Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 December 2011 amending the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and sound financial management as regards the multiannual financial framework, to address additional financing needs of the ITER project (2012/5/EU)

Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council

of 13 December 2011

amending the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and sound financial management as regards the multiannual financial framework, to address additional financing needs of the ITER project

(2012/5/EU)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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(1),

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1) At the trilogue meeting of 1 December 2011 the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission have agreed on the modalities for providing additional financing to the ITER project. The financing requires a revision of the multiannual financial framework 2007-2013 in accordance with the Interinstitutional Agreement, so as to raise the ceilings for commitment appropriations under subheading 1a by EUR 650 million for the year 2012 and by EUR 190 million for the year 2013 in current prices.

(2) The increase of the ceilings for commitment appropriations under subheading 1a for the years 2012 and 2013 will be fully offset by a decrease of the ceilings for commitment appropriations for the year 2011 under heading 2 and of commitment appropriations for the years 2011 and 2012 under heading 5.

(3) In order to keep an appropriate relationship between commitments and payments, the annual ceilings for payment appropriations will be adjusted. The adjustment will be neutral in terms of payment requirements over the period 2007-2013.

(4) Annex I to the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and sound financial management should therefore be amended accordingly(2),

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Sole Article

Annex I to the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and sound financial management is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.

Done at Strasbourg, 13 December 2011.

For the European Parliament

The President

J. Buzek

For the Council

The President

M. Szpunar

ANNEX

FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK 2007-2013

a The expenditure on pensions included under the ceiling for this heading is calculated net of the staff contributions to the relevant scheme, within the limit of EUR 500 million at 2004 prices for the period 2007-2013.
(EUR million - constant 2004 prices)
COMMITMENT APPROPRIATIONS	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	Total 2007-2013
1. Sustainable Growth	50 865	53 262	55 879	56 435	55 693	57 708	58 696	388 538
1a Competitiveness for Growth and Employment	8 404	9 595	12 018	12 580	11 306	12 677	13 073	79 653
1b Cohesion for Growth and Employment	42 461	43 667	43 861	43 855	44 387	45 031	45 623	308 885
2. Preservation and Management of Natural Resources	51 962	54 685	51 023	53 238	52 136	51 901	51 284	366 229
of which: market related expenditure and direct payments	43 120	42 697	42 279	41 864	41 453	41 047	40 645	293 105
3. Citizenship, freedom, security and justice	1 199	1 258	1 375	1 503	1 645	1 797	1 988	10 765
3a Freedom, Security and Justice	600	690	785	910	1 050	1 200	1 390	6 625
3b Citizenship	599	568	590	593	595	597	598	4 140
4. EU as a global player	6 199	6 469	6 739	7 009	7 339	7 679	8 029	49 463
5. Administration a	6 633	6 818	6 816	6 999	7 044	7 274	7 610	49 194
6. Compensations	419	191	190	0	0	0	0	800
TOTAL COMMITMENT APPROPRIATIONS	117 277	122 683	122 022	125 184	123 857	126 359	127 607	864 989
as a percentage of GNI	1,08 %	1,09 %	1,06 %	1,06 %	1,03 %	1,03 %	1,01 %	1,049 %
TOTAL PAYMENT APPROPRIATIONS	115 142	119 805	109 091	119 245	116 394	120 649	120 418	820 744
as a percentage of GNI	1,06 %	1,06 %	0,95 %	1,01 %	0,97 %	0,98 %	0,96 %	1,0 %
Margin available	0,18 %	0,18 %	0,29 %	0,22 %	0,26 %	0,25 %	0,27 %	0,23 %
Own Resources Ceiling as a percentage of GNI	1,24 %	1,24 %	1,24 %	1,23 %	1,23 %	1,23 %	1,23 %	1,23 %

(1)

OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.

(2)

For that purpose, the figures resulting from the above agreement are converted into 2004 prices.