Amending budget 5/2010: guarantee provided by the EU for financial assistance, new budget item and new article

The European Parliament adopted by 467 votes to 41, with 19 abstentions, a resolution approving unamended the Council’s position on Draft amending budget No 7/2010 of the European Union for the financial year 2010, Section III - Commission.

Parliament recalled that this draft amending budget covered the necessary modifications concerning the creation of a new budget item 01 04 01 03 for the guarantee provided by the European Union in accordance with the provisions of Article 122(2) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and, correspondingly, a new Article 802 on the revenue side. The purpose of the draft amending budget was to formally enter these adjustments into the 2010 budget.