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Briefing - Performance-based delivery of the Recovery and Resilience Facility: Blueprint for future EU spending instruments? - 04-11-2024

Sun, 03 Nov 2024 23:00:00 GMT

The European Union (EU) is committed to ensuring its budget delivers maximum value for citizens by focusing on results and performance. In 2018, as part of the shift towards performance-based budgeting, the EU revised the rules applicable to the general budget and introduced the possibility of financing that is not linked to cost (FNLC) in addition to the traditional ways of financing based on incurred costs (Article 125 of EU Regulation 2018/1046). Under this method, payments are based on results achieved, and are made if a beneficiary fulfils predefined conditions linked to progress in implementing or achieving the objectives of a project or programme. The Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) – the EU's ground-breaking instrument created to support the Member States' post-pandemic economic recovery – is a key example of how this delivery method is applied. For the first time, disbursements to the Member States depend on achieving pre-defined milestones and targets relating to the implementation of reform and investment measures. Since the creation of the RRF, the EU has set up similar instruments in other policy areas. The Ukraine Facility (UF) and the Reform and Growth Facility for the Western Balkans (WBF), both launched in 2024, share some key features with the RRF delivery method. Along with the application of the FNLC principle for payments, other common features include the prominent role of the reform measures, using scoreboards to monitor implementation, and setting up special forums, known as 'dialogues', for the exchange of information and views with the European �Ϸ��վ. Examining in detail this innovative way of funding as it applies to the three facilities helps to shed light on an emerging, performance-based modus operandi that is already being discussed as a possible blueprint for other spending tools under the post-2027 EU budget.

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Pe scurt - Discharge for 2022 budget: EU decentralised agencies and joint undertakings - 08-04-2024

Mon, 08 Apr 2024 08:02:14 GMT

During the April I plenary session, as part of the discharge procedure for the 2022 financial year, the European �Ϸ��վ is due to vote on discharge for 33 EU decentralised agencies and 9 joint undertakings. The Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT) recommends granting discharge to all decentralised agencies, bodies and joint undertakings, and presents some observations to further improve sound financial management.

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Pe scurt - Adoption of the European Union's 2024 budget - 17-11-2023

Thu, 16 Nov 2023 23:00:00 GMT

The EU's general budget for 2024 is scheduled for adoption during the European �Ϸ��վ's November II plenary session. �Ϸ��վ will vote on the provisional agreement it reached with the Council on 11 November 2023 during budgetary conciliation. The Council has to approve the provisional agreement formally before �Ϸ��վ puts it to the vote. The agreed 2024 budget sets commitment appropriations at €189.4 billion and payments at €142.6 billion, including special instruments. The provisional agreement includes draft amending budget 4 to the 2023 budget (DAB 4/2023). The annual budgetary negotiations this year took place in the dynamic context of global challenges and the need for a revision of the EU multiannual financial framework, as stressed in �Ϸ��վ's interim report of 3 October 2023.

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Pe scurt - Amending budget 3/2023: Revenue, Defence Industrial Reinforcement Instrument and European Chips Act - 11-10-2023

Wed, 11 Oct 2023 10:17:29 GMT

The purpose of draft amending budget No 3/2023 (DAB 3/2023) to the EU's 2023 general budget is to update the revenue side, taking into account the latest economic forecasts. DAB 3/2023 also adjusts the 2023 budget to cover recent developments such as the Defence Industrial Reinforcement Instrument, the European Chips Act and fisheries agreements. �Ϸ��վ is expected to vote on the Council's position on DAB 3/2023 during its October II plenary session.

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Pe scurt - Amending budget No 2/2023: 2022 surplus - 05-07-2023

Wed, 05 Jul 2023 15:16:12 GMT

The purpose of Draft Amending Budget No 2/2023 (DAB 2/2023) to the EU's 2023 general budget is to enter the €2.5 billion surplus from implementation of the 2022 budget as revenue in the 2023 budget. The surplus is the result of higher than expected revenues from customs duties collected in the last months of 2022 and under-spending on the expenditure side. Inclusion of the surplus will lead to a corresponding reduction in Member States' gross national income (GNI) contributions to the 2023 budget. �Ϸ��վ is expected to vote on the Council's position on DAB 2/2023 during its July session.

