Traduction de «FED » (Français → Anglais) :

81. Welcomes the Commission's commitment to propose EDF budgetisation for 2020, when the Cotonou Agreement expires; expects the Commission to honour this commitment and to take appropriate measures to facilitate incorporating the EDF into the Union's budget starting with the post-2020 MFF; is of the opinion that, in light of the current budgetary and economic crisis, the risk of EDF budgetisation leading to a decrease in the overall funding level for cooperation with ACP partners is too high at present; insists therefore that, were budgetisation to be considered for the MFF 2014-2020, it must imply transferring the entire EDF financial envelope as proposed by the Commission (EUR 30,3 billion in 2011 prices) to heading 4 on Global Europe ...[+++]and should under no circumstances be used as a pretext for reducing overall spending ceilings for Union's external action in general, and development assistance in particular;

15. Notes that the Sixth EDF was closed in 2006, and that the Commission plans to close the Seventh EDF in 2008; notes that, with the start of the Tenth EDF in 2008, the Commission will continue to implement four EDFs simultaneously; requests the Commission to prioritise the closure of the Seventh, Eighth and Ninth EDFs;

13. Welcomes the Commission's intention to reopen the debate on EDF budgetisation concurrently with the mid-term review of the Tenth EDF; stresses that budgetisation would greatly favour the democratic control and accountability of the EDF; stresses that integrating the EDF in the general budget of the European Union is also an appropriate way of addressing the recurrent problems linked to the slow and cumbersome nature of the intergovernmental ratification process;

12. Recalls that, in its previous discharge resolutions, Parliament had strongly supported the integration of the EDF in the general budget of the European Union, since this would remove many of the complications and difficulties of implementing successive EDFs, help speed up disbursement and eliminate the current democratic deficit; regrets that the EDF was not budgetised under the financial framework 2007 to 2013, but remained a separate financial instrument; considers that the budgetisation of the EDF should be a priority objective for the financial framework after 2013;

Transfers to the 10th EDF of the balances remaining from resources constituted under the Internal Agreements relating to the seventh (15), eighth (16) and Ninth (17) EDFs (hereinafter previous EDFs) shall be made in accordance with Article 1(2)(b), (3) and (4) of the Internal Agreement.

The Internal Agreement defines the various financial envelopes of the 10th European Development Fund (hereinafter referred to as the EDF), the contribution key and contributions to the 10th EDF, sets up the EDF Committee and the Investment Facility Committee (hereinafter referred to as the IF Committee), and determines the voting weight and qualified majority rule therein.