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RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING (09980/1/2020 – C9-0407/2020 – 2018/0136(COD))

On the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget

A-9-2020-0262

Committee on Budgets Committee on Budgetary Control · Rapporteur: Eider Gardiazabal Rubial, Petri Sarvamaa

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Parliament's committees on Budgets and Budgetary Control recommend that Parliament approve the Council's first-reading position on a regulation creating a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget. Parliament also approves a joint statement by Parliament, the Council and the Commission and takes note of a Commission statement, both annexed to the resolution. In the joint statement, the three institutions agree to consider folding the regulation's content into the Financial Regulation at its next revision. The Commission agrees to consider accompanying its report on the regulation's application with appropriate proposals where necessary.

Committee position. The Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Budgetary Control recommend that the plenary approve the Council position at first reading without amending it, and approve the annexed joint statement and take note of the Commission statement.

Key points

  1. Parliament approves the Council position at first reading on the regulation on a general regime of conditionality for the protection of the Union budget.
  2. Parliament approves the joint statement by Parliament, the Council and the Commission annexed to the resolution.
  3. Parliament takes note of the Commission statement annexed to the resolution.
  4. Parliament notes that the act is adopted in accordance with the Council position.
  5. The three institutions agree to consider including the content of the regulation in the Financial Regulation upon its next revision, without prejudice to the Commission's right of initiative.
  6. The Commission agrees to consider accompanying its report on the application of the regulation with appropriate proposals where necessary.
  7. The committees confirmed the outcome of the interinstitutional negotiations at their vote of 12 November 2020 and propose that the plenary confirm the Council position without amending it.

Who is affected

  • The Commission, the Council and Parliament, which agree on the joint statement and the Commission statement.
  • The Union budget, which the regulation aims to protect through a general conditionality regime.

Figures and deadlines

  • 12 November 2020: the date the Committee on Budgets and the Committee on Budgetary Control voted to confirm the negotiation outcome.
  • 17 August 2018: the date of the Court of Auditors opinion.

Legal basis: Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.