Budget 1998: other sections

OBJECTIVE: presentation of the preliminary draft budget of the EU for the financial year 1998 - Other sections. SUBSTANCE: the guidelines for the 1998 budget, administrative expenditure section, emphasized the desire to give the administrative budgets of the Union's institutions the necessary resources to ensure that they are run correctly. The financial resources granted to the various institutions allow this objective to be attained. In particular, the change in heading 5 (administrative expenditure) had meant a 4.34% increase compared to the financial year 1997. In all, this heading accounted for appropriations of ECU 4 541 million. �