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Economic and Financial Affairs BUDGET Brussels, 17 July 2008 COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION EN C/08/206 11658/08 (OR. fr) PRESS RELEASE 2883rd Economic and Financial Affairs BUDGET Brussels, 17 July 2008 President Eric WOERTH French Minister for the Budget, Public Accounts and the Civil Service PRESS Rue de la Loi 175 B – 1048 BRUSSELS Tel.: +32 (0)2 281 5389 / 6319 Fax: +32 (0)2 281 8026 [email protected] http://www.consilium.europa.eu/Newsroom 11658/08 (Presse 206) 1 EN 17.VII.2008 Main results of the Council The Council unanimously approved the EU's draft general budget for 2009 at first reading, together with six joint statements, following a conciliation meeting with the European Parliament and the Commission. The Commission submitted the preliminary draft budget in the spring of 2008. In accordance with normal practice, the draft budget will be examined and amended by the European Parliament at first reading in the autumn of 2008. In the autumn too, the Commission will submit a number of letters of amendment before the second reading by the Council, which is scheduled for November 2008. 11658/08 (Presse 206) 2 EN 17.VII.2008 CONTENTS1 PARTICIPANTS................................................................................................................................ 4 ITEMS DEBATED OUTCOME OF THE CONCILIATION MEETING WITH THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT.................................................................................................................................... 6 ESTABLISHMENT OF THE DRAFT BUDGET OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES FOR 2009........................................................................................................................................... 13 OTHER ITEMS APPROVED COMMERCIAL POLICY – Anti-dumping measures - Norway salmon - Pallet trucks from China.................................................................. 15 DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION – EU - South Africa Cooperation Council................................................................................................................ 15 1 Where declarations, conclusions or resolutions have been formally adopted by the Council, this is indicated in the heading for the item concerned and the text is placed between quotation marks. Documents for which references are given in the text are available on the Council's Internet site (http://www.consilium.europa.eu). Acts adopted with statements for the Council minutes which may be released to the public are indicated by an asterisk; these statements are available on the Council's Internet site or may be obtained from the Press Office. 11658/08 (Presse 206) 3 EN 17.VII.2008 PARTICIPANTS The Governments of the Member States and the European Commission were represented as follows: Belgium: Mr Melchior WATHELET State Secretary for the Budget, attached to the Prime Minister, and State Secretary for Family Policy, attached to the Minister for Employment Bulgaria: Mr Boyko KOTZEV Permanent Representative Czech Republic: Mr Eduard JANOTA Deputy Minister for Finance, Public Budgets Section Denmark: Mr Claus GRUBE Permanent Representative Germany: Mr Jörg ASMUSSEN State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance Estonia: Mr Raul MÄLK Permanent Representative Ireland: Mr Martin MANSERGH Minister of State at the Department of Finance (including special responsibility for the Office of Public Works) and at the Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism (with special responsibility for the Arts) Greece: Ms Ioulia ARMAGOU General Secretary Spain: Mr Carlos BASTARRECHE SAGÜES Permanent Representative France: Mr Eric WOERTH Minister for the Budget, Public Accounts and the Civil Service Italy: Mr Ferdinando NELLI FEROCI Permanent Representative Cyprus: Mr Stavros MICHAEL Director-General, Ministry of Finance Latvia: Mr Mārtinš BICEVSKIS State Secretary Lithuania: Mr Valentinas MILTIENIS Deputy Minister for Finance Luxembourg: Ms Martine SCHOMMER Permanent Representative Hungary: Mr László KELLER State Secretary, Ministry of Finance Malta: Mr Tonio FENECH Minister of Finance, Economy and Investment Netherlands: Mr Frans TIMMERMANS Minister for European Affairs Austria: Mr Christoph MATZNETTER State Secretary, Federal Ministry of Finance Poland: Mr Jacek DOMINIK Deputy State Secretary, Ministry of Finance 11658/08 (Presse 206) 4 EN 17.VII.2008 Portugal: Mr Alvaro MENDONCA E MOURA Permanent Representative Romania: Ms Alice BITU State Secretary, Ministry of Economy and Finance Slovenia: Mr Igor SENČAR Permanent Representative Slovakia: Mr Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ Permanent Representative Finland: Ms Mari KIVINIEMI Minister for Public Administration and Local Government Sweden: Mr Hans LINDBLAD State Secretary to the Minister for Finance United Kingdom: Mr