Commission Declaration

2012/C 93/07

Declaration by the Commission concerning the position of the Council on the adoption of a proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision No 573/2007/EC establishing the European Refugee Fund for the period 2008 to 2013 as part of the general programme ‘Solidarity and management of migration flows’ and repealing Council Decision 2004/904/EC (‘establishment of a joint EU resettlement programme’)

The Commission, in a spirit of compromise and in order to ensure the immediate adoption of the proposal, supports the final text; however it notes that this is without prejudice to its right of initiative with regard to the choice of legal bases, in particular in reference to the future use of Article 80 of the TFEU.