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• #2667
• 2005/06/13 Council Meeting
• 2005/06/08 Text adopted by Parliament, single reading
  • T6-0224/2005 summary

    The European Parliament adopted a resolution based on the own-initiative report of Reimer BÖGE (EPP-ED, DE) with 426 votes in favour 140 against and 122 abstentions. The report sets out the figures the European Parliament will defend in negotiations with Council on the next Financial Perspective 2007-2013. The figures proposed within the multi-annual framework are: - payment appropriations: 1.07% of the European Union's Gross National Income (GNI) (EUR 883 billion over seven years); - commitment appropriations: 1.18% of GNI (EUR 975 billion over seven years). The Commission is proposing payments of 1.14% (EUR 943 billion) and commitments of 1.24% (EUR 1 022 billion), whilst the latest compromise from the Luxembourg Presidency proposes 1.06% in commitments (roughly EUR 873billion). The following points should be noted: - Parliament has opted not to incorporate the European Development Fund (EUR 21.876 bn) - which is currently outside the Community budget - into the financial perspective. Were the EDF ever to be incorporated into the Community budget, this must not lead to cuts in other policy areas; - Parliament proposes a number of reserves be established outside the financial perspective in order to cope with contingencies or situations that are difficult to anticipate (cohesion, emergency aid, solidarity fund, guarantee fund), and assist the EU to make economic adjustments designed to boost competitiveness. Parliament recalled that under the current Treaties, a Financial Perspective does not have a formal status and can only be established with the approval of the European Parliament on a voluntary basis. If no agreement is reached, the EC Treaty will be applied for the purpose of regulating the adoption of annual budgets. Parliament stressed that it will not agree on the next Financial Perspective if its priorities are not taken into consideration by the Council. The following comments were made: - Competitiveness: Parliament felt that an increase of EUR 200 million is necessary in order to attain the goals of the Social Policy Agenda. An increase of EUR 670 million is necessary in order to attain the EU's education and training goals. Parliament insisted on a legally binding mechanism which guarantees proper implementation and EU funding for Natura 2000 at the level of the EU's estimated contribution to the envisaged overall amount, which is approximately EUR 6.1 billion for the EU-25 per year. An amount of EUR 21 billion for Natura 2000 should therefore be earmarked ("ring-fenced") in the Financial Perspective within the respective areas. - Cohesion: the existence of a strong, well-financed European regional policy is a condition sine qua non of the Union's ability to deal with successive enlargements and reduce regional disparities.  The amount of 0.41% of the Union's GNI and 4% of national GNI of the new Member States is adequate, provided the Member States can ensure that the actions take place in addition to national and regional measures and that the corresponding co-financing (using public and private funds) is made available. - An Area of Freedom, Security and Justice: the proposed allocation to this area of around two thirds of the funds provided for in the proposed Heading 3 may not be sufficient to cover the needs and the ambitions of the European Union in this area as defined by the European Parliament and the Council.  Parliament believed that an increase of EUR 1 billion is necessary in order to attain its goals.  Moreover, a sufficient margin must be left under Heading 3 to allow for unforeseen needs and new developments. There should be a consolidation of the budgetary resources made available to Europol and Eurojust. That measure should be accompanied by a strengthening of the democratic scrutiny of Europol. - Citizenship: the Youth in Action Programme is a priority. Parliament welcomed the proposed rationalisation of Community instruments in this field, and believed that an increase from EUR 811 million to EUR 1 000 million is necessary in order to attain its goals. It also welcomed the rationalisation of Community instruments in the field of culture envisaged in the Commission's proposal for a Culture 2007 programme COM(2004)0469). An increase from EUR 360 million to EUR 500 million is necessary to improve the financing of the Commission proposal. - Funding for external actions: Parliament stressed its unwillingness to perpetuate a situation of constant pressure under Heading 4 as occurred under the current Financial Perspective and pointed particularly to the need for a high level of flexibility and sufficient margin to allow for unforeseen events. Parliament felt that an increase of funds is necessary in order to deepen relations with its neighbouring countries and to provide an adequate level of funds for potential candidate and candidate countries that guarantees them fair and equal treatment. - Duration of the financial framework: Parliament supported the Commission's proposal for a financial framework of 7 years' duration. A shorter time framework would be technically and politically impractical, and a longer financial perspective will contribute to the stability of the system and facilitate the programming of the cohesion policy and of other financial instruments of the common budget - Revision and flexibility: Parliament decided - to accept the Commission proposal for a revision procedure with multi-annual effect to cover lasting changes to the financial framework which may be facilitated by being adopted by the same majority as for the adoption of the budget (qualified majority in Council and absolute majority in Parliament), - to accept the Commission proposal on flexibility for legislative acts but to increase this flexibility to 10 %, above or below the amounts fixed under co-decision; - to reject the Commission proposal for the reallocation flexibility between headings, - to create significant reserves for flexibility outside the financial framework to enable the European Union to respond to unforeseen needs and unexpected crises; - to plan an overhaul of the Financial Perspective if fundamental assumptions regarding economic development change, for example in the event of a significant deviation from the assumed growth rate of 2.3%; - Reserve for flexibility (up to a maximum of EUR 3.5 billion): the existing instrument already placed outside the Financial Perspective and with an increased amount of EUR 500 million; - Reserves: these should be established outside the financial framework are as follows: a competitiveness reserve (capped at EUR 7 billion and replacing the Growth Adjustment Fund), a cohesion reserve (EUR 3 billion), an emergency aid reserve (EUR 1.5 billion), a Solidarity Fund reserve (EUR 6.2 billion) and a loan guarantee reserve (EUR 3 billion).

