European Parliament resolution on the financial implications of the accession of Romania and Bulgaria (2005/2031(INI))
Date: 2005-04-13
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: Bulgaria, Community budget, Romania, accession to the European Union

9.2.2006

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 33 E/403

TEXTS ADOPTED

Wednesday 13 April 2005

P6_TA(2005)0116

The financial implications of the accession of Romania and Bulgaria

European Parliament resolution on the financial implications of the accession of Romania and
Bulgaria (2005/2031(INI))

The European Parliament,

— having regard to Article 272 of the EC Treaty,

— 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 points 27 and 30 thereof,

— having regard to the outcome of the negotiations with the Council Presidency and the Trialogues of 5

and 13 April 2005,

— having regard to Rule 45 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A6-0090/2005),

A. whereas the EC Treaty and in particular Article 272 thereof, and the Interinstitutional Agreement of
6 May 1999 and in particular points 27 and 30 thereof, contain provisions which confirm the powers
and the procedures of the budgetary authority on the classification of expenditure and corresponding
authority,

1.

Approves the Joint Declaration annexed to this resolution;

Instructs its President to forward this resolution together with the Joint Declaration to the Council and

2.
the Commission.

(1) OJ C 172, 18.6.1999, p. 1. Agreement as amended by Decision 2003/429/EC (OJ L 147, 14.6.2003, p. 25).

ANNEX I

JOINT DECLARATION
BY THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL AND THE COMMISSION

Financial implications of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania

1. Without prejudice to the draft treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe

a.

The representatives of the Governments of the Member States meeting with the Council declare that the
amounts in Title III ‘Financial Provisions’ of the Act of Accession, annexed to the draft Accession Treaty
submitted under the assent procedure of the European Parliament, are mentioned without prejudice to
the European Parliament's rights and the powers and prerogatives of the budgetary authority conferred
by Article 272 of the EC Treaty and the relevant provisions of the Interinstitutional Agreement of
6 May 1999.

b.

The Council, the Commission and the European Parliament confirm that the classification of the expen-
diture in Articles 30-34, Title III ‘Financial Provisions’ of the Act of Accession, annexed to the draft
Accession Treaty will constitute non-compulsory expenditure after 2009.

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2.
The Commission confirms that its proposal for a financial framework (2007-2013) is based on the
assumption that Bulgaria and Romania will be Member States on 1 January 2007. The European Parliament
and the Council take note of the indicative amounts for Bulgaria and Romania, provided by the Commission
in its conclusions of 22 March 2004 on ‘the financial
in March 2004 and considered by the Council
package for the accession negotiations for Bulgaria and Romania’. The financing of the accession of Bulgaria
and Romania will be ensured without jeopardising the commitments for existing multiannual programmes
or the decisions on the next financial perspective.

The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission recall the importance of the Interinstitu-
3.
tional Agreement of 6 May 1999 in the functioning of budgetary procedures and that this can only function
if all the institutions comply fully.

ANNEX II

FINANCIAL PACKAGE PROPOSED BY THE COMMISSION ON 22 MARCH 2004
FOR BULGARIA AND ROMANIA

COMMITMENT APPROPRIATIONS

2007

2008

2009

Total

Agriculture

Structural operations

Internal Policies

Administration

Total commitment appropriations

Payment appropriations

Source: Conclusions General Affairs Council of 22.03.2004.

1141

1938

444

96

3 619

1648

1990

2 731

434

125

5 279

3 276

2 342

3 605

426

125

3 498

4 131

5 473

8 273

1 304

346

15 396

9 056

P6_TA(2005)0117

Bulgaria's application to become a member of the Union

European Parliament resolution on the application by the Republic of Bulgaria to become a member
of the European Union (2005/2029(INI))

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the application for accession to the European Union submitted by the Republic of

Bulgaria on 14 December 1995,

— having regard to the Commission's opinion of 1997 on the Republic of Bulgaria's application to

become a member of the European Union,

— having regard to the Commission's Regular Reports on the Republic of Bulgaria's progress towards
accession covering the years from 1998 to 2004 and its Strategy Paper on progress in the enlargement
process (COM(2004)0657 — C6-0150/2004),

— having regard to the Presidency Conclusions of the Brussels European Council of 16-17 December

2004,

— having regard to all its resolutions and reports since the beginning of the accession negotiations to date,

— having regard to the Commission Opinion of 22 February 2005 on the applications for accession to

the European Union of the Republic of Bulgaria and Romania (COM(2005)0055),