STATEMENT

On the classification of expenditure on financial protocols with Non member countries

(Third subparagraph of paragraph 16)

The institutions agree that expenditure on financial protocols with non member countries which are concluded or renewed will be considered non compulsory.

STATEMENT

On the budgetary procedure provisions of the Treaty

(Third subparagraph of paragraph 16)

The institutions consider that the budgetary procedure provisions of the Treaty, including the arrangements relating to compulsory and non compulsory expenditure, should be reviewed at the intergovernmental conference scheduled for 1996 in order to achieve interinstitutional cooperation on a partnership basis.

STATEMENT

On a possible report from the new Commission

(Paragraph 25)

The institutions note that the new Commission installed in 1995 may present a report to the budgetary authority on the application and appropriateness of this Agreement and the financial perspective.

STATEMENT

On the European Development Fund (EDF)

The Council undertakes to examine, on the basis of a report from the Commission, the detailed arrangements and possibilities for entering the eighth EDF in the budget from 1995 onwards.

The European Parliament invites the Commission to present this report by the end of 1993.

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