Supplementary and amending budget 4/1999: section III Commission

By adopting the report by Mrs. Barbara DÜHRKOP DÜHRKUP (PES, E) and Mr. Juan FABRA VALLES (EPP-ED, E), by 414 votes for, 29 against and 11 abstentions, the European Parliament accepted the amended and supplementary budget 4/99 which followed events which happened in Kosovo and Turkey. The budget provides : - a reduction of EUR 200 million in commitment appropriations and payments relating to agriculture expenditure; - EUR 92 million in commitment appropriations for the setting up of a European Agency for the Reconstruction of Kosovo; - EUR 15 million commitment appropriations for macro-financial assistance to the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; - EUR 30 million in commitment appropriations for humanitarian aid to Turkey; - EUR 75 million in payment appropriations for the PHARE programme; - EUR 75 in payment appropriations for programmes relating to the former Yugoslavia, except Kosovo; - EUR 30 million in payment appropriations for aid to Kosovo; - the creation of 15 jobs for the European Anti-Fraud Office.