7.9.2013   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 258/161

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having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and in particular Article 314 thereof and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 106a thereof,

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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 in particular Articles 37 and 38 thereof,

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having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2012, as definitively adopted on 1 December 2011 (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 Draft amending budget No 1/2012 of the European Union for the financial year 2012, which the Commission presented on 27 January 2012 (COM(2012)0031),

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having regard to the Council position on Draft amending budget No 1/2012, which the Council established on 26 March 2012 (08136/2012 – C7-0088/2012),

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having regard to Rules 75b and 75e of its Rules of Procedure,

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having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A7-0097/2012),

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whereas the purpose of Draft amending budget No 1/2012 is to incorporate in the 2012 budget the amount of EUR 650 million in commitment appropriations into Article 08 20 02 Euratom – European Joint Undertaking for ITER – Fusion for Energy (F4E),

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whereas this budgetary adjustment is fully in line with the agreement reached between Parliament and the Council in December 2011 in order to accommodate the EUR 1 300 million additional cost of the ITER project in 2012-2013,

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Takes note of Draft amending budget No 1/2012;

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Approves, without amendment, the Council position on Draft amending budget No 1/2012 and instructs its President to declare that Amending budget No 1/2012 has been definitively adopted 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 to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.