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Pe scurt - Discharge for the 2021 budget: EU decentralised agencies and joint undertakings - 03-05-2023

Wed, 03 May 2023 12:01:41 GMT

During the May I plenary session, as part of the discharge procedure for the 2021 financial year, the European �Ϸ��վ is due to vote on discharge for 33 EU decentralised agencies and 9 joint undertakings. The Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT) recommends granting discharge to all decentralised agencies, bodies and joint undertakings, and presents some observations to improve sound financial management further.

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Pe scurt - Discharge for the 2021 budget: EU institutions other than the European Commission - 03-05-2023

Wed, 03 May 2023 11:57:54 GMT

During the May I plenary session, the European �Ϸ��վ is scheduled to vote on the discharge for the execution of the 2021 EU budget. Concerning administrative expenditure, the European �Ϸ��վ's Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT) recommends granting discharge for the implementation of eight administrative sections of the EU budget and for the European Public Prosecutor's Office. For the European Council and Council, it recommends postponing the decision on granting discharge.

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Pe scurt - Adoption of the European Union's 2023 budget - 18-11-2022

Thu, 17 Nov 2022 23:00:00 GMT

During its November II plenary session, the European �Ϸ��վ is expected to adopt the EU's general budget for 2023. �Ϸ��վ will vote on the provisional agreement reached on 14 November 2022 during the budgetary conciliation between �Ϸ��վ and the Council, and due to be formally voted by the Council before the �Ϸ��վ's vote. Once adopted, commitment appropriations for 2023 will amount to €186.6 billion and payments to €168.6 billion, including special instruments. The negotiators also reached agreement on Amending Letter No 1 to the 2023 budget (AL 1/2023) and draft amending budget 5 to the 2022 budget (DAB 5/2022). The annual budgetary negotiations this year took place in the fast-moving context of the Russian war on Ukraine, the post-pandemic recovery and climate, and the energy and humanitarian crises.

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Pe scurt - Discharge for the 2020 budget: European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) - 13-10-2022

Wed, 12 Oct 2022 22:00:00 GMT

In May 2022, the European �Ϸ��վ postponed its discharge decision on the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) for the financial year 2020. In its second report, �Ϸ��վ's Budgetary Control Committee (CONT) is once again recommending �Ϸ��վ refuses to grant discharge to Frontex, reiterating its demand that the Agency present a detailed road map showing how it intends to address the outstanding concerns.

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Pe scurt - Amending budget No 4/2022: Own resources and other technical adjustments - 12-10-2022

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 22:00:00 GMT

Draft amending budget No 4/2022 (DAB 4/2022) to the EU's 2022 general budget aims to update the revenue side, taking into account the updated own resources forecast and other revenues, such as the United Kingdom (UK) contribution and fines. DAB 4/2022 also includes two expenditure-related adjustments: budgetary nomenclature allowing resources to be transferred to the REPowerEU chapter of the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF); and additional staff requested for Eurojust. �Ϸ��վ is expected to vote on the Council position on DAB 4/2022 during its October II plenary session.

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Pe scurt - Amending budget No 2/2022: 2021 surplus - 07-09-2022

Tue, 06 Sep 2022 22:00:00 GMT

The purpose of Draft Amending Budget No 2/2022 (DAB 2/2022) to the EU's 2022 general budget is to enter as revenue in the 2022 budget the surplus resulting from implementation of the 2021 budget. The 2021 surplus totals over €3.2 billion. It consists mostly of higher than expected revenues from customs duties (€1.68 billion) and fines for breaking EU competition law that exceeded the forecast by €957 million. The surplus also arises in part from under-spending on the expenditure side. Inclusion of the 2021 surplus will result in a corresponding reduction in EU Member States' gross national income (GNI) contributions to the 2022 budget. �Ϸ��վ is expected to vote on the Council's position on DAB 2/2022 during its September plenary session.

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Pe scurt - Amending budget No 3/2022: Financing reception costs of people fleeing Ukraine - 22-06-2022

Tue, 21 Jun 2022 22:00:00 GMT

Russia's invasion of Ukraine has caused a massive exodus of refugees, many of them children. EU Member States are dealing with urgent migration and border management challenges and facing the costs that these entail. Draft Amending Budget No 3/2022 (DAB 3/2022) to the EU's 2022 general budget aims to assist EU Member States in receiving people fleeing the war in Ukraine. DAB 3/2022 strengthens the financing of the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund (AMIF) and the Border Management and Visa Instrument (BMVI). The additional €99.8 million in commitment appropriations and €76 million in payment appropriations for AMIF and €100 million in payment appropriations for BMVI will help to ensure that people fleeing Ukraine benefit from adequate first reception in one of the Member States. �Ϸ��վ is expected to vote on the Council's position on DAB 3/2022 during its June II plenary session.

