European Parliament legislative resolution of 20 November 2013 on the joint text on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2014 approved by the Conciliation Committee under the budgetary procedure (16106/2013 ADD 1-5 — C7-0413/2013 — 2013/2145(BUD))
Date: 2013-11-20
Institutions: Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, Committee on Budgetary Control, Committee on Budgets, Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, Committee on Constitutional Affairs, Committee on Culture and Education, Committee on Development, Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs, Committee on Employment and Social Affairs, Committee on Fisheries, Committee on Foreign Affairs, Committee on Industry, Research and Energy, Committee on International Trade, Committee on Legal Affairs, Committee on Petitions, Committee on Regional Development, Committee on Transport and Tourism, Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality, Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety, Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, European Parliament
Subjects: budgetary procedure, draft budget (EU), financial year, general budget (EU)








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Official Journal of the European Union


C 436/140





P7_TA(2013)0472
2014 budgetary procedure: joint text
European Parliament legislative resolution of 20 November 2013 on the joint text on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2014 approved by the Conciliation Committee under the budgetary procedure (16106/2013 ADD 1-5 — C7-0413/2013 — 2013/2145(BUD))
(2016/C 436/27)

The European Parliament,






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having regard to the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee (16106/2013 ADD 1-5 — C7-0413/2013) and the Parliament, Council and Commission statements annexed to this resolution,










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having regard to its resolution of 23 October 2013 on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2014 as modified by the Council — all sections (1) and the budgetary amendments therein,










—


having regard to the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2014, adopted by the Commission on 28 June 2013 (COM(2013)0450),










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having regard to the position on the draft general budget of the European Union adopted by the Council on 2 September 2013 and forwarded to Parliament on 12 September 2013 (13176/2013 — C7-0260/2013),










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having regard to Amending Letters No 1/2014 (COM(2013)0644) and 2/2014 (COM(2013)0719) to the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2014 presented by the Commission on 18 September 2013 and 16 October 2013 respectively,










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










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having regard to Council Decision 2007/436/EC, Euratom of 7 June 2007 on the system of the European Communities' own resources (2),










—


having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (3),










—


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 (4),










—


having regard to the Draft Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management,










—


having regard to the draft Council Regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014 — 2020,










—


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










—


having regard to the report of its delegation to the Conciliation Committee (A7-0387/2013),












1.


Approves the joint text agreed by the Conciliation Committee, which consists of the following documents taken together:






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list of budget lines not modified, compared to the draft budget or the Council's position;










—


summary figures by financial framework headings;










—


line-by-line figures on all budget items;










—


consolidated document showing the figures and final text of all lines modified during the conciliation;
















2.


Confirms the joint statements by Parliament, the Council and the Commission included in the joint conclusions agreed by the Conciliation Committee annexed to this resolution;












3.


Confirms the joint statements by Parliament and the Commission on payment appropriations, as well as by Parliament and the Council, on heading 5 and salary adjustments, and on EU Special Representatives, annexed to this resolution;












4.


Instructs its President to declare that the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2014 has been definitively adopted and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;












5.


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






(1)  Texts adopted, P7_TA(2013)0437.

(2)  OJ L 163, 23.6.2007, p. 17.

(3)  OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1.

(4)  OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.



ANNEX

FINAL 12.11.2013
Budget 2014 — Joint conclusions

These joint conclusions cover the following sections:






 








1.


Budget 2014










2.


Budget 2013 — Amending Budgets No 8/2013 and No 9/2013










3.


Statements








1.   Budget 2014

1.1.   ‘Closed’ lines

Unless stated otherwise below in these conclusions, all budget lines not amended by either Council or Parliament, and those for which Parliament accepted Council's amendments during their respective reading are confirmed.
For the other budget items, the Conciliation Committee has reached the following conclusions:
1.2.   Horizontal issues



Decentralised agencies


The number of posts for all decentralised agencies is set at the level proposed by the Commission in the Draft Budget, with the exception of:






—



European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA), for which 7 additional posts are agreed;










—



European Banking Authority (EBA), for which 8 additional posts are agreed;










—



European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA), for which 3 additional posts are agreed;










—



European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), for which 5 additional posts are agreed;










—



European Asylum Support Office (EASO), for which 2 additional posts are agreed; and










—



EUROPOL, for which 2 additional posts are agreed.




The EU contribution (in commitment appropriations and in payment appropriations) for decentralised agencies is set at the level proposed by the Commission in the Draft Budget (DB), with the exception of:






—



European Banking Authority (EBA), for which an additional amount of EUR 2,1 million is agreed, on the basis of the EU funding key of 40 % (60 % to be co-financed by national supervisory authorities);










—



European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA), for which an additional amount of EUR 1,2 million is agreed, on the basis of the EU funding key of 40 % (60 % to be co-financed by national supervisory authorities);










—



European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), for which an additional amount of EUR 2,0 million is agreed, on the basis of the EU funding key of 40 % (60 % to be co-financed by national supervisory authorities);










—



European Asylum Support Office (EASO), for which an additional amount of EUR 0,130 million is agreed;










—



EUROPOL, for which an additional amount of EUR 1,7 million is agreed; and










—



FRONTEX, for which an additional amount of EUR 2,0 million is agreed.




The Conciliation Committee agrees on the joint statement on decentralised agencies as set out in Section 3.4.


