Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument
Date: 2007-12-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financial instrument, EU financing, EU programme, common foreign and security policy, satellite navigation

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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 5.12.2007 
COM(2007) 786 final 

Proposal for a 

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

on the Mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument 

(presented by the Commission) 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

The  Interinstitutional  Agreement  of  17  May  20061  allows  for  the  mobilisation  of  the 
Flexibility Instrument to allow the financing of clearly identified expenditure which could not 
be  financed  within  the  limits  of  the  ceilings  available  for  one  or  more  headings  of  the 
multiannual financial framework. 

For budget 2008, additional expenditure, beyond the ceilings of sub-heading 1a and heading 4 
is required. It is therefore proposed to mobilise the Flexibility Instrument in accordance with 
point 27 of the Interinsitutional Agreement. 

The amounts to be mobilised are as follows: 

–  EUR 200  million  towards  the  financing  of  the  European  GNSS  programmes  (EGNOS-

GALILEO); 

–  EUR 70 million for the Common Foreign and Security Policy. 

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Proposal for a 

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

on the Mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument 

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having  regard  to  the  Interinstitutional  Agreement  of  17  May  2006  between  the  European 
Parliament,  the  Council  and  the  Commission  on  budgetary  discipline  and  sound  financial 
management2, and in particular point 27 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission3, 

Whereas: 

At  the  conciliation  meeting  on  23  November  2007  the  two  arms  of  the  budgetary  authority 
agreed to mobilise the Flexibility Instrument to complement the financing in the 2008 budget 
of: 

–  the  European  GNSS  programmes  (EGNOS-GALILEO)  for  an  amount  of  EUR 200 

million; 

–  the Common Foreign and Security Policy for an amount of EUR 70 million. 

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:  

Article 1 

For  the  general  budget  of  the  European  Union  for  the  financial  year  2008  (hereinafter  “the 
2008 budget”), the flexibility instrument shall be used to provide the sum of EUR 270 million 
in commitment appropriations. 

These amounts shall be used to complement the financing of: 

–  the European GNSS programmes (EGNOS-GALILEO) for an amount of EUR 200 million, 

under article 06 02 10 Galileo Programme in Sub-Heading 1a; 

–  the Common Foreign and Security Policy for an amount of EUR 70 million, under chapter 

19 03 in Heading 4. 

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Article 2 

This  decision  shall  be  published  in  the  Official  Journal  of  the  European  Union  at  the  same 
time as the 2008 budget. 

Done at Brussels,  

For the European Parliament 
The President 

For the Council 
The President 

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