(Consultation procedure)

The European Parliament,

–   having regard to the Commission proposal to the Council (COM(2003) 366)(1),

–   having regard to Article 279(2) of the EC Treaty, pursuant to which the Council consulted Parliament (C5-0326/2003),

–   having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure,

–   having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A5-0063/2004),

1.  Approves the Commission proposal as amended;

2.  Calls on the Commission to alter its proposal accordingly, pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty;

3.  Calls on the Council to notify Parliament if it intends to depart from the text approved by Parliament;

4.  Asks the Council to consult Parliament again if it intends to amend the Commission proposal substantially;

5.  Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council and Commission.

Text proposed by the Commission   Amendments by Parliament Amendment 1 ARTICLE 1, POINT 16a (new) Article 21b (new) (Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1150/2000) 16a. The following new Article 21b is inserted under Title IX: "Article 21b In accordance with Article 9 of Decision 2000/597/EC, Euratom the Commission shall undertake, before 1 January 2006, a general review of the own resources system. New proposals made by the Commission on the basis of this review should give particular attention to Article 2(3), Article 4 and Article 5 of that Decision."

(1) Not yet published in OJ.