1999 discharge: ECSC budget

The European Parliament adopted the report by Mr Esko Olavi SEPPÄNEN (EUL/NGL, FIN), granting the Commission discharge for the implementation of the 1999 budget of the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC). (Please refer to the previous document). However, Parliament considers it unacceptable that the financial report for 1999 lacks any data making it possible to assess the quality of the financial management and therefore calls on the Commission to provide the Court of Auditors and Parliament, as promised, with all necessary information, beginning with that dating back to the year 1999 and in any event no later than the year 2000, so that the financial performance of the liquid asset management can be evaluated in the framework of market conditions.