Executive agencies


The EU contribution (in commitment appropriations and in payment appropriations) and the number of posts for executive agencies are set at the level proposed by the Commission in Amending Letter 2/2014.


Joint Technology Initiatives (JTIs)


The EU contribution (in commitment appropriations and in payment appropriations) and the number of posts for Joint Technology Initiatives are set at the level proposed at the level proposed by the Commission in the Draft Budget (DB), as amended by Amending Letter No 1/2014.


Pilot Projects/Preparatory Actions


A comprehensive package of 68 pilot projects/preparatory actions (PP/PA), for an amount of EUR 79,4 million in commitment appropriations is agreed, as proposed by the Parliament. When a pilot project or a preparatory action appears to be covered by an existing legal basis, the Commission may propose the transfer of appropriations to the corresponding legal basis in order to facilitate the implementation of the action.
This package fully respects the ceilings for pilot projects and preparatory actions provided in the Financial Regulation.
1.3.   Expenditure headings of the financial framework — commitment appropriations

After taking into account the above conclusions on ‘closed’ budget lines, agencies and pilot projects and preparatory actions, the Conciliation Committee has agreed on the following:


Heading 1a


Commitment appropriations are set at the level proposed by the Commission in the Draft Budget, as amended by Amending Letter No 1 and No 2/2014, with the following exceptions:










in EUR million






Budget line




Name




Reinforcements/reductions of commitment appropriations






DB 2014




Budget 2014




Difference





01 02 01


Coordination, surveillance and communication on the economic and monetary union, including the euro


13,000 


11,000 


-2,000 




04 03 01 02


Social dialogue


38,500 


—


-38,500 




04 03 01 05


Information and training sessions for workers’ organisations


—


18,600 


18,600 




04 03 01 06


Information, consultation and participation of representatives undertakings


—


7,250 


7,250 




04 03 01 08


Industrial relations and social dialogue


—


15,935 


15,935 




04 03 02 02


EURES — Promoting workers’ geographical mobility and boosting employment opportunities


19,310 


21,300 


1,990 




04 03 02 03


Microfinance and Social Entrepreneurship — Facilitating access to finance for entrepreneurs, especially those furthest from the labour market, and social enterprises


25,074 


26,500 


1,426 




06 02 05


Support activities to the European transport policy and passenger rights, including communication activities


16,019 


20,019 


4,000 




09 03 01


Accelerating the deployment of broadband networks


—


10,000 


10,000 




09 04 01 01


Strengthening research in FET — Future and Emerging Technologies


241,003 


246,003 


5,000 




15 02 10


Special Annual Events


—


3,000 


3,000 





Total



 


 



26,701 





As a consequence, and after taking into account pilot projects and preparatory actions, as well as decentralised agencies, the margin under the expenditure ceiling of heading 1a amounts to EUR 76,0 million.


Heading 1b


Commitment appropriations are set at the level proposed in the Draft Budget, as amended by Amending Letter No 1/2014, with the exception of the following budget lines, for each of which an amount of EUR 2,5 million in commitments is agreed:






—


13 03 67 ‘Macro regional strategies 2014-2020: European strategy for the Baltic Sea region — Technical assistance’ and










—


13 03 68 ‘Macro regional strategies 2014-2020: European strategy for the Danube region — Technical assistance’.




Furthermore, for the Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD, chapter 04 06) an additional amount of EUR 134,9 million in commitments is agreed. A corresponding amount in commitments is transferred from the European Social Fund (ESF, chapter 04 02), broken down as follows:






—


- EUR 67,9 million for the ‘Less developed regions’ (budget line 04 02 60)










—


- EUR 22,2 million for the ‘Transition regions’ (budget line 04 02 61)










—


- EUR 44,8 million for the ‘More developed regions’ (budget line 04 02 62)




The Flexibility Instrument will be mobilised for an amount of EUR 89,3 million for additional assistance to Cyprus.


Heading 2


Commitment appropriations are set at the level proposed by the Commission in the Draft Budget, as amended by Amending Letter No 2/2014, with the exception of:






—


budget line 05 08 80 Union participation at the World Exposition 2015 ‘Feeding the Planet — Energy for Life’ in Milan, for which an additional amount of EUR 1 million in commitments is agreed.




As a consequence, and after taking into account pilot projects and preparatory actions, the margin under the expenditure ceiling of heading 2 amounts to EUR 35,8 million.


Heading 3


Commitment appropriations are set at the level proposed by the Commission in the Draft Budget, as amended by Amending Letter No 2/2014, with the following exceptions:










in EUR million






Budget line




Name




Reinforcements of commitment appropriations






DB 2014




Budget 2014




Difference





15 04 02


Supporting the cultural and creative sectors to operate in Europe and beyond and to promote transnational circulation and mobility


52,922 


53,922 


1,000 




15 04 03


MEDIA sub-programme — Supporting the MEDIA cultural and creative sectors to operate in Europe and beyond and to promote transnational circulation and mobility


102,321 


103,321 


1,000 




16 02 01


Europe for Citizens — Strengthening remembrance and enhancing capacity for civic participation at the Union level


21,050 


23,050 


2,000 




16 03 01 01


Multimedia actions


18,740 


25,540 


6,800 




33 02 02


Promoting non-discrimination and equality


30,651 


31,151 


0,500 





Total



 


 



11,300 





As a consequence, and after taking into account pilot projects and preparatory actions, as well as decentralised agencies, the margin under the expenditure ceiling of heading 3 amounts to EUR 7,0 million.


