Supplementary and amending budget 5/1999

The committee adopted the report by Mrs Barbara DÜHRKOP DÜHRKOP (PES, D) on the draft supplementary and amending budget (DSAB No. 5/99) to the 1999 budget. The committee supported the proposal to increase the number of new posts for OLAF and adopted an amendment designed to increase the DSAB by 25 million in payment appropriations for the Phare programme, which the Commission felt was urgently needed.