P6_TA(2006)0376

Draft amending budget No 3/2006

European Parliament resolution on Draft amending budget No 3/2006 of the European Union for the financial year 2006, Section III — Commission, Section VIII Part B — European Data-protection Supervisor (11297/2006 — C6-0239/2006 — 2006/2119(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 Articles 37 and 38 thereof,

- having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2006, as finally adopted on 15 December 2005 [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 Preliminary draft amending budget (PDAB) No 3/2006 of the European Union for the financial year 2006, which the Commission presented on 22 May 2006 (SEC(2006)0633),

- having regard to Draft amending budget (DAB) No 3/2006, which the Council established on 11 July 2006 (11297/2006 — C6-0239/2006),

- having regard to Rule 69 of and Annex IV to its Rules of Procedure,

- having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A6-0283/2006),

A. whereas Draft Amending Budget No 3/2006 comprises four different elements, namely strengthening the European GNSS Supervisory Authority, reinforcing the staff of the European Aviation Safety Agency and the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders, and increasing the appropriations for the European Data-protection Supervisor,

B. whereas the Commission, in its PDAB No 3/2006, proposed to finance these additional needs by an increase of EUR 3604545 in own resources,

C. whereas the Council, in its DAB No 3/2006, has decided to cover all proposed increases exclusively through redeployment,

D. whereas, in particular, the Council wants to finance the additional needs of the European Data-protection Supervisor by reducing commitments and payments of an administrative line in the Commission section of the budget, which falls under Heading 3 of the Financial Perspective 2000-2006,

E. whereas Parliament agrees with the Commission's Declaration on DAB No 3/2006 in that this would create a dangerous precedent for all institutions as it aims to finance, during the implementation of the budget, the administrative expenditure of one institution by taking the necessary appropriations from the budget of another institution,

1. Supports the increases proposed by the Commission in its PDAB No 3/2006 for the European GNSS Supervisory Authority, the European Aviation Safety Agency, the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders and the European Data-protection Supervisor;

2. Considers it too early in the budgetary year, however, to make up at this point for the necessary increases in these lines by reducing other lines which still might be fully implemented in 2006;

3. Rejects, therefore, Council's intention to cover the requests for additional appropriations through redeployment and, in particular, compensate for the increase asked for by the European Data-protection Supervisor by decreasing the Commission's section of the budget;

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

[1] OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

[2] OJ L 78, 15.3.2006.

[3] OJ C 172, 18.6.1999, p. 1. Agreement as last amended by Decision 2005/708/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 269, 14.10.2005, p. 24).

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