1999 discharge: EC general budget, Parliament

By adopting the report by Mr Christos FOLIAS (EPP/ED, GR), Parliament decided to grant discharge to its Secretary-General in respect of the 1999 budget. The improvements in implementing Parliament's budget are welcome although the resolution stresses the need for increased professional training and authorising of officers. (Please refer to the previous document). However, it should be noted that, in response to the comments by the Court of Auditors on the funding of the political groups, the Parliament underlines that it has set up a new budgetary item and that the Bureau adopted the rules for the utilisation of appropriations for this item on 13 December 2000.