Heading 4


Commitment appropriations are set at the level proposed by the Commission in the Draft Budget, as amended by Amending Letter No 2/2014, with the following exceptions:










in EUR million






Budget line




Name




Reinforcements/reductions of commitment appropriations






DB 2014




Budget 2014




Difference





01 03 02


Macro-financial assistance


76,257 


60,000 


-16,257 




19 02 01


Response to crisis and emerging crisis (Instrument for Stability)


201,867 


204,337 


2,470 




19 02 02


Support conflict prevention, crisis preparedness and peace building (Instrument for Stability)


22,000 


22,494 


0,494 




19 05 01


Cooperation with third countries to advance and promote European Union and mutual interests


100,511 


106,109 


5,598 




21 02 01 01


Latin America — poverty reduction and sustainable development


205,735 


0,000 


- 205,735 




21 02 01 02


Latin America — democracy, rule of law, good governance and respect for human rights


48,259 


0,000 


-48,259 




21 02 02 01


Asia — poverty reduction and sustainable development


581,964 


0,000 


- 581,964 




21 02 02 02


Asia — democracy, rule of law, good governance and respect for human rights


154,699 


0,000 


- 154,699 




21 02 03 01


Central Asia — poverty reduction and sustainable development


65,240 


0,000 


-65,240 




21 02 03 02


Central Asia– democracy, rule of law, good governance and respect for human rights


4,911 


0,000 


-4,911 




21 02 04 01


Middle East — poverty reduction and sustainable development


37,305 


0,000 


-37,305 




21 02 04 02


Middle East — democracy, rule of law, good governance and respect for human rights


13,107 


0,000 


-13,107 




21 02 05 01


South Africa — poverty reduction and sustainable development


22,768 


0,000 


-22,768 




21 02 05 02


South Africa — democracy, rule of law, good governance and respect for human rights


2,530 


0,000 


-2,530 




21 02 06 01


Pan-Africa — poverty reduction and sustainable development


85,210 


0,000 


-85,210 




21 02 06 02


Pan-Africa — democracy, rule of law, good governance and respect for human rights


9,468 


0,000 


-9,468 




21 02 07 01


Global Public Goods — poverty reduction and sustainable development


620,988 


0,000 


- 620,988 




21 02 07 02


Global Public Goods — democracy, rule of law, good governance and respect for human rights


19,036 


0,000 


-19,036 




21 02 07 03


Environment and climate change


0,000 


163,094 


163,094 




21 02 07 04


Sustainable energy


0,000 


82,852 


82,852 




21 02 07 05


Human development


0,000 


163,094 


163,094 




21 02 07 06


Food security and sustainable agriculture


0,000 


197,018 


197,018 




21 02 07 07


Migration and asylum


0,000 


46,319 


46,319 




21 02 08 01


Non-State actors and Local authorities — Poverty reduction and sustainable development


183,452 


0,000 


- 183,452 




21 02 08 02


Non-State actors and Local authorities — Democracy, rule of law, good governance and respect for human rights


61,151 


0,000 


-61,151 




21 02 08 03


Civil society in development


0,000 


212,399 


212,399 




21 02 08 04


Local authorities in development


0,000 


36,366 


36,366 




21 02 09


Middle East


0,000 


51,182 


51,182 




21 02 10


Central Asia


0,000 


71,571 


71,571 




21 02 11


Pan Africa


0,000 


97,577 


97,577 




21 02 12


Latin America


0,000 


259,304 


259,304 




21 02 13


South Africa


0,000 


25,978 


25,978 




21 02 14


Asia


0,000 


537,057 


537,057 




21 02 15


Afghanistan


0,000 


203,497 


203,497 




21 03 01 01


Mediterranean countries — human rights and mobility


205,355 


211,087 


5,731 




21 03 01 02


Mediterranean countries — poverty reduction and sustainable development


680,400 


687,811 


7,411 




21 03 01 03


Mediterranean countries — confidence building, security and the prevention and settlement of conflicts


75,950 


80,199 


4,249 




21 03 01 04


Support to peace process and financial assistance to Palestine and to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)


250,000 


300,000 


50,000 




21 03 02 01


Eastern Partnership — human rights and mobility


240,841 


247,067 


6,226 




21 03 02 02


Eastern Partnership — poverty reduction and sustainable development


335,900 


339,853 


3,953 




21 03 02 03


Eastern Partnership — confidence building, security and the prevention and settlement of conflicts


11,800 


12,966 


1,166 




21 03 03 03


Support to other multi-country cooperation in the neighbourhood


163,277 


163,771 


0,494 




21 04 01


Enhancing the respect for and observance of human rights and fundamental freedoms and supporting democratic reforms


127,841 


132,782 


4,941 




21 05 01


Global and trans-regional security threats (Instrument for Stability)


81,514 


82,255 


0,741 




21 08 02


Coordination and promotion of awareness on development issues


11,700 


13,331 


1,631 




22 02 01


Support to Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia


 


 


 




22 02 01 01


Support for political reforms and progressive alignment with and adoption, implementation and enforcement of the ‘acquis communautaire’


