European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation on the financing of the common agricultural policy (COM(2004)0489 - C6-0166/2004 - 2004/0164(CNS))
Date: 2005-05-26
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: agricultural expenditure, common agricultural policy, financing, fund (EU), reform of the CAP

C 117 E/122

Official Journal of the European Union

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18.5.2006

Thursday 26 May 2005

P6_TA(2005)0193

Financing the common agricultural policy *

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation on the financing
of the common agricultural policy (COM(2004)0489 — C6-0166/2004 — 2004/0164(CNS))

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2004)0489) (1),

— having regard to the third subparagraph of Article 37(2) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Coun-

cil consulted Parliament (C6-0166/2004),

— having regard to Rule 51 of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development and the opinion

of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A6-0127/2005),

Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty;

Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substan-

1.

2.

3.

4.
tially;

5.

Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 1
Article 5, point (a)

(a) measures required for the analysis, management, moni-
toring,
information exchange and implementation of the
common agricultural policy, as well as measures relating
to the implementation of control systems and technical
and administrative assistance;

(a) measures required for the analysis, management, moni-
toring,
information exchange and implementation of the
common agricultural policy, as well as measures relating
to the implementation of control systems and technical
and administrative assistance, with the exception of expen-
diture that, pursuant to Article 13, is not to be borne by
the EAGF;

However, direct payments shall under no circumstances be
made after 15 October of the budget year concerned.

Deleted

Amendment 2
Article 16, paragraph 2

Amendment 3
Article 31, paragraph 4, point (a)

(a)

expenditure as indicated in Article 3(1)
is incurred
more than 36 months before the Commission notifies the
Member State in writing of its inspection findings;

that

(a)

expenditure as indicated in Article 3(1)
is incurred
more than 24 months before the Commission notifies the
Member State in writing of its inspection findings;

that

(1) Not yet published in OJ.

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TEXT PROPOSED
BY THE COMMISSION

Thursday 26 May 2005

AMENDMENTS
BY PARLIAMENT

Amendment 4
Article 31, paragraph 4, point (b)

(b) expenditure on multiannual measures falling within the
scope of Article 3(1) where the final obligation on the
recipient occurs more than 36 months before the Commis-
sion notifies the Member State in writing of its inspection
findings;

(b) expenditure on multiannual measures falling within the
scope of Article 3(1) where the final obligation on the
recipient occurs more than 24 months before the Commis-
sion notifies the Member State in writing of its inspection
findings;

Amendment 5
Article 31, paragraph 4, point (c)

(c)

expenditure on programmes, as indicated in Article 4, pay-
ment of
the balance of which is made more than
36 months before the Commission notifies the Member
State in writing of its inspection findings.

(c)

expenditure on programmes, as indicated in Article 4, pay-
ment of
the balance of which is made more than
24 months before the Commission notifies the Member
State in writing of its inspection findings.

Amendment 6
Article 32, paragraph 5, subparagraph 1

5.
If recovery has not taken place within four years of the
primary administrative or judicial finding, or within six years
where recovery action is taken in the national courts, 50 % of
the financial consequences of non-recovery shall be borne by
the Member State concerned and 50 % by the Community
budget, after application of the deduction provided for in para-
graph 2.

5.
If recovery has not taken place within four years of the
primary administrative finding, or within six months after the
issue of the final judicial decision, 50 % of the financial con-
sequences of non-recovery shall be borne by the Member State
concerned and 50 % by the Community budget, after appli-
cation of the deduction provided for in paragraph 2.

Amendment 7
Article 43

By 1 September of each year following the budget year, the
Commission shall draw up a financial report on the adminis-
tration of the EAGF and the EAFRD during the previous finan-
cial year.

By 1 September of each year following the budget year, the
Commission shall submit to the European Parliament and to
the Council a financial report on the administration of the
EAGF and the EAFRD during the previous financial year.

P6_TA(2005)0194

Framework agreement on EP-Commission relations

European Parliament decision on the revision of the framework agreement on relations between
the European Parliament and the Commission (2005/2076(ACI))

The European Parliament,

— having regard to Article 10 of the Treaty establishing the European Community and Declaration No 3
annexed to the Final Act of the Intergovernmental Conference which adopted the Treaty of Nice,

— having regard to Article III-397 of the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe,

— having regard to the framework agreement on relations between the European Parliament and the

Commission of 5 July 2000 (1),

— having regard to its resolution of 18 November 2004 on the election of the new Commission (2),

— having regard to the decision of the Conference of Presidents of 14 April 2005,

(1) OJ C 121, 24.4.2001, p. 122.
(2) Texts Adopted, 5 July 2000, P6_TA(2004)0063.