European Parliament resolution on the Draft Supplementary and Amending Budget 2/2001 of the European Union for the 2001 financial year  - Section II – Council (7460/2001 - C5-0153/2001 - 2001/2026(BUD))
Date: 2001-05-17
Institutions: Committee on Budgets, European Parliament
Subjects: administrative expenditure, amending budget, common foreign and security policy, common security and defence policy, supplementary budget

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COUNCIL
COMMON POSITION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

non-governmental organisations with experience in
the field, and representatives of the European Parlia-
ment, the Council, the Economic and Social Commit-
tee, and the Committee of the Regions.

2. Draft SAB 2/2001

A5-0138/2001

European Parliament resolution on the Draft Supplementary and Amending Budget 2/2001 of the
European Union for the 2001 financial year (cid:129) Section II (cid:129) Council (7460/2001 (cid:129) C5-0153/2001 (cid:129)
2001/2026(BUD))

The European Parliament,

(cid:129) having regard to Article 272 of the EC Treaty, Article 78 of the ECSC Treaty, and Article 177 of EAEC

Treaty,

(cid:129) having regard to the Financial Regulation of 21 December 1977 applicable to the general budget of
the European Union, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 762/2001 of
9 April 2001 (1),

(cid:129) having regard to Supplementary and Amending Budget 2/1999, adopted on 23 July 1999,

(cid:129) having regard to Supplementary and Amending Budget 2/2000 adopted on 6 July 2000,

(cid:129) having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the 2001 financial year, finally

adopted on 14 December 2000 (2),

(cid:129) 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 pro-
cedure (3),

(cid:129) having regard to Preliminary Draft Supplementary and Amending Budget 2/2001 of the European
Union for the 2001 financial year presented by the Commission on 15 March 2001 (SEC(2001) 378),

(cid:129) having regard to Draft Supplementary and Amending Budget 2/2001, as established by the Council on

9 April 2001 (7460/2001 (cid:129) C5-0153/2001),

(cid:129) having regard to Rule 92 of and Annex IV to its Rules of Procedure,

(cid:129) having regard to the (cid:145)note explicative(cid:146) concerning the Draft Supplementary and Amending Budget

2/2001 (cid:129) Section II (cid:129) Council, presented by the Council on 10 April 2001,

(cid:129) having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets and the opinion of the Committee on

Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (A5-0138/2001),

A. whereas Draft Supplementary and Amending Budget 2/2001 deals with the further development of
the common European security and defence policy and with the creation of three directorates within
the Council General Secretariat to set up the structure for crisis management in particular,

B. whereas Draft Supplementary and Amending Budget 2/2001 concerns the recruitment of 51 staff,
daily allowances for seconded national military experts and the purchase of telecommunication and
data protection equipment, for which a total amount of € 9 846 000 is needed; whereas through
redeployment, local recruitment and secondment of national experts approximately another 90 staff
will work in the directorates mentioned,

(1) OJ L 111, 20.4.2001, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 56, 26.2.2001.
(3) OJ C 172, 18.6.1999, p. 1.

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C. whereas Article 21 of the Treaty on European Union foresees that the (cid:145)Presidency shall consult Parlia-
ment on the main aspects and the basic choices of the common foreign and security policy and shall
ensure that the views of the European Parliament are duly taken into consideration(cid:146),

D. whereas it is Parliament(cid:146)s legitimate right to ask for the transparency of Council decisions concerning

the common European security and defence policy (ESDP),

E. whereas the Council has presented a (cid:145)note explicative(cid:146) to the chairman of the Committee on Budgets
on 10 April 2001 in which detailed information on and justification for the present Draft Supplemen-
tary and Amending Budget are given,

F. whereas the remaining margin in heading 5 of the Financial Perspective ((cid:145)Administrative expenditure(cid:146))
is € 34,7 million, and whereas point 12, second subparagraph of the Interinstitutional Agreement of
6 May 1999 requires that (cid:145)((cid:133)) the institutions will ensure ((cid:133)) that sufficient margins are left available
beneath the ceilings for the various headings(cid:146),

1. Welcomes the Council(cid:146)s decision to launch with this SAB a new European defence policy; regrets,
however, that this policy is not better integrated into the first pillar and fears a possible overlapping of
responsibilities and initiatives;

