165 E/24

(Ordinary legislative procedure: third reading)

The European Parliament,

Declares that it is ready to accept the compromise package, in a spirit of compromise, as the remaining duration of the current instruments is rather short; regrets that it was not possible to further improve the text of the DCI/BAM instrument, in particular in relation to Parliament's role in strategic decisions, where an equal footing between the co-legislators is essential; underlines that this result does not set a precedent for the future negotiations on the post-2013 external financing instruments; declares that, in accordance with the criteria defined in Article 290(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, it will insist on the use of delegated acts wherever strategic political decisions are involved on financing and programming with regard to those instruments;

Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, in accordance with Article 297(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union;

Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to arrange for its publication, together with the statement by Parliament and the Council thereon, in the Official Journal of the European Union;

(1) Texts adopted of 21.10.2010, P7_TA(2010)0379.

(2) Texts adopted of 3.2.2011, P7_TA(2011)0032.

(3) OJ C 7 E, 12.1.2011, p. 11.

Thursday 1 December 2011

ANNEX TO THE LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Statement by the European Parliament and the Council on the use of Delegated Acts in the future Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) 2014-2020

The European Parliament and the Council take note of the Commission Communication "A Budget for Europe 2020" (COM(2011)0500 (1)), in particular in relation to the proposed use of delegated acts in the future external financing instruments and await legislative proposals, which will be duly considered.

(1) The Commission in its Communication: "A budget for Europe 2020" (COM(2011)0500), states that: "Furthermore, the future legal bases for the different instruments will propose the extensive use of delegated acts to allow for more flexibility in the management of the policies during the financing period, while respecting the prerogatives of the two branches of legislator." and "It is considered that democratic scrutiny of external aid must be improved. This could be achieved by the use of delegated acts in accordance with Article 290 of the Treaty for certain aspects of programmes, not only placing the co-legislators on an equal footing but also ensuring more flexibility in programming. For the EDF, it is proposed to bring scrutiny into line with the DCI, whilst taking into account the specificities of this instrument".