L 34726 Official Journal of the European Union 24.12.2009 ACTS WHOSE PUBLICATION IS NOT OBLIGATORY DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 17 December 2009 amending the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and sound financial management as regards the multiannual financial framework — Financing projects in the field of energy in the context of the European Economic Recovery Plan (2009/1005EU) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline and sound financial management ('), and in particular to points 21, 22, first and second paragraphs, and 23 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, Whereas: (1) At the budgetary conciliation meeting of 18 November 2009 the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission agreed on the modalities for providing addi- tional financing, in the framework of the European Economic Recovery Plan, to projects in the field of energy and broadband Internet as well as investments for strengthening operations related to the ‘new chal- lenges’ defined in the context of the assessment of the 2003 mid-term reform of the common agricultural policy (Health Check’) (?). The financing requires a revision of the multiannual financial framework 2007- 2013 in accordance with points 21, 22, and 23 of the Interinstitutional Agreement, so as to raise the ceiling for the year 2010 for commitment appropriations under subheading 1la by an amount of EUR 1 779 million in current prices. (2)  The increase of the ceiling for subheading 1a for the year 2010 will be fully offset by decreasing the ceilings for () O] C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1. () COM(2008) 800, COM(2008) 859, COM(2009) 171 and O] L 132, 29.5.2009, p. 8. commitment appropriations under headings 1a, 1b, 2, 3a and 5 for the year 2009 as well as the ceilings for commitment appropriations under headings la, 2 and 5 for 2010. (3) In order to keep an appropriate relationship between commitments and payments, the annual ceilings for payment appropriations will be adjusted. The adjustment will be neutral. (4)  Annex I of the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and sound financial management should therefore be amended accordingly (3), HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Sole Article Annex 1 to the Interinstitutional Agreement on budgetary discipline and sound financial management is replaced by the Annex to this Decision. Done at Strasbourg, 17 December 2009. For the Council The President H. LINDBLAD For the European Parliament The President J. BUZEK (’) For that purpose, the figures resulting from the above agreement are converted into 2004 prices.