14.6.2013   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 168/133

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having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2011)0226),

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having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (IIA of 17 May 2006) (1),

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having regard to the Joint Conclusions of the budgetary trilogue held on 1 December 2011 (2),

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having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets and the opinion of the Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (A7-0433/2011),

A.

whereas an additional EUR 1 300 million in commitment appropriations from the Union budget are required for the ITER project in 2012-2013;

B.

whereas, at the budgetary trilogue meeting of 1 December 2011, Parliament, the Council and the Commission agreed on the modalities for providing this additional financing to the ITER project;

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whereas that requires a revision of the IIA of 17 May 2006, so as to raise the ceilings for commitment appropriations under subheading 1a by EUR 650 million for the year 2012 and by EUR 190 million for the year 2013 in current prices;

D.

whereas it considers that all provisions of the IIA of 17 May 2006 continue to remain in force until the new regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework (MFF) enters into force, with the exception of the articles which have become obsolete following the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon;

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whereas it deplores the fact that different interpretations, legal constraints and binding commitments have prevented the Council from entering swiftly into real political negotiations with the other branch of the budgetary authority;

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whereas there was constructive cooperation between the delegations of the two branches of the budgetary authority during the trilogue;

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Approves the decision annexed to this resolution;

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Emphasises that Parliament, the Council and the Commission agreed to the Joint Conclusions of the budgetary trilogue held on 1 December 2011 in their entirety;

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Deeply regrets the unilateral statement included in the Council minutes by six Member States intended to make a biased interpretation of the Joint Conclusions;

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Calls upon the Council to fully respect the Joint Conclusions; reminds the Council of its agreement to making full use of the provisions laid down in the Financial Regulation (3) and in the IIA of 17 May 2006 in order to make available, within the MFF commitment appropriation ceilings, the amount of EUR 360 million in the 2013 budget procedure; affirms that otherwise Parliament cannot guarantee its agreement to that amount;

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Urges the Commission to use to the full extent the provisions laid down in the Financial Regulation and in the IIA of 17 May 2006 when making concrete proposals on the amount of EUR 360 million within the 2013 Draft budget;

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Instructs its President to sign the decision with the President of the Council and to 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 annexes, to the Council and the Commission.