248,565 


249,800 


1,235 




22 02 01 02


Support for economic, social and territorial development


248,565 


249,800 


1,235 




22 02 03


Support to Turkey


 


 


 




22 02 03 01


Support for political reforms and progressive alignment with and adoption, implementation and enforcement of the ‘acquis communautaire’


292,938 


294,173 


1,235 




22 02 03 02


Support for economic, social and territorial development


292,938 


294,173 


1,235 




22 03 01


Financial support for encouraging the economic development of the Turkish Cypriot community


30,000 


31,482 


1,482 




23 02 01


Delivery of rapid, effective and needs-based humanitarian aid and food assistance


859,529 


874,529 


15,000 





Total



 


 



131,755 





As a consequence, and after taking into account pilot projects and preparatory actions, the margin under the expenditure ceiling of heading 4 amounts to EUR 10,0 million.


Heading 5


As far as establishment plan posts of the Sections are concerned, the level proposed by the Commission in the Draft Budget, as amended by Amending Letter No 2/2014, is agreed, with the exception of the European Parliament, for which its own reading is agreed.
Commitment appropriations are set at the level proposed by the Commission in the Draft Budget, as amended by Amending Letter No 2/2014, with the exception of:






—


The amounts corresponding to the possible impact of the 2011 and 2012 salary adjustments, which are not included in the budgets of each Section at this stage, pending the ruling of the Court of Justice. The Conciliation Committee agrees on the joint statement as set out in Section 3.5;










—


Furthermore, as far as the appropriations of the other Sections are concerned, the level proposed by the European Parliament is agreed, with the following exceptions:






—


For the Court of Auditors (Section V), the abatement rate proposed by the Council is agreed;










—


For the Court of Justice (Section IV), excluding the reduction of EUR 0,6 million proposed by the European Parliament;










—


For the European External Action Service (Section X), excluding the transfer of the EU Special Representatives proposed by the European Parliament. The Conciliation Committee agrees on the joint statement as set out in Section 3.6.














—


In addition, three new lines (30 01 16 01, 30 01 16 02, 30 01 16 03) are included in the budget of the Commission (Section III), with the corresponding level of appropriations proposed by the European Parliament in its reading.




As a consequence, and after taking into account pilot projects and preparatory actions, the margin under the expenditure ceiling of heading 5 amounts to EUR 316,8 million.


Creation of function group AST/SC


The establishment plans of all EU Institutions and bodies will be modified to take account of the creation in the Staff Regulations of the new AST/SC function group, as proposed in Amending Letter No 2/2014.


Heading 6


Commitment appropriations are set at the level proposed by the Commission in the Draft Budget.
1.4.   Special instruments

Commitment appropriations for the Emergency Aid Reserve (EAR) and the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) are set at the level proposed by the Commission in the Draft Budget.
1.5.   Payment appropriations

The overall level of payment appropriations in the 2014 budget is set at EUR 135 504 613 000.
The Council position on the Draft Budget is used as a starting point to apply the following allocation of payment appropriations across budget lines in 2014:






1.


First, account is taken of the agreed level of commitment appropriations for non-differentiated expenditure, for which the level of payment appropriations by definition is equal to the level of commitments;










2.


By analogy, the same applies to decentralised agencies, for which the EU contribution in payment appropriations is set at the level proposed in section 1.2 above;










3.


The payment appropriations for all new pilot projects and preparatory actions are set at 50 % of the corresponding commitment appropriations, or to the level proposed by Parliament if lower; in the case of extension of existing pilot projects and preparatory actions the level of payments is the one defined in the Draft Budget plus 50 % of the corresponding new commitments, or to the level proposed by Parliament if lower;










4.


The following specific amounts in payment appropriations are agreed:






a.


The level of payment appropriations for the EU Solidarity Fund in 2014 is set at EUR 150 million;










b.


The level of payment appropriations for the Joint Technology Initiatives is set at the level proposed in Amending Letter No 1/2014, whereas the level of payment appropriations for the International Fisheries Agreements is set at the level proposed in Amending Letter No 2/2014;










c.


The level of payment appropriations for ‘Support to peace process and financial assistance to Palestine and to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA)’ is set at EUR 200 million;










d.


The level of payment appropriations for the Macro-regional strategies 2014-2020 is set at 50 % of the level of commitments defined under heading 1b in section 1.3 above;










e.


The level of payment appropriations for the Special Annual Events is set at the level of commitments defined under heading 1a in section 1.3 above.














5.


The level of payment appropriations set in paragraphs 2 to 4 has a net impact of EUR 285 million compared with the Council position on the Draft Budget for the expenditure items concerned. Taking into account the difference between the overall level of payment appropriations of EUR 135 504 613 000 and the Council position on the Draft Budget, the remaining amount of EUR 215 million allows for an increase of payment appropriations across all budget lines with differentiated appropriations for which no specific rules have been defined in the paragraphs 2 to 4 above, in proportion with the difference between the Draft Budget proposed by the Commission and the Council position.




