COUNCIL DECISION

of 6 May 2020

adopting the Council’s position on draft amending budget No 3 of the European Union for the financial year 2020

(2020/C 152 I/01)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 314 thereof, in conjunction with the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 106a thereof,

Having regard to Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union, amending Regulations (EU) No 1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) No 1316/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) No 283/2014, and Decision No 541/2014/EU and repealing Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 (1), and in particular Article 44 thereof,

Whereas:

— the Union’s budget for the financial year 2020 was definitively adopted on 27 November 2019 (2),

— on 15 April 2020, the Commission submitted a proposal containing draft amending budget No 3 to the general budget for the financial year 2020,

— the COVID-19 situation, including recent measures requiring additional financing for the budget, is putting increased pressure on Member States’ finances. The swift adoption of draft amending budget No 3/2020, entering the surplus from the financial year 2019 in the budget for 2020, is therefore required with a view to taking this revenue into account as early as possible for the purpose of own resources entries. Therefore, it is justified to shorten, in accordance with Article 3(3) of the Council’s Rules of Procedure, the eight-week period for the information of national Parliaments laid down in Article 4 of Protocol No 1,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The Council’s position on draft amending budget No 3 of the European Union for the financial year 2020 was adopted on 6 May 2020.

The full text can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the Council’s website: http://www.consilium.europa.eu/

Done at Brussels, 6 May 2020.

For the Council

The President

G. GRLIĆ RADMAN

(1)  

OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1

.

(2)  

OJ L 57, 27.2.2020, p. 1

.