European Parliament resolution on Draft amending budget No 1/2006 of the European Union for the financial year 2006, Section III - Commission (Floods in Bulgaria, Romania and Austria) (8512/2006 - C6-0131/2006 - 2006/2066(BUD))
Date: 2006-04-27
Institutions: Committee on Budgets, European Parliament
Subjects: Austria, Bulgaria, EU aid, Romania, amending budget, budgetary expenditure, budgetary resources, flood, preliminary draft EC budget

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P6_TA(2006)0148

Draft amending budget No 1/2006

European Parliament resolution on Draft amending budget No 1/2006 of the European Union
for the financial year 2006, Section III — Commission (Floods in Bulgaria, Romania and Austria)
(8512/2006 — C6-0131/2006 — 2006/2066(BUD))

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 Arti-
cles 37 and 38 thereof,

— having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2006, as finally

adopted on 15 December 2005 (2),

— 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 (3),

— having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 7 November 2002 between the European Parlia-
ment, the Council and the Commission on the financing of the European Union Solidarity Fund
supplementing 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 (4),

— having regard to the decision of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2006 to
mobilise the European Union Solidarity Fund to the amount of EUR 106 357627 to grant financial
assistance to Bulgaria, Romania and Austria in order to help those countries to cope with the severe
damage caused by floods between April and August 2005,

— having regard to Preliminary draft amending budget No 1/2006 of the European Union for the finan-

cial year 2006, which the Commission presented on 10 March 2006 (SEC(2006)0325),

— having regard to Draft amending budget No 1/2006, which the Council established on 25 April 2006

(8512/2006 — C6-0131/2006),

— having regard to Rule 69 of and Annex IV to its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A6-0139/2006),

A. whereas the European Union should show its solidarity with the population of regions of Member
States affected by natural disasters which have serious repercussions on living conditions, the natural
environment or the economy,

B. whereas the appropriate budgetary resources for the European Union's financial assistance have been
mobilised in accordance with the provisions of the European Union Solidarity Fund and of the Inter-
institutional Agreement of 7 November 2002 relating to its financing,

C. whereas the purpose of Draft amending budget No 1/2006 is to formally enter these budgetary

resources in the 2006 budget,

(1) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 78, 15.3.2006, p. 1.
(3) OJ C 172, 18.6.1999, p. 1. Agreement amended by Decision 2003/429/EC of the European Parliament and of the

Council (OJ L 147, 14.6.2003, p. 25).

(4) OJ C 283, 20.11.2002, p. 1.

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1. Welcomes Draft amending budget No 1/2006, the purpose of which is to enter without delay the
budgetary resources mobilised from the European Union Solidarity Fund in the 2006 budget so that those
affected by these natural disasters can be assisted;

2.

3.

Approves Draft amending budget No 1/2006 unamended;

Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission.

P6_TA(2006)0149

Allocation of quotas of hydrochlorofluorocarbons with respect to the new
Member States ***I

European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parlia-
ment and of the Council amending Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and
of the Council, as regards the base year for the allocation of quotas of hydrochlorofluorocarbons
with respect to the Member States that acceded on 1 May 2004 (COM(2004)0550 — 13632/2005 —
C6-0421/2005 — 2004/0296(COD))

(Codecision procedure: first reading)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2004)

0550 — 13632/2005) (1),

— having regard to Article 251(2) and Article 175(1) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Commission

submitted the proposal to Parliament (C6-0421/2005),

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

— having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety

(A6-0088/2006),

1.

Approves the Commission proposal;

Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it intends to amend its proposal

2.
substantially or replace it with another text;

3.

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

(1) Not yet published in OJ.