Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the flexibility instrument in favour of the rehabilitation and reconstruction of Iraq according to point 24 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999
Date: 2004-06-18
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financial instrument, Iraq, aid policy, commitment of expenditure, democratisation, economic reconstruction, human rights

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 18.6.2004 
COM(2004) 402 final 

Proposal for a  

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

on the mobilisation of the flexibility instrument in favour of the rehabilitation and 
reconstruction of Iraq according to point 24 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 
May 1999 

(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM  

The  Commission  proposes  to  continue  the  support  to  the  stabilisation  and  reconstruction 
process in Iraq initiated in 2003 and 2004 as one of its key external responsibility priorities in 
2005. For that purpose, an amount of EUR 200 is set aside in the 2005 budget, of which 190 
millions  to  be  implemented  under  the  article  19 08 07  "Aid  for  rehabilitation  and 
reconstruction  of  Iraq"  and  EUR  10  million  under  the  article  19 04 03  "Development  and 
consolidation of democracy and the rule of law – Respect for human rights and fundamental 
freedoms". These amounts will be financed by redeployment and mobilisation of the margin 
existing under the ceiling of Heading 4 "External actions" of the financial perspective, and by 
mobilising the flexibility instrument for an amount of EUR 115 million.  

It is therefore requested that the European Parliament and the Council adopt this proposal for 
a decision. 

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Proposal for a  

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

on the mobilisation of the flexibility instrument in favour of the rehabilitation and 
reconstruction of Iraq according to point 24 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 
May 1999 

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 procedure1, and in particular point 24 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission2, 

Whereas: 

The  Commission  proposes  to  continue  the  support  to  the  stabilisation  and  reconstruction 
process in Iraq initiated in 2003 and 2004 as one of its key external responsibility priorities in 
2005. For that purpose, an amount of EUR 200 is set aside in the 2005 budget, of which 190 
millions  to  be  implemented  under  the  article  19 08 07  "Aid  for  rehabilitation  and 
reconstruction  of  Iraq"  and  EUR  10  million  under  the  article  19 04 03  "Development  and 
consolidation of democracy and the rule of law – Respect for human rights and fundamental 
freedoms". These amounts will be financed by redeployment and mobilisation of the margin 
existing under the ceiling of Heading 4 "External actions" of the financial perspective, and by 
mobilising the flexibility instrument for an amount of EUR 115 million.  

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:  

Article 1 

For  the  general  budget  of  the  European  Union  for  the  financial  year  2005  (hereinafter  "the 
2005  budget"),  the  flexibility  instrument  shall  be  used  to  provide  the  sum  of  EUR 
115 000 000 in commitment appropriations. 

This amount shall be used for the financing of the aid for rehabilitation and reconstruction of 
Iraq, covered by Heading 4 "External actions" of the financial perspective, under the article 
19 08 07 of the 2005 budget. 

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OJ C 172 of 18.06.1999, p. 1. 
OJ C , , p. . 

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Article 2 

This  decision  shall  be  published  in  the  Official  Journal  of  the  European  Union  at  the  same 
time as the 2005 budget. 

Done at Brussels,  

For the European Parliament 
The President 

For the Council 
The President 

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