As part of the overall compromise, the Conciliation Committee agrees on the joint statement on payment appropriations as set out in section 3.1 below.
The Council takes note of the joint statement of the European Parliament and the Commission on payment appropriations as set out in section 3.2 below.
1.6.   Budgetary remarks

All amendments introduced by the European Parliament or the Council to the text of budgetary remarks are agreed with changes as set out in Annex 1. This is with the understanding that they cannot modify or extend the scope of an existing legal base, or impinge on the administrative autonomy of institutions, and that the action can be covered by available resources.
1.7.   New budget lines

Unless mentioned otherwise in the joint conclusions agreed by the Conciliation Committee or agreed jointly by both arms of the budgetary authority in their respective reading, the budget nomenclature as proposed by the Commission in its Draft Budget and its Amending Letters No 1 and No 2/2014 will remain unchanged, with the exception of pilot projects and preparatory actions.
These commonly agreed nomenclature changes concern the following budget lines:







Budget line




Name





04 03 01 05


Information and training sessions for workers’ organisations




04 03 01 06


Information, consultation and participation of representatives undertakings




04 03 01 08


Industrial relations and social dialogue




15 02 01


Promoting excellence and cooperation in the European education, training and youth area, its relevance to the labour market and the participation of young people in European democratic life




15 02 01 01


Education and training




15 02 01 02


Youth




15 02 10


Special Annual Events




21 02 07 03


Environment and climate change




21 02 07 04


Sustainable energy




21 02 07 05


Human development




21 02 07 06


Food security and sustainable agriculture




21 02 07 07


Migration and asylum




21 02 08 03


Civil society in development




21 02 08 04


Local authorities in development




21 02 09


Middle East




21 02 10


Central Asia




21 02 11


Pan Africa




21 02 12


Latin America




21 02 13


South Africa




21 02 14


Asia




21 02 15


Afghanistan




30 01 16 01


Retirement Pensions of former Members of the European Parliament




30 01 16 02


Invalidity Pensions of former Members of the European Parliament




30 01 16 03


Survivor’s Pensions of former Members of the European Parliament




The budget remarks for the new budget lines on Social Dialogue, as proposed by the Commission, are set out in the Annex.
1.8.   Reserves

The reserve of EUR 2 million set by the European Parliament on budget line 01 02 01 ‘Coordination, surveillance and communication on the economic and monetary union, including the euro’ is agreed.
1.9.   Revenues

The revenue side of the budget is approved as proposed by the Commission in the Draft Budget, as amended by Amending Letter No 2/2014 adjusted to the level of payments agreed in the Conciliation Committee.
2.   Budget 2013

Draft Amending Budget (DAB) No 8/2013 is agreed with the amounts as proposed by the Council.
DAB No 9/2013 is agreed as proposed by the Council, with the following amendments:






1.


A reinforcement of EUR 200 million to meet outstanding needs for payment appropriations in 2013 in the field of research is agreed, on the following budget lines:








in EUR million






Budget line




Name




Reinforcement in payment appropriations in 2013





06 06 02 03


SESAR Joint Undertaking


12,458  million




08 02 02


Cooperation — Health — Innovative Medicines Initiative Joint Undertaking


17,981  million




08 04 01


Cooperation — Nanosciences, nanotechnologies, materials and new production technologies


19,936  million




08 06 01


Cooperation — Environment (including climate change)


2,804  million




08 10 01


Ideas


41,884  million




08 19 01


Capacities — Support for coherent development of research policies


0,406  million




09 04 01 01


Support for research cooperation in the area of information and communication technologies (ICTs — Cooperation)


40,813  million




10 03 01


Nuclear activities of the Joint Research Centre (JRC)


0,406  million




15 07 77


People


63,313  million





Total




200 million















2.


A redeployment of payment appropriations for a total amount of EUR 50 million in 2013 is agreed from the following budget lines:










in EUR million






Budget line




Name




Redeployments of payment appropriations






Budget 2013




DAB 9/2013




Difference





01 03 02


Macro-Financial Assistance


 


 


10,000 




04 05 01


European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF)


 


 


13,116 




08 01 04 31


Research Executive Agency (REA)


 


 


3,915 




08 01 05 01


Expenditure related to research staff


 


 


7,230 




08 01 05 03


Other management expenditure for research


 


 


15,739 





Total



 


 



50,000 









The redeployment of payment appropriations for administrative support expenditure for research (chapter 08 01) in 2013 concerns non-differentiated expenditure, which leads to a corresponding reduction in commitment appropriations (- EUR 26,9 million) on the last three lines in the table above.
An amount of EUR 250 million of payment appropriations for the EU Solidarity Fund in included in the 2013 budget, whereas an amount of EUR 150 million of payment appropriations for the EU Solidarity Fund is included in the 2014 budget.
3.   Statements

