FINAL ADOPTION of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 1998 (98/132/EC, ECSC, Euratom)

THE PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, and in particular Article 78 (7) thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 203 (7) thereof, as well as the text of Protocol 16 and Declaration 22 annexed thereto,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and in particular Article 177 (7) thereof,

Having regard to the Treaty amending certain financial provisions of the Treaties establishing the European Communities and of the Treaty establishing a Single Council and a Single Commission of the European Communities, which was signed on 22 July 1975,

Having regard to the Financial Regulation of 21 December 1977 applicable to the general budget of the European Communities (), as last amended by Regulation (EC, Euratom, ECSC) No 2335/95 (), and in particular Articles 10, 15 and 17 thereof,

Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 29 October 1993 on budgetary discipline and improvement of the budgetary procedure (),

Having regard to the adjustment of the financial perspective to take account of the conditions of implementation in accordance with paragraph 10 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 29 October 1993 (),

Having regard to the preliminary draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 1998 submitted by the Commission,

Having regard to the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 1998 established by the Council on 24 July 1997,

Having regard to the deliberations of the European Parliament of 23 October 1997,

Having regard to the outcome of the deliberations of the Council of 27 November 1997 on the proposed modifications and the amendments adopted by the European Parliament on 23 October 1997,

Having regard to letter of amendment No 1 to the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 1998, established by the Council on 27 November 1997,

Having regard to the deliberations of the European Parliament of 16 and 18 December 1997,

Having regard to the resolution adopted by the European Parliament on 18 December 1997,

DECLARES:

The procedure laid down in Article 78 of the Treaty establishing the European Coal and Steel Community, Article 203 of the Treaty establishing the European Community and Article 177 of the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community has been completed and that the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 1998 has been finally adopted.

Done at Strasbourg, 18 December 1997.

The PresidentJosé-María GIL-ROBLES

() OJ L 356, 31. 12. 1977, p. 1.

() OJ L 240, 7. 10. 1995, p. 12.

() OJ C 331, 7. 12. 1993, p. 1.

() OJ C 150, 19. 5. 1997, p. 23.

GENERAL BUDGET OF THE EUROPEAN UNION FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1998

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GENERAL STATEMENT OF REVENUE

A.Total revenue 7

B.Financing of the general budget 119

C.Staff 129

D.Buildings owned by the European Union 159

STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE BY SECTION

SectionI: Parliament 163

- Revenue 165

- Expenditure 174

Annex: Ombudsman 243

SectionII: Council 269

- Revenue 270

- Expenditure 272

SectionIII: Commission 311

- Revenue 313

- Expenditure 357

- PartA: Administrative appropriations 365

- AnnexI: List of committees working under items A-7 0 3 1 and A-7 0 3 2 499

- AnnexII: Office for Official Publications 523

- PartB: Operating appropriations 567

- AnnexI: Research and technological development 1257

- AnnexII: Borrowing and lending operations guaranteed by the general budget 1301

- AnnexIII: European economic area 1347

- AnnexIV: List of budget lines open to the associated countries of central and eastern Europe, Cyprus and Malta 1351

SectionIV: Court of Justice 1355

- Revenue 1357

- Expenditure 1365

SectionV: Court of Auditors 1417

- Revenue 1419

- Expenditure 1426

SectionVI: Economic and Social Committee and Committee of the Regions 1471

- PartA: Economic and Social Committee 1475

- Revenue 1476

- Expenditure 1483

- PartB: Committee of the Regions 1515

- Revenue 1516

- Expenditure 1523

- PartC: Joint organizational structure 1551

- Revenue 1552

- Expenditure 1560

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