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1 European Parliament Plenary sitting A8-0281/ REPORT on the Council position on Draft amending budget No 4/2017 of the European Union for the financial year 2017 accompanying the proposal to mobilise the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Italy (11813/2017 C8-0304/ /2109(BUD)) Committee on Budgets Rapporteur: Jens Geier RR\ docx PE v03-00 United in diversity

2 PR_BUD_DABam CONTTS Page MOTION FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMT RESOLUTION... 3 ANNEX: LETTER FROM THE COMMITTEE ON REGIONAL DEVELOPMT... 5 INFORMATION ON ADOPTION IN COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE... 7 FINAL VOTE BY ROLL CALL IN COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE... 8 PE v /8 RR\ docx

3 MOTION FOR A EUROPEAN PARLIAMT RESOLUTION on the Council position on Draft amending budget No 4/2017 of the European Union for the financial year 2017 accompanying the proposal to mobilise the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Italy (11813/2017 C8-0304/ /2109(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 Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 1, and in particular Article 41 thereof, having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2017, as definitively adopted on 1 December , having regard to Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years (MFF Regulation), 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 management 4, having regard to Council Decision 2014/335/EU, Euratom of 26 May 2014 on the system of own resources of the European Union 5, having regard to Draft amending budget No 4/2017, which the Commission adopted on 26 June 2017 (COM(2017)0541), having regard to the position on Draft amending budget No 4/2017 which the Council adopted on 4 September 2017 and forwarded to Parliament on the same day (11813/2017 C8-0304/2017), having regard to Rules 88 and 91 of its Rules of Procedure, having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A8-0281/2017), 1 OJ L 298, , p OJ L 51, OJ L 347, , p OJ C 373, , p OJ L 168, , p RR\ docx 3/8 PE v03-00

4 A. whereas Draft amending budget No 4/2017 relates to the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) for an amount of EUR in relation to the earthquakes that occurred in Italy between August 2016 and January 2017 in the regions of Abruzzo, Lazio, Marche and Umbria, B. whereas the amount of EUR was already paid for this EUSF case by means of an advance from the 2016 Union budget, C. whereas that mobilisation represents the biggest ever mobilisation of the EUSF, D. whereas the purpose of Draft amending budget No 4/2017 is to formally enter the corresponding budgetary adjustment into the 2017 Union budget, E. whereas the Commission consequently proposes to amend the 2017 Union budget and to increase Article 'Assistance to Member States in the event of a major natural disaster with serious repercussions on living conditions, the natural environment or the economy' by EUR both in commitment and payment appropriations, F. whereas, while the total amount available for the mobilisation of the EUSF at this stage of the year is EUR short of the proposed amount, the Commission proposes to cover that difference from the annual amount available in 2018, in line with Article 10(2) of the MFF Regulation; whereas that possibility has never been used before, G. whereas the EUSF is a special instrument as defined in the MFF Regulation, and the corresponding commitment and payments appropriations are to be budgeted over and above the MFF ceilings, H. whereas the Commission proposes to fully redeploy the necessary payment appropriations within the 2017 Union budget and to replenish the negative reserve activated in Amending Budget No 1/2017 (EUR ) from the budget lines for the structural funds programmes, 1. Stresses the urgent need to release financial assistance through the EUSF to the regions affected by the natural disasters; notes that creating synergies between all available Union instruments is of paramount importance, ensuring that resources are used effectively for reconstruction activities and all other necessary actions; 2. Takes note of Draft amending budget No 4/2017, as submitted by the Commission; 3. Approves the Council position on Draft amending budget No 4/2017; 4. Instructs its President to declare that Amending budget No 4/2017 has been definitively adopted and arrange for its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union; 5. Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Council, the Commission, the Court of Auditors and the national parliaments. PE v /8 RR\ docx

5 ANNEX: LETTER FROM THE COMMITTEE ON REGIONAL DEVELOPMT Mr Jean ARTHUIS Chairman Committee on Budgets European Parliament Subject: Mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide assistance to Italy Dear Mr. Arthuis, The European Commission has transmitted to the European Parliament its proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund (COM(2017)0540), on the basis of an application to mobilise the Fund submitted by Italy further to a series of earthquakes that took place between August 2016 and January 2017 in the regions of Abruzzo, Lazio, Marche and Umbria. The Commission proposes the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund, estimating the damages caused by the disasters as follows: Disaster Total direct damages (million EUR) Major disaster threshold (million EUR) 2,5% of direct damages up to threshold (million EUR) 6% of direct damages above threshold (EUR) Total amount of aid proposed (EUR) ITALY , , TOTAL Considering the amount of EUR that was already paid for this European Union Solidarity Fund (EUSF) case as advance from the budget 2016, the Commission further proposes a Draft Amending Budget (DAB) No 4 for the year 2017 (COM(2017)0541 final) to cover the above-mentioned proposed mobilisation of the EUSF by increasing budget article 'Assistance to Member States in the event of a major natural disaster with serious repercussions on living conditions, the natural environment or the economy' by EUR both in commitment and payment appropriations. RR\ docx 5/8 PE v03-00

6 The Committee coordinators have assessed these proposals, and asked me to write to you reporting that the majority of this Committee has no objection to this mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund to allocate the above-mentioned amount as proposed by the Commission, and supports the corresponding DAB No 4/2017 as proposed by the Commission. Yours sincerely, Iskra MIHAYLOVA PE v /8 RR\ docx

7 INFORMATION ON ADOPTION IN COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE Date adopted Result of final vote +: : 0: Members present for the final vote Substitutes present for the final vote Substitutes under Rule 200(2) present for the final vote Jean Arthuis, Richard Ashworth, Reimer Böge, Lefteris Christoforou, Gérard Deprez, Manuel dos Santos, André Elissen, José Manuel Fernandes, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Jens Geier, Iris Hoffmann, Monika Hohlmeier, John Howarth, Bernd Kölmel, Zbigniew Kuźmiuk, Vladimír Maňka, Siegfried Mureşan, Liadh Ní Riada, Jan Olbrycht, Younous Omarjee, Urmas Paet, Pina Picierno, Paul Rübig, Petri Sarvamaa, Jordi Solé, Patricija Šulin, Indrek Tarand, Isabelle Thomas, Inese Vaidere, Monika Vana, Daniele Viotti, Tiemo Wölken, Marco Zanni Giovanni La Via, Tomáš Zdechovský Fabio Massimo Castaldo RR\ docx 7/8 PE v03-00

8 FINAL VOTE BY ROLL CALL IN COMMITTEE RESPONSIBLE 35 + ALDE ECR EFDD F GUE/NGL PPE S&D VERTS/ALE Jean Arthuis, Gérard Deprez, Urmas Paet, Richard Ashworth, Zbigniew Kuźmiuk, Bernd Kölmel, Fabio Massimo Castaldo Marco Zanni, Liadh Ní Riada, Younous Omarjee, Reimer Böge, Lefteris Christoforou, José Manuel Fernandes, Monika Hohlmeier, Giovanni La Via, Siegfried Mureşan, Jan Olbrycht, Paul Rübig, Petri Sarvamaa, Patricija Šulin, Inese Vaidere, Tomáš Zdechovský, Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Jens Geier, Iris Hoffmann, John Howarth, Vladimír Maňka, Pina Picierno, Isabelle Thomas, Daniele Viotti, Tiemo Wölken, Manuel dos Santos, Jordi Solé, Indrek Tarand, Monika Vana, 1 - F André Elissen, 0 0 Key to symbols: + : in favour - : against 0 : abstention PE v /8 RR\ docx