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En En ***Ii Recommendation for Second Reading European Parliament 2019-2024 Plenary sitting A9-0262/2020 14.12.2020 ***II RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget (09980/1/2020 – C9-0407/2020 – 2018/0136(COD)) Committee on Budgets Committee on Budgetary Control Co-rapporteurs: Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Petri Sarvamaa (Joint committee procedure – Rule 58 of the Rules of Procedure) RR\1220759EN.docx PE660.258v02-00 EN United in diversityEN PR_COD_2app Symbols for procedures * Consultation procedure *** Consent procedure ***I Ordinary legislative procedure (first reading) ***II Ordinary legislative procedure (second reading) ***III Ordinary legislative procedure (third reading) (The type of procedure depends on the legal basis proposed by the draft act.) Amendments to a draft act Amendments by Parliament set out in two columns Deletions are indicated in bold italics in the left-hand column. Replacements are indicated in bold italics in both columns. New text is indicated in bold italics in the right-hand column. The first and second lines of the header of each amendment identify the relevant part of the draft act under consideration. If an amendment pertains to an existing act that the draft act is seeking to amend, the amendment heading includes a third line identifying the existing act and a fourth line identifying the provision in that act that Parliament wishes to amend. Amendments by Parliament in the form of a consolidated text New text is highlighted in bold italics. Deletions are indicated using either the ▌symbol or strikeout. Replacements are indicated by highlighting the new text in bold italics and by deleting or striking out the text that has been replaced. By way of exception, purely technical changes made by the drafting departments in preparing the final text are not highlighted. PE660.258v02-00 2/10 RR\1220759EN.docx EN CONTENTS Page DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION .................................5 ANNEX TO THE LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION...................................................................7 SHORT JUSTIFICATION .........................................................................................................8 PROCEDURE – COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE .....................................................................9 FINAL VOTE BY ROLL CALL IN COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE ....................................10 RR\1220759EN.docx 3/10 PE660.258v02-00 EN PE660.258v02-00 4/10 RR\1220759EN.docx EN DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION on the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget (09980/1/2020 – C9-0407/2020 – 2018/0136(COD)) (Ordinary legislative procedure: second reading) The European Parliament, – having regard to the Council position at first reading (09980/1/2020 – C9-0407/2020), – having regard to the opinion of the Court of Auditors of 17 August 20181, – having regard to the opinion of the Commission (COM(2020)0843), – having regard to its position at first reading2 on the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2018)0324), – having regard to Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, – having regard to the provisional agreement approved by the committees responsible under Rule 74(4) of its Rules of Procedure, – having regard to Rule 67 of its Rules of Procedure, – having regard to the recommendation for second reading of the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Budgetary Control (A9-0262/2020), 1. Approves the Council position at first reading; 2. Approves the joint statement by Parliament, the Council and the Commission annexed to this resolution; 3. Takes note of the Commission statement annexed to this resolution; 4. Notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position; 5. Instructs its President to sign the act with the President of the Council, in accordance with Article 297(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union; 6. Instructs its Secretary-General to sign the act, once it has been verified that all the procedures have been duly completed, and, in agreement with the Secretary-General of the Council, to arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union; 7. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the 1 OJ C 291, 17.8.2018, p. 1. 