Supplementary and amending budget 5/2001: section I Parliament

PURPOSE : to present the draft supplementary and amending budget No 5 of the European Communities for the financial year 2001 (Section I - Parliament). CONTENT : on 30 November 2001, the Commission sent to the Council preliminary draft supplementary and amending budget No 5 for the financial year 2001. It concerns Section I (Parliament) and relates solely to the Parliament's investment in immovable property. As announced during conciliation on the 2002 draft budget on 21 November 2001, the European Parliament proposes to make an advance payment of expenditure linked to funding the construction of its Louise Weiss building in Strasbourg, with the aim of saving interest payments and thus reducing the burden of future budgets. In this context, the Council would refer to the Parliament delegation's undertaking, given in the statement made during the abovementioned conciliation, to reduce its corresponding estimates for 2003 by an equivalent amount. The request for appropriations is for EUR 24 800 000 to be entered in Article 200 of its budget and corresponds to the margin currently available under heading 5 of the financial perspective. Moreover, on 6 December 2001, the Council established draft supplementary and amending budget No 5 for the financial year 2001 in accordance with the Commission proposal. Under the supplementary and amending budget No 5 for the financial year 2001, total expenditure stands at EUR 96 995,5 million in commitment appropriations and EUR 93 780,0 million in payment appropriations.