Draft Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2017/825 to increase the financial envelope of the Structural Reform Support Programme and adapt its general objective (frist reading) - Adoption of the legislative act - Statements - Main contents

Document date	28-09-2018
Publication date	29-09-2018
Reference	12471/18 ADD 1
From	General Secretariat of the Council
External link	original article
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Council of the European Union Brussels, 28 September 2018 (OR. en)

12471/18

Interinstitutional File: ADD 1

2017/0334(COD) i

CODEC 1531 ECOFIN 846 UEM 288 FC 51 REGIO 77 AGRISTR 69 PECHE 358 CADREFIN 219 SOC 560

'I/A' ITEM NOTE

From: General Secretariat of the Council

To: Permanent Representatives Committee/Council

Subject: Draft Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2017/825 to increase the financial envelope of the

Structural Reform Support Programme and adapt its general objective (frist reading) - Adoption of the legislative act - Statements

Joint statement by the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission

As regards financing the increase of the financial envelope for the Structural Reform Support

Programme and without prejudice to the powers of the budgetary authority, the European

Parliament, the Council and the Commission have agreed as follows:

• 1. 

  EUR 40 million will be financed through the budget line of the SRSP located in Heading 1b (13.08.01) of the MFF (Economic, social and territorial cohesion) by mobilising the Global margin for commitments in accordance with Article 14 of the MFF Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 in the framework of the budgetary procedure pursuant to Article 314 TFEU;

• 2. 

  EUR 40 million will be financed through the budget line of the SRSP located in Heading 2 (13.08.02) of the MFF (Sustainable Growth: Natural Resources) by redeployments other than technical assistance and Rural Development within this Heading and without having recourse to the margins. The exact sources for such redeployments will be further specified in due course having regard to the negotiations of the budgetary procedure for the 2019 budget.

Statement by the Commission

The Commission will identify and propose redeployments of EUR 40 million in Heading 2 of the MFF (Sustainable Growth: Natural Resources) in the amending letter to the draft general budget

2019.

The Commission intends to propose the mobilisation of the Global Margin for Commitments in accordance with Article 14 of the MFF Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 in the framework of the budgetary procedure for 2020 pursuant to Article 314 TFEU.