2002/158/EC: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2001 on the mobilisation of the flexibility instrument (paragraph 24 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure)
Date: 2001-12-13
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: accession to the European Union, commitment of expenditure, fisheries policy, frontier region, general budget (EU), regional policy

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 13 December 2001

on the mobilisation of the flexibility instrument

(paragraph 24 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and
improvement of the budgetary procedure)

(2002/158/EC)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

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 (1), and in particular paragraph 24 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal for a Council regulation aiming
to promote the conversion of vessels and of fishermen that
were, up to 1999, dependent on the Fisheries Agreement with
Morocco (COM(2001) 384 — 2001/0163(CNS)) (2),

Having regard to the conclusions of the conciliation meeting
between the Council and the European Parliament delegation,
in which the Commission also took part, held on 21 and 22
November 2001 on the Council's second reading of the draft
general budget of
the financial
year 2002,

the European Union for

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

This measure comes under heading 2 ‘Structural opera-
tions’, subheading ‘Structural Funds’, of
the financial
perspective and supplements the compensatory amounts
earmarked in this context since January 2000.

Measures to assist regions bordering on the applicant
countries are planned with a budget of EUR 30 million
in 2002 under heading 2 ‘Structural operations’ as part
of the Community initiative Interreg.

In accordance with paragraph 12, second paragraph, of
the Interinstitutional Agreement,
the amounts to be
earmarked for all the measures covered by heading 2
‘Structural operations’ of the financial perspective do not
allow for a margin.

The conditions for the use of the Flexibility Instrument,
the Interinstitutional
as set out
Agreement, are therefore met,

in paragraph 24 of

Whereas:

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

(1)

(2)

Following the non-renewal of the Fisheries Agreement
between the European Union and the Kingdom of
the Nice European Council called on the
Morocco,
Commission to put forward proposals with a view to
restructuring the Community fleet which operated in
Moroccan waters.

The targeted measure for the conversion of the Spanish
and Portuguese fleets proposed by the Commission on
18 July 2001, valued at EUR 197 million, provides for
measures similar to those financed by the Financial
Instrument for Fisheries Guidance (FIFG) and is modelled
on its working methods, although it proposes special
arrangements for the fleets concerned.

(1) OJ C 172, 18.6.1999, p. 1.
(2) OJ C 270 E, 25.9.2001, p. 266.

Article 1

For the general budget of the European Union for the financial
year 2002, the Flexibility Instrument shall be used to provide
the sum of EUR 200 million in commitment appropriations.

Article 2

Of this sum, EUR 170 million shall be used to finance the
targeted measure for the promotion of the conversion of the
vessels and fishermen that were, up to 1999, dependent on the
Fisheries Agreement with Morocco, which is covered by the
‘Structural operations’ heading in the financial perspective,
under the new line B2-2 0 0 N of the general budget of the
European Union for the financial year 2002.

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The remaining EUR 30 million shall be used to finance measures for strengthening the competitiveness of
regions bordering on the candidate countries under Chapter B2-1 4, ‘Community initiatives’ as part of the
Interreg programme.

This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (L series) at the same time
as the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2002 (1).

Article 3

Done at Strasbourg, 13 December 2001.

For the European Parliament

The President

N. FONTAINE

For the Council

The President

J. VANDE LANOTTE

(1) OJ L 29, 31.1.2002.