  • OJ C 124 25.05.2006, p. 0263-0373 E
  • Results of vote in Parliament
• 2005/06/08 Commission response to text adopted in plenary
  • SP(2005)2882
• 2005/06/07 Debate in Parliament
• #2659
• 2005/05/23 Council Meeting
• 2005/05/20 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
  • A6-0153/2005
• 2005/05/20 Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading
  • A6-0153/2005
• 2005/05/10 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • AFCO VOGGENHUBER Johannes Verts/ALE
  • AFET DE KEYSER Véronique PSE
  • AGRI MAAT Albert Jan PPE-DE
  • BUDG
  • CONT MULDER Jan ALDE
  • CULT HIERONYMI Ruth PPE-DE
  • DEVE CARLOTTI Marie-Arlette PSE
  • ECON LETTA Enrico ALDE
  • EMPL MADEIRA Jamila PSE
  • ENVI HAUG Jutta PSE
  • FEMM FIGUEIREDO Ilda GUE/NGL
  • FINP FINP/6/24451 BÖGE Reimer PPE-DE
  • IMCO WHITEHEAD Phillip PSE
  • INTA JONCKHEER Pierre Verts/ALE
  • ITRE RÜBIG Paul PPE-DE
  • JURI
  • LIBE DEPREZ Gérard ALDE
  • PECH CASACA Paulo PSE
  • PETI
  • REGI KREHL Constanze Angela PSE
  • TRAN BARSI-PATAKY Etelka PPE-DE
• #2655
• 2005/04/25 Council Meeting
• #2651
• 2005/04/12 Council Meeting
• 2005/03/31 Committee draft report
  • PE353.393
• 2005/03/22 Committee draft report
  • PE353.392
• #2649
• 2005/03/16 Council Meeting
• #2640
• 2005/02/21 Council Meeting
• #2638
• 2005/02/17 Council Meeting
• #2636
• 2005/01/31 Council Meeting
• #2628
• 2004/12/07 Council Meeting
• #2621
• 2004/11/22 Council Meeting
• #2617
• 2004/11/16 Council Meeting
• #2612
• 2004/10/21 Council Meeting
• 2004/09/15 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • AFCO VOGGENHUBER Johannes Verts/ALE
  • AFET DE KEYSER Véronique PSE
  • AGRI MAAT Albert Jan PPE-DE
  • BUDG
  • CONT MULDER Jan ALDE
  • CULT HIERONYMI Ruth PPE-DE
  • DEVE CARLOTTI Marie-Arlette PSE
  • ECON LETTA Enrico ALDE
  • EMPL MADEIRA Jamila PSE
  • ENVI HAUG Jutta PSE
  • FEMM FIGUEIREDO Ilda GUE/NGL
  • FINP FINP/6/24451 BÖGE Reimer PPE-DE
  • IMCO WHITEHEAD Phillip PSE
  • INTA JONCKHEER Pierre Verts/ALE
  • ITRE RÜBIG Paul PPE-DE
  • JURI
  • LIBE DEPREZ Gérard ALDE
  • PECH CASACA Paulo PSE
  • PETI
  • REGI KREHL Constanze Angela PSE
  • TRAN BARSI-PATAKY Etelka PPE-DE
• 2004/07/14 Non-legislative basic document published
  • COM(2004)0487 summary

