Amending budget No 1/2008#European Parliament resolution of  11 March 2008  on Draft amending budget No 1/2008 of the European Union for the financial year 2008, Section III - Commission (7259/2008 - C6-0124/2008 - 2008/2017(BUD))
Date: 2008-03-11
Institutions: Committee on Budgets, European Parliament
Subjects: European Commission, amending budget, budgetary expenditure, fund (EU), general budget (EU), mutual assistance

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Tuesday 11 March 2008

Volume 4 (section 3) — Commission

Article 06 02 10 Galileo Programme

Amend figures as follows

06 02 10

Budget 2007

PDB 2008

DAB 2008

AMENDMENT

DB + AMENDMENT

Commitments

Payments

Commitments

Payments

Commitments

Payments

Commitments

Payments

Commitments

Payments

100 000 000

p.m

151 000 000 100 000 000 888 000 000 198 000 000 2 000 000

2 000 000 890 000 000 200 000 000

Appropria-
tions

Reserves

Legal basis:

Reference acts:

Amending budget No 1/2008

P6_TA(2008)0084

European Parliament resolution of 11 March 2008 on Draft amending budget No 1/2008 of the
the financial year 2008, Section III — Commission (7259/2008 —
European Union for

C6-0124/2008 — 2008/2017(BUD))

The European Parliament,

(2009/C 66 E/28)

— having regard to Article 272 of the EC Treaty and Article 177 of the Euratom Treaty,

— 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 particularly Arti-
cles 37 and 38,

— having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2008, as finally

adopted on 13 December 2007 (2),

— 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 management (3),

— having regard to Preliminary draft amending budget No 1/2008 of the European Union for the financial

year 2008, which the Commission presented on 18 January 2008 (COM(2008)0015),

— having regard to Draft amending budget No 1/2008, which the Council established on 4 March 2008

(7259/2008 — C6-0124/2008),

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

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A6-0058/2008),

(1) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1525/2007 (OJ L 343, 27.12.2007,

p. 9).

(2) OJ L 71, 14.3.2008.
(3) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1. Agreement as amended by Decision 2008/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the

Council (OJ L 6, 10.1.2008, p. 7).

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A. whereas Draft amending budget No 1 to the general budget 2008 covers the following items:

— The mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund for an amount of 162 387 985 euro in commitment and
payment appropriations, relating to major storm damage in the United Kingdom in June and
July 2007,

— The creation of the necessary budgetary structure to accommodate the Research Executive Agency

(REA) and the European Research Council Executive Agency (ERCEA),

— Modification of the establishment plan of the European Agency for the Management of the Opera-
tional Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (Frontex),

— The creation of budget item 06 01 04 12 Galileo Programme — expenditure on administrative

management, as provided for in the Commission's revised proposal COM(2007)0535,

— The creation of budget Article 27 01 11 Exceptional crisis expenditure, to enable the financing of

exceptional expenditure linked to a declared crisis. The line will be endowed with a ‘p.m.’,

B. whereas the purpose of Draft amending budget No 1/2008 is to formally enter these budgetary adjust-

ments into the 2008 budget,

1.

Takes note of Preliminary draft amending budget No 1/2008;

Recalls its amendment to Draft amending budget No 1/2008 aiming at the creation of a line for
2.
expenditure on administrative management re-establishing the original amount on the operational line for
Galileo;

3.

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

EC-Guinea-Bissau Fisheries Partnership Agreement *

P6_TA(2008)0085

European Parliament legislative resolution of 11 March 2008 on the proposal for a Council
Regulation on the conclusion of the Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the European
Community and the Republic of Guinea-Bissau (COM(2007)0580 — C6-0391/2007 —
2007/0209(CNS))

(2009/C 66 E/29)

(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

— having regard to the proposal for a Council regulation (COM(2007)0580),

— having regard to Article 37 and Article 300(2) of the EC Treaty,

— having regard to Article 300(3), first subparagraph, of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council

consulted Parliament (C6-0391/2007),

— having regard to Rules 51 and 83(7) of its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Fisheries and the opinions of the Committee on Devel-

opment and the Committee on Budgets (A6-0053/2008),

Approves the proposal for a Council regulation as amended and approves the conclusion of the

1.
Agreement;

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

2.
governments and parliaments of the Member States and of the Republic of Guinea-Bissau.