Implementation and financing of the general budget of the Union in 2020 in relation to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union

The European Parliament adopted by 543 votes to 30, with 46 abstentions, a legislative resolution on the draft Council Regulation on measures concerning the implementation and financing of the general budget of the European Union in 2020 in relation to the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the Union.

Parliament gave its consent to the Council Regulation.

The Council draft sets out the conditions under which the United Kingdom and persons and entities established in the United Kingdom may continue to be eligible in 2020 with regard to agreements signed with them and decisions adopted concerning them until the date of withdrawal or, where applicable, in 2019 pursuant to the Contingency Budget Regulation (Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2019/1197).

The proposed provision for the possibility to maintain the eligibility to benefit from Union financing for the UK and UK entities throughout 2020 is subject to the condition that the UK makes a written commitment to contribute to the financing of the budget for 2020 under the terms set in this proposal. In addition, the UK should commit in writing to accept the controls and audits which cover the entire implementation period of the programmes or the actions.