The European Parliament,

–  having regard to the Commission proposal to the European Parliament and the Council (COM(2020)0422 – C9‑0162/2020),

–  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 2020, as definitively adopted on 27 November 2019(3),

–  having regard to Draft amending budget No 5/2020, which the Commission adopted on 3 June 2020 (COM(2020)0421),

–  having regard to the position on Draft amending budget No 5/2020 which the Council adopted on 24 June 2020 and forwarded to Parliament on the following day (09060/2020 – C9‑0189/2020),

–  having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A9-0125/2020),

A.  whereas Article 13 of Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 has established a Contingency Margin of up to 0,03 % of the Gross National Income of the Union,

B.  whereas the Commission has proposed, in connection to financing included in Draft amending budget No 5 to the general budget of the European Union for 2020, to mobilise the Contingency Margin to address the urgent need to provide humanitarian support to refugees in Turkey by increasing the commitment appropriations in the general budget of the Union for the financial year 2020, over and above the ceiling of heading 4 of the MFF,

1.  Agrees to the mobilisation of the Contingency Margin for an amount of EUR 481 572 239 in commitment appropriations over and above the commitment ceiling of heading 4 (Global Europe) of the multiannual financial framework;

2.  Approves the decision annexed to this resolution;

3.  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;

4.  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 57, 27.2.2020.

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

on the mobilisation of the Contingency Margin in 2020 to provide continued humanitarian support to refugees in Turkey

(The text of this annex is not reproduced here since it corresponds to the final act, Decision (EU) 2020/1268.)