Mobilisation of the flexibility instrument 2015

Decision (EU) 2015/421 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2014

Commission's proposal: COM(2014) 349 – 11 June 2014
Council's position: 18 December 2014
Parliament's position: 17 December 2014

Article 11 of Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 allows the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument within the annual ceiling of EUR 471 million (2011 prices) to allow the financing of clearly identified expenditure which could not be financed within the limits of the ceilings available for one or more other headings. After having examined all possibilities for re-allocating appropriations under sub-heading 1b, it appears necessary to mobilise the Flexibility Instrument to complement the financing in the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015, beyond the ceiling of sub-heading 1b, by EUR 83 285 595 towards the financing of the Cypriot Structural Funds programmes, to grant an additional allocation from the Structural Funds to Cyprus for the year 2015 for a total amount of EUR 100 000 000.

For the financial year 2014, the European Parliament and the Council have already mobilised the Flexibility Instrument by Decision of 20 November 2013 for the financing of the Cypriot Structural Funds programmes for an amount of EUR 89 330 000 in commitment appropriations only. Taking into account the supplementary nature of the Flexibility Instrument, it is necessary to provide additional payment appropriations to cover the additional commitment appropriations for Cyprus for the two financial years 2014 and 2015 on the basis of the expected payment profile, estimated to EUR 11,3 million in 2015, EUR 45,7 million in 2016, EUR 75,4 million in 2017 and EUR 40,2 million in 2018. The annual amounts for each year of the period 2015-2018 will have to be confirmed by each draft budget presented by the Commission during this period.

Decision (EU) 2015/2248 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 October 2015

Commission's proposal: COM(2015) 486 – 30 September 2015
Council's position: 28 October 2015
Parliament's position: 14 October 2015

Article 11 of Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 allows the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument within the annual ceiling of EUR 471 million (2011 prices) to allow the financing of clearly identified expenditure which could not be financed within the limits of the ceilings available for one or more other headings. After having examined all possibilities for re-allocating appropriations under the expenditure ceiling for heading 3 (Security and Citizenship), it appears necessary to mobilise the Flexibility Instrument to complement the financing in the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015 by EUR 66,1 million to finance measures in the field of migration. The payment appropriations corresponding to the mobilisation of the Flexibility Instrument are EUR 52,9 million in 2016 and EUR 13,2 million in 2017.