Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument to finance immediate budgetary measures to address the on-going migration, refugee and security crisis

The Council Regulation (EU, EURATOM) No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 allows for the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument to allow the financing of clearly identified expenditure which could not be financed within the limits of the ceilings available for one or more headings of the multiannual financial framework.

In accordance with Article 11 of Council Regulation No 1311/2013 and point 12 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, after having examined all possibilities for re-allocating appropriations and exhausted any unallocated margin under the expenditure heading Security and Citizenship (heading 3), the Commission proposes to mobilise the Flexibility Instrument in 2017, for which the ceiling on the annual amount available is €471 million (2011 prices) corresponding to €530 million in current prices.

This mobilisation concerns an amount of €530 million beyond the ceiling of heading 3 of the multiannual financial framework, and is intended to finance support for measures for managing the migration, refugee and security crisis.

See also:
- Communication from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament. Technical adjustment of the financial framework for 2017 in line with movements in GNI and adjustment of cohesion policy envelopes
- Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Union Solidarity Fund to provide for the payment of advances in the general budget of the Union for 2017
- Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the Contingency Margin in 2017

• Primary Source

EUR-Lex: COM(2016)313: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2016:313:FIN

ESO: Background information: Draft EU Budget 2017: Commission proposes a budget focused on priorities - growth, jobs and a solid response to the refugee crisis http://www.europeansources.info/record/draft-eu-budget-2017-commission-proposes-a-budget-focused-on-priorities-growth-jobs-and-a-solid-response-to-the-refugee-crisis/

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