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Pe scurt - Discharge for 2020 budget – EU decentralised agencies and joint undertakings - 27-04-2022

Tue, 26 Apr 2022 22:00:00 GMT

During the May I plenary session, as part of the discharge procedure for the 2020 financial year, the European �Ϸ��վ is due to vote on discharge for each of 32 EU decentralised agencies and nine joint undertakings. The Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT) proposes that �Ϸ��վ grant discharge to all except the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, for which it proposes to postpone the discharge decision.

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Briefing - Brexit Adjustment Reserve - 09-11-2021

Mon, 08 Nov 2021 23:00:00 GMT

As part of the preparations for the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union, the European Council agreed in July 2020 to create a Brexit adjustment reserve within the special instruments outside the budget ceilings of the European Union's multiannual financial framework, with a budget of €5 billion to counter unforeseen and adverse consequences in Member States and sectors that are most affected. The Commission adopted a proposal for a regulation on the Brexit adjustment reserve on 25 December 2020. The reserve will support public expenditure incurred by Member States from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023 for eligible measures, which include support for affected sectors, training, and new border facilities. Funding will be available for all Member States, distributed in several allocation tranches, with 80 % of the resources due to be allocated to Member States in the form of pre-financing, to be disbursed in 2021, 2022 and 2023, and the remainder to be made available in 2025, where applicable. Each country's allocation is calculated based on the importance of its trade with the UK and, where applicable, its dependence on fisheries in UK waters and the size of the population of maritime border regions with the UK. Following the agreement on the final text between Council and �Ϸ��վ on 17 June 2021, �Ϸ��վ adopted its first-reading position on 15 September 2021, with the act adopted by Council on 28 September. The regulation was published in the Official Journal on 8 October 2021. Third edition. The 'EU Legislation in Progress' briefings are updated at key stages throughout the legislative procedure.

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Pe scurt - Plenary round-up – October II 2021 - 22-10-2021

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 22:00:00 GMT

During the October II 2021 plenary session in Strasbourg, �Ϸ��վ held a number of important debates, in particular on: the primacy of EU law, the rule of law crisis and de facto abortion ban in Poland; increased efforts to fight money laundering; regarding pushbacks at the EU's external border; the right to a healthy environment and on climate, energy and environmental State aid guidelines (CEEAG). Members debated the rise of right-wing extremism and racism in Europe, the humanitarian situation in Haiti and the proposal to build a 'single market for philanthropy'. Members debated a statement from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice-President of the Commission, Josep Borrell, on the situation in Tunisia. �Ϸ��վ also discussed matters in preparation for the European Council meeting of 21-22 October 2021, and debated the global tax agreements to be endorsed at the G20 Summit in Rome on 30-31 October 2021, as well as the outcome of the Western Balkans summit. �Ϸ��վ announced that its 2021 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought will be awarded to Russian anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny, with the formal ceremony to be held on 20 December 2021.

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Pe scurt - �Ϸ��վ's reading of the 2022 EU budget - 14-10-2021

Wed, 13 Oct 2021 22:00:00 GMT

During the October II plenary session, the �Ϸ��վ is due to vote on amendments to the Council's position on the draft EU budget for 2022. The 2022 budget is the second under the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). It is also the second year of the EU Recovery Instrument, Next Generation EU (NGEU), planned to run for the years 2021 to 2023. The report of the Committee on Budgets reverses all the reductions proposed by the Council to the Commission’s budget. Furthermore, it proposes a considerable increase in contributions of the 2022 budget to �Ϸ��վ's priorities, in particular the recovery from the Covid 19 crisis. The BUDG report sets the 2022 EU budget at €171.8 billion in commitments. For payments, it proposes almost €172.47 billion.

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Pe scurt - Discharge for the 2019 budget: European Council and Council - 13-10-2021

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 22:00:00 GMT

In April 2021, the European �Ϸ��վ decided to postpone the decision on granting discharge to the European Council and Council for the 2019 budget, and presented a number of observations. �Ϸ��վ’s Committee on Budgetary Control has examined the situation again, and, in its second report, recommends not granting discharge to these two institutions. The vote on the second discharge report is scheduled for the October II plenary session.

