5.2.2013   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

CE 33/362

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having regard to the draft Council regulation (16973/3/2010),

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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 (1),

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having regard to the request for consent submitted by the Council in accordance with Article 312 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (C7-0024/2011),

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having regard to the questions for oral answer on behalf of its Committee on Budgets to the Council (O-0074/2010 - B7-0310/2010) and to the Commission (O-0075/2010 - B7-0311/2010) of 20 May 2010 and the debate in plenary on 15 June 2010,

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having regard to its resolution of 22 September 2010 on the proposal for a Council regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2007-2013 (2),

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having regard to Rules 75 and 81(1) of its Rules of Procedure,

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having regard to the recommendation of the Committee on Budgets (A7-0253/2011),

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whereas the existing legal instrument laying down the multiannual financial framework needs to be amended following the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon,

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whereas all three institutions have addressed this requirement as follows:

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whereas Parliament considers that the current Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and sound financial management continues to remain in force until the new regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework enters into force, with the exception of the articles which have become obsolete following the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon,

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whereas, despite the efforts of the Belgian and Hungarian presidencies-in-office, the Council has not demonstrated any willingness to enter into negotiations on the Lisbon package, as provided for in Article 312(5) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

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whereas the reduction in the degree of flexibility in the multiannual financial framework proposed by the Council would curtail Parliament's powers and prerogatives in relation to those which it currently enjoys,

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whereas the Lisbon Treaty was not intended to bring about a reduction in the prerogatives of Parliament, and Parliament is not prepared to accept such a reduction,

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Declines to consent to the draft Council regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2007-2013;

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Instructs its President to declare the legislative procedure closed and to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.