P6_TA(2004)0003

Draft amending budget No 8/2004

European Parliament resolution on Draft amending budget No 8/2004 of the European Union for the financial year 2004, Section III — Commission (11042/2004 — C6-0109/2004 — 2004/2066(BUD))

The European Parliament,

- having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 272(4), penultimate paragraph thereof,

- having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 177 thereof,

- 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 thereof,

- having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2004, as finally adopted on 18 December 2003 [2] and as adjusted in line with the enlargement of the European Union [3],

- having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure [4],

- having regard to Council Decision 2000/597/EC, Euratom of 29 September 2000 on the system of the European Communities' own resources [5],

- having regard to the Preliminary draft amending budget No 8/2004 of the European Union for the financial year 2004, which the Commission presented on 28 May 2004 (SEC(2004) 0675),

- having regard to Draft amending budget No 8/2004 of the European Union for the financial year 2004, which the Council established on 16 July 2004 (11042/2004 — C6-0109/2004),

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

- having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A6-0005/2004),

A. whereas Draft amending budget No 8/2004 relates to the revenue side of the budget and comprises a number of elements affecting the level of contributions from Member States to the Community's own resources,

B. whereas these elements relate to the repayment of the surplus from the Guarantee Fund for External Measures from 2003 as well as to the annual revision of the forecasts for customs duties, VAT bases, GNI bases and a technical re-calculation of the contributions necessary to finance the UK rebate,

C. whereas the Commission has committed itself to present its own resources report, as laid down in Council Decision 2000/597/EC, Euratom, by summer 2004 and to submit appropriate proposals for a generalised correction mechanism,

1. Approves the Council's Draft amending budget No 8/2004 unamended;

2. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission.

[1] OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

[2] OJ L 53, 23.2.2004.

[3] OJ C 105, 30.4.2004, p. 9.

[4] OJ C 172, 18.6.1999, p. 1. Agreement as amended by Decision 2003/429/EC (OJ L 147, 14.6.2003, p. 25).

[5] OJ L 253, 7.10.2000, p. 42.

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