(AGENPARL) – lun 28 agosto 2023 Newsletter
ISSUE 15 – 2023
WEDNESDAY, 30 AUGUST 2023, 9.00 – 11.00 AND 15.00-17.00
SPINELLI 1G3
WEDNESDAY, 30 AUGUST 2023, 11.15 – 12.30 (JOINT AFET-BUDG)
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THURSDAY, 31 AUGUST 2023, 9.00 – 11.00
SPINELLI 1G3
*** WEDNESDAY, 30 AUGUST 2023, 9.00 – 11.00 ***
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*** VOTING TIME ***
Implementation report on the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation
Agreement
Rapporteur:
Johan Van Overtveldt (ECR)
BUDG Members will vote on the draft opinion in the form of a letter to the
Adoption in BUDG: 30 August
implementation report on the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement. The
conditions and rules set out in the agreement are considered to constitute a
fair basis for UK participation in Union programmes and would help to ensure
the protection of the Union’s financial interests. Participation in programmes, including Erasmus+ and Horizon
Europe, would be highly beneficial to the long-term relationship of the EU and the UK.
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2023 Budget: Section III – Commission
– No transfer request
Rapporteur:
Fabienne Keller (Renew)
Shadows:
Janusz Lewandowski (EPP)
Victor Negrescu (S&D)
Francisco Guerreiro (Greens/EFA)
Bogdan Rzo?ca (ECR)
Joachim Kuhs (ID)
Dimitrios Papadimoulis (The Left)
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2023 Transfers – Other Sections
– EESC INF 2/2023
The European Economic and Social Committee’s transfer request of EUR
314 240 aims at reinforcing budget item 2001 “Annual lease payments and
similar expenditure” due to rent indexation higher than estimated. This
transfer of appropriations is made possible as a result of estimated savings on
appropriations on item 1200 “Remuneration and allowances”.
– EDPS N° 1/2023
The transfer request of EUR 42 769 aims at reinforcing budget item 3000
“Rents, charges and buildings expenditure“ due to rent indexation higher than
estimated. This transfer of appropriations is made possible as a result of
estimated savings on appropriations on item 3010 “Remuneration and
allowances”.
Rapporteur:
Niclas Herbst (EPP)
Shadows:
Nils Ušakovs (S&D)
Fabienne Keller (Renew)
Alexandra Geese (Greens/EFA)
Bogdan Rzo?ca (ECR)
Joachim Kuhs (ID)
Younous Omarjee (The Left)
– EDPS: Establishment Plan
The EDPS requests the modification of its establishment plan under Article 53 of the Financial Regulation. A
permanent post AST9 is to be transformed into a permanent post AD9 without any additional cost for the year 2023,
in view of strengthening the internal governance mechanisms of the EDPS.
– No other transfer request
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Building Policy
– EC Representation in Stockholm
Members will vote on the European Commission’s project to sign a lease
contract for a new House of Europe in Stockholm to accommodate the
European Commission Representation, together with the European
Parliament Liaison Office. The lease contract provides for an area of 849 m²
for the Commission and is to be concluded for a term of 10 years, with the
option to extend for further five years. The Commission would pay an annual
rent of EUR 601 547 and specific fit-out costs of EUR 722 022.
Rapporteur:
Olivier Chastel (Renew)
Shadows:
Monika Hohlmeier (EPP)
Nils Ušakovs (S&D)
Rasmus Andresen (Greens/EFA)
Bogdan Rzo?ca (ECR)
Joachim Kuhs (ID)
Younous Omarjee (The Left)
An early warning for this project was presented by the Commission to the
Committee on Budgets at its meeting of 31 August 2021. The European
Parliament, as the leading institution on this project, presented the House of Europe in Stockholm project to the
Budget Committee, and the EPLO lease contract was approved on 19 July 2023.
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– No other building request
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Building Policy: Exchange of views:
– EC: Occupation of a building of approximately 20.000 m² in the first
half of 2025
The Commission is considering occupying a building of approximately
20 000 m² in Brussels, starting in the first half of 2025. The draft usufruct
contract is expected to be submitted to the Committee on Budgets at the
latest in the first half of 2024.
– EMA: European Medicines Agency’s intention to sub-underlet part of
the London premises
The EMA building file has been withdrawn by the Agency.