2.
Recalls that the inclusion of CFSP/ESDP administrative expenditure in the budget, in accordance with
Article 28 of the Treaty on European Union, is the only way of ensuring democratic control over this
policy;

3.
Takes note of Council(cid:146)s commitment, during the trialogue of 29 March 2001, to study jointly with
the Parliament and Commission the long-term effects of new initiatives under heading 5 of the Financial
Perspective; considers that the current ceiling of heading 5 should not prevent the Institutions from
launching new initiatives (i.e. following the implementation of the Nice Treaty), where justified and appro-
priate, and that a procedure for the revision of the ceiling is foreseen in the IIA;

4.
Considers that the Council has not provided in its DSAB 2/2001 the transparency that it believes
necessary to judge properly the need for the appropriations requested, but welcomes the Council decision
to create in the budget for 2002 a special Title with different chapters for the administrative expenditure
relating to CFSP/ESDP; notes that all the administrative expenditure related to this sector will be entered in
this Title;

Considers, nevertheless, that the Council has presented the required transparency and justification in

5.
the aforementioned (cid:145)note explicative(cid:146);

6.
Regrets that this (cid:145)note explicative(cid:146) does not contain a separate establishment plan for the common
European security and defence policy; requests that such an establishment plan be presented together with
the Council(cid:146)s estimates for 2002;

7.
Urges the Council to guarantee that no overlapping structures in the Council and the Commission
will be created, especially concerning tasks of the first pillar, such as crisis prevention and civilian crisis
management;

8.
Considers that further development of the common European security and defence policy risks
elbowing out and jeopardising the normal administrative expenditure in heading 5 of the Financial Per-
spective;

9.
Recalls, in any case, that the maximum number of new posts to be allocated to the administrative
sector of CFSP/ESDP shall in future never exceed the total number proposed in this SAB, without its prior
consent;

10.
Notes that the (cid:145)gentlemen(cid:146)s agreement(cid:146) between the Council and the Parliament has up to now
concerned (cid:145)classic(cid:146) administrative expenditure; considers that the (cid:145)administrative expenditure(cid:146) used to set
up and maintain the second (and third) pillar(s) of Community policy has a different status;

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11.
Insists that the Council should properly implement points 39 and 40 of the Interinstitutional Agree-
ment, in particular as regards the Council(cid:146)s obligation to send to the European Parliament the financial
statement each time it decides on an action or operation under CFSP/ESDP;

12.

Approves the Draft Supplementary and Amending Budget 2/2001 without amendments;

13.

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

3. Aid scheme and the quality strategy for olive oil *

A5-0137/2001

Proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulations No 136/66/EEC and (EC) No 1638/98 as
regards the extension of the period of validity of the aid scheme and the quality strategy for olive
oil (COM(2000) 855 (cid:129) C5-0026/2001 (cid:129) 2000/0358(CNS))

The proposal was amended as follows:

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1
Title

for a Council

Proposal
regulation amending Regulations
No 136/66/EEC and (EC) No 1638/98 as regards the extension
of the period of validity of the aid scheme and the quality stra-
tegy for olive oil

for a Council

Proposal
regulation amending Regulations
No 136/66/EEC, (EC) No 1638/98, and (EEC) No 2261/84 as
regards extension of the period of validity of the aid scheme
and the quality strategy for olive oil

Amendment 2
Recital 1a (new)

(1a)
It is necessary to assess the results of the transi-
tional period launched in 1998 by Council Regulations
(EC) Nos 1638/98 and 1639/98 (1).

(1) OJ L 210, 28.7.1998, p. 38.

Amendment 3
Recital 1b (new)

(1b) Regulation (EC) No 1638/98 has been adopted, and,
in accordance with the time-frame laid down by the Com-
mission, the future common organisation of the market in
oils and fats must now be determined, but the aim of
obtaining accurate information on the sector has not
been achieved. Other circumstances which have arisen in
the intervening period have, however, revealed severe dis-
tortions in the olive oil market, exacerbated by imperfec-
tions of the system such as, for instance, inadequate pri-
vate storage arrangements and the meagre production
quota, which are adversely affecting traditional olive
groves.