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
— having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,
— having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
(A6-0403/2006),
1. Approves the Commission proposal as amended;
2. Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal
substantially or replace it with another text;
3. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.
P6_TC1-COD(2006)0193
Position of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 7 June 2007 with a view to the
adoption of Regulation (EC) No …/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council amending
Regulation (EC) No 1925/2006 on the addition of vitamins and minerals and of certain other
substances to foods
(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position at first reading corresponds to the
final legislative act, Regulation (EC) No …/2007.)
P6_TA(2007)0226
Nutrition and health claims made on 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 1924/2006 on nutrition and
health claims made on foods (COM(2006)0607 —C6-0338/2006 —2006/0195(COD))
(Codecision procedure: first reading)
The European Parliament ,
— having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council
(COM(2006)0607) (1),
— having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 95 of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission
submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0338/2006),
— having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,
— having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety
(A6-0404/2006),
1. Approves the Commission proposal as amended;
2. Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend the proposal
substantially or replace it with another text;
3. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.
(1) Not yet published in OJ.22.5.2008 EN C 125 E/117 Official Journal of the European Union
Thursday 7 June 2007