Maria da Graça Carvalho is substitute member of the Committee SURE or Special Committee on Policy Challenges and Budgetary Resources for a Sustainable European Union after 2013.
Responsibilities of the Committee Special Committee on Policy Challenges and Budgetary Resources for a Sustainable European Union after 2013:
(a) to define Parliament's political priorities for the post-2013 MFF, both in legislative terms and budgetary terms;
(b) to estimate the financial resources necessary for the Union to attain its objectives and carry out its policies for the period starting 1 January 2014;
(c) to define the duration of the next MFF;
(d) to propose, in accordance with those priorities and objectives, a structure for the future MFF, indicating the main areas of Union activity;
(e) to submit guidelines for an indicative allocation of resources between and within the different headings of expenditure of the MFF in line with the priorities and proposed structure;
(f) to specify the link between a reform of the financing system of the EU budget and a review of expenditure to provide the Committee on Budgets with a sound basis for negotiations on the new MFF.
The work of the Special Committee was completed on 30 June 2011.