2019-2024

Committee on Constitutional Affairs

2018/2070(ACI)

30.11.2020

AMENDMENTS 1 - 15

Draft report Esteban González Pons (PE660.218v01-00)

Proposal for an Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (2018/2070(ACI))

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Motion for a resolution Citation 9 a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

- having regard to its legislative resolution of 16 September 2020 on the draft Council decision on the system of own resources of the European Union1a, ______1a Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0220.

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Amendment 2 Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Mario Furore

Motion for a resolution Recital B

Motion for a resolution Amendment

B. Whereas a political agreement was B. Whereas a political agreement was reached on 10 November 2020 between reached on 10 November 2020 between representatives of the European Parliament, representatives of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the the Council and the Commission on the MFF for 2021-2027 and on a new MFF for 2021-2027 and on a new interinstitutional agreement on budgetary interinstitutional agreement on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial matters and on sound financial management, as well as on new own management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap for the resources, including a roadmap for the introduction of new own resources; introduction of new own resources; whereas the roadmap does not preclude further proposals for new own resources during the financial period 2021-2027;

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Amendment 3 Domènec Ruiz Devesa, Victor Negrescu

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B. Whereas a political agreement was B. Whereas a political agreement was reached on 10 November 2020 between reached on 10 November 2020 between representatives of the European Parliament, representatives of the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on the the Council and the Commission on the MFF for 2021-2027 and on a new MFF for 2021-2027 and on a new interinstitutional agreement on budgetary interinstitutional agreement on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial matters and on sound financial management, as well as on new own management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap for the resources, including a roadmap for the introduction of new own resources; introduction of new own resources, and additionally a conditionality mechanism to protect the rule of law in the Union was agreed; whereas that agreement lays the foundation for a financial union;

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Amendment 4 Sandro Gozi, Pascal Durand, Charles Goerens, Guy Verhofstadt, Gilles Boyer

Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

C a. Whereas the implementation of the budgetary discipline and cooperation between the institutions on budgetary matters and sound financial management requires the Council to share necessary information with Parliament in the framework of the discharge procedure concerning the European Council and the Council, so as to ensure that Parliament has the necessary information on how the Council is implementing its budget, either directly or via the Commission;

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Motion for a resolution Recital C a (new)

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C a. Whereas the roadmap constitutes an assurance within the meaning of Article 310(4) TFEU;

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Amendment 6 Sandro Gozi, Pascal Durand, Charles Goerens, Guy Verhofstadt, Gilles Boyer

Motion for a resolution Recital D

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D. Whereas the new agreement D. Whereas the new agreement contains important new elements in contains important new elements in particular a roadmap for the introduction of particular a roadmap for the introduction of new own resources during the next seven new own resources during the next seven years, provisions on enhanced budgetary years that will be sufficient to cover the scrutiny of the spending of Next interests and repayment costs of the Generation EU (NGEU) funding and Recovery Instrument arrangements to monitor spending on (Next Generation EU (NGEU)); whereas climate and biodiversity objectives and on revenue from own resources in excess of gender equality and mainstreaming; the needs for repayment will continue to fund the Union budget as general revenue in line with the principle of universality; whereas the new agreement also contains provisions on enhanced budgetary scrutiny of the spending of funds under the European Union Recovery Instrument (NGEU) and arrangements to monitor spending on climate and biodiversity objectives and on gender equality and mainstreaming;

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Amendment 7

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Motion for a resolution Recital D

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D. Whereas the new agreement D. Whereas the European Union and contains important new elements in the Member States signed the particular a roadmap for the introduction of Agreement, which sets out a global new own resources during the next seven framework that commits the ratifying years, provisions on enhanced budgetary States to take action on climate change by scrutiny of the spending of Next reducing greenhouse gas emissions; Generation EU (NGEU) funding and whereas the new agreement contains arrangements to monitor spending on important new elements in particular a climate and biodiversity objectives and on roadmap for the introduction of new own gender equality and mainstreaming; resources during the next seven years, provisions on enhanced budgetary scrutiny of the spending of funds under the European Union Recovery Instrument (NGEU) and arrangements to monitor spending on climate and biodiversity objectives and on gender equality and mainstreaming;

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Amendment 8 Victor Negrescu, Domènec Ruiz Devesa

Motion for a resolution Recital D a (new)

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D a. Whereas the agreement contains a new set of provisions related to the thematic and non-thematic special instruments such as the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, the Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve, the Adjustment Reserve, the Single Margin Instrument and the Flexibility Instrument;

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PE661.852v01-00 6/10 AM\1219340EN.docx EN Amendment 9 Victor Negrescu, Domènec Ruiz Devesa

Motion for a resolution Recital D b (new)

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D b. Whereas the agreement provides for an improvement of interinstitutional cooperation in budgetary matters, an annual report to be prepared by the Commission to accompany the general budget of the Union and an annual consultation by the Commission of the European Parliament and of the Council to identify relevant measures that should be taken in case of insufficient progress towards achieving the annual targets;

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Amendment 10 Victor Negrescu, Domènec Ruiz Devesa

Motion for a resolution Recital D c (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

D c. Whereas the agreement provides for the monitoring of spending, mainstreamed across budgetary sections or programmes, regarding key Union policy areas, such as spending on climate and biodiversity objectives, gender equality and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, as well as for a flexibility instrument to respond to unforeseen needs;

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Amendment 11 Victor Negrescu

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D d. Whereas the section on the NGEU includes a new Recovery and Resilience Facility where Member States are encouraged to dedicate at least 2 % of the overall budget to the cultural and creative sectors, 10 % to investments in quality and inclusive education and 20 % to digitisation and skills training;

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Amendment 12 Fabio Massimo Castaldo, Mario Furore

Motion for a resolution Recital G

Motion for a resolution Amendment

G. Whereas this agreement, G. Whereas this agreement was furthermore, contains a commitment to reached after lengthy and difficult seek arrangements for cooperation between negotiations, which shows the necessity to the institutions for future MFF improve the whole budgetary procedure so negotiations, so as to strengthen dialogue as to accelerate and facilitate the adoption and transparency of the whole negotiation of future MFF agreements between the process; institutions; whereas this agreement, furthermore, contains a commitment to seek arrangements for cooperation between the institutions for future MFF negotiations, so as to strengthen dialogue and transparency of the whole negotiation process;

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Amendment 13 Sandro Gozi, Pascal Durand, Charles Goerens, Guy Verhofstadt, Gilles Boyer

Motion for a resolution Recital G

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G. Whereas this agreement, G. Whereas this agreement, furthermore, contains a commitment to furthermore, includes for the first time seek arrangements for cooperation provisions relating to cooperation and between the institutions for future MFF dialogue on the part of the institutions negotiations, so as to strengthen dialogue during the negotiations on the MFF, and transparency of the whole negotiation aimed at operationalising the treaty process; requirements, according to which the institutions are to take any measure necessary to facilitate the adoption of a MFF and to promote consultation and the reconciliation of their positions on budgetary matters, so as to strengthen dialogue and transparency of the whole negotiation process;

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Amendment 14 Esteban González Pons

Motion for a resolution Recital G a (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

G a. Whereas it is appropriate to recall the need for an objective, fair and transparent legal framework for the selection of projects to be funded under the Recovery and Resilience Facility.

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Amendment 15 Esteban González Pons

Motion for a resolution Recital G b (new)

Motion for a resolution Amendment

G b. Whereas significant involvement of the regional and local authorities is

AM\1219340EN.docx 9/10 PE661.852v01-00 EN crucial to achieve the goals set by the MFF and Next Generation EU, boosting a symmetric recovery not only between States but between regions too.

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