7. Announcement by the President

The President informed the House that, after they were consulted in accordance with Article 234 of the Financial Regulation, the AFET Committee, the DEVE Committee and the BUDG Committee had forwarded their common positions on the extension of three EU trust funds, namely:

—   the EU regional trust fund in response to the Syrian crisis (Madad Trust Fund), which would expire on 14 December 2020;

(Joint position of the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on Budgets as the competent committees consulted in line with Article 234 of the Financial Regulation (2018/1046) on the extension of the European Union Regional Trust Fund in Response to the Syrian Crisis (Madad Trust Fund) established by the Constitutive Agreement on 15 December 2014 between the European Union (represented by the Commission) and Italy and set to expire on 14 December 2020);

—   the EU trust fund for the Central Africa Republic (Bêkou Trust Fund), which would expire on 31 December 2020;

(Joint position of the Committee on Development and the Committee on Budgets as the competent committees consulted in line with Article 234 of the Financial Regulation (2018/1046) on the extension of the Union Trust Fund for the Central African Republic (Bêkou Trust Fund), created by Commission decision C(2014)5019 of 11.7.2014 and set to expire on 31 December 2020);

—   the EU trust fund for Colombia, which would expire on 31 December 2020;

(Joint position of the Committee on Foreign Affairs, the Committee on Development and the Committee on Budgets as the competent committees consulted in line with Article 234 of the Financial Regulation (2018/1046) on the extension of the European Union Trust Fund for Colombia established on 12 December 2016 and set to expire on 31 December 2020).

If no objections were raised by a political group or a number of Members reaching at least the low threshold within 24 hours of their announcement in plenary, the common positions would be officially forwarded to the Commission.