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I would like to thank Parliament for its evaluation of the draft budget for 2006, Mr Pittella for his appraisal of our growing understanding and the cooperation of the Commission and Parliament as well as the manner in which all discussions and preparations for budget acceptance have taken place. In order to avoid translation-related problems, I will continue in English.
To avoid interpreting problems, I would like to give my more technical presentation in English. Mr Pitella has set us a fine example with his presentation.
I shall go through the various headings. On agricultural expenditure, under heading 1a, the Commission will, in a week’s time, present its new estimates in accordance with the new market tendencies which, according to our information, will mean a reduction in the estimates that the Commission proposed for agricultural expenditure.
As regards the second heading – structural actions – the PDB proposed by the Commission was presented and established on the basis of observed trends and our revised estimates, which do not exactly correspond with those of the Member States. The Commission will submit an amending letter at the beginning of November, bearing in mind that we will be receiving the final data from the Member States at the end of this month, so we will be coming to you in the first weeks of November with the final level, which will have to be determined in trialogue in November.
On internal policies, Parliament has tabled a lot of amendments, mainly on co-decided programmes. So, as usual, the Commission confirms that it will support any proposals in the co-decided envelope, if this is agreed between two budgetary authorities.
External action is the most difficult heading for all of us, especially because it entails pressure as regards the use of the Flexibility Instrument. Next year we will need expenditure at least for the tsunami and for sugar reform, and it is becoming clear that two further items of expenditure will be needed: support for Gaza and the earthquake in Pakistan. This defines and distinguishes clearly how we should reflect or understand the Flexibility Instrument’s usage in future, and I would like to re-confirm what I said recently in COBU: the Commission and its Legal Service understand that, for 2006, up to EUR 493 million are available under the Flexibility Instrument.
On administrative expenditure and posts, I welcome the reinstatement of all the PDB requests we presented. I also welcome the reaction from Council and Parliament to our message sent in September about recruitment, and I would like to correct a point in Mr Dombrovskis’ presentation. All 1480 posts for new Member States have been filled as at present. There are no vacant posts left. We are doing our best.
So, if EUR 16 million is to be reserved in the way proposed today, subject to very demanding conditions, which cannot be met promptly next year, we will be confronted with recruitment problems in respect of about half of the new posts proposed, some 200 to 300 posts. Nonetheless, the Commission will take the opportunity to comment on the amendments as a whole, especially those to be tabled – and which are indeed of great importance to Parliament – in our letter on implementability. I will send this to you in advance of the second reading.
We would like to wish the rapporteur and Parliament a very constructive debate and successful vote tomorrow. The Commission will be on your side, helping to reach a deal for 2006 in November or, at the latest, in December."@en1
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