Changes from plenary report to adopted text

RemovedLETTER FROM THE COMMITTEE ON BUDGETS

AddedB. PROVISIONS RELATED TO THE THEMATIC AND NONTHEMATIC SPECIAL INSTRUMENTS

RemovedMr Antonio Tajani

AddedEuropean Globalisation Adjustment Fund

RemovedChair

Added9. Where the conditions for mobilising the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund set out in the relevant basic act are met, the Commission shall submit a proposal to mobilise it, and the decision to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund shall be taken jointly by the European Parliament and by the Council.

RemovedCommittee on Constitutional Affairs

AddedAt the same time as it presents its proposal for a decision to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, the Commission shall present a proposal to the European Parliament and to the Council for a transfer to the relevant budget lines.

RemovedBRUSSELS

AddedTransfers related to the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund shall be made in accordance with the Financial Regulation.

RemovedSubject: Opinion on the Proposal for an Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (COM(2020)0444 – C90155/2020 – 2018/2070(ACI))

AddedSolidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve

RemovedDear Mr Chair,

Added10. Where the Commission considers that the conditions for mobilising the Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve are met, it shall submit a proposal to the European Parliament and to the Council for a transfer from that Reserve to the corresponding budget lines in accordance with the Financial Regulation.

RemovedUnder the procedure referred to above, the Committee on Budgets has been asked to submit an opinion to your committee.

AddedThe decision to mobilise amounts under point (a) of Article 9(1) of the MFF Regulation shall be taken jointly by the European Parliament and by the Council on a proposal from the Commission in accordance with the relevant basic act.

RemovedBetween 27 August and 10 November 2020, on the basis of Commission proposals and of the positions expressed by Parliament and the Council, the Committee on Budgets’ negotiating team on the MFF and the Own Resources has negotiated with representatives of the Council and the Commission a new interinstitutional agreement in the budgetary field as part of a package covering the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027, the Own Resources and the EU’s Recovery Instrument - Next Generation EU. This interinstitutional agreement is hereby submitted to you with a view to its approval by Parliament.

AddedBefore making any proposal for a transfer from the Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve for assistance under point (b) of Article 9(1) of the MFF Regulation, the Commission shall examine the scope for reallocating appropriations.

RemovedGiven the urgency of the matter, the BUDG coordinators decided via written procedure on Monday 16 November to send the opinion in the form of a letter.

AddedBrexit Adjustment Reserve

RemovedThe Committee on Budgets considered the matter at its voting session of 19 November 2020. At that voting session, it decided to call on the Committee on Constitutional Affairs, as the committee responsible, to approve the conclusion of the interinstitutional agreement in question, and to incorporate the following suggestions into its motion for a resolution.

Added11. Where the conditions for mobilising the Brexit Adjustment Reserve set out in the relevant instrument are met, the Commission shall submit a proposal to the European Parliament and to the Council for a transfer to the relevant budget lines.

RemovedYours sincerely,

AddedTransfers related to the Brexit Adjustment Reserve shall be made in accordance with the Financial Regulation.

RemovedJohan Van Overtveldt

AddedSingle Margin Instrument

RemovedCOPY:

Added12. The Commission may propose to mobilise the amounts corresponding to all or a part of the margins referred to in points (a) and (c) of the first subparagraph of Article 11(1) of the MFF Regulation, in relation to a draft budget or a draft amending budget. The mobilisation of any amounts referred to in point (c) of the first subparagraph of Article 11(1) of that Regulation shall be proposed by the Commission after a thorough analysis of all other financial possibilities.

RemovedMembers of the MFF/OR negotiating team:

AddedThose amounts may be mobilised by the European Parliament and by the Council in the framework of the budgetary procedure set out in Article 314 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU).

RemovedJan OLBRYCHT, MFF co-rapporteur

AddedFlexibility Instrument

RemovedMargarida MARQUES, MFF co-rapporteur

Added13. The Commission shall submit a proposal for the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument after it has examined all possibilities for reallocating appropriations under the heading requiring additional expenditure.

RemovedJosé Manuel FERNANDES, OR co-rapporteur

AddedThat proposal shall identify the needs to be covered and the amount. Such a proposal may be made in relation to a draft budget or a draft amending budget.

RemovedValérie HAYER, OR co-rapporteur

AddedThe Flexibility Instrument may be mobilised by the European Parliament and by the Council in the framework of the budgetary procedure set out in Article 314 TFEU.

RemovedRasmus ANDRESEN, Member

AddedPART II