    PURPOSE : to present the communication from the Commission on the Financial Perspectives 2007 - 2013. CONTENT : to recall, in February 2004, the Commission laid out a political project for the Union to tackle the key challenges facing Europe and its citizens until 2013. Its objective was to launch a forward looking debate on the European Union's goals, and the tools required to make these goals a reality. If action is to be in place by the target date of 1 January 2007, the debate now needs to move into a new phase. Attention needs to shift to the practical measures required to put the political framework into practice.  To this end, the Commission has been working to develop a set of detailed policy proposals. Many of these proposals are now ready. So this is a good moment to take stock of the work done since February, recall the value added of the EU action as well as expenditure required to further the political project proposed by the Commission for 2007-2013, and explain how the delivery instruments of this project will be simplified and rationalised. This is the purpose of this paper. In the light of the above, the Commission has tested the value added by proposed expenditure in all policy areas concerned by the political project for the period 2007-2013. To perform this test, the Commission has used the following criteria, in order to address the problems highlighted above: - Effectiveness: cases where EU action is the only way to get results to create missing links, avoid fragmentation, and realise the potential of a border-free Europe; - Efficiency: cases where the EU offers better value for money, because externalities can be addressed, resources or expertise can be pooled, an action can be better coordinated; - Synergy: cases where EU action is necessary to complement, stimulate, and leverage action to reduce disparities, raise standards, and create synergies. As stated, the Commission laid out the principles on the basis of which it announced that it will simplify and rationalise its financial instruments. The new structure represents a major step in the simplification of EU action. It aims at ensuring that spending programmes operate under principles of good governance which bring efficiency savings, and to make action more accessible and more user-friendly. The package of measures adopted today will be complemented with other proposals, to come later, in the areas of external relations, research, and freedom, security and justice. The result of this rationalisation is presented below by budgetary Heading: - Heading 1: Sustainable Growth : to reach this target, action is required across three key axes: making Europe into a dynamic knowledge-based economy geared towards growth; reinforcing cohesion; and ensuring the sustainable management and protection of natural resources. - Heading 2: Conservation and Management of Natural Resources : with significant sums of public money to be devoted to the objectives under Heading 2, it is all the more important that the instruments and delivery mechanisms are in place to implement efficiently. With the CAP reforms of 2003 and 2004 so fresh and with agricultural spending fixed to 2013, the framework for the period covered by the Financial Perspectives is set. Although most environmental action is delivered by mainstreaming into other actions, there remains a need for an instrument to deliver action of a uniquely environmental nature. The LIFE+ programme would seek to contribute to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of EU environment policy and legislation. - Heading 3: Citizenship/Strengthening the EU as an Area of Freedom, Security and Justice : the Freedom of movement and solidarity in the area of external borders, asylum and immigration programme will support the implementation of solidarity in this area and will represent the bulk of funding for freedom, security and justice. The creation of an Agency for External Borders in the field of migratory flows management has already been proposed by the Commission. The Security programme will strengthen the prevention of crime and terrorism, reinforce cooperation and exchange between law enforcement authorities. The Justice and Fundamental Rights Programme will seek to promote judicial cooperation, easy access to justice and offer enhanced legal certainty, both to business and citizens, to back up the growth in cross-border situations. A food safety programme will mainly seek to combat animal diseases, facilitate better cooperation between EU laboratories, narrow the gap in food safety standards within and between countries and ensure protection of the whole food chain. A consumer policy and public health programme will provide sustained capacity building among consumer organizations. The European Food Safety Authority and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control should provide the necessary assistance (regulatory and executive) required by the Commission in the execution of its tasks. Fostering European culture and diversity is important. A solidarity and rapid reaction instrument will provide citizens with a European response in the event of major disasters. - Heading 4: Europe as a global partner : over time, the Union has developed a broad spectrum of external relations tools (common trade policy, cooperation under bilateral and multilateral agreements, development cooperation, common foreign and security policy, common defence and security policy, humanitarian aid and financial assistance, as well as the external projection of internal policies: energy, environment, transport, justice and home affairs, etc). The creation of new budget lines through the annual budgetary procedure, and the subsequent adoption of ad hoc legal bases for their implementation, has added to the proliferation of instruments.

