EN Official Journal of the European Union CE 286/50

Wednesday 16 December 2009

Draft amending budget No 10/2009 of the European Union for the financial year 2009, Section III - Commission

P7_TA(2009)0108

European Parliament resolution of 16 December 2009 on draft amending budget No 10/2009 of the European Union for the financial year 2009, Section III – Commission (16327/2009 – C7-0288/2009 – 2009/2185(BUD))

2010/C 286 E/12

The European Parliament,

having regard to Article 314 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

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,

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

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),

having regard to the joint declaration on the financing of the European Economic Recovery Plan made by the budgetary authority at the trilogue of 2 April 2009,

having regard to Preliminary draft amending budget No 10/2009 of the European Union for the financial year 2009 (PDAB), which the Commission presented on 27 October 2009 (SEC(2009)1464),

having regard to the further adjustment of the PDAB proposed by the Commission on 11 November 2009,

having regard to the results of the conciliation meeting of 18 November 2009,

having regard to Draft amending budget No 10/2009, which the Council established on 20 November 2009 (16327/2009 – C7-0288/2009),

having regard to Rules 75b to 75e of its Rules of Procedure,

having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A7-0081/2009),

A. whereas Draft amending budget No 10/2009 covers the following items: — a net increase in the forecast of revenue for an amount of EUR 478 700 000 after the revision of the forecasts of own resources and other revenue, — a decrease of payment appropriations in budget lines for sub-heading 1a and headings 2 and 4 for an amount of EUR 2 768 700 000 after taking into account the redeployments proposed in the so-called ‘global transfer’ (DEC 27/2009), — a decrease in commitment appropriations under headings 2 and 5 for an amount of EUR 359 000 000, leading to a corresponding increase in the respective margin, in order to provide part of the financing of the second part of the European Economic Recovery Plan (EERP),

B. whereas on 11 November 2009 the Commission informed Parliament and the Council that the PDAB needed further adjustments concerning: — an increase in the forecast of revenue, — a decrease under heading 2 concerning European Agriculture Guarantee Fund (EAGF) appropriations, both in commitments and in payments, — a decrease under heading 2 concerning European Agriculture Rural Development Fund (EARDF) payment appropriations,

C. whereas it was agreed at the conciliation meeting of 18 November 2009 to accept Draft amending budget No 10/2009 as adjusted on 11 November 2009 and as modified during the conciliation itself for further additional amounts of EUR 40 000 000 from Section II (Council), EUR 2 000 000 from Section VI (the European Economic and Social Committee) and EUR 500 000 from Section VII (the Committee of the Regions) of the 2009 budget,

D. whereas the purpose of Draft amending budget No 10/2009 is to formally enter this budgetary adjustment into the 2009 budget,

1. Approves Draft amending budget No 10/2009 unamended;

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

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

(2) OJ L 69, 13.3.2009.

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