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| For other Amendment(s) see the following page(s) of Supplement to Votes:
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| European Union Bill, As Amended |
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| | Certain decisions under Article 312 of TFEU requiring approval by Act and by |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | A Minister of the Crown may not vote in favour of or otherwise support a decision |
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| | to which this subsection applies unless— |
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| | (a) | the draft decision is approved by Act of Parliament, and |
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| | (b) | the referendum condition is met. |
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| | (2) | The referendum condition is that set out in section 3(2), with references to a |
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| | decision being read for the purposes of subsection (1) as references to a draft |
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| | (3) | Subject to subsection (6), subsection (1) applies to a decision under Article 312(2) |
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| | of TFEU to adopt a regulation laying down the first multiannual financial |
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| | framework of the European Union for the period following 2013, where that |
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| | multiannual financial framework would include— |
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| | (a) | an initial annual ceiling on total EU payment appropriations that was |
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| | higher than the ceiling on total EU payment appropriations for 2013 in |
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| | the multiannual financial framework covering 2013, taking account of an |
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| | adjustment of the 2013 ceiling for inflation, |
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| | (b) | subsequent annual ceilings on total EU payment appropriations, some or |
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| | all of which increased from the previous year, or could increase from the |
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| | previous year without revision of the multiannual financial framework |
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| | through the procedure laid down in Article 312(2) of TFEU, by more than |
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| | an adjustment for inflation, |
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| | (c) | an initial annual ceiling on total EU commitment appropriations that was |
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| | not lower than the ceiling on total EU commitment appropriations for |
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| | 2013 in the multiannual financial framework covering 2013, taking |
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| | account of an adjustment of the 2013 ceiling for inflation, or |
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| | (d) | subsequent annual ceilings on total EU commitment appropriations, |
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| | some or all of which were at least as high as the previous year’s ceiling |
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| | adjusted for inflation, or could be at least as high as the previous year’s |
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| | ceiling adjusted for inflation without revision of the multiannual |
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| | financial framework through the procedure laid down in Article 312(2) |
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| | (4) | For the purposes of subsection (3), the only relevant adjustments for inflation are |
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| | those used by the EU for the figures involved. |
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| | (5) | Subject to subsection (6), subsection (1) also applies to a decision under Article |
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| | 312(2) of TFEU to adopt a regulation revising the first multiannual financial |
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| | framework of the European Union for the period following 2013, where that |
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| | regulation would cause the multiannual financial framework to include provision |
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| | identified in subsection (3) when the framework had not done so before. |
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| | (6) | Inclusion of provision to enable EU payment or commitment appropriations to be |
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| | reallocated between the annual ceilings of the same type of appropriation in a |
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| | multiannual financial framework does not of itself cause a regulation laying down |
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| | or revising a multiannual financial framework to fall under subsection (1).’. |
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| Page 9, line 3 [Clause 10], leave out subsection (2). |
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| Page 4, line 43 [Clause 6], at end insert— |
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| | ‘(2A) | A Minister of the Crown may not confirm the approval by the United Kingdom |
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| | of a decision under the provision of Article 218(8) of TFEU for the accession of |
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| | the European Union to the European Convention for the Protection of Human |
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| | Rights and Fundamental Freedoms in accordance with Article 6(2) of TEU |
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| | (a) | the decision is approved by Act of Parliament, and |
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| | (b) | the referendum condition is met.’. |
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| Page 6, line 39 [Clause 7], at end add— |
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| | ‘(i) | a decision under Article 312(2) of TFEU to adopt a regulation laying |
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| | down or revising the multiannual financial framework of the European |
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| | Union, unless the decision falls under section (Certain decisions under |
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| | Article 312 of TFEU requiring approval by Act and by referendum).’. |
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| | Certain decisions under Article 311 of TFEU |
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| To move the following Clause:— |
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| | ‘(1) | A Minister of the Crown may not confirm the approval by the United Kingdom |
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| | of a decision to which this subsection applies unless— |
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| | (a) | the decision is approved by Act of Parliament, and |
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| | (b) | the referendum condition or the exemption condition is met. |
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| | (2) | Subsection (1) applies to a decision under the third paragraph of Article 311 of |
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| | TFEU to adopt a decision laying down provisions relating to the system of own |
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| | resources of the European Union, where the decision adopted contains provision |
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| | for payment to the EU as own resources, without the need for a further decision |
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| | under the third paragraph of Article 311 of TFEU, of some or all of the revenues |
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| | from a tax or other levy on natural or non-State legal persons that is established |
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| | or which may be established by EU law (including by that decision). |
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| | (3) | The referendum condition is that set out in section 3(2). |
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| | (4) | Subject to subsection (5), the exemption condition is that the Act providing for |
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| | the approval of the decision states that— |
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| | (a) | under the provisions relating to the system of own resources of the |
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| | European Union in force at that time, revenues from the tax or other levy |
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| | referred to in subsection (2), or from a tax or other levy that is very |
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| | similar and which is established or may be established by EU law, are |
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| | already paid in whole or part to the EU as own resources or may be paid |
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| | in whole or part to the EU as own resources without a further decision |
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| | under the third paragraph of Article 311 of TFEU, and |
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| | (b) | the adopted decision to which the decision relates does not contain |
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| | provision that is likely to require or allow a significant increase in the |
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| | amount or proportion of revenue obtained in the United Kingdom in any |
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| | one year from the tax or other levy referred to in subsection (2) that is or |
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| | may be paid to the EU as own resources, compared to that required or |
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| | allowed by the provisions relating to the system of own resources of the |
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| | European Union in force at that time. |
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| | (5) | Where a statement as per subsection 4(a) is made that revenues from a very |
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| | similar tax or other levy to the tax or other levy referred to in subsection (2) are |
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| | or may already be paid in whole or part to the EU as own resources, the statement |
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| | for the purposes of subsection 4(b) may state that the adopted decision to which |
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| | the decision relates does not contain provision that is likely to require or allow to |
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| | be paid to the EU as own resources an amount or proportion of revenue obtained |
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| | in the United Kingdom in any one year from the tax or other levy referred to in |
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| | subsection (2) that is significantly greater than the amount or proportion of |
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| | revenue obtained in the United Kingdom in any one year from the very similar |
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| | tax or other levy required or allowed to be paid to the EU as own resources by the |
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| | provisions relating to the system of own resources of the European Union in force |
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| Page 6, line 21 [Clause 7], after ‘Union’, insert ‘, unless the decision falls under |
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| section (Certain decisions under Article 311 of TFEU)’. |
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