COUNCIL DECISION

adopting the Council position on draft amending budget No 1 of the European Union for the financial year 2012

2012/C 116/01

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

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

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC, Euratom) No 1605/2002 of 25 June 2002 on the Financial Regulation applicable to the general budget of the European Communities(1), as last amended by Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1081/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010(2), and in particular Article 37 thereof,

Whereas:

— the Union's budget for the financial year 2012 was definitively adopted on 1 December 2011(3),

— on 27 January 2012, the Commission submitted a proposal containing draft amending budget No 1 to the general budget for the financial year 2012,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The Council's position on draft amending budget No 1 of the European Union for the financial year 2012 was adopted on 26 March 2012.

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

Done at Brussels, 26 March 2012.

For the Council

The President

N. WAMMEN

(1)

OJ L 248, 16.9.2002, p. 1

, with corrigenda in

OJ L 25, 30.1.2003, p. 43

and in

OJ L 99, 14.4.2007, p. 18

(2)

OJ L 311, 26.11.2010, p. 9

(3)

OJ L 56, 29.2.2012, p. 1