The European Parliament,

–  having regard to Article 314 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and Article 106a of the Euratom Treaty,

–  having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC Euratom) No 1605/2002(1), and in particular Article 18 thereof,

–  having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, as definitively adopted on 12 December 2012(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 Draft amending budget No 3/2013, which the Commission submitted on 15 April 2013 (COM(2013)0224),

–  having regard to the position on Draft amending budget No 3/2013 which the Council adopted on 9 July 2013 (11694/2013 – C7-0246/2013),

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

–  having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A7-0284/2013),

A.  whereas Draft amending budget No 3/2013 aims to enter in the 2013 budget the surplus from the 2012 financial year, amounting to EUR 1 023,3 million,

B.  whereas the main components of that surplus are an under-spend in expenditure of EUR 244,3 million, a positive outturn on income of more than EUR 719,1 million, and a positive exchange rate difference of EUR 59,9 million,

C.  whereas on the income side, the increase comes mainly from refunds and contributions connected to Union agreements and programs (EUR 350 million), from an increase of own resources actually collected as compared to those budgeted (EUR 231 million) and from fines and interest on late payments (EUR 159 million),

D.  whereas the under-spend in expenditure amounts to EUR 244 million, of which EUR 168 million is against 2012 budget appropriations and EUR 76 million is against carry-overs from 2011,

1.  Takes note of Draft amending budget No 3/2013, which is devoted solely to the budgeting of the 2012 surplus, for an amount of EUR 1 023,3 million, in accordance with Article 18 of the Financial Regulation and Council's position thereon;

2.  Recalls that the adoption of this Draft amending budget will reduce the share of the GNI contribution from Member States to the Union budget and will therefore partly compensate their contribution to the financing of Amending budget No 2/2013; emphasises, therefore, that the two dossiers are subject to a common calendar for adoption since they are strictly linked from a political point of view;

3.  Approves the Council position on Draft amending budget No 3/2013;

4.  Instructs its President to declare that Amending budget No 3/2013 has been definitively adopted and arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;

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

(1) OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1. (2) OJ L 66, 8.3.2013. (3) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1. (4) OJ L 163, 23.6.2007, p. 17.