Draft amending budget No 9/2010: EU Solidarity Fund (floods in Portugal, storm Xynthia in France) - Economic recovery: European offshore wind grid system
European Parliament resolution of 14 December 2010 on Council's position on Draft amending budget No 9/2010 of the European Union for the financial year 2010, Section III – Commission (17633/2010 – C7-0409/2010 – 2010/2238(BUD))
The European Parliament,
– having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and in particular Article 314 thereof and to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 106a 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 2010, as finally adopted on 17 December 2009(2),
– having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management(3),
– having regard to Draft amending budget No 9/2010 of the European Union for the financial year 2010, which the Commission presented on 13 October 2010 (COM(2010)0577),
– having regard to Council's position on Draft amending budget No 9/2010, which the Council established on 10 December 2010 (17633/2010 – C7-0409/2010),
– having regard to Rules 75b and 75e of its Rules of Procedure,
– having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A7-0341/2010),
A. whereas Draft amending budget No 9/2010 to the general budget 2010 covers the following items:
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mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund for an amount of EUR 66,9 million in commitment and payment appropriations relating to the effects of landslides and severe flooding on Madeira island, Portugal, and the effects of storm ‘Xynthia’ in France,
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a corresponding reduction in payment appropriations of EUR 66,9 million from line 06 04 14 03 ‐ Energy projects to aid economic recovery ‐ European Offshore wind grid system,
B. whereas the purpose of Draft amending budget No 9/2010 is to formally enter this budgetary adjustment into the 2010 budget,
1. Takes note of Draft amending budget No 9/2010;
2. Approves the Council's position on Draft amending budget No 9/2010 unamended and instructs its President to declare that Amending budget No 8/2010 has been definitively adopted and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;
3. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council and the Commission.