European Parliament resolution on draft supplementary and amending budget 5/1999 to the budget of the European Union for the 1999 financial year (C5-0257/1999)
C 189/208 Official Journal of the European Communities EN 7. 7. 2000 Thursday 18 November 1999 TEXTS ADOPTED 1. SAB 5/1999 (a) C5-0257/1999 Amendment to draft supplementary and amending budget 5/1999 SECTION III ) COMMISSION ) Section B (Operating appropriations) 1999 budget PDSAB 5/1999 DSAB 5/1999 Amendment New amounts Commitments Payments Commitments Payments Commitments Payments Commitments Payments Commitments Payments B7-50 B7-500 Cooperation with countries of central and eastern Europe Aid for economic restructuring of the countries of central and eastern Europe 1 188 500 000 7 18 990 000 1 188 500 000 865 990 000 1 188 500 000 865 990 000 1 188 500 000 25 000 000 1 188 500 000 890 990 000 NOMENCLATURE: Unchanged REMARKS: Unchanged SCHEDULE: Take over schedule from PDB (b) A5-0061/1999 European Parliament resolution on draft supplementary and amending budget 5/1999 to the bud- get of the European Union for the 1999 financial year (C5-0257/1999) The European Parliament, 2 having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 272 thereof, 2 having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 234 thereof, 2 having regard to the Financial Regulation of 21 December 1977 applicable to the general budget of the European Communities, as last amended by Regulation (EC, ECSC, Euratom) No 2779/1998 (1), and in particular Article 15 thereof, 2 having regard to the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 1999, finally adopted on 17 December 1998 (2), 2 having regard to preliminary draft supplementary and amending budget 5/1999 to the 1999 budget, submitted by the Commission on 4 November 1999, 2 having regard to draft supplementary and amending budget 5/1999 to the 1999 budget, established by the Council on 15 November 1999 (C5-0257/1999), (1) OJ L 347, 23. 12. 1998, p. 3. (2) OJ L 39, 12. 2. 1999. 7. 7. 2000 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 189/209 Thursday 18 November 1999 2 having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 6 May 1999 (1), 2 having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgets (A5-0061/1999), A. whereas supplementary and amending budget 5/1999 provides for an increase in payment appropria- tions for external action of € 202 million and an increase in the number of new posts for OLAF from 15 to 30, B. whereas the necessary requirements were already partially covered by supplementary and amending budget 4/1999 and by omnibus transfer 53/1999, C. whereas the funding required is being redeployed from EAGGF Guarantee appropriations which will not be fully used in 1999; Notes that the Council has adopted draft supplementary and amending budget 5/1999 without mod- 1. ification; Observes that, once again, the Commission’s forecasts for agricultural expenditure were overesti- 2. mated, creating provisions which do not correspond to sound and efficient management; 3. Supports the proposal to increase the supplementary posts for OLAF in order to accelerate the oper- ating stage of the new structure in accordance with the requirements of the Supervisory Committee and with its resolution on SAB 4/1999 (2); 4. Approves the budgetary decision to increase DSAB 5/1999 by € 25 million in payment appropria- tions to be allocated to the Phare Programme according to the urgent needs expressed by the Commission; Calls on the Council to adopt SAB 5/1999, as modified, without modification in order not to delay 5. payments; Instructs its President to forward this budgetary decision and this resolution to the Council, the Com- 6. mission and the institutions and advisory bodies concerned. (1) OJ C 172, 18. 6. 1999, p. 1. (2) Minutes of 16. 9. 1999, Part II, Item 1. 2. Amendment of Rules of Procedure: Internal investigations conducted by European Anti-Fraud Office A5-0066/1999 Parliament’s Rules of Procedure FORMER TEXT NEW TEXT (Amendment 1) Rule 9a (new) Rule 9a Internal investigations conducted by the European Anti- Fraud Office (OLAF) The common rules laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 25 May 1999 concerning internal investiga- tions by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) compris- ing the measures needed to facilitate the smooth running of investigations conducted by the Office shall be applic- able within Parliament, pursuant to the Parliament Deci- sion annexed to these Rules of Procedure