Declaration by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission of 6 March 1995 on the incorporation of financial provisions into legislative acts
Date: 1995-03-06
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Commission, European Parliament
Subjects: Community budget, budgetary procedure, preliminary draft EC budget













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31996Y0404(03)

Declaration by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission of 6 March 1995 on the incorporation of financial provisions into legislative acts  


Official Journal C 102 , 04/04/1996 P. 0004 - 0004 





DECLARATION BY THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSIONof 6 March 1995on the  incorporation of financial provisions into legislative acts(96/C  102/03)(This text  replaces and cancels the text published in OJ No C 293 of 8 November 1995)THE EUROPEAN  PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION, Whereas the Joint Declaration of 30 June 1982  (1) states: 'In order that the full importance of  the budget procedure may be preserved, the fixing of maximum amounts by regulation must be avoided,  as must the entry in the budget of amounts in excess of what can actually be expended`; Whereas, according to a statement annexed to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 29 October 1993   (2), the budgetary procedure provisions should be reviewed 'at the Intergovernmental Conference  scheduled for 1996 in order to achieve interinstitutional cooperation on a partnership basis`, HEREBY DECLARE AS FOLLOWS: 1. Legislative acts concerning multiannual programmes adopted under the  codecision procedureThese acts shall contain a provision in which the legislative authority shall  lay down the financial framework for the programme for its entire duration. That amount shall constitute the principal point of reference for the budgetary authority during  the annual budgetary procedure. The budgetary authority and the Commission, when drawing up its preliminary draft budget (PDB),  undertake not to depart from this amount unless new, objective, long-term circumstances arise for  which explicit and precise reasons are given. 2. Legislative acts concerning multiannual programmes not subject to the codecision procedureThese  acts shall not contain an 'amount deemed necessary`. Should the Council wish to include a financial reference, this shall be taken as illustrating the  will of the leigislative authority and shall not affect the powers of the budgetary authority as  defined by the Treaty. This provision will be mentioned in all acts which include such a financial  reference. If the amount concerned has been the subject of an agreement pursuant to the conciliation procedure  provided for in the Joint Declaration of 4 March 1975  (3), it will be considered a reference  amount within the meaning of point 1 of the present Declaration. 3. The financial statement provided for in Article 3 of the Financial Regulation shall reflect in  financial terms the objectives of the proposed programme and include a schedule covering the  duration of the programme. It shall be revised, where necessary, when the PDB is drawn up, taking  account of the extent of implementation of the programme. The revised statement shall be forwarded  to the budgetary authority together with the PDB. (1) OJ No C 194, 28. 7. 1982, p. 1.  (2) OJ No C 331, 7. 12. 1993, p. 1.  (3) OJ No C 89, 22. 4. 1975, p. 1.