2 Texts adopted of 4.4.2019, P8_TA(2019)0349. RR\1220759EN.docx 5/10 PE660.258v02-00 EN national parliaments. PE660.258v02-00 6/10 RR\1220759EN.docx EN ANNEX TO THE LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION Joint statement by Parliament, the Council and the Commission Without prejudice to the Commission's right of initiative, the European Parliament, the Council and Commission agree to consider including the content of this Regulation into Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 (the "Financial Regulation") upon its next revision. Commission statement The Commission agrees to consider accompanying the report to the European Parliament and the Council on the application of this Regulation by appropriate proposals where necessary. RR\1220759EN.docx 7/10 PE660.258v02-00 EN SHORT JUSTIFICATION The Council position at first reading reflects the agreement reached between Parliament and the Council in interinstitutional negotiations at early second reading stage, after legal- linguistic verification. Since the Committee on Budgets (BUDG) and the Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT), at their vote of 12 November 2020, already confirmed the outcome of those interinstitutional negotiations, as your rapporteurs we are proposing that BUDG-CONT recommend that the Plenary confirms the position of the Council at first reading, without amending it. PE660.258v02-00 8/10 RR\1220759EN.docx EN PROCEDURE – COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE Title Protection of the Union’s budget in case of generalised deficiencies as regards the rule of law in the Member States References 09980/1/2020 – C9-0407/2020 – 2018/0136(COD) Date of Parliament’s first reading – P 4.4.2019 T8-0349/2019 number Commission proposal COM(2018)0324 - C8-0178/2018 Committees responsible BUDG CONT Date announced in plenary Rapporteurs Eider Petri Sarvamaa Date appointed Gardiazabal 30.8.2018 Rubial 30.8.2018 Rule 58 – Joint committee procedure Date announced in plenary 5.7.2018 Date adopted 14.12.2020 Result of final vote +: 56 –: 10 0: 0 Members present for the final vote Matteo Adinolfi, Rasmus Andresen, Robert Biedroń, Anna Bonfrisco, Olivier Chastel, Caterina Chinnici, Lefteris Christoforou, David Cormand, Corina Crețu, Paolo De Castro, Tamás Deutsch, Martina Dlabajová, José Manuel Fernandes, Luke Ming Flanagan, Daniel Freund, Isabel García Muñoz, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Alexandra Geese, Vlad Gheorghe, Cristian Ghinea, Elisabetta Gualmini, Francisco Guerreiro, Valérie Hayer, Eero Heinäluoma, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Jean-François Jalkh, Pierre Karleskind, Mislav Kolakušić, Moritz Körner, Joachim Kuhs, Zbigniew Kuźmiuk, Hélène Laporte, Pierre Larrouturou, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Janusz Lewandowski, Claudiu Manda, Silvia Modig, Siegfried Mureşan, Victor Negrescu, Andrey Novakov, Jan Olbrycht, Younous Omarjee, Dimitrios Papadimoulis, Tsvetelina Penkova, Markus Pieper, Sabrina Pignedoli, Karlo Ressler, Michèle Rivasi, Bogdan Rzońca, Petri Sarvamaa, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Nils Torvalds, Nils Ušakovs, Rainer Wieland, Angelika Winzig, Lara Wolters, Tomáš Zdechovský Substitutes present for the final vote Katalin Cseh, Herbert Dorfmann, Mario Furore, Mircea-Gheorghe Hava, Jeroen Lenaers, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Jörg Meuthen, Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel Date tabled 14.12.2020 RR\1220759EN.docx 9/10 PE660.258v02-00 EN FINAL VOTE BY ROLL CALL IN COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE 56 + GUE/NGL Luke Ming Flanagan, Silvia Modig, Younous Omarjee, Dimitrios Papadimoulis NI Mario Furore, Mislav Kolakušić, Sabrina Pignedoli PPE Lefteris Christoforou, Herbert Dorfmann, José Manuel Fernandes, Mircea-Gheorghe Hava, Niclas Herbst, Monika Hohlmeier, Jeroen Lenaers, Janusz Lewandowski, Marian-Jean Marinescu, Siegfried Mureşan, Andrey Novakov, Jan Olbrycht, Markus Pieper, Karlo Ressler, Petri Sarvamaa, Rainer Wieland, Angelika Winzig, Tomáš Zdechovský Renew Olivier Chastel, Katalin Cseh, Martina Dlabajová, Vlad Gheorghe, Cristian Ghinea, Valérie Hayer, Pierre Karleskind, Moritz Körner, Nicolae Ştefănuță, Nils Torvalds S&D Robert Biedroń, Caterina Chinnici, Corina Crețu, Paolo De Castro, Isabel García Muñoz, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Elisabetta Gualmini, Eero Heinäluoma, Pierre Larrouturou, Claudiu Manda, Victor Negrescu, Tsvetelina Penkova, Nils Ušakovs, Lara Wolters Verts/ALE Rasmus Andresen, David Cormand, Daniel Freund, Alexandra Geese, Francisco Guerreiro, Michèle Rivasi, Viola Von Cramon-Taubadel 10 - ECR Zbigniew Kuźmiuk, Ryszard Antoni Legutko, Bogdan Rzońca ID Matteo Adinolfi, Anna Bonfrisco, Jean-François Jalkh, Joachim Kuhs, Hélène Laporte, Jörg Meuthen PPE Tamás Deutsch 0 0 Key to symbols: + : in favour - : against 0 : abstention PE660.258v02-00 10/10 RR\1220759EN.docx EN.
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