Activities of Liadh NÍ RIADA related to 2016/2118(BUD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the Contingency Margin in 2017 PDF (362 KB) DOC (60 KB)
Amendments (3)
Amendment 1 #
Motion for a resolution
Citation 3a (new)
Citation 3a (new)
– having regard to the Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament of 30 June 2016 on the technical adjustment of the financial framework for 2017 in line with movements in GNI (COM(2016) 311);
Amendment 2 #
Motion for a resolution
Recital A
Recital A
A. whereas having examined roughly all possibilities for financing additional and unforeseen commitment needs, the Commission proposed in its Draft Budget to mobilise the Contingency Margin, estimated in an absolute amount of EUR 4 496,8 million for 20171a, for an amount of EUR 1 164,4 million, so as to complement the commitment appropriations related to expenditure in heading 3 in the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2017, over and above the commitment ceiling of EUR 2 578 million in current prices; ____________________ 1a Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament of 30 June 2016 on the technical adjustment of the financial framework for 2017 in line with movements in GNI (COM(2016) 311)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 1a (new)
Paragraph 1a (new)
1 a (new) Recalls that the mobilisation of the Contingency Margin is a last resort instrument and that its mobilisation is to be made as soon as possible to complement the estimated need of new appropriations, in particular in Heading 1a and 1b; expresses serious concerns, in particular, over the delays in the implementation of EU programmes under shared management and which pave the way for an important accumulation of payment requests towards the end of the current MFF; recalls the Commission’s conclusion that, according to the present forecasts, updated payment needs until 2020 can only be accommodated with the current ceilings if the Global Margin for Payments is fully used (and, as a precautionary measure, removed of its annual caps) and if payments for special instruments are counted over and above the ceilings; calls, therefore, for a definitive and unequivocal settlement of the latter issue as part of the MFF revision;