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Establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans

TA-9-2024-0343 · P9_TA(2024)0343 · PE758.888

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Parliament adopted its first-reading position on the proposed regulation establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans. Parliament approves the joint statement with the Council on the Facility's budgetary nomenclature, annexed to the resolution. The statement says Parliament and the Council intend to review the nomenclature, for instance on appropriations per beneficiary, and invite the Commission to consider it in preparing the Draft Budget 2025. Parliament calls on the Commission to refer the matter to it again if it replaces or substantially amends its proposal.

Key points

  1. Parliament adopts its position at first reading on the proposal for a regulation establishing the Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans.
  2. Parliament approves the joint statement by Parliament and the Council annexed to the resolution, to be published in the C series of the Official Journal.
  3. Parliament and the Council take note of the Commission's declaration on reporting.
  4. Without prejudice to the budgetary authority's prerogatives under the Treaties, Parliament and the Council intend to review the Facility's nomenclature, for instance on appropriations per beneficiary, to ensure political and budgetary scrutiny.
  5. Parliament and the Council invite the Commission to give the statement due consideration, as appropriate, in preparing the Draft Budget 2025.
  6. Parliament calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal.

Who is affected

  • The Commission, which is asked to consider the joint statement in preparing the Draft Budget 2025 and to refer the matter to Parliament again if it amends its proposal.
  • The Council, which joins Parliament in the statement on reviewing the Facility's nomenclature.
  • Beneficiaries of the Facility, whose appropriations per beneficiary may be reviewed under the nomenclature.

Figures and deadlines

  • Draft Budget 2025, in whose preparation the Commission is invited to consider the joint statement.

Legal basis: Article 294(2) and Articles 212 and 322(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.