European Parliament resolution of 30 November 2017 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide for the payment of advances in the general budget of the Union for 2018 (COM(2017)0270 — C8-0161/2017 — 2017/2076(BUD))
Date: 2017-11-30
Institutions: Committee on Budgets, Committee on Regional Development, European Parliament
Subjects: aid to disaster victims, budgetary resources, commitment of expenditure, emergency aid, financial aid, financial year, fund (EU), general budget (EU), natural disaster








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4.10.2018   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 356/163






P8_TA(2017)0454
Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide for the payment of advances in the general budget 2018
European Parliament resolution of 30 November 2017 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide for the payment of advances in the general budget of the Union for 2018 (COM(2017)0270 — C8-0161/2017 — 2017/2076(BUD))
(2018/C 356/36)

The European Parliament,






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having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2017)0270 — C8-0161/2017),










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having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 of 11 November 2002 establishing the European Union Solidarity Fund (1),










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having regard to Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 (2), and in particular Article 10 thereof,










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having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (3), and in particular point 11 thereof,










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having regard to the results of the trilogue of 17 November 2017,










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having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A8-0371/2017),










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whereas, in line with Regulation (EU) No 661/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4), an amount of EUR 50 000 000 is made available for the payment of advances through appropriations in the general budget of the Union;












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Approves the decision annexed to this resolution;












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Instructs its President to sign the decision with the President of the Council and arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;












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






(1)  OJ L 311, 14.11.2002, p. 3.

(2)  OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884.

(3)  OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 1.

(4)  Regulation (EU) No 661/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 establishing the European Union Solidarity Fund (OJ L 189, 27.6.2014, p. 143).





ANNEX


DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL


on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide for the payment of advances in the general budget of the Union for 2018


(The text of this annex is not reproduced here since it corresponds to the final act, Decision (EU) 2018/508.)