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        "<div id=\"summary\">\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The Committee on Budgets unanimously adopted the\nreport drafted by <span style=\"color:black\">Reimer <b>B&#214;GE</b>\n(EPP-ED, DE) approving</span> a draft amendment of the\nInterinstitutional Agreement (<a href=\"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/FindByProcnum.do?lang=en&amp;procnum=ACI/2004/2099\">IIA</a>)\nof 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the\nCommission on budgetary discipline and sound financial\nmanagement.</span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The amendment aims to include a sentence in the IIA\nstipulating that the amount of the Emergency Aid Reserve shall be\nexceptionally increased to <b>EUR 479.218 million</b> for the year\n2008 in current prices. This amount will cover the needs of the new\n<a href=\"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/FindByProcnum.do?lang=en&amp;procnum=COD/2008/0149\">Food\nFacility</a> for rapid response to soaring prices in developing\ncountries.</span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">This Decision aims to amend the IIA following the\nagreement reached at the conciliation meeting of 21 November 2008\n(see the amended draft budget <a href=\"http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/FindByProcnum.do?lang=en&amp;procnum=BUD/2008/2026\">BUD/2008/2026</a>)\nwhere the two branches of the budgetary authority finally agreed to\nfinance the \"Food Facility\" through an optimal combination of the\nInstrument of Flexibility, the Emergency Aid Reserve and\nredeployment within heading 4 from the Instrument for Stability.\nThis agreement foresees that the Emergency Aid Reserve will\ncontribute to the financing of the \"Food Facility\" with a total of\nEUR 340 millions, of which 22 millions from the appropriations\nstill available in the 2008 budget, 78 million from the\nappropriations budgeted for 2009 and 240 million through a one-off\nincrease in the amount of the Emergency Aid Reserve to be budgeted\nin 2008.</span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">As a consequence, MEPs confirm this agreement and\napprove the amendment of the IIA in order to increase the funds\navailable in the Emergency Aid Reserve for 2008 to <b>EUR 479.218\nmillion</b> (in current prices) to fund the Food\nFacility.</span></p>\n<p style=\"text-align:justify\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">MEPs reiterate their concerns about the fact that\nheading 4 has been under permanent pressure due to its limited\navailable margin, which necessitates repeated mobilisation of\nflexibility mechanisms under this heading in order to respond to\nurgent unforeseen situations. They call for a thorough evaluation\nof the necessity to increase the amounts available under this\nheading in order to allow for the smooth development of long-term\nprogrammable activities in this area and secure the Union's\ncapacity to fully play its role as a global actor in the\ninternational sphere.</span></p>\n</div>\n"
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