• 2004/07/14 Non-legislative basic document
  • COM(2004)0487 summary

    PURPOSE : to present the communication from the Commission on the Financial Perspectives 2007 - 2013. CONTENT : to recall, in February 2004, the Commission laid out a political project for the Union to tackle the key challenges facing Europe and its citizens until 2013. Its objective was to launch a forward looking debate on the European Union's goals, and the tools required to make these goals a reality. If action is to be in place by the target date of 1 January 2007, the debate now needs to move into a new phase. Attention needs to shift to the practical measures required to put the political framework into practice.  To this end, the Commission has been working to develop a set of detailed policy proposals. Many of these proposals are now ready. So this is a good moment to take stock of the work done since February, recall the value added of the EU action as well as expenditure required to further the political project proposed by the Commission for 2007-2013, and explain how the delivery instruments of this project will be simplified and rationalised. This is the purpose of this paper. In the light of the above, the Commission has tested the value added by proposed expenditure in all policy areas concerned by the political project for the period 2007-2013. To perform this test, the Commission has used the following criteria, in order to address the problems highlighted above: - Effectiveness: cases where EU action is the only way to get results to create missing links, avoid fragmentation, and realise the potential of a border-free Europe; - Efficiency: cases where the EU offers better value for money, because externalities can be addressed, resources or expertise can be pooled, an action can be better coordinated; - Synergy: cases where EU action is necessary to complement, stimulate, and leverage action to reduce disparities, raise standards, and create synergies. As stated, the Commission laid out the principles on the basis of which it announced that it will simplify and rationalise its financial instruments. The new structure represents a major step in the simplification of EU action. It aims at ensuring that spending programmes operate under principles of good governance which bring efficiency savings, and to make action more accessible and more user-friendly. The package of measures adopted today will be complemented with other proposals, to come later, in the areas of external relations, research, and freedom, security and justice. The result of this rationalisation is presented below by budgetary Heading: - Heading 1: Sustainable Growth : to reach this target, action is required across three key axes: making Europe into a dynamic knowledge-based economy geared towards growth; reinforcing cohesion; and ensuring the sustainable management and protection of natural resources. - Heading 2: Conservation and Management of Natural Resources : with significant sums of public money to be devoted to the objectives under Heading 2, it is all the more important that the instruments and delivery mechanisms are in place to implement efficiently. With the CAP reforms of 2003 and 2004 so fresh and with agricultural spending fixed to 2013, the framework for the period covered by the Financial Perspectives is set. Although most environmental action is delivered by mainstreaming into other actions, there remains a need for an instrument to deliver action of a uniquely environmental nature. The LIFE+ programme would seek to contribute to the development, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of EU environment policy and legislation. - Heading 3: Citizenship/Strengthening the EU as an Area of Freedom, Security and Justice : the Freedom of movement and solidarity in the area of external borders, asylum and immigration programme will support the implementation of solidarity in this area and will represent the bulk of funding for freedom, security and justice. The creation of an Agency for External Borders in the field of migratory flows management has already been proposed by the Commission. The Security programme will strengthen the prevention of crime and terrorism, reinforce cooperation and exchange between law enforcement authorities. The Justice and Fundamental Rights Programme will seek to promote judicial cooperation, easy access to justice and offer enhanced legal certainty, both to business and citizens, to back up the growth in cross-border situations. A food safety programme will mainly seek to combat animal diseases, facilitate better cooperation between EU laboratories, narrow the gap in food safety standards within and between countries and ensure protection of the whole food chain. A consumer policy and public health programme will provide sustained capacity building among consumer organizations. The European Food Safety Authority and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control should provide the necessary assistance (regulatory and executive) required by the Commission in the execution of its tasks. Fostering European culture and diversity is important. A solidarity and rapid reaction instrument will provide citizens with a European response in the event of major disasters. - Heading 4: Europe as a global partner : over time, the Union has developed a broad spectrum of external relations tools (common trade policy, cooperation under bilateral and multilateral agreements, development cooperation, common foreign and security policy, common defence and security policy, humanitarian aid and financial assistance, as well as the external projection of internal policies: energy, environment, transport, justice and home affairs, etc). The creation of new budget lines through the annual budgetary procedure, and the subsequent adoption of ad hoc legal bases for their implementation, has added to the proliferation of instruments.

