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Document 52008BP0243
Draft amending budget No 4/2008 European Parliament resolution of 5 June 2008 on draft amending budget No 4/2008 of the European Union for the financial year 2008, Section III — Commission (9904/2008 — C6-0207/2008 — 2008/2094(BUD))
Draft amending budget No 4/2008 European Parliament resolution of 5 June 2008 on draft amending budget No 4/2008 of the European Union for the financial year 2008, Section III — Commission (9904/2008 — C6-0207/2008 — 2008/2094(BUD))
Draft amending budget No 4/2008 European Parliament resolution of 5 June 2008 on draft amending budget No 4/2008 of the European Union for the financial year 2008, Section III — Commission (9904/2008 — C6-0207/2008 — 2008/2094(BUD))
OJ C 285E, 26.11.2009, p. 71–72
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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26.11.2009 |
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Official Journal of the European Union |
CE 285/71 |
Thursday 5 June 2008
Draft amending budget No 4/2008
P6_TA(2008)0243
European Parliament resolution of 5 June 2008 on draft amending budget No 4/2008 of the European Union for the financial year 2008, Section III — Commission (9904/2008 — C6-0207/2008 — 2008/2094(BUD))
2009/C 285 E/14
The European Parliament,
having regard to Article 272 of the EC Treaty and Article 177 of the Euratom Treaty,
having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (1), and particularly Article 15(3) and Articles 37 and 38 thereof,
having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2008, as finally adopted on 13 December 2007 (2),
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 (3),
having regard to Preliminary draft amending budget No 4/2008 of the European Union for the financial year 2008, which the Commission presented on 15 April 2008 (COM(2008)0203),
having regard to Draft amending budget No 4/2008, which the Council established on 26 May 2008 (9904/2008 — C6-0207/2008),
having regard to Rule 69 of and Annex IV to its Rules of Procedure,
having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A6-0203/2008),
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whereas Draft amending budget No 4 to the general budget 2008 aims to enter in the 2008 budget the surplus of the 2007 financial year, amounting to EUR 1 528 833 290, |
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whereas the main elements of this surplus are an over-registering in revenue of EUR 72 957 868,80 and an under-spending in expenditure of EUR 1 579 386 212,59, and a negative balance of monetary exchange of -EUR 123 510 791,35, |
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whereas the under-spending of payment appropriations, compared to the years before, has further decreased, |
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whereas for Heading 1, the under-spending of payment appropriations in 2007 (4) amounted to EUR 648 million, for Heading 2 to EUR 361 million, for Heading 3 to EUR 241 million, for Heading 4 to EUR 362 million and for Heading 5 to EUR 903 million, |
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Takes note of Preliminary draft amending budget No 4/2008 devoted solely to the presentation of the accounts for the 2007 financial year; |
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Adopts Draft amending budget No 4/2008 unamended; |
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Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and Commission. |
(1) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1525/2007 (OJ L 343, 27.12.2007, p. 9).
(3) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1. Agreement as last amended by Decision 2008/371/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 128, 16.5.2008, p. 8).
(4) Based on the difference between payment appropriations and expenditure for the financial year 2007, not including amounts of revenue and expenditure implementation and carry-over from assigned revenue.