European Parliament resolution on Draft amending budget No 2/2006 of the European Union for the financial year 2006, Section III - Commission (8513/2006 - C6-0127/2006 - 2006/2098(BUD))
Date: 2006-05-18
Institutions: Committee on Budgets, European Parliament
Subjects: European Commission, amending budget, draft budget (EU), financial year, implementation of the budget

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TEXTS ADOPTED

Thursday, 18 May 2006

P6_TA(2006)0215

Draft amending budget No 2/2006

European Parliament resolution on Draft amending budget No 2/2006 of the European Union
the financial year 2006, Section III — Commission (8513/2006 — C6-0127/2006 —
for

2006/2098(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 Preliminary draft amending budget No 2/2006 of the European Union for the financial

year 2006, which the Commission presented on 12 April 2006 (SEC(2006)0490),

— having regard to Draft amending budget No 2/2006, which the Council established on 21 April 2006

(8513/2006 — C6-0127/2006),

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

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A6-0181/2006),

A. whereas Draft amending budget No 2/2006 aims to enter in the 2006 budget the surplus from the

financial year 2005, amounting to 2 410 million euro;

B. whereas the two main elements of this surplus are an over-registering in revenue of 1 292 million euro

and an under-spending in expenditure of 1 077 million euro;

C. whereas the under-spending of payment appropriations, compared to the years before, has decreased
i.e. only 1 077 million euro of the total EU 2005 budget of

overall to about 1 % of the budget,
105 684 048 940 euro were not used;

D. whereas

the

sum not

for agriculture,

spent amounted to 157 million euro, or 0,3 %, of
48 510 million euro, for structural funding it was 58 million euro (0,2 %) of a total 32 641 million euro,
for external action it amounted to 181 million (3,5 %) of the total allowance of 5 171 million euro, for
administration it was 66 million (1,0 %) of a total 6 292 million euro and for pre-accession strategy it
amounted to 463 million euro (13,5 %) of a total of 3 428 million euro;

(1) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 78, 15.3.2006.
(3) OJ C 172, 18.6.1999, p. 1. Agreement as last amended by Decision 2005/708/EC of the European Parliament and of

the Council (OJ L 269, 14.10.2005, p. 24).

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E. whereas, compared to 2004, there have been considerable general improvements in the uptake of alloca-
tions in the fields of structural funds, where in 2004, 232 million euro or 0,7 % of the total budget of
34 451 million euro were not spent, and internal policies, where an amount of 50 million euro (0,7 %)
of a total of 7 432 million euro was left unused in 2004;

F. whereas there is still some room for improvement, especially in the field of external action, where
181 million euro equalling 3,5 % of the total allowance were not spent in 2005, and in pre-accession
strategy where the amount unused, compared to 2004, has actually gone up to 463 million euro or
13,5 % of the allowance initially planned;

1. Welcomes the positive development in budget implementation over the last few years;

2. Calls on the Commission to continue its efforts to fully implement the budget which is even more
important in view of the limited resources that will be available under the new financial framework
2007 — 2013;

3. Has decided to accept Council's Draft amending budget unamended;

4.

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

P6_TA(2006)0216

Cohesion Policy in support of growth and jobs

European Parliament resolution on preparing for the assent procedure for the Community's stra-
tegic guidelines for the period 2007-2013 (Cohesion Policy in Support of Growth and Jobs)
(2006/2086(INI))

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the Commission communication:

‘Cohesion Policy in Support of Growth and Jobs:

Community strategic guidelines, 2007-2013’ (COM(2005)0299),

— having regard to Articles 23 and 24 of the proposal for a Council regulation laying down general provi-
sions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund and the Cohesion Fund
and having regard to its resolution of 6 July 2005 (1),

— having regard to the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the
European Regional Development Fund and having regard to the position it took thereon at first reading
on 6 July 2005 (2),

— having regard to the proposal for a Council regulation establishing a Cohesion Fund and having regard

to its resolution thereon of 6 July 2005 (3),

(1) Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2005)0277.
(2) Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2005)0279.
(3) Texts Adopted, P6_TA(2005)0278.