On the implementation of the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement

Committee on Budgets · Rapporteur: Johan Van Overtveldt

AMENDMENTS

The Committee on Budgets submits the following to the Committee on Foreign Affairs and the Committee on International Trade, as the committee responsible :

Amendment 1

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 33

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
33. [opinion-giving committees];	33. Reiterates its view that the section of the TCA on UK participation in Union programmes, sound financial management and financial provisions constitutes a fair basis for UK participation and helps to ensure the protection of the Union’s financial interests;

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Amendment 2

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 33 a (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	33a. Strongly welcomes the fact that, by dint of Protocols I and II to the TCA, the UK is participating in Horizon Europe and the Copernicus component of the EU space programme and has access to services of the EU Space Surveillance and Tracking component of the EU space programme; highlights the benefits of third-country participation in EU programmes for the EU and its citizens;

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Amendment 3

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 33 b (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	33b. Reiterates, nonetheless, its concerns regarding the provisions in Protocol I for an automatic correction mechanism for the UK in relation to Horizon Europe, which were not agreed as part of the TCA itself; takes note of the fact that the UK correction mechanism applies until the end of the present multiannual financial framework and is less favourable than the correction mechanism contained in the TCA;

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Amendment 4

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 33 c (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	33c. Stresses, moreover, the difficulties posed by high visa fees and the healthcare surcharge for EU researchers who benefit from Horizon Europe and wish to exercise mobility to the UK, and urges the UK to address this problem;

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Amendment 5

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 33 d (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	33d. Deeply regrets the fact that the UK has chosen not to participate in several other important Union programmes, in particular Erasmus+, and its decision not associate to Euratom and the Euratom Joint Undertaking Fusion for Energy (F4E) as originally envisaged in the Joint Declaration of December 2020; considers that UK participation in the ITER nuclear fusion project must be based on participation in F4E; deplores the decision to dismantle the Joint European Torus; urges the UK to reconsider its position on these matters;

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Amendment 6

Motion for a resolution

Paragraph 33 e (new)

Motion for a resolution	Amendment
	33e. Welcomes the statistical cooperation arrangement signed between Eurostat and the UK Statistics Authority, enabling the exchange of statistical data relevant to the UK’s participation in EU programmes; considers that reliable statistical information provides an important basis for decision-making in this field and for verifying that the financial provisions laid down in the TCA are being respected;

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