1998 discharge: ECSC budget

The committee adopted the report by Bashir KHANBAI (EPP/ED, UK) which recommended that discharge be granted in respect of management of the ECSC for the 1998 financial year but required the following reports to be submitted before 15 August 2000: (a) a report by OLAF on the follow-up to allegations of fraud communicated in November 1998 to the Commission and transmitted to the Guardia di Finanza in Italy in October 1999; (b) an evaluation report by the Commission on buildings acquired from funds of the ECSC, including criteria used and explanations as to why and how buildings were acquired and disposed of; (c) an evaluation report by the Commission on loans granted to offficials from funds of the ECSC, including criteria used and explanations as to who decided on the granting of the loans and the category and nationality of officials who benefited from loans.