8.1. 2014 budgetary procedure: joint text on the draft general budget (Rule 138) (vote)

Verbatim reports

Report on the joint text on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2014 approved by the Conciliation Committee under the budgetary procedure [13176/2013 - C7-0260/2013- 2013/2145(BUD)] - European Parliament delegation to the Budgetary Conciliation Committee. Co-rapporteurs: Anne E. Jensen and Monika Hohlmeier (A7-0387/2013)

(Qualified majority needed to reject the text)
(Voting record: 'Results of votes', Item 1)

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Adopted by single vote (P7_TA(2013)0472)

The following had spoken:

After the vote Algimantas Rimkūnas (President-in-Office of the Council) noted that Parliament had confirmed the agreement reached at the Conciliation Committee meeting on 11 and 12 November 2013. He also said that the Council strongly supported the joint statements included in the agreement and that it was committed to fully honouring them.

The President then made the following statement:

'The joint text adopted by the Conciliation Committee on 12 November 2013 has been approved by both Parliament and the Council. The budget procedure has been implemented in accordance with the Treaties. The budget procedure for the financial year 2014 may thus be considered complete. I declare the EU's budget for the financial year 2014 has been definitively adopted. The budget will be signed today by the President of Parliament.'