Rådsmøde (økofin) den 16. juli 2003 - redegørelse

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Medlemmerne af Folketingets Europaudvalg
og deres stedfortrædere.
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Journalnummer
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400.C.2-0
EU-sekr.
21. juli 2003
Til underretning for Folketingets Europaudvalg vedlægges Finansmini-
steriets redegørelse for rådsmøde (økonomi- og finansministre) den 16.
juli 2003.


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Til Folketingets Europaudvalg
Ecofin den 16. juli 2003
Ecofin den 16. juli omhandlede Rådets 1. læsning af EU's budget for 2004. I forbindelse med rådsmødet blev
gennemført samråd med Europa-Parlamentet som led i budget 2004-proceduren.
Rådets 1. læsning resulterede i en reduktion af forpligtigelsesbevillingerne
i Kommissionens budgetforslag for 2004 med 309 mio. euro og beta-
lingsbevillingerne med 527 mio. euro, jf. tabel 1 og 2.
Tabel 1. Rådets 1. Læsning - EU-15
Mio. Euro
Rådets 1. Læsning
(budgetudvalget)
Ændring ift. budgetforslag
Ændring ift. 2003-
budget i pct.
Margen

Forpl.
Betal.
Forpl.
Betal.
Forpl.
Betal.

1. Landbrug

1a. Markedsordninger
40.823
40.823
-160
-160
1,8 pct.
1,8 pct.
1.585
1b. Landdistriktsstøtte
4.803
4.803


2,2 pct.
2,2 pct.

Total
45.626
45.626
-160
-160
1,9 pct.
1,9 pct.
1.585
2. Strukturfonde
34.326
28.762

-160
1 pct. -13,3 pct.

3. Interne Politikker
6.975
6.555
-31
-21
2,6 pct.
5,7 pct.
78
4. Eksterne politikker
4.936
4.764
-60
-28
-0,3 pct.
-1,6 pct.
146
5. Administration
6.029
6.029
-58
-58
12,5 pct.
12,5 pct.
128
6. Reserver
442
442


1,8 pct.
1,8 pct.

7. Førtiltrædelse
1.732.
2.856

-100
-48,8 pct.
5,5 pct.
1.723
I alt
100.066
95.034
-309
-527
0,4 pct.
-2,5 pct.
3.660
Betal. I pct. af BNI
0,99
0,99

Tabel 2. Resultatet af Rådets 1. Læsning - EU-25
Mio. Euro
Rådets 1. Læsning
(budgetudvalget)
Ændring ift. Budgetforslag
Ændring ift. 2003-
budget i pct.
Margen

Forpl.
Betal.
Forpl.
Betal.
Forpl.
Betal.

1. Landbrug

1a. Markedsordninger
41.178
41.178
-160
-160
2,7 pct.
2,7 pct.
1.591
1b. Landdistriktsstøtte
6.536
5.448


39,1 pct.
16 pct.

Total
47.714
46.626
-160
-160
6,6 pct.
4,1 pct.
1.591
2. Strukturfonde
41.035
30.522

-160
20,8 pct.
-8 pct.

3. Interne Politikker
8.609
7.475
-31
-21
26,7 pct.
20,5 pct.
113
4. Eksterne politikker
4.936
4.764
-60
-28
-0,3 pct.
-1,6 pct.
146
5. Administration
6.029
6.029
-58
-58
12,5 pct.
12,5 pct.
128
6. Reserver
442
442
0
0
1,8 pct.
1,8 pct.

7. Førtiltrædelse
1.732
2.856
-100
-48,8 pct.
5,5 pct.
1.723
8. Kompensation
1.410
1.410
0
0

.
0,5
I alt
111.906
100.123
-309
-527
12,3 pct.
2,7 pct.
3.702
Betal. I pct. af BNI
0,99
0,99

Under samrådet med Parlamentet blev der afgivet en række erklæringer
(vedlagt), hvoraf de væsentligste var:
18. juli 2003
7. kt HKI
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- En erklæring fra Rådet og Parlamentet om proceduren for opju-
stering af de finansielle rammer for programmer under EU's in-
terne politikker som følge af udvidelsen.
- En erklæring fra Rådet og Parlamentet om proceduren for vedta-
gelsen af retsakter for en række budgetlinier under primært
Kommissionens administrative budget (A30-linier) vedrørende
tilskud til særlige institutioner.
- En erklæring fra Rådet, Parlamentet og Kommissionen om pro-
ceduren for vedtagelsen af budget 2004, der slår fast, at Rådet og
Parlamentet sigter efter at indgå en samlet politisk aftale om bud-
gettet for EU-25. Rådet og Parlamentet vil af juridiske årsager
dog kun vedtage budgettet for EU-15 inden for budget-2004-
proceduren, som afsluttes med Parlamentets 2. læsning i decem-
ber 2003. Budgettet for de 10 tiltrædelseslande vil formelt blive
vedtaget i marts/april 2004 som et tillægs- og ændringsbudget til
2004-budgettet.
Såvel erklæringer fra samrådet som resultatet af Rådets 1. læsning af budget-2004 blev formelt vedtaget i
skriftlige procedure den 18. juli.


