2. Expresses, nevertheless, its dissatisfaction with the additional surplus of EUR 2,7 billion for the 2004
budget; considers that the challenges that the European Union is facing today cannot justify such an under-spending, in particular in Headings 3 and 4 of the financial perspective as well as pre-accession aid; there-fore expects a better level of implementation to be obtained in 2005 in order to reduce significantly thelevel of EU surplus;
3. Has decided to accept Draft amending budget No 3/2005 unamended;
4. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission.
P6_TA(2005)0328
Draft amending budget No 5/2005
European Parliament resolution on Draft amending budget No 5/2005 of the European Union for
the financial year 2005 —Section III —Commission (11221/2005 —C6-0240/2005 —2005/2126
(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-
cles 37 and 38 thereof,
—having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2005, as finally
adopted on 16 December 2004 (2),
—having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 between the European Parliament, the
Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (3),
—having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 7 November 2002 between the European Parlia-
ment, the Council and the Commission on the financing of the European Union Solidarity Fundsupplementing the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improve-ment of the budgetary procedure (
4),
—having regard to Preliminary draft amending budget No 5/2005 of the European Union for the finan-
cial year 2005, which the Commission presented on 6 June 2005 (SEC(2005)0758),
—having regard to Draft amending budget No 5/2005, which the Council established on 15 July 2005
(11221/2005 —C6-0240/2005),
—having regard to Rule 69 of and Annex IV to its Rules of Procedure,
—having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A6-0253/2005),
A. whereas the European Union should give a response of solidarity to assist in the work following the
damage resulting from the storm in Slovakia,
B. whereas the purpose of Draft amending budget No 5/2005 is to enter these budgetary resources for-
mally in the 2005 budget,
(1) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 60, 8.3.2005, p. 1.
(3) OJ C 172, 18.6.1999, p. 1. Agreement amended by Decision 2003/429/EC (OJ L 147, 14.6.2003, p. 25).
(4) OJ C 283, 20.11.2002, p. 1.17.8.2006 EN C 193 E/197 Official Journal of the European Union
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C. whereas Draft amending budget No 5/2005 relates also to the revenue side of the budget and com-
prises a number of elements affecting the level of contributions from Member States to the Commun-ity's own resources,
D. whereas these elements relate to the repayment of the surplus from the Guarantee Fund for External
Measures from 2004 as well as to the annual revision of the forecasts for customs duties, VAT bases,GNI bases and a technical re-calculation of the contributions necessary to finance the UK rebate,
E. whereas on 14 July 2004 the Commission adopted its report on the operation of the own resources
system and the related legislative proposals, which are under examination in the European Parliament,
1. Approves the Council's Draft amending budget No 5/2005 unamended;
2. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission.
P6_TA(2005)0329
Health and safety at work: Exposure to optical radiation ***II
European Parliament legislative resolution on the Council common position for adopting a directive
of the European Parliament and of the Council on the minimum health and safety requirementsregarding the exposure of workers to the risks arising from physical agents (optical radiation)(19th individual Directive within the meaning of Article 16(1) of Directive 89/391/EEC) (5571/6/
2005 —C6-0129/2005 —1992/0449B(COD))
(Codecision procedure: second reading)
The European Parliament ,
—having regard to the Council common position (5571/6/2005 —C6-0129/2005),
—having regard to its position at first reading (
1) on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the
Council (COM(1992)0560) (2), and on the amended proposal (COM(1994)0284) (3),
—having regard to Article 251(2) of the EC Treaty,
—having regard to Rule 62 of its Rules of Procedure,
—having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Employment and Social
Affairs (A6-0249/2005),
1. Approves the common position as amended;
2. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.
(1) OJ C 128, 9.5.1994, p. 128.
(2) OJ C 77, 18.3.1993, p. 12.
(3) OJ C 230, 19.8.1994, p. 3.C 193 E/198 EN 17.8.2006 Official Journal of the European Union
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