Document ID: 32003D0430

Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 19 May 2003
on the revision of the financial perspective
(2003/430/EC)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement (IIA) of 6 May 1999 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure(1), and in particular points 19 to 21 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission(2),
Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in the fifth subparagraph of Article 272(9) of the Treaty(3),
Whereas:
(1) The European Parliament and the Council have jointly adopted the adjustment of the financial perspective for enlargement(4), as provided for in point 25 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999.
(2) They have subsequently agreed on a Declaration on Article 32 and Annex XV of the Accession Treaty. The Declaration provides for the ceiling of heading 3 (internal policies) to be raised,
HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
The annual ceilings for appropriations for commitments in heading 3 (internal policies) of the financial perspective, as adjusted under point 25 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999, shall be raised by the following amounts, expressed in millions of euro in 1999 prices.
TABLE
Article 2
1. The resulting financial perspective for an enlarged European Union with 25 Members (excluding the budgetary implications resulting from a political settlement in Cyprus), in 1999 prices, is presented in Table 1a attached to this Decision.
In the event of a political settlement being reached in Cyprus, the financial perspective for a European Union with 25 Members at 1999 prices, as presented in Table 1b, shall apply.
2. The corresponding financial perspective resulting from the technical adjustment for 2004, in line with movements in gross national income (GNI) and prices, are presented in Tables 2a and 2b attached to this Decision.
Done at Brussels, 19 May 2003.

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