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 in particular Articles 37 and 38 thereof,

–  having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2012, as definitively adopted on 1 December 2011(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 Council Decision 2007/436/EC, Euratom of 7 June 2007 on the system of the European Communities' own resources(4),

–  having regard to the European Council Decision EUCO 76/12 of 28 and 29 June 2012 on the Compact for Growth and Jobs, agreed by the Member States,

–  having regard to Draft amending budget No 6/2012 of the European Union for the financial year 2012, which the Commission submitted on 23 October 2012 (COM(2012)0632),

–  having regard to the position adopted by the Council on 6 December 2012 on Draft amending budget No 6/2012 (17295/2012 – C7-0401/2012)

–  having regard to Rule 75b and 75e of its Rules of Procedure,

–  having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A7-0409/2012),

A.  whereas Draft amending budget No 6/2012 to the general budget 2012 covers, inter alia, an update in the forecast of revenue after the latest revision of the forecasts of own resources and other revenue and an increase of payment appropriations of nearly EUR 9,0 billion across headings 1a, 1b, 2, 3a and 4 of the multiannual financial framework, with the aim of meeting outstanding needs up to the end of the year,

B.  whereas, in parallel, other payment needs have already been addressed, in part through the global transfer in payment appropriations (DEC 30/2012) for a total amount of EUR 419,7 million,

C.  whereas the Commission had originally identified sources of redeployment for a total of EUR 47,4 million, which were included in DAB 6/2012, as proposed initially by the Commission,

D.  whereas variations in own resources, together with a significant increase in the revenue from fines and interest payment of EUR 3 525,0 million, lead to a total net increase in revenue of EUR 3 080,8 million, which will lessen the effect of DAB 6/2012 on Member States' GNI-based contributions,

E.  whereas both Parliament and Council delegations had agreed, during the budgetary trilogue of 29 November 2012, on a revised amount for those needs to be financed in 2012, by decreasing it to EUR 6,1 billion, including EUR 0,1 billion redeployment not originally proposed by the Commission,

1.  Takes note of Draft amending budget No 6/2012, as proposed by the Commission;

2.  Notes that Draft amending budget No 6/2012, as amended by the Council, reflects the agreement reached during the budgetary trilogue of 29 November 2012;

3.  Emphasises that the Joint statement on payment needs for 2012, whereby the budgetary authority acknowledges that EUR 2,9 billion in extra payments should have been authorised in 2012 to meet the payment claims received by the Commission, is an integral part of the agreement reached during the trilogue;

4.  Strongly reminds the Council and the Commission that the Joint statement on payment needs for 2012 must be understood as a political agreement regarding the need to come to an agreement at an early stage in 2013 on an amending budget devoted to the sole purpose of covering this EUR 2,9 billion and providing additional appropriations as compared to the payment appropriations adopted in the 2013 initial budget, without prejudice to the proper implementation of the 2013 budget;

5.  Approves, without amendment, the Council position on Draft amending budget No 6/2012;

6.  Instructs its President to declare that Amending budget No 6/2012 has been definitively adopted and to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;

7.  Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.

(1) OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1. (2) OJ L 56, 29.2.2012. (3) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1. (4) OJ L 163, 23.6.2007, p. 17.