Final adoption of amending budget No 5 of the European Union for the financial year 2003
Date: 2003-10-09
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Commission, amending budget, emergency aid, financial year, general budget (EU)

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(Acts whose publication is not obligatory)

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

FINAL ADOPTION
of amending budget No 5 of the European Union
for the financial year 2003

(2003/800/EC, Euratom)

THE PRESIDENT OF 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 2003 finally adopted on 19 December 2002 (2),

Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commis-
sion on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (3),

Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 7 November 2002 between Parliament, the Council and the Commission on
the financing of the European Union Solidarity Fund, supplementing the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 on budget-
ary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (4),

Having regard to preliminary draft amending budgets Nos 5 and 6 of the European Union for the financial year 2003 submitted
by the Commission on 30 July and 25 September 2003,

(1) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 54, 28.2.2003, p. 1.
(3) OJ C 172, 18.6.1999, p. 1.
(4) OJ C 283, 20.11.2002, p. 1.

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Having regard to draft amending budget No 5 of the European Union for the financial year 2003 established by the Council on
7 October 2003,

Having regard to the decisions of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 October 2003 to mobilise the flexibility
mechanism relating to the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide the sums of EUR 56,25 million and EUR 48,539 million
respectively,

Having regard to Rule 92 of and Annex IV to its Rules of Procedure,

Having regard to the resolution adopted by the European Parliament on 9 October 2003,

The procedure laid down in Article 272 of the Treaty establishing the European Community and Article 177 of the Treaty
establishing the European Atomic Energy Community having thus been completed,

DECLARES:

Sole Article

Amending budget No 5 of the European Union for the financial year 2003 has been finally adopted.

Done at Brussels, 9 October 2003.

The President

Pat COX

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AMENDING BUDGET No 5
OF THE EUROPEAN UNION
FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 2003

CONTENTS

STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE BY SECTION

Section III: Commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

— Expenditure

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

— — Part B:

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

— — — Subsection B2: Structural operations, structural and cohesion expenditure, financial mechanism, other agricul-

tural and regional operations, transport and fisheries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

— — — — Title B2-4: European Union Solidarity Fund — Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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SECTION III

COMMISSION

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COMMISSION

EXPENDITURE

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General summary of appropriations (2003 and 2002) and outturn (2001)

Part B

Subsection
Title

Heading

B2

STRUCTURAL OPERATIONS,
STRUCTURAL AND COHESION
EXPENDITURE, OTHER AGRICUL-
TURAL AND REGIONAL OPERA-
TIONS, TRANSPORT AND FISH-
ERIES

B2-4

EUROPEAN UNION SOLIDARITY
FUND-MEMBER STATES

Budget 2003

Amending budget No 5

New amount

Commitments

Payments

Commitments

Payments

Commitments

Payments

p.m.

p.m.

+ 104 789 000

—

104 789 000

p.m.

Subsection B2 — Total

34 121 625 240

33 330 476 500

+ 104 789 000

Part B — Total

94 325 621 240

92 142 866 000

+ 104 789 000

GRAND TOTAL

97 815 093 611

95 632 338 371

+ 104 789 000

—

—

—

34 226 414 240

33 330 476 500

94 430 410 240

92 142 866 000

97 919 882 611

95 632 338 371

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COMMISSION
PART B

PART B

OPERATING APPROPRIATIONS

Part B appropriations cover operating expenditure directly related to the objective of the relevant programme or action, including
expenditure on evaluation and technical and administrative assistance benefiting partners only. Special provisions apply to the
following:

— expenditure on technical assistance, studies and information concerning the Structural Funds and the Cohesion Fund is gov-
erned by the provisions of Council Regulations (EC) No 1260/1999, (EC) No 1257/1999, (EC) No 1258/1999, (EC) No
1263/1999, (EC) No 2792/1999, (EC) No 1261/1999, (EC) No 1262/1999 and (EC) No 1164/94 as amended by (EC) No
1264/1999,

— expenditure on technical and administrative assistance is authorised if the remarks against the relevant heading expressly

provide for this type of expenditure and lay down the expenditure ceiling.

For new programmes or actions, provision will have to be made in the specific legislation governing the relevant programme or
action for expenditure on technical and administrative assistance to be charged against Part B and a decision will have to be taken
by the budgetary authority laying down the ceiling.