Rapporteur:
Olivier Chastel (Renew)
Shadows:
Monika Hohlmeier (EPP)
Nils Ušakovs (S&D)
Rasmus Andresen (Greens/EFA)
Bogdan Rzo?ca (ECR)
Joachim Kuhs (ID)
Younous Omarjee (The Left)
– EEAS: Proposal for the lease of office premises for the EU Delegation to Australia
The European External Action Service (EEAS) will present a proposal for the lease of office premises for the European
Union Delegation to Australia in Canberra. The EEAS proposes to move the Delegation to temporary office premises
for a period of 5 years so that the EU premises can be renovated. A building file for approval to the Budgetary
Authority is expected to be submitted towards the end of 2023.
– No other building request
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Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide
assistance to Romania and Italy in relation to natural disasters
in 2022 and to Türkiye in relation to the earthquakes in
February 2023
The proposal for a decision to mobilise
the EU Solidarity Fund would release
financial
assistance
totalling
disasters that took place in Romania and
EUSF provides financial support to
Member States and accession countries to deal with natural disasters and,
since April 2020, public health emergencies.
10/2023) from the Solidarity and Emergency Aid Reserve, which covers the
amount of assistance to be paid to the countries impacted minus roughly
advances inscribed in the general budget in accordance with Article 4a of
Council Regulation (EC) No 2012/2002 of 11 November 2002 establishing the
EUSF.
Rapporteur:
Katalin Cseh (Renew)
Shadows:
(EPP)
(S&D)
(Greens/EFA)
Bogdan Rzo?ca (ECR)
(The Left)
Deadline for tabling
amendments: 7 September 2023
– 12.00
Adoption in BUDG:
20 September 2023
Plenary: October I 2023 (TBC)
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2023 Budget: Section III – Commission
Exchange of views: Autonomous transfers
Pursuant to Article 30(1)(a) of the Financial
Regulation (FinReg), the Commission may,
within its own section of the budget,
decide on the transfer of appropriations
within each chapter. Furthermore,
pursuant to Article 30(1)(c) of the FinReg,
the Commission may transfer operational
expenditure between the chapters within the same title up to 10% of the
appropriations for the financial year shown on the budget line from which
the transfer is made.
Rapporteur:
Fabienne Keller (Renew)
Shadows:
Janusz Lewandowski (EPP)
Victor Negrescu (S&D)
Francisco Guerreiro (Greens/EFA)
Bogdan Rzo?ca (ECR)
Joachim Kuhs (ID)
Dimitrios Papadimoulis (The Left)
The Commission provides consolidated information on these autonomous
transfers and presents them to the BUDG members in order to increase transparency over the implementation of the
Union budget.
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2023 Budget: Section III – Commission
– DEC 11/2023
The purpose of DEC 11/2023 is to release part of the 2023 reserve related to
the EU Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreements (SFPA) to reinforce the
operational line by EUR 3.5 million in commitment and in payment
appropriations, to honour the 2023 financial obligations resulting from
various international SFPA agreements.
This first and only release of the reserve for EU Fisheries Agreements in 2023
will use the remainig amount reserved for this purpose on the reserve line
following the proposal in DAB 3/2023 to cancel most of the appropriations
planned for this year under the SFPA reserve line (EUR 46.3 million), due to
delays in the negotiations with three third countries (namely Morocco, Liberia
and Solomon Islands).
Rapporteur:
Fabienne Keller (Renew)
Shadows:
Janusz Lewandowski (EPP)
Victor Negrescu (S&D)
Francisco Guerreiro (Greens/EFA)
Bogdan Rzo?ca (ECR)
Joachim Kuhs (ID)
Dimitrios Papadimoulis (The Left)
– No other transfer request
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Draft amending budget No 3/2023 of the European Union for
the financial year 2023 – Update of revenue (own resources) and
other technical adjustments including the set-up and financing
for 2023 of the new Defence Industrial Reinforcement
Instrument and of the European Chips Act – Consideration of the
draft report
Draft amending budget No 3/2023 is designed
to update the revenue side of the budget. It
also provides information on the updated UK
contribution. On the expenditure side, DAB
3/2023 entails various changes in relation to
ASAP and EDIRPA and the Chips Act, the
cancellation of amounts not needed on
account of delays in Fisheries Partnership Agreements, and a small
reinforcement of the budget of the European Data Protection Supervisor to
cover various charges relating to building facilities.
