Legal provisions of COM(2013)639 - Amendment of Regulation (EU, EURATOM) No 966/2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union

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dossier COM(2013)639 - Amendment of Regulation (EU, EURATOM) No 966/2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union.
document COM(2013)639 EN
date May 15, 2014

Contents

Article 1 - Amendments to Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012

Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 is hereby amended as follows:

(1)Article 13 is amended as follows:

(a)Paragraph 2 is amended as follows:

(i)the following point is added:

‘(c)amounts corresponding to commitment appropriations for the Emergency Aid Reserve;’;

(ii)the following subparagraph is added:

‘The amounts referred to in point (c) of the first subparagraph may be carried over to the next financial year only.’;

(b)Paragraph 6 is replaced by the following:

‘6.   Without prejudice to point (c) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 2 of this Article and to Article 14, appropriations placed in reserve and appropriations for staff expenditure shall not be carried over. For the purposes of this Article, staff expenditure comprises the remuneration and allowances for members and staff of the institutions to which the Staff Regulations apply.’;

(2)The title of Title II of Part Two is replaced by the following:

‘TITLE II

STRUCTURAL FUNDS, COHESION FUND, EUROPEAN FISHERIES FUND, EUROPEAN AGRICULTURAL FUND FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FUNDS IN THE AREA OF FREEDOM, SECURITY AND JUSTICE MANAGED IN SHARED MANAGEMENT AND CONNECTING EUROPE FACILITY’;

(3)In Article 178, the following paragraph is added:

‘3.   The decommitted appropriations shall be made available again in the event of:

(a)the decommitment of appropriations from a programme under the arrangements for the implementation of the performance reserve established in Article 20 of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (7);

(b)the decommitment of appropriations from a programme dedicated to a specific financial instrument in favour of SMEs following the discontinuance of the participation of a Member State in the financial instrument, as referred to in the seventh subparagraph of Article 39(2) of Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013.

(7) Regulation (EU) No 1303/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 laying down common provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and laying down general provisions on the European Regional Development Fund, the European Social Fund, the Cohesion Fund and the European Maritime and Fisheries Fund and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 1083/2006 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 320).’;"

(4)The following article is inserted:

‘Article 178a

Carry-over of commitment appropriations for the Connecting Europe Facility

1. For the financial years 2014, 2015 and 2016, commitment appropriations for projects financed under the Connecting Europe Facility established by Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (8) not yet committed at the end of the financial year may be carried over to the next financial year only.

2. The Commission shall submit carry-over proposals in respect of the preceding financial year to the European Parliament and to the Council by 15 February of the current financial year.

3. The European Parliament and the Council, the latter acting by qualified majority, shall deliberate upon each carry-over proposal by 31 March of the current financial year.

4. The carry-over proposal shall be approved if, by the deadline set out in paragraph 3, any of the following occurs:

(a)the European Parliament and the Council approve it;

(b)either the European Parliament or the Council approves it and the other institution refrains from acting;

(c)the European Parliament and the Council refrain from acting or do not take a decision to refuse it.

(8) Regulation (EU) No 1316/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 establishing the Connecting Europe Facility, amending Regulation (EU) No 913/2010 and repealing Regulations (EC) No 680/2007 and (EC) No 67/2010 (OJ L 348, 20.12.2013, p. 129).’."

Article 2 - Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.