Task: Translation
Input (English): Mr President, the decision relating to discharge for the 1997 financial year was postponed because the erstwhile Commission, to whom it was to be granted, had stepped down before the appointed time and was only continuing in office in a caretaker capacity.
Output (Swedish): Herr talman! Beslutet om ansvarsfrihet för budgetåret 1997 har skjutits upp, eftersom den kommission som beslutet vid den tidpunkten gällde hade trätt tillbaka och bara var en expeditionskommission.