The net impact of DAB 3/2023 on expenditure amounts to an increase of EUR
54.8 million in commitment appropriations and a decrease of EUR 190.9
million in payment appropriations.
Rapporteur:
Fabienne Keller (Renew)
Shadows:
Janusz Lewandowski (EPP)
Victor Negrescu (S&D)
Francisco Guerreiro (Greens/EFA)
Bogdan Rzo?ca (ECR)
Joachim Kuhs (ID)
Dimitrios Papadimoulis (The Left)
Exchange of views without
draft report: 19 July 2023
Exchange of views with draft
report: 30-31 August 2023
Deadline for tabling
amendments: 20 September
2023 – 12.00
Adoption in BUDG: 9 October
Plenary: October II 2023 (TBC)
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General budget of the European Union for the financial year
2024 – all sections – Presentation of the Working Document on
the Council position
The Council’s reading on the 2024 budget was
adopted by COREPER on 12 July 2023 and will
be submitted to the Council for approval.
Compared to the Commission’s Draft Budget
2023, the Council proposes cuts of EUR 771.9
million in commitments and EUR 514.6 million
in payments for the MFF Headings.
The general rapporteur for the 2024 Budget – Section III (Commission),
Siegried Mure?an, will present to the committee a working document
analysing the Council’s position and making an initial assessment in light of
Parliament’s priorities.
This working document and the debate among BUDG Members will
contribute to the preparation of Parliament’s reading, consisting of
budgetary amendments and the accompanying budgetary resolution,
scheduled for adoption at the October II plenary session.
Rapporteur – Section III:
Siegfried Mure?an (EPP)
Shadows – Section III
Victor Negrescu (S&D)
Fabienne Keller (Renew)
Rasmus Andresen (Greens/EFA)
Bogdan Rzo?ca (ECR)
Joachim Kuhs (ID)
Dimitrios Papadimoulis (The Left)
Rapporteur – Other Sections
Nils Ušakovs (S&D)
Shadows – Other Sections
Anna-Michelle
Asimakopoulou
(EPP)
Fabienne Keller (Renew)
Francisco Guerreiro (Greens/EFA)
Bogdan Rzo?ca (ECR)
Joachim Kuhs (ID)
Younous Omarjee (The Left)
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*** WEDNESDAY, 30 AUGUST 2023,
11.15 – 12.30 (Joint AFET-BUDG) ***
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Establishing the Ukraine Facility
The co-rapporteurs, Mr Gahler (AFET, EPP)
and Ms Gardiazábal (BUDG, S&D), will present
their draft report during the joint AFET-BUDG
meeting. The Ukraine Facility is part of a
package also containing the MFF targeted
revision and the STEP.
The Facility aims to provide a sustainable
financing framework to Ukraine until 2027, with up to 50 billion EUR in loans,
grants and budgetary guarantees. It will cover both Ukraine’s recovery and
reconstruction needs, with a clear link to the country’s EU accession path.
The draft report focuses on strengthening the proposal on the role of regions
in Ukraine, the role of the EP as well as aligning it with previously adopted
legislation in order to homogenise practices.
Co-Rapporteurs:
Michael Gahler (AFET, EPP)
Eider Gardiazabal Rubial (BUDG,
Shadows:
Petri Sarvamaa (BUDG, EPP)
W?odzimierz Cimoszewicz (AFET,
Petras Auštrevi?ius (AFET, Renew)
Vlad Gheorghe (BUDG, Renew)
Viola von Cramon-Taubadel (AFET,
Greens/EFA)
Damian Boeselager (BUDG, Greens/EF
Anna Fotyga (AFET, ECR)
Bogdan Rzo?ca (BUDG, ECR)
(AFET, ID)
(BUDG, ID)
Mick Wallace (AFET, The Left)
Dimitrios Papadimoulis (BUDG,
The Left)
Exchange of views: 30 August
Deadline for tabling
amendments: 6 September 2023,
at 12.00
Adoption in BUDG:
20 September 2023
Plenary: TBC
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Interim report on the proposal for a mid-term revision of the
Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 – Presentation of
the draft report
The Commission proposed on 20 June 2023 a targeted revision of the
multiannual financial framework (MFF) 2021-2027.
