COUNCIL DECISION

of 18 September 2018

adopting the Council’s position on draft amending budget No 5 of the European Union for the financial year 2018

(2018/C 335/01)

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 2018 was definitively adopted on 30 November 2017 (2),

— on 10 July 2018, the Commission submitted a proposal containing draft amending budget No 5 to the general budget for the financial year 2018,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The Council’s position on draft amending budget No 5 of the European Union for the financial year 2018 was adopted on 18 September 2018.

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

Done at Brussels, 18 September 2018.

For the Council

The President

G. BLÜMEL

(1)

OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1

(2)

OJ L 57, 28.2.2018, p. 1