1. Welcomes Draft amending budget No 2/2007, the purpose of which is to enter, without delay, the
budgetary resources mobilised from the European Union Solidarity Fund in the 2007 budget so that thoseaffected by these natural disasters can be assisted;
2. Recalls that the payment appropriations needed for the present mobilisation of the Solidarity Fund are
taken from the budget lines on security and space research and underlines that the Commission has com-mitted itself to proposing a transfer should these payment appropriations be needed for these budget lineslater in the year;
3. Approves Draft amending budget No 2/2007 unamended;4. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission.
P6_TA(2007)0224
Draft Amending budget No 3/2007
European Parliament resolution of 7 June 2007 on Draft amending budget No 3/2007 of the
European Union for the financial year 2007, Section III —Commission (9256/2007 —
C6-0133/2007 —2007/2073(BUD))
The European Parliament ,
— having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 272(4),
penultimate subparagraph, thereof,
— having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular
Article 177 thereof,
— 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 in particular Arti-
cle 15(3) and Articles 37 and 38 thereof,
— having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2007, as finally
adopted on 14 December 2006 (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 Preliminary draft amending budget No 4/2007 of the European Union for the finan-
cial year 2007, which the Commission presented on 13 April 2007 (SEC(2007)0483),
— having regard to Draft amending budget No 3/2007, which the Council established on 14 May 2007
(9256/2007 —C6-0133/2007),
— having regard to Rule 69 of and Annex IV to its Rules of Procedure,
— having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A6-0196/2007),
(1) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1995/2006 (OJ L 390,
30.12.2006, p. 1).
(2) OJ L 77, 16.3.2007.
(3) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.22.5.2008 EN C 125 E/115 Official Journal of the European Union
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A. whereas Draft amending budget No 3/2007 aims to enter in the 2007 budget the surplus of the 2006
financial year, amounting to EUR 1 847 631 711,
B. whereas the three main elements of this surplus are an over-registering in revenue of
EUR 914 569 139,79, an under-spending in expenditure of EUR 949 899 477,07 and a negative bal-ance of monetary exchange ( −EUR 16 836 905,86),
C. whereas the under-spending of payment appropriations, compared to the years before, has decreased to
EUR 949 899 477,07 (about 0,9 %) of the total EU 2006 budget of EUR 107 378 469 621,
D. whereas for agriculture, the under-spending of payment appropriations in 2006 amounted to
EUR 426 million, or 0,85 %, of EUR 50 210 million, for structural operations the figure wasEUR 54 million (0,17 %) of a total EUR 32 495 million, for external action under-spending amountedto EUR 154 million (2,85 %) of the total allowance of EUR 5 407 million, for administration the figurewas EUR 51 million (0,77 %) of a total EUR 6 654 million and for pre-accession strategy it amountedto EUR 127 million (5,33 %) of a total of EUR 2 383 million,
E. whereas, compared with 2005, there have been considerable general improvements in the uptake of
allocations in the fields of pre-accession strategy, where, in 2005, EUR 463 million or 13,5 % of thetotal budget of EUR 3 428 million were not spent,
F. whereas there is still some room for improvement, especially in the field of agriculture, where the
amount unused, compared with 2005, has gone up to EUR 426 million representing 0,85 % of thetotal allowance (0,3 % in 2005),
1. Welcomes the positive development in budget implementation over the last few years;
2. Calls on the Commission to continue its efforts to fully implement the budget, which is even more
important in view of the limited resources that will be available under the new financial framework2007-2013;
3. Has decided to accept Council's Draft amending budget No 3/2007 unamended;
4. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission.
P6_TA(2007)0225
Addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain other substances to foods ***I
European Parliament legislative resolution of 7 June 2007 on the proposal for a regulation of the
European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 on the additionof vitamins and minerals and of certain other substances to foods (COM(2006)0606 —
C6-0337/2006 —2006/0193(COD))
(Codecision procedure: first reading)
The European Parliament ,
— having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council
(COM(2006)0606) (
1),
— having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 95 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission
submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0337/2006),
(1) Not yet published in OJ.C 125 E/116 EN 22.5.2008 Official Journal of the European Union
Thursday 7 June 2007