The Commission undertakes to submit a special report to the budgetary authority, when the preliminary draft is drawn up, on
the use of the appropriations entered in the BA lines (see below).

Upon a reasoned request from either arm of the budgetary authority, the Commission must forward all appropriate information,
including the results of work carried out by experts, concerning the implementation of programmes or actions.

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COMMISSION
PART B

ADMINISTRATIVE APPROPRIATIONS

The appropriations entered in the ‘B...A’ lines are intended to finance, inter alia:

— expenditure on technical assistance concerning public authority tasks delegated by the Commission to implementing agencies

governed by Community law;

— expenditure on technical and administrative assistance not involving public authority tasks outsourced by the Commission

under ad hoc research or service contracts to bodies governed by private law.

The Commission undertakes to inform the budgetary authority about transfers from the main line (B) to the ‘B...A’ line, and vice
versa, and to report to it at the end of the financial year on the use of appropriations against the ‘B...A’ line.

Implementation:

There must be regular assessment of implementation of all programmes and grants to organisations financed or cofinanced by
the operating part of the European Union budget. The budgetary authority must be informed about the results of those assess-
ments, even if this is not expressly provided for in the legal basis.

Recipients of Commission budget allocations are requested to make it perfectly clear to the public that they are receiving financial
assistance from the European Union.

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COMMISSION
Part B

SUBSECTION B2

STRUCTURAL OPERATIONS, STRUCTURAL AND COHESION EXPENDITURE, OTHER AGRICULTURAL
AND REGIONAL OPERATIONS, TRANSPORT AND FISHERIES

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Subsection B2
(Structural operations, structural and cohesion expenditure, financial mechanism, other agricultural and regional operations, transport and fisheries)

General summary of appropriations (2003 and 2002) and outturn (2001)

Budget 2003

Amending budget No 5

New amount

Commitments

Payments

Commitments

Payments

Commitments

Payments

Title
Chapter
Article

Heading

B2-4

B2-4 0

EUROPEAN UNION SOLIDARITY
FUND-MEMBER STATES

EUROPEAN UNION SOLIDARITY
FUND-MEMBER STATES

B2-4 0 0

European Union Solidarity Fund-
Member States

Differentiated appropriations

p.m.

p.m.

+ 104 789 000

—

104 789 000

p.m.

Non-differentiated appropriations —
Sub-total

Differentiated appropriations — Sub-
total

CHAPTER B2-4 0 — TOTAL

Non-differentiated appropriations —
Sub-total

Differentiated appropriations — Sub-
total

Title B2-4 — Total

Non-differentiated appropriations —
Sub-total

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

p.m.

+ 104 789 000

+ 104 789 000

+ 104 789 000

+ 104 789 000

Differentiated appropriations — Sub-
total

34 121 625 240

33 330 476 500

+ 104 789 000

Subsection B2 — Total

34 121 625 240

33 330 476 500

+ 104 789 000

Part B — Total

94 325 621 240

92 142 866 000

+ 104 789 000

GRAND TOTAL

97 815 093 611

95 632 338 371

+ 104 789 000

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

104 789 000

p.m.

104 789 000

p.m.

104 789 000

p.m.

104 789 000

p.m.

34 226 414 240

33 330 476 500

34 226 414 240

33 330 476 500

94 430 410 240

92 142 866 000

97 919 882 611

95 632 338 371

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Subsection B2
(Structural operations, structural and cohesion expenditure, financial mechanism, other agricultural and regional operations, transport and fisheries)

TITLE B2-4

EUROPEAN UNION SOLIDARITY FUND-MEMBER STATES

CHAPTER B2-4 0 — EUROPEAN UNION SOLIDARITY FUND-MEMBER STATES

B2-4 0 0

European Union Solidarity Fund-Member States

Budget 2003

Amending budget No 5

New amount

Commitments

Payments

Commitments

Payments

Commitments

Payments

p.m.

p.m.

+ 104 789 000

—

104 789 000

p.m.

This article is intended to record appropriations resulting from the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund in the event of
natural, environmental or technological disasters.

Legal basis

Interinstitutional Agreement of 7 November 2002 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the financing of
the European Union Solidarity Fund supplementing the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 on budgetary discipline and improve-
ment of the budgetary procedure (OJ C 283, 20.11.2002, p. 1).

Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 of 11 November 2002 establishing the European Union Solidarity Fund (OJ L 311, 14.11.2002, p. 3).