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Pe scurt - Amending budget No 4/2021: Revenue update - 13-10-2021

Tue, 12 Oct 2021 22:00:00 GMT

Draft amending budget No 4/2021 (DAB 4/2021) to the EU's 2021 general budget updates the calculations for revenue following the entry into force on 1 June 2021 of Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053 on the system of own resources of the European Union. DAB 4/2021 also incorporates the revised forecast of own resources and other revenue into the 2021 Union budget. �Ϸ��վ is expected to vote on the Council position on DAB 4/2021 during its October II plenary session.

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Pe scurt - Amending budget No 1/2021: Brexit Adjustment Reserve - 08-09-2021

Tue, 07 Sep 2021 22:00:00 GMT

Draft Amending Budget No 1/2021 (DAB 1/2021) to the European Union general budget 2021, as amended by the Council, aims to enter almost €1.698 billion in current prices in the Union's annual budget for 2021, in both commitment and payment appropriations. The aim of DAB 1/2021 is to meet the pre-financing needs resulting from the implementation of the Brexit Adjustment Reserve (BAR) in 2021. The new BAR has the objective of countering adverse consequences in the EU Member States and sectors that are worst affected by the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU. Negotiations on the BAR Regulation have taken place in parallel. �Ϸ��վ is expected to vote on the Council position on DAB 1/2021 during its September plenary session, when it will also vote on the regulation itself.

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Pe scurt - Brexit Adjustment Reserve - 08-09-2021

Tue, 07 Sep 2021 22:00:00 GMT

With the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU customs union and single market creating new obstacles to trade, mobility and exchanges with the UK, affecting many businesses across the EU, the Brexit Adjustment Reserve aims to provide Member States with financial support to cover costs incurred in connection with Brexit. �Ϸ��վ is due to vote at first reading during its September 2021 plenary session on the text agreed during interinstitutional negotiations.

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Pe scurt - Amending budget No 3/2021: 2020 surplus - 01-07-2021

Wed, 30 Jun 2021 22:00:00 GMT

Draft Amending Budget No 3/2021 (DAB 3/2021) to the European Union's 2021 general budget aims to enter as revenue in the 2021 budget the surplus resulting from the implementation of the 2020 budget. The 2020 surplus totals almost €1.77 billion (as compared to €3.2 billion in 2019, €1.8 billion in 2018 and €0.56 billion in 2017). It consists mostly of higher than expected revenues, plus under-spending on the expenditure side. Inclusion of the surplus will reduce the gross national income (GNI) contributions of the EU Member States to the 2021 budget accordingly. �Ϸ��վ is expected to vote on the Council position on DAB 3/2021 during its July plenary session.

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Studiu - Statute and funding of European political parties under Regulation 1141/2014 - 21-06-2021

Sun, 20 Jun 2021 22:00:00 GMT

European political parties are transnational political alliances made up of national parties from the same political family. Since July 2004, they have been able to receive funding from the EU general budget. The current Regulation 1141/2014, applicable since 2017, tightened the requirements for parties' recognition, funding and spending. Yet, some parties (and their affiliated foundations) found loopholes in the legal framework. Targeted amendments to the regulation adopted in 2018 and 2019 sought, inter alia, to prevent misuse of public funds, enhance the role of European parties in the European public space, and safeguard the integrity of the European elections by sanctioning breaches of the rules on the protection of personal data. This study examines the operation of the legal framework, ahead of the legislative revision announced by the European Commission in its 2021 work programme, and in support of the evaluation report currently undertaken by the AFCO committee.

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Briefing - Own resources of the European Union: Reforming the EU's financing system - 09-06-2021

Tue, 08 Jun 2021 22:00:00 GMT

On 1 June 2021, the decision that reforms the financing system of the EU budget entered into force, following its ratification by all Member States. It introduces three significant innovations in the own resources system, applying retroactively from 1 January 2021. The maximum level of resources that can be called from Member States permanently rises from 1.20 % to 1.40 % of EU gross national income (GNI). A temporary increase in the own resources ceiling, worth a further 0.60 % of EU GNI, is devoted exclusively to the financing of Next Generation (NGEU), enabling the Commission to borrow resources on an unprecedented scale on the capital markets, with a view to financing the recovery. A national contribution linked to non-recycled plastic packaging waste is introduced, the first new EU own resource to be created since 1988. In addition, �Ϸ��վ pushed for a broader reform of the financing system underlining that the introduction of a basket of new own resources should cover at least the repayment costs of NGEU (for both principal and interest). �Ϸ��վ managed to include a detailed roadmap for the introduction of various additional new own resources by 2026 in the interinstitutional agreement on budgetary matters with the Council and the European Commission. Envisaged resources are linked to EU policies on climate and the single market. Fourth edition. The 'EU Legislation in Progress' briefings are updated at key stages throughout the legislative procedure.

