COUNCIL DECISION

adopting the Council’s position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021

(2020/C 323 I/01)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 314(3) thereof, in conjunction with the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community and in particular Article 106a thereof,

Whereas:

On 27 July 2020, the Commission submitted a proposal containing the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021 (1).

The Council examined the Commission proposal with a view to defining a position consistent, on the revenue side, with Council Decision 2014/335/EU, Euratom of 26 May 2014 on the system of own resources of the European Union (2), and, on the expenditure side, with the draft Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 as broadly approved in Coreper on 29 July 2020.

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The Council’s position on the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2021 was adopted by the Council on 29 September 2020.

The full text can be accessed for consultation or downloading on the Council’s website: http://www.consilium.europa.eu/

Done at Brussels, on 29 September 2020.

For the Council

The President

M. ROTH

(1) COM(2020) 300 final.

(2)

OJ L 168, 7.6.2014, p. 105