European Parliament resolution of 17 April 2020 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the Contingency Margin in 2020 to provide emergency assistance to Member States and further reinforce the Union Civil Protection Mechanism/rescEU in response to the COVID-19 outbreak (COM(2020)0172 — C9-0097/2020 –2020/2057(BUD))
Date: 2020-04-17
Institutions: Committee on Budgets, European Parliament
Subjects: EU Member State, EU aid, EU financial instrument, commitment of expenditure, coronavirus disease, emergency aid, epidemic, financial year, general budget (EU), public safety








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6.8.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 316/24






P9_TA(2020)0049
Mobilisation of the Contingency Margin in 2020: providing emergency assistance to Member States and further reinforcing the Union Civil Protection Mechanism/rescEU in response to the COVID-19 outbreak
European Parliament resolution of 17 April 2020 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the Contingency Margin in 2020 to provide emergency assistance to Member States and further reinforce the Union Civil Protection Mechanism/rescEU in response to the COVID-19 outbreak (COM(2020)0172 — C9-0097/2020 –2020/2057(BUD))
(2021/C 316/11)

The European Parliament,







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having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2020)0172 — C9-0097/2020),










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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 (1), and in particular Article 13 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 (2), and in particular point 14 thereof,










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having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2020, as definitively adopted on 27 November 2019 (3),










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having regard to Draft amending budget No 2/2020, which the Commission adopted on 2 April 2020 (COM(2020)0170),










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having regard to Rule 163 of its Rules of Procedure,












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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 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884.

(2)  OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 1.

(3)  OJ L 57, 27.2.2020.





ANNEX


DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL


on the mobilisation of the Contingency Margin in 2020 to provide emergency assistance to Member States and further reinforce the Union Civil Protection Mechanism/rescEU in response to the COVID-19 outbreak


(The text of this annex is not reproduced here since it corresponds to the final act, Decision (EU) 2020/547.)