COUNCIL DECISION

of 11 October 2016

adopting the Council’s position on draft amending budget No 3 of the European Union for the financial year 2016

(2016/C 378/01)

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) 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 2016 was definitively adopted on 25 November 2015(2)

— on 30 June 2016, the Commission submitted a proposal containing draft amending budget No 3 to the general budget for the financial year 2016,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The Council’s position on draft amending budget No 3 of the European Union for the financial year 2016 was adopted on 11 October 2016.

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

Done at Luxembourg, 11 October 2016.

For the Council

The President

P. KAŽIMÍR

(1)

OJ L 298, 26.10.2012, p. 1

(2)

OJ L 48, 24.2.2016, p. 1