This should include a programme of exercises, a programme of lessons learnt as well as training programmes and a training network, at Union and Member State level, on prevention of, preparedness for and response to disasters as called for in the Council Conclusions of 27 November 2008 on European disaster management training arrangements.

This should include a programme of exercises, a programme of lessons learnt as well as training programmes and a training network, at Union and Member State level, on prevention of, preparedness for and response to disasters as called for in the Council Conclusions of 27 November 2008 on European disaster management training arrangements.

Strongly regrets that, instead of increasing appropriations for the Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) and the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme (CIP) programmes, the Council decided to cut the Commission's proposal on corresponding budget lines, which is in clear contradiction with the recent European Council's decision to create a "Compact for growth and jobs" supporting, among others, research and development, innovation and employment; underlines the very good performances of these programmes, for which Commission reports accelerated implementation in 2012 compared to last year;

The identification and quantification of the indicators of result and impact in the programme complements, an exercise which the Commission regards as very important, was completed.

Although the Structural Fund Regulation requires commitments to be programmed in seven, normally equal, annual instalments, the Financial Regulation and the inter-institutional agreement allow for the appropriations for the 2000 budget year to be transferred to the 2001 budget year or, alternatively, for the 2000 instalment to be reprogrammed over the 2002-06 budget years in the event of delays in the adoption of the programmes, in particular if negotiations overran the five-month period allowed by Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999.

Although the Structural Fund Regulation requires commitments to be programmed in seven, normally equal, annual instalments, the Financial Regulation and the inter-institutional agreement allow for the appropriations for the 2000 budget year to be transferred to the 2001 budget year or, alternatively, for the 2000 instalment to be reprogrammed over the 2002-06 budget years in the event of delays in the adoption of the programmes, in particular if negotiations overran the five-month period allowed by Regulation (EC) No 1260/1999.