Definitive adoption of the EU's general budget for the financial year 2013 - Main contents

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Legal instrument	Determining the EU budget
Original proposal	COM(2012)716
CELEX number i	32013B0102

DEFINITIVE ADOPTION

of the European Union's general budget for the financial year 2013

(2013/102/EU, Euratom)

THE PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 314 thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 106a thereof,

Having regard to Council Decision 2007/436/EC, Euratom of 7 June 2007 on the system of the European Communities' own resources (1),

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (2),

Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management, and in particular the multiannual financial framework provided for in Part I thereof and set out in Annex I thereto (3),

Having regard to the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, which the Commission presented on 25 April 2012,

Having regard to the position on the draft budget of the European Union, which the Council adopted on 24 July 2012,

Having regard to Letter of Amendment No 1/2013 to the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013 presented by the Commission on 19 October 2012,

Having regard to the resolution adopted by Parliament on 23 October 2012 on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, as modified by the Council,

Having regard to the amendments adopted by Parliament on 23 October 2012 to the draft general budget,

Having regard to the President's letter of 23 October 2012 convening, in agreement with the President of the Council, a meeting of the Conciliation Committee on 26 October 2012,

Having regard to the letter sent by the President of the Council on 23 October 2012 informing that the Council may not approve all the amendments adopted by Parliament,

Having regard to the fact that the Conciliation Committee did not agree on a joint text within the twenty-one days referred to in Article 314(6) of Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to the new draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2013, which the Commission presented on 23 November 2012 in accordance with Article 314(8) of Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to the position on the draft budget of the European Union adopted by the Council on 6 December 2012,

Having regard to Rule 75b, 75d and 75e of Parliament's Rules of Procedure,

Having regard to the Parliament's approval of the position of the Council on 12 December 2012,

DECLARES:

Sole Article

The procedure under Article 314 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union is complete and the European Union's general budget for the financial year 2013 has been definitively adopted.

Done at Strasbourg, 12 December 2012.

The President

• M. 

  SCHULZ

• (1) 

  OJ L 163, 23.6.2007, p. 17.

• (2) 

  OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1.

• (3) 

  OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.

JOINT STATEMENTS OF THE THREE INSTITUTIONS AGREED WITHIN THE CONTEXT ON THE NEGOTIATIONS ON THE 2013 BUDGET

of 10 December 2012

The President of the European Parliament, the President of the Council of the European Union and the President of the European Commission declare that the three joint statements hereafter were agreed by the three institutions in the framework of the adoption of the 2013 Budget:

Joint statement on payment appropriations for 2013

Taking into account the ongoing fiscal consolidation efforts in Member States, the European Parliament and the Council, taking note of the level of payments proposed by the Commission for 2013,...

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