Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the Mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument
Date: 2010-11-26
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU financial instrument, EU financing, Palestine, commitment of expenditure, competitiveness, continuing education, general budget (EU), innovation

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION 

Brussels, 26.11.2010 
COM(2010) 760 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 2011, additional expenditure, beyond the ceilings of heading 1a and 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 18 million for the Lifelong Learning programme under heading 1a; 

–  EUR 16 million for the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme under heading 1a; 

–  EUR 71 million for Palestine under heading 4. 

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 2011 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 and heading 4, at the conciliation meeting on 11 November 2010, the two arms of 
the  budgetary  authority  agreed  to  mobilise  the  Flexibility  Instrument  to  complement  the 
financing in the 2011 budget, beyond the ceilings of heading 1a and 4, of: 

–  EUR 18 million for the Lifelong Learning programme under heading 1a; 

–  EUR 16 million for the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme under heading 1a; 

–  EUR 71 million for Palestine under heading 4. 

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:  

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For  the  general  budget  of  the  European  Union  for  the  financial  year  2011  (hereinafter  “the 
2011 budget”), the flexibility instrument shall be used to provide the sum of EUR 34 million 
in  commitment  appropriations  in  heading  1a  and  of  EUR 71 million  in  commitment 
appropriations in heading 4. 

That amount shall be used to complement the financing of: 

–  EUR 18 million for the Lifelong Learning programme under heading 1a; 

–  EUR 16 million for the Competitiveness and Innovation Programme under heading 1a; 

–  EUR 71 million for Palestine under heading 4. 

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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