CELEX: 51997PC0635
Language: en
Date: 1997-11-24
Title: Amended proposal for a European Parliament and Council Decision amending Decision 92/481/EEC of 22 September 1992 on the adoption of an action plan for the exchange between Member State administrations of national officials who are engaged in the implementation of Community legislation required to achieve the internal market (Karolus programme)

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                                                  COM(97) 635 final
                                                  97/0214 (COD)
                               Amended proposal for a
            EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL DECISION
amending Decision 92/481/EEC of 22 September 1992 on the adoption of an action
plan for the exchange between Member State administrations of national officials
   who are engaged in the implementation of Community legislation required to
                             achieve the internal market
                                (Karolus programme)
             (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 189 a (2)
                                  of the EC-Treaty)
 ---pagebreak---  ---pagebreak---                            EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1. During its part-session held on 18 November 1997, Parliament delivered an opinion,1
   on a first reading under the codecision procedure, concerning a proposal for a
   Parliament and Council Decision amending Decision 92/481/EEC of
   22 September 1992 on the adoption of an action plan for the exchange between
   Member State administrations of national officials who are engaged in the
   implementation of Community legislation required to achieve the internal market
   (Karolus programme) (COM (97) 393 final - 97/0214 (COD)).
2. This proposal incorporates the amendments proposed by Parliament which the
   Commission considers to be acceptable.
   PE 223.472/fin. - A/4-0340/97
 ---pagebreak---                            AMENDED PROPOSAL FOR A
             EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL DECISION
amending Decision 92/481/EEC of 22 September 1992 on the adoption of an action plan
  for the exchange between Member State administrations of national officials who are
engaged in the implementation of Community legislation required to achieve the internal
                     market (COM (97) 393 final - 97/0214 (COD))
                                  (Karolus programme)
Following the opinion delivered by Parliament during its part-session held on
18 November 1997 on the above-mentioned proposal for a Parliament and Council
Decision, which was presented by the Commission to Parliament and the Council on
24 July 1997, and in accordance with Article 189a(2) of the Treaty establishing the
European Community, the Commission has decided to amend the proposal as follows:
     Commission's original proposal                           Amendments
                                      Recital No 2
Whereas the usefulness of the programme       Whereas the usefulness of the programme
has been proven in terms of strengthening     has not been sufficiently proven in terms of
cooperation between the Member States by      strengthening cooperation between the
exchanging experience gained in the           Member States by exchanging experience
implementation of Community legislation       gained in the implementation of
required to complete the internal market;     Community        legislation required to
                                              complete the internal market on account,
                                              inter alia, of the large number of priority
                                              measures;
                                      Recital No 3
Whereas the _programme should be              Whereas the programme should therefore
extended for two years pending the            be extended for two years and care should
proposal for a new programme following        be taken to ensure that there is a number of
in-depth consultations;                       participants involving as many Member
                                              States     as     possible   pending     the
                                              implementation of a new multiannual
                                              programme;
 ---pagebreak---                                    Recital No 5 a (new)
                                               Whereas the Declaration by the three
                                               institutions on the incorporation of
                                               financial provisions into legislative acts
                                               was concluded on 6 March 1995;!
                                       Recital No 6
Whereas extension is possible without          Whereas this Decision establishes a
exceeding the financial resources originally  financial framework for the 1998-99 period
estimated as necessary in Article 11 of        to     supplement     the   appropriations
Council       Decision 92/481/EEC         of   committed during the 1992-97 period;
22 September 1992,                             whereas the sum of the amounts for the two
                                               periods shall be the principal point of
                                               reference, within the meaning of
                                               paragraph 1 of the Declaration by the
                                               European Parliament, the Council and the
                                               Commission of 6 March 1995, for the
                                               budgetary authority during the annual
                                               budgetary procedure;
                                   Recital No 6a (new)
                                               Whereas a modus vivendi on measures for
                                               the implementation of instruments adopted
                                               by the codecision procedure referred to in
                                               Article 189b of the EC Treaty was agreed
                                               between the European Parliament, the
                                               Council and the Commission on
                                               20 December 1994,
                                      Article l(l)(b)
Article 11(2) of Decision 92/481/EEC
2. The Community financial resources           2. Appropriations committed for the
estimated     as      necessary   for     its   1993-97       period      amount        to
implementation            amount       to      ECU 7.7 million. The financial framework
ECU 17.3 million corresponding to an           for carrying out the programme during the
overall figure of 1 900 participants. This     extension covering the 1998-99 period is
1
    OJ No C102, 4.4.1996.
                                                -4-
 ---pagebreak--- amount shall fall within the Community set at ECU 4.5 million. The total amount
financial framework in force.              of ECU 12.2 million corresponds to an
                                           overall figure of 1340 participants. Annual
                                           appropriations shall be authorised by the
                                           budgetary authority within the limits of the
                                           financial perspective and in accordance
                                           with the principles of sound financial
                                           management referred to in Article 2 of the
                                           Financial Regulation.
Article 11(3) of Decision 92/481/EEC
3. The budgetary authority shall determine 3. Deleted
the appropriations available for each
financial year, taking into account the
principles of sound management referred to
in Article 2 of the Financial Regulation
applicable to the general budget of the
European Communities.
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