Kim DARROCH Permanent Representative Commission: Ms Dalia GRYBAUSKAITE Member 11658/08 (Presse 206) 5 EN 17.VII.2008 ITEMS DEBATED OUTCOME OF THE CONCILIATION MEETING WITH THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Before examining and establishing the draft budget for 2009, the Council held its customary meeting with a delegation from the European Parliament in the framework of the Interinstitutional Agreement. The delegation was led by Mr Reimer BÖGE, Chairman of the Committee on Budgets, and comprised: Ms Jutta HAUG (Rapporteur for Section III (Commission) of the 2009 budget), Mr Kyösti VIRRANKOSKI (Rapporteur for Section III (Commission) of the 2008 budget), Mr Thijs BERMAN, Mr Costas BOTOPOULOS, Ms Véronique DE KEYSER, Ms Esther DE LANGE, Mr Valdis DOMBROVSKIS, Ms Brigitte DOUAY, Mr James ELLES, Mr Michael GAHLER, Mr Salvador GARRIGA POLLEDO, Ms Ingeborg GRÄSSLE, Mr Louis GRECH, Ms Catherine GUY-QUINT, Ms Anne JENSEN, Mr Alain LAMASSOURE, Mr Jan MULDER, Mr Juan Andrés NARANJO ESCOBAR, Ms Margaritis SCHINAS, Mr Esko SEPPÄNEN, Mr László SURJÁN, Ms Helga TRÜPEL and Mr Ralf WALTER. Ms Dalia GRYBAUSKAITÉ, member of the European Commission, took part in the conciliation meeting. The conciliation meeting, which had been prepared on the basis of the outcome of discussions conducted during a trialogue on 10 July 2008, covered the general outline of the 2009 budget. The European Parliament and the Council confirmed the six following joint statements relating respectively to Structural and Cohesion Funds and rural development 2007-2013 programmes, recruitment in relation to the 2004 and 2007 enlargements, the EU Solidarity Fund, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund and Emergency Aid Reserve, the implementation of the budget in 2009 and the update of the financial programming under Heading 5. These statements will be entered in the Council minutes. The Council also confirmed two unilateral statements relating respectively to payment appropriations and decentralised agencies. 11658/08 (Presse 206) 6 EN 17.VII.2008 The European Parliament entered three unilateral statements relating to payment appropriations, decentralised agencies and follow-up to point 32 of the conclusions of the European Council of 19 and 20 June 2008. The Commission entered a unilateral statement on Structural and Cohesion Funds and rural development 2007-2013 programmes. Joint statements: 1. Structural and Cohesion Funds and rural development 2007-2013 programmes "The European Parliament and the Council attach the greatest importance to a smooth and good implementation of the operational programmes and projects presented by Member States in relation with the new Structural and Cohesion Funds and rural development programmes for the 2007-2013 period. In order to avoid repeating experiences from the early phase of the 2000-2006 programming period, acknowledging the approval of most of these operational programmes and projects the European Parliament and the Council consider that it is now very important to ensure that the corresponding Management and Control Systems are implemented harmoniously and effectively as soon as possible, within the timeframe established by the Regulations. The European Parliament and the Council will therefore monitor rigorously and on a regular basis the state of approval of these Management and Control Systems in the Member States, together with the state of approval of Major Projects. To this end, the Commission is requested to continue to provide regularly specific monitoring tools during the budgetary procedure. The Commission is also asked to present if necessary an updating of its payment forecasts for 2009 at the latest by the end of October 2008." 11658/08 (Presse 206) 7 EN 17.VII.2008 2. Recruitment in relation with the 2004 and 2007 enlargement "The European Parliament and the Council again stress the importance of full recruitment related to the 2004 and 2007 enlargement posts and insist that all efforts should be made by the institutions and specifically by EPSO to ensure that the necessary action is taken to speed up the whole process of filling these posts with officials. The criteria should be as stipulated in Article 27 of the Staff Regulation and aiming to arrive at the broadest possible geographical proportional basis as soon as possible. The European Parliament and the Council intend to continue to monitor closely the ongoing recruitment process. To this effect, they request each institution and EPSO to report twice a year, in March and October, on the state of affairs regarding recruitments in relation with the 2004 and 2007 enlargement." 3. EU Solidarity Fund "The European Parliament, the Council and the Commission confirm the importance of ensuring a smooth process for the adoption of decisions on the mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund. Therefore the European Parliament and the Council welcome the
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