Documents

• Non-legislative basic document published: COM(2004)0487
• Non-legislative basic document: COM(2004)0487
• Committee draft report: PE353.392
• Committee draft report: PE353.393
• Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A6-0153/2005
• Committee report tabled for plenary, single reading: A6-0153/2005
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T6-0224/2005
• Text adopted by Parliament, single reading: OJ C 124 25.05.2006, p. 0263-0373 E
• Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
• Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2005)2882

Votes

Report: Böge A6-0153/2005 - am. 2

Report: Böge A6-0153/2005 - am. 48

Report: Böge A6-0153/2005 - ams. 8,37,45

Report: Böge A6-0153/2005 - par. 4/2

Report: Böge A6-0153/2005 - am. 35

Report: Böge A6-0153/2005 - am. 9

Report: Böge A6-0153/2005 - par. 10

Report: Böge A6-0153/2005 - par. 11

Report: Böge A6-0153/2005 - am. 41

Report: Böge A6-0153/2005 - par. 24/1

Report: Böge A6-0153/2005 - par. 24/2

Report: Böge A6-0153/2005 - par. 28

Report: Böge A6-0153/2005 - am. 6

Report: Böge A6-0153/2005 - am. 26

Report: Böge A6-0153/2005 - par. 33

Report: Böge A6-0153/2005 - ams. 38/rev2,46

Report: Böge A6-0153/2005 - am. 11

Report: Böge A6-0153/2005 - par. 34/2

Report: Böge A6-0153/2005 - ams. 12,39/rev,47

Report: Böge A6-0153/2005 - par. 44

Report: Böge A6-0153/2005 - par. 45

Report: Böge A6-0153/2005 - par. 46

Report: Böge A6-0153/2005 - par. 47

Report: Böge A6-0153/2005 - par. 48

Report: Böge A6-0153/2005 - am. 28

Report: Böge A6-0153/2005 - par. 50(1)/2

Report: Böge A6-0153/2005 - am. 3

Report: Böge A6-0153/2005 - am. 40

Report: Böge A6-0153/2005 - par. 51(5)/2

Report: Böge A6-0153/2005 - par. 51(6)/2

Report: Böge A6-0153/2005 - am. 30

Report: Böge A6-0153/2005 - am. 33

Report: Böge A6-0153/2005 - am. 34

Report: Böge A6-0153/2005 - resolution

History

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