COUNCIL DECISION

of 22 June 2018

adopting the Council’s position on draft amending budget No 3 of the European Union for the financial year 2018

(2018/C 223/06)

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) No 966/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union and repealing Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 (1) and in particular Article 41 thereof,

Whereas:

— the Union's budget for the financial year 2018 was definitively adopted on 30 November 2017 (2),

— on 23 May 2018, the Commission submitted a proposal containing draft amending budget No 3 to the general budget for the financial year 2018,

— so as to be able to cover funding needs related to the extension of the Facility for Refugees in Turkey and thus ensure continuity, draft amending budget No 3 to the general budget for 2018 needs to be adopted without delay. 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 2018 was adopted on 22 June 2018.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 22 June 2018.

For the Council

The President

V. GORANOV

(1)  

OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1

.

(2)  

OJ L 57, 28.2.2018, p. 1

.