COUNCIL DECISION

of 4 September 2017

adopting the Council’s position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2018

(2017/C 303/03)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 314(3) thereof, in conjunction with the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community and in particular Article 106a thereof,

Whereas:

On 29 June 2017, the Commission submitted a proposal containing the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2018(1),

The Council examined the Commission proposal with a view to defining a position consistent, on the revenue side, with Council Decision 2014/335/EU, Euratom of 26 May 2014 on the system of own resources of the European Union(2), and, on the expenditure side, with Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020(3),

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The Council’s position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2018 was adopted by the Council on 4 September 2017.

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

Done at Brussels, 4 September 2017.

For the Council

The President

M. MAASIKAS

(1) COM(2017) 400 final.

(2)

OJ L 168, 7.6.2014, p. 105

(3)

OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884