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Pe scurt - Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument - 02-06-2021

Tue, 01 Jun 2021 22:00:00 GMT

The proposed regulation establishing the Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument comes under Heading 6, 'Neighbourhood and the World', of the new multiannual financial framework (MFF), which sets out the main priorities for the European Union's external action from 2021 to 2027. The proposed instrument, which has a budget of €70.8 billion in 2018 prices, brings together ten separate instruments and funds that existed under the 2014-2020 MFF, as well as the European Development Fund, which has until now been outside the EU general budget. �Ϸ��վ is expected to vote at second reading during its June I plenary session, on the agreed text resulting from interinstitutional negotiations.

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Pe scurt - Amending Budget No 2/2021: Covid-19 response, Multiannual Financial Framework adjustment, and mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund - 12-05-2021

Tue, 11 May 2021 22:00:00 GMT

Draft Amending Budget No 2/2021 (DAB 2/2021) aims to finance actions for prevention and the response to the coronavirus pandemic, in particular preparatory work for the 'digital green certificate' and genetic sequencing. It also introduces technical adjustments following the adoption of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2021-2027, and secures part of the financing for mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund (EUSF) – for which a decision is submitted simultaneously. The proposed EUSF mobilisation aims to cover expenditure following natural disasters in Greece and France, and the Covid-19 public health emergency (in respect of 17 Member States and 3 accession countries). �Ϸ��վ is expected to vote on the Council position on DAB 2/2021 and on the proposal to mobilise the EUSF during the May plenary session.

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Documente - Think Tank - Parlamentul European

Briefing - Performance-based delivery of the Recovery and Resilience Facility: Blueprint for future EU spending instruments? - 04-11-2024

Pe scurt - Discharge for 2022 budget: EU decentralised agencies and joint undertakings - 08-04-2024

Pe scurt - Adoption of the European Union's 2024 budget - 17-11-2023

Pe scurt - Amending budget 3/2023: Revenue, Defence Industrial Reinforcement Instrument and European Chips Act - 11-10-2023

Pe scurt - Amending budget No 2/2023: 2022 surplus - 05-07-2023

Pe scurt - Discharge for the 2021 budget: EU decentralised agencies and joint undertakings - 03-05-2023

Pe scurt - Discharge for the 2021 budget: EU institutions other than the European Commission - 03-05-2023

Pe scurt - Adoption of the European Union's 2023 budget - 18-11-2022

Pe scurt - Discharge for the 2020 budget: European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) - 13-10-2022

Pe scurt - Amending budget No 4/2022: Own resources and other technical adjustments - 12-10-2022

Pe scurt - Amending budget No 2/2022: 2021 surplus - 07-09-2022

Pe scurt - Amending budget No 3/2022: Financing reception costs of people fleeing Ukraine - 22-06-2022

Pe scurt - Discharge for 2020 budget – EU decentralised agencies and joint undertakings - 27-04-2022

Briefing - Brexit Adjustment Reserve - 09-11-2021

Pe scurt - Plenary round-up – October II 2021 - 22-10-2021

Pe scurt - �Ϸ�������վ's reading of the 2022 EU budget - 14-10-2021

Pe scurt - Discharge for the 2019 budget: European Council and Council - 13-10-2021

Pe scurt - Amending budget No 4/2021: Revenue update - 13-10-2021

Pe scurt - Amending budget No 1/2021: Brexit Adjustment Reserve - 08-09-2021

Pe scurt - Brexit Adjustment Reserve - 08-09-2021

Pe scurt - Amending budget No 3/2021: 2020 surplus - 01-07-2021

Studiu - Statute and funding of European political parties under Regulation 1141/2014 - 21-06-2021

Briefing - Own resources of the European Union: Reforming the EU's financing system - 09-06-2021

Pe scurt - Neighbourhood, Development and International Cooperation Instrument - 02-06-2021

Pe scurt - Amending Budget No 2/2021: Covid-19 response, Multiannual Financial Framework adjustment, and mobilisation of the EU Solidarity Fund - 12-05-2021

Pe scurt - �Ϸ��վ's reading of the 2022 EU budget - 14-10-2021