24.11.2016   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 436/160

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having regard to the Commission Draft Budget for the financial year 2014 (COM(2013)0450), presented on 28 June 2013, as amended by amending letter No 1 presented by the Commission on 18 September 2013 (COM(2013)0644),

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having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2013)0647 — C7-0302/2013),

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having regard to Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 (1), and in particular Article 11 thereof,

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having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, cooperation in budgetary matters and sound financial management (2), and in particular Point 12 thereof,

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having regard to its position adopted on 23 October 2013 on the 2014 draft general budget,

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having regard to the joint text approved by the Conciliation Committee on 12 November 2013 (16106/2013 ADD 1-5 — C7-0413/2013),

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having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A7-0388/2013),

A.

whereas, after having examined all possibilities for reallocating commitment appropriations under heading 1b, it appears necessary to mobilise the Flexibility Instrument for commitment appropriations,

B.

whereas the Commission has proposed to mobilise the Flexibility Instrument to complement the financing in the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2014, beyond the ceiling of heading 1b, of EUR 78 million towards the financing of the Cypriot Structural Funds programmes to grant an additional allocation from the Structural Funds to Cyprus for the year 2014 by a total amount of EUR 100 000 000,

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Notes that despite contained reinforcements in commitment appropriations on a limited number of budget items and several decreases on other budget items, the 2014 ceilings of subheading 1b in commitments do not allow for the adequate financing of important and urgent political priorities of the Union carried out by Parliament and the Council;

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Agrees with the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument in commitment appropriations for the financing — under subheading 1b — of the Cypriot Structural Funds programmes for a total amount of EUR 89 330 000;

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Reiterates that the mobilisation of this instrument, as provided for in Article 11 of Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013, highlights, once more, the crucial need for the Union budget to be increasingly flexible;

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Approves the decision annexed to this resolution;

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