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From · plenary report· 14 Dec 2020
on the draft Council regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027
To · adopted text· 16 Dec 2020
Council regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 ***
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Part 4 of 9: Paragraphs 144–178
35 unchanged paragraphs
Article 14 Revision related to implementation
When notifying the European Parliament and the Council of the results of the technical adjustments to the MFF, the Commission shall, where appropriate, submit any proposal to revise the total appropriations for payments which it considers necessary, in the light of implementation, to ensure a sound management of the yearly payment ceilings, and in particular their orderly progression in relation to the appropriations for commitments.
Article 15 Revision in the event of a revision of the Treaties
In the event of a revision of the Treaties with budgetary implications, the MFF shall be revised accordingly.
Article 16 Revision in the event of enlargement of the Union
In the event of an accession or accessions to the Union, the MFF shall be revised to take account of the expenditure requirements resulting therefrom.
Article 17 Revision in the event of the reunification of Cyprus
In the event of the reunification of Cyprus, the MFF shall be revised to take account of the comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus problem and the additional financial needs resulting from the reunification.
Chapter 5 Contribution to the financing of large-scale projects
Article 18 Contribution to the financing of large-scale projects
1. A maximum amount of EUR 13 202 million (in 2018 prices) shall be available from the general budget of the Union for the period 2021 to 2027 for large-scale projects under the Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing the space programme of the Union and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme.
2. A maximum amount of EUR 5 000 million (in 2018 prices) shall be available from the general budget of the Union for the period 2021 to 2027 for the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor project (ITER).
Chapter 6 Interinstitutional cooperation in the budgetary procedure
Article 19 Interinstitutional cooperation in the budgetary procedure
1. The Institutions shall take measures to facilitate the annual budgetary procedure.
2. The Institutions shall cooperate in good faith throughout the procedure with a view to reconciling their positions. The Institutions shall, at all stages of the procedure, cooperate through appropriate interinstitutional contacts in order to monitor the progress of the work and analyse the degree of convergence.
3. The Institutions shall ensure that their respective calendars of work are coordinated as far as possible, in order to enable proceedings to be conducted in a coherent and convergent way, leading to the final adoption of the general budget of the Union.
4. Trilogues may be held at all stages of the procedure and at different levels of representation, depending on the nature of the expected discussions. Each institution, in accordance with its own rules of procedure, shall designate its participants for each meeting, set out its mandate for the negotiations and inform the other institutions in good time of the arrangements for the meetings.
Article 20 Unity of the budget
All expenditure and revenue of the Union and the European Atomic Energy Community shall be included in the general budget of the Union in accordance with Article 7 of the Financial Regulation, including expenditure resulting from any relevant decision taken unanimously by the Council after consulting the European Parliament, in the framework of Article 332 TFEU.
Chapter 7 Final provisions
Article 21 Transition towards the next multiannual financial framework
Before 1 July 2025, the Commission shall present a proposal for a new multiannual financial framework.
Article 22 Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2021.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels,
For the Council
The President
ANNEX I
MULTIANNUAL FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK (EU-27)
(EUR million - 2018 prices)
ANNEX II
PROGRAMME-SPECIFIC ADJUSTMENT – LIST OF PROGRAMMES, DISTRIBUTION KEY AND TOTAL ADDITIONAL ALLOCATION OF COMMITMENT APPROPRIATIONS