1999 budget: European Parliament's estimates

The Committee adopted a report by Vincenzo VIOLA (EPP, I) on the European Parliament's budget estimates for 1999. The overall amount submitted for approval to Parliament's plenary by the Budgets Committee is 916.1m euros, an increase of 0.88% over the 1998 figure of 910.93m ecus. This is within the Financial Perspective's 1999 guideline of 20% of the total figure of 4.723m ecus for administrative expenditure (Category 5 of the FP). The committee mentions in its resolution that the working party set up by Parliament on the Members' Statute is due to present practical proposals which may have an impact on the budget headings relating to MEPs. These are to be submitted before the 1st reading of the budget so that they can be taken into account at that stage.