The MFF co-rapporteurs welcome the Commission’s proposal as a first step
in the right direction to ensure that the MFF can better address the
challenges linked to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, safeguard
the Union’s strategic autonomy and sovereignty, and endow the Union with
adequate flexibility to respond to crises.
The MFF co-rapporteurs propose the following main changes in their draft
interim report (in current prices):
MFF co-Rapporteurs:
Jan Olbrycht (EPP)
Margarida Marques (S&D)
Shadows:
Valérie Hayer (Renew)
Rasmus Andresen (Greens/EFA)
Roberts Z?le (ECR)
Joachim Kuhs (ID)
Dimitrios Papadimoulis (The Left)
Exchange of views: 30 August
Deadline for tabling
amendments: 31 August 2023, at
17.00
increase the ceiling of several headings by an additional
EUR 5 billion in order to make up for insufficient funding – in
particular for migration and external challenges, and for the new
Adoption in BUDG:
Strategic Technlogies for Europe Platform (STEP);
20 September 2023
the EURI instrument is to cover all EURI repayment costs over and
above the MFF ceilings, in order to ensure a sound solution to the
Plenary: October I
inherent structural flaws in the EU budget’s debt repayment
architecture (as EURI costs are not discretionary and volatile by
nature);
increase the Flexibility Instrument and the Solidarity and Emergency
Aid Reserve by an additional EUR 3 billion and EUR 2 billion respectively, in order to better equip the EU
budget to respond to crises and adapt to emerging and growing needs.
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Role of tax policy in times of crisis
Valérie Hayer (Renew) will present her draft
opinion to the FISC own initiative report on the
“Role of tax policy in times of crisis”. In the draft
opinion, she highlights that the EU budget’s
framework and structure already include
stabilizing mechanism, such as multiannual
planning, long term investments and the GNIbased own resources as the balancing item.
The draft opinion further calls for for a portion of any potential revenue
generated by permanent taxation mechanisms set up at EU level to be
introduced as an own resource, in order to improve the stabilisation function of
the EU budget and to fund EU policies.
Rapporteurs:
Valérie Hayer (Renew)
Shadows:
José Manuel Fernandes (EPP)
Eider Gardiazabal Rubial (S&D)
(Greens/EFA)
Bogdan Rzo?ca (ECR)
(The Left)
Exchange of views: 30 August
Deadline for tabling
amendments: 4 September
Adoption in BUDG:
20 September 2023
Adoption in ECON: 24 October
Plenary: December (TBC)
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Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the
European Union and the Republic of Madagascar and the
Implementing Protocol thereto (2023-2027)
The rapporteur, Mr Papadimoulis (The Left), will
present his draft opinion for the PECH
committee recommending the approval of a
proposal for Council Decision on the
conclusion, on behalf of the European Union,
and provisional application of a Sustainable
Fisheries Partnership Agreement between the
European Union and the Republic of Madagascar and the Implementing
Protocol thereto (2023-2027).
(a) a reference tonnage of 14 000 tonnes per year, for which an annual amount
linked to access has been set at EUR 700 000;
(b) support for developing Madagascar’s sectoral fisheries policy in order to
help promote the sustainable development of its fisheries sector and its blue
Rapporteurs:
Dimitrios Papadimoulis
Left)
Shadows:
Niclas Herbst (EPP)
Pierre Larrouturou (S&D)
Katalin Cseh (Renew)
(Greens/EFA)
(ECR)
Exchange of views: 30 August
Adoption in BUDG: 9 October
Adoption in PECH: 23-24
October 2023
Plenary: November (TBC)
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*** THURSDAY, 31 AUGUST 2023, 9.00 – 11.00***
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Exchange of views with the Budget committee of the Ukrainian Parliament (Verkhovna Rada)
The Committee on Budgets will hold a joint Exchange of Views with the Rada’s Budget
committee, with Rada members participating remotely. The purpose of this joint
meeting is to discuss issues of joint interest and to take cooperation between the two
committees a step forward. It is a follow-up to the BUDG hearing from April, in which
the Chair of the Rada’s Budget committee, Ms Roksolana Pidlasa, had participated.
