1997 discharge: EC general budget (other sections)

Adopting the decision by Juan Fabra Vallés (PPE,ES), the European Parliament grants discharge to its Secretary-General, as well as to the the Registrar of the Court of Justice and the Secretaries-General of the Court of Auditors and the Committee of the Regions in respect of the implementation of the budget for the 1997 financial year. With specific regard to the Parliament budget, the report calls for the implementation of new staff policy, in particular measures aimed at mobility and the reorganisation of departments and calls on the Council to give a ruling as soon as possible on the statute for parliamentary assistants. Conversely, the Parliament decided to postpone the discharge decision for the Economic and Social Committee until it has received the conclusions of the UCLAF inquiry on that Committee.