Activities of Richard ASHWORTH related to 2016/2051(BUD)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the Council position on Draft amending budget No 2/2016 of the European Union for the financial year 2016: Entering the surplus of the financial year 2015 PDF (338 KB) DOC (72 KB)
Amendments (2)
Amendment 3 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 2
2. Observes that the adoption of Draft amending budget No 2/2016 will reduce the share of GNI contributions from Member States to the Union budget in 2016 by EUR 1 349 million; conce again urgessiders that it is for the Member States to use the opportunity of such a reflow to honour their pledges in relation to the refugee crisis and to match the Union contribution to the two dedicated Union Trust Funds; notes with concern that in spring 2016 Member States have only contributed EUR 82 million to the Africa Trust Fund and EUR 60 million to the Madad Trust Fund on the Syrian crisis, while the Union's contributions stand at EUR 1,8 billion and more than EUR 500 million respectivelydetermine how this reflow should be spent; resists, therefore, any attempt to politicise this technical exercise;
Amendment 8 #
Motion for a resolution
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Paragraph 3
3. Insists that, instead the practice of adjusting theMember States' GNI contribution, the Union budget should be enabled tos is maintained in accordance with Article 18 of the Financial Regulation; considers that the reuse of any surplus resulting from under-implementation of appropriations or from fines imposed on companies for breaching Union competition law in order to deal with its financing needs, especially in the context of payment shorshould be subject to agreement by the Member Stagtes; expects this matter to be settled as part of the revision of the MFF, and should occur only in duly justified cases;