The Committee on Budgets adopted the report presented
jointly by Jan OLBRYCHT (EPP, PL) and Isabelle THOMAS (S&D, FR)
on the draft Council regulation amending Regulation
(EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 laying down the multiannual
financial framework for the years 2014-2020.
The committee recommended the European Parliament to
give its consent to the draft Council regulation as annexed in the
draft resolution.
To recall, the proposal intends to:
- fix the maximum amounts of annual adjustments
(in 2011 prices) for the years 2018-2020 as compared to the
original payment ceiling of the relevant years: 2018 - EUR 7
billion; 2019 - EUR 11 billion; 2020 - EUR 13 billion;
- set the annual amount of the Emergency Aid Reserve
at EUR 300 million (2011 prices);
- set a ceiling on the annual amount available for the
Flexibility Instrument of EUR 600 million (2011 prices),
this amount may be increased each year starting in
2017;
- provide that margins left available below the MFF
ceilings for commitment appropriations shall constitute a Global
MFF Margin for commitments, to be made available over and above
the ceilings established in the MFF for the years 2016 to 2020 for
policy objectives related to growth and employment, in particular
youth employment, and to migration and security.
Lastly, specific and maximum possible flexibility
should also be ensured by providing for unused amounts from the
European Union Solidarity Fund and the European Globalisation
Adjustment Fund to be made available to the Flexibility
Instrument.