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ORDINARY LEGISLATIVE procedure
Follow up to the European Parliament legislative resolution on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans
1. Rapporteur: Karlo RESSLER (EPP / HR), Tonino PICULA (S&D / HR)
2. Reference numbers: 2023/0397 (COD) / A9-0085/2024 / P9_TA(2024)0343
3. Date of adoption of the resolution: 24 April 2024
4. Legal basis: Articles 212 and 322(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
5. Competent Parliamentary Committee: Committee on Budgets (BUDG), Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET)
6. Commission's position: accepts all amendments. The Commission presented the following statements:
Commission statement 1:
“Recognising the importance for the European Parliament and Council to be in a position to discharge their responsibility as budgetary authorities in a well-informed manner, the Commission will make available to the budgetary authority information on budgetary commitments and payments both affected and planned under the Western Balkans Facility per beneficiary on a bi-monthly basis”.
Commission statement 2:
“The Commission takes note of the statement by the European Parliament and the Council on the budgetary nomenclature for the Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans which could potentially affect the implementation of the Facility. In any case, it would unduly interfere with the proper conduct of the budgetary procedure. The Commission considers that this should not constitute a precedent”.