However, Parliament has no formal budgetary powers over the EDF, as the overall amount and distribution are negotiated at intergovernmental level between the Council and the Commission, with only advisory input from Parliament.
Kljub temu Parlament nima formalnih proračunskih pooblastil nad ERS, saj pogajanja o celotnem znesku in njegovi porazdelitvi potekajo na medvladni ravni med Svetom in Komisijo, Parlament pa lahko ima le svetovalno vlogo.