Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument
Date: 2009-11-30
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: commitment of expenditure, decommissioning of power stations, energy policy, financial instrument, general budget (EU), interinstitutional agreement, nuclear power station, reflation

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COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES 

Brussels, 30.11.2009 
COM(2009)660 final 

Proposal for a 

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

on the Mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument 

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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 2010, additional expenditure, beyond the ceilings of heading 1a 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 120 million towards the financing of projects in the field of energy in the context of 

the European Economic Recovery Plan; 

–  EUR 75 million for the decommissioning of the Kozloduy nuclear power plant. 

The two arms of the budgetary authority are reminded that the publication of the Decision in 
the Official Journal of the European Union shall not intervene later than the publication for 
the 2010 budget. 

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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 the fifth paragraph of point 27 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission3, 

Whereas,  after  having  examined  all  possibilities  for  re-allocating  appropriations  under 
heading 1a, at the conciliation meeting on 18 November 2009, the two arms of the budgetary 
authority  agreed  to  mobilise  the  Flexibility  Instrument  to  complement  the  financing  in  the 
2010 budget, beyond the ceiling of heading 1a, of: 

–  EUR 120 million towards the financing of projects in the field of energy in the context of 

the European Economic Recovery Plan; 

–  EUR 75 million for the decommissioning of the Kozloduy nuclear power plant. 

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:  

Article 1 

For  the  general  budget  of  the  European  Union  for  the  financial  year  2010  (hereinafter  “the 
2010 budget”), the flexibility instrument shall be used to provide the sum of EUR 195 million 
in commitment appropriations in heading 1a. 

That amount shall be used to complement the financing of: 

–  EUR 120 million towards the financing of projects in the field of energy in the context of 

the European Economic Recovery Plan; 

–  EUR 75 million for the decommissioning of the Kozloduy nuclear power plant. 

This decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union. 

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Done at Brussels,  

For the European Parliament 
The President 

For the Council 
The President 

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