Amended proposal for a Council decision on laying down multiannual financial guidelines for managing the assets of the "ECSC in liquidation” and, on completion of the liquidation, the "Assets of the Coal and Steel Research Fund” (COM(2001) 121
- C5-0166/2001
- 2000/0363(CNS)
)
The proposal was approved with the amendments adopted at the sitting of 2 October 2001(1)
and with the following compromise amendment.
European Parliament legislative resolution on the amended proposal for a Council decision laying down multiannual financial guidelines for managing the assets of the "ECSC in liquidation” and, on completion of the liquidation, the "Assets of the Coal and Steel Research Fund” (COM(2001) 121
- C5-0166/2001
- 2000/0363(CNS)
)
- having been consulted by the Council (C5-0166/2001
),
- having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,
- having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets and the opinion of the Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (A5-0303/2001
),
1. Approves the Commission's proposal as amended;
2. Approves the Joint Declaration on post-ECSC arrangements of 21 November 2001, which is annexed to this resolution;
3. Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty;
4. Calls on the Council to notify Parliament should it intend to depart from the text approved by Parliament;
5. Asks to be consulted again if the Council intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially;
6. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.
of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission
concerning post-ECSC arrangements
""In addition to the information to be delivered to the two arms of the Budget Authority, under the provisions resulting from the three decisions of which drafts are currently discussed in the Council and in the Parliament, the Commission shall provide them with the following information regarding the implementation of the Coal and Steel Research Fund, which is part of the arrangements proposed upon expiry of the ECSC Treaty.
Budgetary information related to the management of the Fund
The available information concerning the operational expenditure of the current exercise and the existing forecasts related to the next budgetary exercise will be transmitted to the Budget Authority together with the PDB, and updated if necessary.
The Budget Authority will budgetise the revenue generated from the assets of the Coal and Steel Research Fund by creating a budget line in the revenue side for earmarked revenue and two budget lines in the expenditure side of the budget (in accordance with Article 4 of the Financial Regulation), following the principles of budgetary specificity, namely one line for coal research and one line for steel research, for the utilisation of the earmarked revenue.
Before full implementation of the Activity Based Budgeting system, the Commission shall identify the administrative expenditure related to the management of the resource and expenditure budget lines of the Fund, and provide this information together with the Preliminary Draft Budget. Upon implementation of the Activity Based Budgeting system, this system will apply to these budget lines.
Implementation of the research activities
In order to fully inform the Budget Authority on the implementation of the research activities, the Commission shall provide it with the following information as soon as it is available:
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The information package, providing proposers and interested parties with practical information on the research programme financed by the Coal and Steel Research Fund, participation rules, methods of managing proposals and projects, rules for the submission of proposals, model contracts, allowable costs, the maximum financial contribution allowable and methods of payment.
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The manual for the evaluation and selection of research actions submitted to the Fund
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The annual review of the activities carried out under the research programme financed by the Fund, and of the progress of the research work
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The final reports of the completed research projects financed by the Fund, comprising an assessment of exploitation and impact
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The reports on the five-year monitoring exercise of the research programme
The assessment reports of the programme, including the benefits of research to society and the relevant sectors.