20.3.2009   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 66/92

Amending budget No 1/2008

P6_TA(2008)0084

European Parliament resolution of 11 March 2008 on Draft amending budget No 1/2008 of the European Union for the financial year 2008, Section III — Commission (7259/2008 — C6-0124/2008 — 2008/2017(BUD))

(2009/C 66 E/28)

The European Parliament,

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having regard to Article 272 of the EC Treaty and Article 177 of the Euratom Treaty,

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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 Articles 37 and 38,

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having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2008, as finally adopted on 13 December 2007 (2),

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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 (3),

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having regard to Preliminary draft amending budget No 1/2008 of the European Union for the financial year 2008, which the Commission presented on 18 January 2008 (COM(2008)0015),

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having regard to Draft amending budget No 1/2008, which the Council established on 4 March 2008 (7259/2008 — C6-0124/2008),

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having regard to Rule 69 of and Annex IV to its Rules of Procedure,

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having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A6-0058/2008),

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whereas Draft amending budget No 1 to the general budget 2008 covers the following items:

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The mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund for an amount of 162 387 985euro in commitment and payment appropriations, relating to major storm damage in the United Kingdom in June and July 2007,

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The creation of the necessary budgetary structure to accommodate the Research Executive Agency (REA) and the European Research Council Executive Agency (ERCEA),

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Modification of the establishment plan of the European Agency for the Management of the Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (Frontex),

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The creation of budget item 06 01 04 12 Galileo Programme — expenditure on administrative management, as provided for in the Commission's revised proposal COM(2007)0535,

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The creation of budget Article 27 01 11 Exceptional crisis expenditure, to enable the financing of exceptional expenditure linked to a declared crisis. The line will be endowed with a ‘p.m.’,

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whereas the purpose of Draft amending budget No 1/2008 is to formally enter these budgetary adjustments into the 2008 budget,

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Takes note of Preliminary draft amending budget No 1/2008;

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Recalls its amendment to Draft amending budget No 1/2008 aiming at the creation of a line for expenditure on administrative management re-establishing the original amount on the operational line for Galileo;

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Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the 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).

(2)  OJ L 71, 14.3.2008.

(3)  OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1. Agreement as amended by Decision 2008/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 6, 10.1.2008, p. 7).