Interinstitutional agreement of 13 October 1998 on legal bases and implementation of the budget
12. 11. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 344/1 I (Information) EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT COUNCIL COMMISSION INTERINSTITUTIONAL AGREEMENT of 13 October 1998 on legal bases and implementation of the budget (98/C 344/01) 1. Under the system of the Treaty, implementation of for any in appropriations entered Community action requires the prior adoption of a basic act. the budget A "basic act’ is an act of secondary legislation which provides a legal basis for the Community action and for the implementation of the corresponding expenÜ diture entered in the budget. Such an act must take the form of a Regulation, a Directive or a Decision (Entscheidung or Beschlu¤). Recommendations and Opinions do not constitute basic acts, nor do Resolutions or Declarations. 2. However, the following may be implemented without a basic act as long as the actions which they are intended to finance fall within the competence of the Community: (a) (i) appropriations for pilot schemes of an experiÜ mental nature aimed at testing the feasibility of an action and its usefulness. The relevant commitment appropriations may be entered in the budget for only two financial years. Their total amount may not exceed EUR 32 million; (ii) appropriations relating to preparatory actions intended to prepare proposals with a view to the adoption of future Community actions. follow a The preparatory actions must coherent approach and may take various forms. The relevant commitment approÜ priations may be entered in the budget for only three financial years at most. The legisÜ lative procedure should be concluded before the end of the third financial year. During the the course of commitment must correspond to the particular features of the preparatory action as regards the activities legislative procedure, appropriations the of envisaged, the aims pursued and the persons impleÜ benefited. Consequently, the means mented cannot correspond in volume to those envisaged for financing the definitive action itself. The total amount of the new headings concerned may not exceed EUR 30 million per financial year and the total amount of the appropriations actually committed in respect of the preparatory actions may not exceed EUR 75 million. is When the preliminary draft budget (PDB) presented, the Commission will submit a report on the actions referred to in points (i) and (ii) which will also cover the objective of the action, follow up an assessment of results and envisaged; the (b) appropriations concerning actions of a specific, or even the indefinite, nature carried out by Commission by virtue of tasks resulting from its prerogatives at institutional level, other than its right of legislative initiative as referred to in point (a), and specific powers directly conferred upon it by the Treaty. A list is contained in the Annex. The list may be supplemented, in the presentation of the PDB, with an indication of the Articles in question and the amounts concerned; (c) appropriations intended for the operation of each institution under its administrative autonomy. 3. This interinstitutional agreement shall enter into force on the date when it is signed by the representatives of the three institutions. It shall apply from that date, for the continuation of the 1999 budget procedure and to the budgets for subsequent financial years, unless one of the three institutions denounces it. C 344/2 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 12. 11. 98 Hecho en Bruselas, el trece de octubre de mil novecientos noventa y ocho. Udf»rdiget i Bruxelles den trettende oktober nitten hundrede og otteoghalvfems. Geschehen zu Brüssel am dreizehnten Oktober neunzehnhundertachtundneunzig. Egine stiw Bryj~llew, stiw d~ka treiw Oktvbròoy xòlia enniakösia enenþnta okt×. Done at Brussels on the thirteenth day of October in the year one thousand nine hundred and ninety eight. Fait { Bruxelles, le treize octobre mil neuf cent quatre vingt dix huit. Fatto a Bruxelles, addó tredici ottobre millenovecentonovantotto. Gedaan te Brussel, de dertiende oktober negentienhonderd achtennegentig. Feito em Bruxelas, em treze de Outubro de mil novecentos e noventa e oito. Tehty Brysseliss… kolmantenatoista p…iv…n… lokakuuta vuonna tuhatyhdeks…nsataayhdeks…nÜ kymment…kahdeksan. Som skedde i Bryssel den trettonde oktober nittonhundranittio¿tta. 12. 11. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 344/3 Por el Parlamento Europeo For EuropaÜParlamentet Für das Europ…ische Parlament Gia to Eyrvpaıkö Koinoboÿlio For the European Parliament Pour le Parlement europ~en Per il Parlamento europeo Voor het Europees Parlement Pelo Parlamento Europeu Euroopan parlamentin puolesta F‰r Europaparlamentet Por el Consejo de la Uniön Europea For R¿det for Den Europ»iske Union Für den Rat der Europ…ischen Union Gia to Symboÿlio thw Eyrvpaıkþw Envshw For the Council of the European Union Pour le Conseil de l’Union europ~enne Per il Consiglio dell’Unione europea Voor de Raad van de Europese Unie Pelo Conselho da Uni}o Europeia Euroopan unionin neuvoston puolesta F‰r Europeiska unionens r¿d Por la Comisiön Europea For EuropaÜKommissionen Für die Europ…ische Kommission Gia thn Eyrvpaıkþ Epitropþ For the European Commission Pour la Commission europ~enne Per la Commissione europea Voor de Europese Commissie Pelo Comiss}o Europeia Euroopan komission puolesta F‰r Europeiska kommissionen C 344/4 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 12. 11. 98 ANNEX List of Articles of the EC and EAEC Treaties which directly confer powers on the Commission which are specific and likely to have financial implications in Part B (operating appropriations) of Section III - Commission - of the budget I. EC TREATY Article 118 Studies, opinions, consultations on social matters Article 118b Social dialogue Article 122 Special reports in the social field Article 129(2) Initiatives to promote coordination with regard to health protection Article 129c(2) Initiatives to promote coordination with regard to transÜEuropean networks Article 130(2) Initiatives to promote industrial coordination Article 130b, second paragraph Report on progress made towards achieving economic and social cohesion Article 130h(2) Initiatives to promote coordination with regard to technological research and development Article 130p Report on technological research and development Article 130x(2) Initiatives to promote the coordination of development cooperation policies II. EURATOM TREATY Chapter 6 Section 5 Article 70 Supply policy Financial support, within the programmes in the territories of Member States limits set by the budget, to prospecting Chapter 7 Article 77 et seq. Safeguards DECLARATION BY THE COMMISSION on point 2(a)(ii) The Commission declares that it reserves the right to propose that the ceiling of EUR 30 million be exceeded in the event of exceptional external circumstances