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 assistance to Tsunami affected countries according to point 24 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999
Date: 2005-06-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Asia, EU financial instrument, commitment of expenditure, financial aid, general budget (EU), natural disaster

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 21.6.2005 
COM(2005) 278 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 assistance to Tsunami affected countries according to point 24 of the 
Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 

(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM  

In  the  framework  of  the  support  of  the  rehabilitation  and  reconstruction  needs  in  the 
earthquake/Tsunami affected countries and in the same time of the adoption of its proposal for 
the Preliminary Draft Amending Budget for 20061, the Commission has already presented a 
draft  decision  on  the  mobilisation  of  the  flexibility  instrument2  and  has  submitted  to  the 
budgetary  authority  a  proposal  for  a  Preliminary  Draft  Amending  Budget  for  20053.  Out  of 
the  proposed  total  amount  of  EUR  350  million  over  2005  and  2006,  EUR 170 million  are 
meant to be covered by the budget for 2005 and EUR 180 million by the budget 2006.. Since 
the ceiling for Heading 4:"External actions" as proposed by the Preliminary Draft Budget for 
2006  is  already  exceeded  by  EUR 123,5 million,  the  Commission  proposes  the  mobilisation 
of the flexibility instrument of a same amount, in accordance with the provisions of the I.I.A. 
of 6 May 1999.  

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

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SEC(2005) 548 final of 27 April 2005 
SEC(2005) 548 final of 27 April 2005 
PDAB No 3/2005 of 27 April 2005, SEC(2005) 548 final. 

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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 assistance to Tsunami affected countries 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 procedure4, and in particular point 24 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 

Whereas: 

The Budget Authority has agreed to support the rehabilitation and reconstruction needs in the 
earthquake/Tsunami  affected  countries  (mainly  Indonesia,  Sri  Lanka  and  the Maldives,) 
during 2005 and 2006, for a total amount of EUR 350 million, of which EUR 170 million in 
2005 and EUR 180 million in 2006. For 2005, a proposal for a decision for the mobilisation of 
the flexibility instrument has already been submitted to the budgetary authority. As for 2006, 
since  the  ceiling  for  Heading  4:"External  actions"  as  proposed  by  the  Preliminary  Draft 
Budget is already exceeded by EUR 123,5 million, the Commission proposes the mobilisation 
of the flexibility instrument of a same amount, , in accordance with the provisions of the I.I.A. 
of 6 May 1999.  

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:  

Sole article 

For  the  general  budget  of  the  European  Union  for  the  financial  year  2006  (hereinafter  "the 
2006  budget"),  the  flexibility  instrument  shall  be  used  to  provide  the  sum  of  EUR 
123 500 000 in commitment appropriations. 

This amount shall be used for the financing of the aid for rehabilitation and reconstruction of 
the earthquake/Tsunami affected countries in Asia, covered by Heading 4 "External actions" 
of  the  financial  perspective,  under  the  article  19 10  04  "Rehabilitation  and  reconstruction 
operations in developing countries in Asia" of the 2006 budget. 

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OJ C 172 of 18.06.1999, p. 1. 

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Done at Brussels,  

For the European Parliament 
The President 

For the Council 
The President 

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