3.1.   Joint statement on payment appropriations

The European Parliament, the Council, and the Commission recall their shared responsibility, as laid down in Article 323 of the Treaty on the Functioning the European Union (TFEU), that ‘the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission shall ensure that the financial means are made available to allow the Union to fulfil its legal obligation in respect of third parties’.
The European Parliament and the Council recall the need to ensure, in the light of implementation, an orderly progression of payments so as to avoid any abnormal shift of outstanding commitments (‘RAL’) onto the 2015 budget. In this respect, they will have recourse, when appropriate, to the various flexibility mechanisms included in the MFF Regulation, among others in its Article 13.
The European Parliament and the Council agree to set the level of payment appropriations for 2014 at EUR 135 504 613 000. They ask the Commission to initiate any necessary action, on the basis of the provisions of the draft MFF Regulation and the Financial Regulation, to cover the responsibility assigned by the Treaty and, in particular, after having examined the scope for reallocation of the relevant appropriations, with particular reference to any expected under-implementation of appropriations (Financial Regulation Article 41§ 2) to request additional payment appropriations in an amending budget if the appropriations entered in the 2014 budget are insufficient to cover expenditure.
The European Parliament and the Council will take position on any draft amending budget as quickly as possible in order to avoid any shortfall in payment appropriations. In addition, the European Parliament and the Council undertake to process swiftly any possible transfer of payment appropriations, including across financial framework headings, in order to make the best possible use of payment appropriations entered in the budget and align them to actual execution and needs.
The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission will, throughout the year, actively monitor the state of implementation of the 2014 budget, in particular under sub-heading 1b (Economic, social and territorial cohesion) and rural development under heading 2 (Sustainable Growth: Natural Resources). This will take the form of dedicated inter-institutional meetings, in accordance with point 36 of the Annex of the Interinstitutional Agreement, to take stock of payment implementation and revised forecasts.
3.2.   European Parliament and Commission statement on payment appropriations

The European Parliament and the Commission recall the need for specific and maximum flexibility within the 2014-2020 MFF. Changes to the proposed legal bases agreed by the legislative authority will lead to further pressure on the payment ceilings under the 2014-2020 MFF. In the context of the finalisation of the legislative package for the Cohesion policy 2014-2020 and taking into account the possible impact of the SME initiative, the Commission issued a declaration on the impact of the agreement reached on the performance reserve and pre-financing levels, on payment needs. Whilst the overall impact of these changes on additional payment appropriations in the 2014-2020 MFF is considered to remain limited, the Commission stated that the annual fluctuations in the global level of payments would be managed through the use of the global margin for payments. If needed, the Commission may also have recourse to the Flexibility Instrument and the Contingency Margin agreed upon in the draft MFF Regulation.
Therefore, the Commission intends to propose correcting measures in light of implementation, using, to the extent necessary, all the tools offered by the new MFF. Specifically, in the course of 2014 the Commission may have to propose to have recourse to the Contingency Margin, in accordance with Article 13 of the draft MFF Regulation.
3.3.   Council statement on payment appropriations

The Council recalls that the special instruments can only be activated to cater for genuinely unforeseen circumstances.
It recalls that the Contingency Margin shall not result in exceeding the total ceilings of commitment and payment appropriations.
As regards other special instruments, the Council recalls that Article 3(2) of the draft MFF Regulation states that commitment appropriations may be entered in the budget over and above the ceilings of the relevant headings.
3.4.   Joint statement on decentralised agencies

The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission recall the importance to progressively reduce the staffing levels of all EU institutions, bodies and agencies by 5 % over five years, as agreed in point 23 of the draft Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline, cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management.
The European Parliament and the Council commit to pursue progressively the above-mentioned 5 % staff reduction for the period 2013-2017 while insisting as well on the proper functioning of the agencies so that they can fulfil the tasks they have been assigned by the legislative authority. In this respect, they consider that further measures, including structural ones, may be required to achieve this reduction for decentralised agencies. In this context, the Commission will continue its assessment of the possibilities to merge and/or wind-up some of the existing agencies, and/or other ways to achieve synergies.
Further to the work carried out by the Inter-Institutional Working Group, which resulted in the Common Approach on decentralised agencies agreed in July 2012, the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission agree on the need for a closer and more permanent scrutiny on the development of decentralised agencies to ensure a coherent approach. Without prejudice to their respective prerogatives, they agree to establish a specific inter-institutional working group with the aim of defining a clear development path for agencies, based on objective criteria. The Group should in particular discuss:






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Evaluation of establishment plans on a case-by-case basis;










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Ways to provide adequate appropriations and staff for additional tasks, assigned to individual agencies by the legislative authority;










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Treatment of agencies which are fully or partially fee-financed;










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Administrative structure of agencies, financing models, treatment of assigned revenues;










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Reassessment of needs; potential mergers/closures; transfer of tasks to the Commission.




The European Parliament and the Council will take into due account the results achieved by the Inter-Institutional Working Group in their deliberations as legislative and budgetary authority.
3.5.   Joint statement on heading 5 and salary adjustments

The European Parliament and the Council agree that pending the outcome of the cases before the European Court of Justice, the appropriations related to the proposed salary adjustments of 1,7 % for 2011 and 1,7 % for 2012 will not be included at this stage in the 2014 budget.
Should the Court of Justice rule in favour of the Commission, the Commission will present a Draft Amending Budget in 2014 in order to cover the proposed salary adjustments, for all the Sections. Under such a scenario, the European Parliament and the Council undertake to act swiftly on the relevant Draft Amending Budget.
3.6.   Joint statement on EU Special Representatives

The Parliament and the Council agree to examine the transfer of appropriations for the European Union Special Representatives from the Commission's budget (Section III) to the budget of the European External Action Service (Section X) in the context of the 2015 budgetary procedure.


