Common use of AGENCIES AND EUROPEAN SCHOOLS Clause in Contracts

AGENCIES AND EUROPEAN SCHOOLS. When the Commission presents its proposal for the creation of any new agency, the Commission will assess the budgetary implications for the expenditure heading concerned. On the basis of that information and without prejudice to the legislative procedures governing the setting up of the agency, the two arms of the budgetary authority commit themselves, in the framework of budgetary cooperation, to arrive at a timely agreement on the financing of the agency. A similar procedure is to be applied when the creation of a new European school is envisaged. The following procedural steps will be applied: – Firstly, the Commission will systematically present any proposal for setting up a new agency to the first trilogue following the adoption of its proposal, and will present the financial statement accompanying the legal act proposing the creation of the agency and illustrate its consequences for the remaining period of the financial programming; – Secondly, taking into consideration the progress made in the legislative process, and provided that each arm of the budgetary authority is in a position to take a stance on the financial consequences of the proposal in advance of the adoption of the legal act, the creation of the new agency will be placed on the agenda of a subsequent trilogue (in urgent cases, in simplified form), in view of reaching an agreement on the financing; – Thirdly, the agreement reached during a trilogue will be confirmed in a joint declaration, subject to the approval by each arm of the budgetary authority in accordance with its own rules of procedure.

AGENCIES AND EUROPEAN SCHOOLS. When the Commission presents its proposal for the creation of any new agency, the Commission will assess the budgetary implications for the expenditure heading concerned. On the basis of that information and without prejudice to the legislative procedures governing the setting up of the agency, the two arms of the budgetary authority commit themselves, in the framework of budgetary cooperation, to arrive at a timely agreement on the financing of the agency. A similar procedure is to be applied when the creation of a new European school is envisaged. The following procedural steps will be applied: – Firstlyfirstly, the Commission will systematically present any proposal for setting up a new agency to the first trilogue following the adoption of its proposal, and will present the financial statement accompanying the legal act proposing the creation of the agency and illustrate its consequences for the remaining period of the financial programming; – Secondlysecondly, taking into consideration the progress made in the legislative process, and provided that each arm of the budgetary authority is in a position to take a stance on the financial consequences of the proposal in advance of the adoption of the legal act, the creation of the new agency will be placed on the agenda of a subsequent trilogue (in urgent cases, in simplified form), in view of reaching an agreement on the financing; – Thirdlythirdly, the agreement reached during a trilogue will be confirmed in a joint declaration, subject to the approval by each arm of the budgetary authority in accordance with its own rules of procedure.