Draft amending budget No 6/2010: Section II - European Council and Council; Section III - Commission; Section X - European External Action Service European Parliament resolution of 20 October 2010 on Council’s position on Draft amending budget No 6/2010 of the European Union for the financial year 2010, Section II - European Council and Council; Section III - Commission; Section X - European External Action Service (13475/2010 – C7-0262/2010 – 2010/2094(BUD))
Date: 2010-10-20
Institutions: Committee on Budgets, European Parliament
Subjects: Council of the European Union, EU office or agency, EU relations, European Commission, European Council, amending budget, common foreign and security policy, financial management, general budget (EU), implementation of the budget








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Wednesday 20 October 2010Draft amending budget No 6/2010: Section II - European Council and Council; Section III - Commission; Section X - European External Action Service
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European Parliament resolution of 20 October 2010 on Council’s position on Draft amending budget No 6/2010 of the European Union for the financial year 2010, Section II - European Council and Council; Section III - Commission; Section X - European External Action Service (13475/2010 – C7-0262/2010 – 2010/2094(BUD))
2012/C 70 E/23

The European Parliament,






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having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and in particular Article 314 thereof and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 106a thereof,










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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 Articles 37 and 38 thereof,










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having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2010, as finally adopted on 17 December 2009 (2),










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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),










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having regard to Draft amending budget No 6/2010 of the European Union for the financial year 2010, which the Commission presented on 17 June 2010 (COM(2010)0315),










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having regard to Council’s position on Draft amending budget No 6/2010, which the Council established on 13 September 2010 (13475/2010 – C7-0262/2010),










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having regard to Rules 75b and 75e of its Rules of Procedure,










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having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A7-0283/2010),










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whereas this Amending budget is the third and final piece of a set of legislation necessary to implement the political agreement and subsequent Council Decision establishing the European External Action Service (EEAS), the other two being a modification of the Financial Regulation and a modification of the Staff Regulation,










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whereas the establishment of the EEAS has to be guided by the principles of cost efficiency, budget neutrality, and sound and efficient management while fully taking into account the impact of the economic crisis in public finances and the need for budgetary stringency,










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whereas, also, every effort must be made to ensure that any overlapping and potential conflicts of competencies are avoided, especially as this would not only lead to less effective external policies but, also, to ineffective use of scarce budgetary resources,










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whereas the needs for 2011 are covered by an Amending Letter 1/2010 to the 2011 budget and will be incorporated into the general budget procedure for that year,










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whereas the bulk of resources necessary will simply be transferred from the Sections of the European Council and Council and the Commission, but a limited amount of new resources is also being requested in terms of staff and contract staff,










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whereas this Draft amending budget No 6/2010 will formally enter this budgetary adjustment into the 2010 budget, including the creation of a new and separate Section X, which is part of the political agreement,










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whereas the rights of Parliament as concerns budget discharge must be safeguarded,










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whereas it should be recalled, once again, that it is crucial for the EU to be able to operate the full range of its external instruments under a coherent structure, and whereas the provision of 2010 budgetary resources to set up such a structure, in its initial phase, is the political purpose of this resolution,










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whereas the Council adopted its position on 13 September 2010,










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Takes note of Draft amending budget No 6/2010;










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Approves Council’s position on Draft amending budget No 6/2010 unamended and instructs its President to declare that Amending budget No 6/2010 has been definitively adopted and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;










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Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission, and also to the other institutions and bodies concerned.






(1)  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

(2)  OJ L 64, 12.3.2010.

(3)  OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.