Annex 1 — Modification of budgetary remarks

With reference to section 1.6 of the joint conclusions, as compared to the budgetary remarks voted by the Council and the Parliament, the following modifications are agreed:

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Information and training measures for workers' organisations







Remarks


This appropriation is intended to cover expenditure on information and training measures for workers’ organisations, including representatives of workers’ organisations in the candidate countries, deriving from the implementation of Union action in the framework of the implementation of the Union social dimension action. These measures should help workers’ organisations to help address the overarching challenges facing European employment and social policy as laid down in the Europe 2020 Strategy and the Social Agenda and within the context of Union initiatives to address the consequences of the economic crisis.

Moreover, this appropriation is also intended to support the work programmes of the two institutes — ETUI (European Trade Union Institute) and EZA (European Centre for Workers’ Questions) — which have been established to promote capacity-building through educational measures and research at European level, including in candidate countries, to include worker representatives in decision-making processes to a greater extent.

This appropriation is intended to cover in particular the following activities:







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Support for the work programmes of the two specific trade union institutes, ETUI (European Trade Union Institute) and EZA (European Centre for Workers’ Questions), which have been established to facilitate capacity-building through training and research at European level, as well as to improve the degree of involvement of workers' representatives in European governance,











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Information and training measures for workers’ organisations, including representatives of workers’ organisations in the candidate countries, deriving from the implementation of Union action in the framework of the implementation of the Union social dimension,











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Measures involving representatives of the social partners in the candidate countries with the specific purpose of promoting social dialogue at Union level. It is also intended to promote equal participation of women and men in the decision-making bodies of workers’ organisations."







Legal Basis



Task resulting from specific powers directly conferred on the Commission by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union pursuant to Article 154.


Convention concluded in 1959 between the ECSC High Authority and the International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre (CIS) of the International Labour Office.


Council Directive 89/391/EEC of 12 June 1989 on the introduction of measures to encourage improvements in the safety and health of workers at work (OJ L 183, 29.6.1989, p. 1), and the associated individual Directives.


Council Directive 92/29/EEC of 31 March 1992 on the minimum safety and health requirements for improved medical treatment on board vessels (OJ L 113, 30.4.1992, p. 19).








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Information, consultation and participation of representatives of undertakings







Remarks



This appropriation is intended to provide funding for action to foster the development of employee involvement in undertakings in furtherance of Directives 97/74/EC and 2009/38/EC on European Works Councils, Directives 2001/86/EC and 2003/72/EC on employees’ involvement in the European Company and in the European Cooperative Society respectively, Directive 2002/14/EC establishing a general framework for informing and consulting employees in the European Community, and Article 16 of Directive 2005/56/EC on cross-border mergers of limited liability companies.


This appropriation covers the funding of measures to strengthen transnational cooperation between workers’ and employers’ representatives in respect of information, consultation and participation of employees within companies operating in more than one Member State. Short training courses for negotiators and representatives in transnational information, consultation and participation bodies may be funded in that context. This may involve social partners from candidate countries. This appropriation may be used to finance measures enabling social partners to exercise their rights and discharge their duties as regards employee involvement, especially on European Works Councils and in SMEs, to familiarise them with transnational company agreements, and to cooperate to a greater extent in connection with Union law on employee involvement.


In addition, it may be used to finance measures to develop expertise on employee involvement across Member States, to promote cooperation between relevant authorities and stakeholders, and to foster relations with EU institutions so as to support implementation of Union law on employee involvement and make it more effective.


This appropriation is intended to cover in particular the following activities:







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Measures to set the conditions for social dialogue in companies and proper employee involvement in undertakings as provided under directive 2009/38/EC on European Works Councils, Directives 2001/86/EC and 2003/72/EC on employees’ involvement in the European company and in the European cooperative society, respectively, Directive 2002/14/EC establishing a general framework for informing and consulting employees in the European Community, Directive 98/59/EC on collective redundancies and Article 16 of Directive 2005/56/EC on cross-border mergers of limited liability companies.











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Initiatives to strengthen transnational cooperation between workers’ and employers’ representatives in respect of information, consultation and participation of employees within companies operating in more than one Member State and short training actions for negotiators and representatives in transnational information, consultation and participation bodies may be funded in that context. This may involve social partners from candidate countries.











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Measures to enable social partners to exercise their rights and duties as regards employee involvement, especially within the framework of European Works Councils, to familiarise them with transnational company agreements and strengthen their cooperation in respect to Union law on employee involvement.











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Operations fostering the development of employee involvement in undertakings.











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Innovative actions relating to employee involvement, with the view of supporting the anticipation of change and the prevention and resolution of disputes in the context of corporate restructuring, mergers, take-overs and relocation in union-scale undertakings and union-scale groups of undertakings.











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Measures to strengthen cooperation between the social partners for the development of employee involvement in the design of solutions addressing the consequences of the economic crisis, such as mass redundancies, or the need for a shift towards an inclusive, sustainable and low-carbon economy.











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Transnational exchange of information and good practice in matters relevant for social dialogue at company level.







Legal Basis



Task resulting from specific powers directly conferred on the Commission by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union pursuant to Articles 154 and 155.


Council Directive 97/74/EC of 15 December 1997 extending to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Directive 94/45/EC on the establishment of a European Works Council or a procedure in Community-scale undertakings and Community-scale groups of undertakings for the purposes of informing and consulting employees (OJ L 10, 16.1.1998, p. 22).


