Financial regulation of the 21.12.1977 applicable to the EC budget: amending following EUT and EEA Agreement

The European Parliament tabled amendments on the following: having an ad-hoc section in the Commission budget for borrowing and lending operations; including in the definition of the European Communities budget the possibility that it might allow borrowing and lending activities contracted by the Community to be guaranteed; providing for the Ombudsman to forward to the European Parliament by 1 May an estimate of his expenditure and revenue for the coming financial year, and for his revenue and expenditure to be entered in the European Parliament section; providing for the appointment of a single financial controller and a single accountant for the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions; easing the procedure for transfers within chapters for the Court of Justice, the Court of Auditors, the Economic and Social Committee and the Committee of the Regions by abolishing the requirement for prior notification of the budget authority; asking the Commission to supply additional information on staff management with its preliminary draft budget, highlighting mobility and redeployment measures and giving a breakdown by sphere of activity; in the field of the award of contracts, specifying the conditions for varying prices; giving the Court of Auditors powers regarding borrowing/lending operations. �