European Parliament 2019-2024 Plenary sitting A9-0206/2020 Part 1 3.11.2020 REPORT on the Council position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021 (11072/1/2020 – C9-0314/2020 – 2020/1998(BUD)) Part 1: Motion for a resolution Committee on Budgets Rapporteurs: Pierre Larrouturou (Section III – Commission) Olivier Chastel (other sections) RR\1217280EN.docx PE658.989v02-00 EN United in diversityEN PR_BUD_1all CONTENTS Page MOTION FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION.............................................4 OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS................................................20 OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE ON DEVELOPMENT .....................................................27 OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC AND MONETARY AFFAIRS ..........31 OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE ON EMPLOYMENT AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS ............37 OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE ENVIRONMENT, PUBLIC HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY .......................................................................................................................46 OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRY, RESEARCH AND ENERGY.............51 OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE ON INTERNAL MARKET AND CONSUMER PROTECTION..........................................................................................................................56 OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT AND TOURISM...............................61 OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE ON REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT................................67 OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT73 OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE ON FISHERIES...............................................................81 OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE ON CULTURE AND EDUCATION ..............................87 OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE ON CIVIL LIBERTIES, JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS ..................................................................................................................................92 OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS...............................99 OPINION OF THE COMMITTEE ON WOMENS RIGHTS AND GENDER.....................103 JOINT STATEMENT ADOPTED AT THE BUDGETARY TRILOGUE OF 22 SEPTEMBER 2020 ................................................................................................................107 INFORMATION ON ADOPTION IN COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE...............................109 FINAL VOTE BY ROLL CALL IN COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE ..................................110 PE658.989v02-00 2/110 RR\1217280EN.docx EN Published separately – ................................................................................................... Decisions taken by the Committee on Budgets at its meetings of 14/10/2020 on the draft amendments to the draft general budget........................................................................................ Part 2 – A9-0206/2020 RR\1217280EN.docx 3/110 PE658.989v02-00 EN MOTION FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT RESOLUTION on the Council position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021 (11072/1/2020 – C9-0314/2020 – 2020/1998(BUD)) The European Parliament, – having regard to Article 314 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, – having regard to Article 106a of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, – having regard to Council Decision 2014/335/EU, Euratom of 26 May 2014 on the system of own resources of the European Union1, – having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014 and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/20122, – having regard to Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-20203 , – having regard to Commission Amended proposal of 28 May 2020 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 (COM(2020)0443); – having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management4, – having regard to its interim report of 14 November 2018 on the multiannual financial framework 2021-2027 – Parliament’s position with a view to an agreement5 and to its resolution of of 23 July 2020 on the conclusions of the extraordinary European Council meeting of 17-21 July 2020; – having regard to its resolution of 19 June 2020 on general guidelines for the preparation of the 2021 budget Section III - Commission6, – having regard to its resolution of 11 May 2020 on Parliament’s estimates of revenue and 1 OJ L 168, 7.6.2014, p. 105. 2 OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1. 3 OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884. 4 OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 1. 5 Texts adopted, P8_TA(2018)0449. 6 Texts adopted, P9_TA(2020)0166. PE658.989v02-00 4/110 RR\1217280EN.docx EN expenditure for the financial year 20217, – having regard to the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021, which the Commission adopted on 27 July 2020 (COM(2020)0300) (the “DB”), – having regard to the position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021, which the Council adopted on 28 September 2020 and forwarded to Parliament on 1 October 2020 (11072/1/2020 – C9-0314/2020), – having regard to its legislative resolution of 16 September 2020 on the draft Council decision on the system of own resources of the European Union8, – having regard to Rule 94 of its Rules of Procedure, – having regard to the opinions of the committees concerned, – having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A9-0206/2020), Section III General overview 1. Recalls that 2021 should be the first year of the new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF); regrets that because of the delays in the MFF/Own Resources (MFF/OR) negotiations, for which Parliament has been ready since November 2018 and which could not start before the European Council’s 21 July conclusions, as well as because of the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak, the budgetary procedure for 2021 could not build so far on a solid and ambitious MFF agreement; 2. Notes that the Commission presented a draft budget (DB) for 2021 based on its own MFF proposals which were updated in May 2020, while the Council limited its reading, with the exception of Heading 7, to an arithmetic translation of the European Council’s conclusions, awaiting the Letter of amendment which the Commission will use after the political agreement on the MFF/Own Resources to update its proposal; 3. Takes note of the Council’s position on the DB, including the importance it attaches to the Letter of amendment; concurs with the Council on the Amending Letter, while wanting to present a reading which follows its priorities on MFF/OR and 2021 Budget in a coordinated manner; notes that this approach is also motivated by the limited time that will be left following the presentation of the Letter of amendment; 4. Recalls that in its abovementioned resolution of 19 June 2020 on general guidelines for the preparation of the 2021 Budget, Parliament stressed that the primary focus of the 2021 Budget should be to mitigate the effects of the COVID-19 outbreak and support a recovery built on the European Green Deal and digital transformation, in order to promote fair, inclusive and sustainable growth, high-quality job creation and its long-term goal of 7 Texts adopted of that date, P9_TA(2020)0123. 8 Texts adopted of that date, P9_TA(2020)0220. RR\1217280EN.docx 5/110 PE658.989v02-00 EN socioeconomic convergence; 5. Welcomes the EU Recovery Plan; insists, however, on the need to clearly enshrine the role of the budgetary authority in authorising external assigned revenue, notably of the Next Generation EU (NGEU) recovery instrument, under the annual budgetary procedure; 6. Recalls its position that the 2021-2027 MFF climate and biodiversity mainstreaming targets must go beyond the levels of targeted spending shares set out in its interim report; aims, therefore, to achieve a biodiversity spending level of at least 10 % and a climate mainstreaming spending level of at least 30 % for 2021; reiterates its demand for a gender mainstreaming concept that draws together gender-specific information on objectives, inputs, outputs, results, including financing commitments for gender equality and the methodology for tracking and reporting gender equality expenditure; 7. reiterates its call on the Commission to lay down clear eligibility criteria for a new stringent and comprehensive methodology for both climate and biodiversity related expenditure, in the form of Framework Regulations ensuring that only projects meeting the relevant technical screening criteria developed under Regulation(EU) 2020/852 shall be accounted for when contributing to those spending targets, together with the corresponding corrective measures, where relevant, and the full implementation of the principle of "do no significant harm" referred to in Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 to ensure that the Union fulfils its commitments under the Paris Agreement and its call for phase-out of indirect fossil fuel subsidies and a ban on direct ones in the entire Union budget; 8. Decides to increase to the levels set out