Legal provisions of COM(2017)452 - Amendment of Decision 2003/76/EC on measures for implementation of the Protocol with regard to expiry of the ECSC Treaty and on the Research Fund for Coal and Steel

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dossier COM(2017)452 - Amendment of Decision 2003/76/EC on measures for implementation of the Protocol with regard to expiry of the ECSC Treaty and ...
document COM(2017)452 EN
date April 16, 2018

Contents

Article 1

Decision 2003/76/EC is amended as follows:

(1)in Article 4, paragraphs 4 and 5 are replaced by the following:

‘4.   Unused revenue and appropriations deriving from this revenue still available on 31 December in any given year, as well as amounts recovered, shall be carried over automatically to the following year. Those appropriations may not be transferred to other budget items.

5. Budgetary appropriations corresponding to cancellations of commitments shall automatically lapse at the end of each financial year. Provisions for commitments released as a result of the cancellations shall be made available to the Research Fund for Coal and Steel.’;

(2)the following Article is inserted:

‘Article 4a

The amount corresponding to cancellations of commitments made since 24 July 2002 pursuant to Article 4(5) shall be made available to the Research Fund for Coal and Steel on 10 May 2018.’.

Article 2

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

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.