The European Parliament adopted by 516 votes to 116, with 30 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the proposal for a Council regulation European Parliament legislative on the proposal for a Council regulation amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 609/2014 in order to enhance predictability for Member States and to clarify procedures for dispute resolution when making available the traditional, VAT and GNI based own resources.
The proposal aims to amend Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 609/2014 in order to establish the necessary provisions to determine the modalities and procedures for making own resources available. To this end, it sets out a system designed to ensure regular and timely payments to the Union's budget.
Parliament approved the Commission's proposal subject to amendments to delete the paragraphs, recitals and references which relate to the proposed changes in the Commission's text concerning the method of calculating interest on late payments and the review procedure in the event of disagreement between a Member State and the Commission as referred to in Article 13(5) or concerning other amounts of traditional own resources due to the Union budget.