Council Directive 2001/86/EC of 8 October 2001 supplementing the Statute for a European Company with regard to the involvement of employees (OJ L 294, 10.11.2001, p. 22).


Directive 98/59/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to collective redundancies (OJ L 225, 12.8.1998, p. 16).


Directive 2001/23/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States relating to the safeguarding of employees' rights in the event of transfers of undertakings, businesses or parts of undertakings or businesses (OJ L 82, 22.3.2001, p. 16).


Directive 2002/14/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2002 establishing a general framework for informing and consulting employees in the European Community (OJ L 80, 23.3.2002, p. 29).


Council Directive 2003/72/EC of 22 July 2003 supplementing the Statute for a European Cooperative Society with regard to the involvement of employees (OJ L 207, 18.8.2003, p. 25).


Directive 2005/56/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 October 2005 on cross-border mergers of limited liability companies (OJ L 310, 25.11.2005, p. 1).


Directive 2009/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 May 2009 on the establishment of a European Works Council or a procedure in Community-scale undertakings and Community-scale groups of undertakings for the purposes of informing and consulting employees (Recast) (OJ L 122, 16.5.2009, p. 28).


Convention concluded in 1959 between the ECSC High Authority and the International Occupational Safety and Health Information Centre (CIS) of the International Labour Office.








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Industrial relations and social dialogue







Remarks



The objective of this activity is to strengthen the role of social dialogue and promote the adoption of agreements and other joint actions between the social partners at the EU level.
This appropriation is intended to cover the financing of the social partners’ participation
The actions financed should help social partner organisations to address
in the European employment strategy and of the social partners’ contribution to addressing the overarching challenges facing European employment and social policy as laid down in the Europe 2020 Strategy and the Social Agenda
and within the context of Union initiatives to address the consequences of the economic crisis and to contribute to the improvement and dissemination of knowledge of industrial relations institutions and practices.
It is intended to cover grants for promoting social dialogue at cross-industry and sectoral level in accordance with Article 154 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. The appropriations shall therefore be used to finance consultations, meetings, negotiations and other operations designed to achieve these objectives.


In addition, this appropriation is intended to cover support for industrial relations measures, in particular those designed to develop expertise and the exchange of Union-relevant information.


This appropriation is also intended to cover the funding of measures involving representatives of the social partners in the candidate countries with the specific purpose of promoting social dialogue at Union level. A gender sensitive approach is taken into account in the implementation of these objectives and it is, therefore, intended to promote equal participation of women and men in the decision-making bodies of both trade unions and employers’ organisations. These last two components are cross-cutting.


On the basis of these objectives, two sub-programmes have been established:







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support for European social dialogue











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improvement of expertise in industrial relations.






This appropriation is intended to cover in particular the following activities:







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Studies, consultations, meetings of experts, negotiations, information, publications and other operations directly linked to the achievement of the above objective or measures falling under this budget line, plus any other expenditure on technical and administrative assistance not involving public authority tasks outsourced by the Commission under ad hoc service contracts.











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Actions undertaken by social partners to promote social dialogue (including capacity of social partners) at cross-industry and sector level,











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Actions to improve knowledge on industrial relations institutions and practices across the EU and dissemination of results,











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Measures involving representatives of the social partners in the candidate countries with the specific purpose of promoting social dialogue at Union level. It is also intended to promote equal participation of women and men in the decision-making bodies of both trade unions and employers’ organisations,











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Actions to support industrial relations measures, in particular those designed to develop expertise and the exchange of Union-relevant information.







Legal Basis



Task resulting from specific powers directly conferred on the Commission by the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union pursuant to Articles 154 and 155.








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Special Annual Events







Remarks


The remarks for this budget line read as follows:

Add following text:
This appropriation is intended to cover completion costs of measures supported as special annual sport events.

Special Annual Event: The European MOVE Week

Commitments: EUR 1 000 000; Payments: EUR 1 000 000
The European MOVE Week is a European-wide flagship event promoting grassroots sport and physical activity and their positive impact on European citizens and societies.
As part of the vision to get 100 million more Europeans to be active in sport and physical activity by 2020, the MOVE Week 2014 is a bottom-up approach, involving local communities, sports clubs, schools, workplaces and cities in a large-scale celebration of sport and physical activity. It is an integrated part of the European NowWeMove campaign and thus a sustainable contribution to more physically active and healthy European citizens.
MOVE Week 2014 will feature a minimum of 300 events from all 28 EU member states and a minimum of 150 cities, introducing new sport and physical activity initiatives and highlighting the myriad of successful existing actions.

Special Annual Event: European Special Olympics Summer Games in Antwerp, Belgium 2014

Commitments: EUR 2 000 000; Payments: EUR 2 000 000
This appropriation is intended to cover costs of measures supported as special annual events. The amount of 2 000 000 Euro allocated to co-finance the multi- annual event of The European Special Olympics Summer Games in Antwerp, Belgium (13-20 September 2014). This funding will also allow participating athletes from all 28 member states to train, to prepare and to attend the games in Belgium.
This event will see 2,000 athletes and their delegations from 58 countries competing over 10 days. More than 4,000 volunteers will help to make this multi-sport event unique. Along with the Sports Programme, other Scientific, Educational and Family Programmes will be set up. 30 Belgian cities will host the athletes and Antwerp will host the event. Many special events will be organised before, during, and after the Games.