The joint Exchange of Views will focus on budgetary matters. It will touch upon issues
such as the committees’ mandates and tasks, EU financial support for Ukraine,
Ukraine’s future financing needs, the implementation of Macro-Financial Assistance Plus as well as the Commission’s
recent proposal establishing a Ukraine Facility.
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NEXT MEETINGS
7 September 2023 – joint BUDG/ITRE meeting
eCommittee (for internal users)
Implementation figures
NEWS FROM POLICY DEPARTMENT D
Recent publications
Publications Catalogue 2019 – 2023
Briefing “Budgetary aspects of EU defence policy“
In-Depth Analysis “Recovery and Resilience Dialogue with the European Commission“
Briefing “Ukraine: Financing of reconstruction and the role of the EU budget“
Briefing “EU Financial assistance to Africa and Latin America 2021-2027”
Briefing “Human and Financial Resources in Decentralised EU Agencies”
In-Depth Analysis “The rising cost of European Union borrowing and what to do about it”
Briefing “Statistical own resources: Examples of the gender pay gap and food waste”
At a Glance “The tools for protecting the EU budget from breaches of the rule of law: the Conditionality
Regulation in context”
Briefing “Financial impact of the war in Ukraine: current and future challenges for the EU budget”
Study “The tools for protecting the EU budget from breaches of the rule of law the Conditionality Regulation
in context”
Briefing “EU external action and crisis response: is the EU budget fit for purpose?”
Workshop Proceedings “The Role of the EU budget in International Climate Finance”
Study “Social tracking methodology for the EU budget”
Briefing “The Role of the EU Budget in International Climate Finance”
Workshop Proceedings “The EU borrowing strategy for NGEU: design, challenges and opportunities”
At a Glance “The use of contract agents in decentralised EU agencies”
Briefing “Sponsorships of EU Presidencies: stocktaking and perspectives”
Briefing “The Role of Investigative Journalism to Uncover Fraud and Corruption in Europe”
Study “The use of contract agents in decentralised EU agencies”
At a Glance “Nomination for a Member of the European Court of Auditors (Hungary)”
Briefing “Preventing EU funds from ending up with individuals or companies tied to the EU-Russia sanctions
list”
At a Glance “Nominations for Members of the European Court of Auditors (Slovakia)”
Briefing “Cohesion policy investments and Next Generation EU recovery fund: state of play of the monitoring
and controls”
Briefing “Rule of law-related ‘super milestones’ in the recovery and resilience plans of Hungary and Poland”
Briefing “Financial support for the treatment and accompanying of Ukrainian refugees”
At a Glance “The European Commission’s Use of Consultants in Preparing Legislation”
Study “The European Commission’s use of consultants in preparing legislation”
Briefing “C and P transfers in the EP’s budget in 2021 – in the wake of the COVID-19 crisis”
At a Glance “Nominations for Members of the European Court of Auditors (Estonia)”
Briefing “Gender equality in the college of the European Court of Auditors (October 2022)”
Briefing “Instruments and Tools at EU Level and Developed at Member State Level to Prevent and Tackle
Fraud – ARACHNE”
At a Glance “Nominations for Members of the European Court of Auditors (Lithuania)”
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Briefing “Tracking the EU Commissioners’ commitments – Von der Leyen Commission, 2019 – 2024: Johannes
Hahn”
Workshop Proceedings “EU customs control mechanisms and their possible improvement”
Briefing “Technical support provided to EU Member States”
Briefing “EU customs control mechanisms and their possible improvement”
Study “Possible Solutions for Missing Trader Intra-Community Fraud”
Forthcoming publications
? Briefing “Follow-up questions to the WS on “EU borrowing costs: drivers and dynamics – A comparative
perspective”
? Study “The impact of inflation on the financing of EU policies”
? Study “Options for a stronger and more agile EU budget”
Study “The future of digitalisation of budgetary control”
Study “Due diligence in EU institutions procurement rules and practices”
Study “Transparency and accountability of EU funding for NGOs active in EU policy areas within EU territory”
Forthcoming events
Workshop “Preventing EU funds from reaching sanctioned individuals or companies” (7 November 2023)
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