# Financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union: simplification

European Parliament procedure 2016/0282(COD) (COD - Ordinary legislative procedure (ex-codecision procedure), 8th term, committee AGRI / BUDG / CONT / DEVE / EMPL / ITRE / LIBE / PECH / REGI / TRAN). Stage: Awaiting Parliament 1st reading / single reading / budget 1st stage. 1,364 committee amendments tabled by 154 Members between 2017-03-06 and 2017-04-18.

## What the amendments focus on

This dossier concerns the simplification of the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union. The amendments revise provisions on indirect implementation through Member State organisations, the creation, governance and reporting of Union trust funds, and the conditions for keeping funds of the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA II), the European Neighbourhood Instrument and the development cooperation instrument (DCI) unallocated.

## Most active Members on this file

| Member | Country | Group | Amendments | Markdown |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bart STAES | Belgium | Verts/ALE | 129 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/4751.md |
| Indrek TARAND | Estonia | Verts/ALE | 128 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/97136.md |
| Luke Ming FLANAGAN | Ireland | GUE/NGL | 91 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124985.md |
| Inés AYALA SENDER | Spain | S&D | 89 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28292.md |
| Georgi PIRINSKI | Bulgaria | S&D | 72 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124855.md |
| Daniel BUDA | Romania | PPE | 67 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125012.md |
| Vladimír MAŇKA | Slovakia | S&D | 60 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28192.md |
| Marco ZANNI | Italy | ID | 59 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124780.md |
| Laurenţiu REBEGA | Romania | ECR | 58 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/124792.md |
| Ingeborg GRÄSSLE | Germany | PPE | 56 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28220.md |
| Viorica DĂNCILĂ | Romania | S&D | 53 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/95281.md |
| Marco ZULLO | Italy | RE | 49 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125237.md |
| Richard ASHWORTH | United Kingdom | PPE | 48 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/28132.md |
| Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS | Spain | PPE | 45 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/125027.md |
| José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA | Spain | PPE | 45 | https://amendeu.com/md/meps/2002.md |

## Official source documents

- PE600.921: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/PECH-AM-600921_EN.pdf
- PE600.928: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/ITRE-AM-600928_EN.pdf
- PE601.013: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/TRAN-AM-601013_EN.pdf
- PE601.045: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/REGI-AM-601045_EN.pdf
- PE601.213: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/AGRI-AM-601213_EN.pdf
- PE601.227: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/doceo/document/EMPL-AM-601227_EN.pdf

Full amendment texts, votes and exports: https://amendeu.com/dossiers/2016-0282-COD · machine-readable: https://amendeu.com/data/dossiers/2016-0282-COD.json

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