The European Parliament,

–  having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2016)0624 – C8‑0399/2016),

–  having regard to Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020(1), and in particular Article 13 thereof,

–  having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management(2), and in particular point 14 thereof,

–  having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2016, as definitively adopted on 25 November 2015(3),

–  having regard to Draft amending budget No 4/2016, which the Commission proposed on 30 September 2016 (COM(2016)0623),

–  having regard to the position adopted by the Council on 8 November 2016 on Draft amending budget No 4/2016 (13583/2016 – C8‑0459/2016),

–  having regard to its position on Draft amending budget No 4/2016, adopted on 1 December 2016(4),

–  having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A8-0347/2016),

A.  whereas the Commission proposed, together with Draft amending budget No 4/2016, to mobilise the Contingency Margin for 2016 for an amount of EUR 240,1 million so as to complement the commitment appropriations related to expenditure in heading 3 ‘Security and citizenship’ in the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2016;

1.  Approves the decision annexed to this resolution;

2.  Instructs its President to sign the decision with the President of the Council and arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union;

3.  Instructs its President to forward this resolution, including its annex, to the Council and the Commission.

(1) OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884. (2) OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 1. (3) OJ L 48, 24.2.2016, p. 1. (4) Texts Adopted, P8_TA(2016)0468.

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

on the mobilisation of the Contingency Margin in 2016

(The text of this annex is not reproduced here since it corresponds to the final act, Decision (EU) 2017/339.)