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COUNCIL OF
THE EUROPEAN UNION
TELEX N° TX03464EN/ OF 16/07/2003
CONTACT:
M. GOMEZ LASAGA
TEL./OFFICE:
32-2-285.60 90 / 2050 DH 16
SUBJECT:
Written procedure concerning the establishment of the
draft budget of the European Union for 2004 and the
approval of transfer n°18/2003
MESSAGE:
In order to have a formal adoption of the outcome of the ECOFIN
Council (Budget) of 16 July 2003, a written procedure was agreed.
Accordingly, please indicate whether:
1)
you can agree on:
-
the confirmation of the outcome of proceedings of the
Permanent Representatives Committee as recorded in docu-
ments 11241/03 + ADD 1 and 11242/03 + COR 1 (fr) +
ADD 1;
-
the consequent establishment of the draft budget for 2004
for EU-15 while agreeing politically a position on EU-25;
-
giving a mandate to the Presidency, assisted by the Gen-
eral Secretariat of the Council, to establish budget documents
and forward them to the European Parliament in accordance
with the foreseen timetable;
-
entering into the Council's minutes the declarations re-
corded in the Annex to documents 11241/03 and 11242/03
and the following declarations:
1. "The European Parliament and the Coun-
cil ask the Commission to submit in the
autumn an updated assessment of the re-
quirements for appropriations incorpo-
rating the results of the revision of
the common agricultural policy and to
take account of those requirements in
its letter of amendment."
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2. "The European Parliament and the Coun-
cil take note that the Commission com-
mits itself to working closely with
Parliament's rapporteur for the 2004
budget to identify possible concrete
measures that could be envisaged to im-
plement Parliament's priorities for the
2004 budget in the field of agricul-
ture.
In any case, the Commission will report
in the context of the usual Amending
Letter in the autumn how these priori-
ties have been responded to."
3. "The Council agrees on a rigorous ap-
proach for Heading 5 and confirms that
the necessary appropriations and posts
for making enlargement a success should
be provided in 2004 Budget. The final
result must be a margin very close to
the one resulting from the Council's
first reading. It considers, neverthe-
less, that the accession of ten new
Member States should be used as an op-
portunity to make supplementary efforts
in the organisational structures and
management of the Institutions with a
view to increasing efficiency. The
third report of the Secretaries-General
on the evolution of Heading 5 should be
examined by both arms of the Budgetary
Authority at the November trialogue
with a view to promoting this process."
4. "The European Parliament and the Coun-
cil agree on the following procedure to
adapt the reference amounts included in
the basic acts of Community programmes
decided under the co-decision procedure
within the limits of the ceiling re-
sulting from adjustment and revision of
the Financial Perspective:
-
Parliament and Council will
endeavour to reach a political
agreement on the amounts which
should be added, following
enlargement, to the reference
amounts, at the latest on
24 November;
-
they will then invite the
Commission to present the
appropriate legislative
proposal(s);
-
the European Parliament and the
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Council will thus endeavour to
adopt the legislative act(s), under
the co-decision procedure, in time
for the possible application of the
adapted amount as from the date of
entry into force of the Accession
Treaty."
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5. (Legal bases - ex-chapter A30) "The
European Parliament and the Council
will attempt to finalise their respec-
tive positions in the relevant legisla-
tive procedures before the end of No-
vember 2003, and to keep each other and
the Commission informed of the progress
of these works.
The three institutions agree to convene
a trialogue before the Council's second
reading of the budget, with the objec-
tive to reach a common approach and, if
possible, to finally adopt the legal
bases before the end of the year 2003."
6. "The European Parliament, the Council
and the Commission:
Committed to taking all necessary
steps to make enlargement a success,
in particular to ensure that the
budgetary appropriations necessary
for the enlarged Union are available
as from 1 May 2004 without discrimi-
nation between Member States;
Acknowledging that the financial
framework legally in force is the Fi-
nancial Perspective after adaptation
following enlargement and revision on
19 May 2003;
agree that the amounts entered in
budget documents for the current 15
Member States (EU-15) and those for the
enlarged Union (EU-25) are both part of
the budgetary procedure:
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The amounts for EU-15 shall be
entered in Budget 2004 as published
in January 2004;
-
The amounts for EU-25 will be part
of the political agreement to be
reached in December 2003, and shall
be entered in Budget 2004 after
adoption of the Amending Budget
provided in the Treaty of
Accession, Article 28.
The Commission proposed EU-25 amounts
in PDB 2004, while including for each
budget line the proposed amount for EU-
15.
The Council will formally enter in
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DB 2004 amounts for EU-15, while agree-
ing politically on its first Reading
position on figures for EU-25.
The Parliament, in its first Reading,
will amend DB 2004, resulting in ex-
plicit figures for both EU-25 and EU-
15.


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In the conciliation procedure between
the first Reading of the Parliament and
the second Reading of the Council, as
provided in the Inter-institutional
Agreement of 6 May 1999, both arms of
the budgetary authority should reach an
agreement on amounts for EU-15 and for
EU-25, enabling the European Parliament
to subsequently adopt on that basis
Budget 2004 with figures for EU-15 and
so enable the Commission to prepare a
Preliminary Draft Amending Budget in
the first quarter of 2004 for the budg-
eting of the amounts for EU-25, to be
adopted by the budgetary authority in
time to enter into force on 1 May 2004.
Therefore, both institutions are com-
mitted to publishing, within each of
their readings, a table showing the
amounts for EU-15 and for EU-25 for
each budget line, on the model of An-
nex 1 to Volume 4, Book 2 of PDB 2004.
In addition, they will ensure a techni-
cal co-operation between their services
so as to facilitate the work of each
institution."
1)
you can agree on transfer of appropriations n°18/2003 as recorded
in doc. SEC(2003) 784 final
Please answer YES, NO or ABSTENTION to each of these questions.
Any unilateral statements must be made separately.
Replies must reach the Council General Secretariat by 17.00 on 18 July
2003 at the latest. They may be faxed to 02 285 92 98, marked for the
attention of Mr GOMEZ LASAGA.
Javier SOLANA
Secretary-General/High Representative
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