31997B0105

FINAL ADOPTION of the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 1997 (97/105/ECSC, EC, 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 in the light of the implementing conditions pursuant to 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 1997 submitted by the Commission,

Having regard to the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 1997 established by the Council on 25 July 1996,

Having regard to the deliberations of the European Parliament of 24 October 1996,

Having regard to the outcome of the deliberations of the Council of 19 November 1996 on the proposed modifications and the amendments adopted by the European Parliament on 24 October 1996,

Having regard to letter of amendment No 2 to the draft general budget of the European Union for the financial year 1997, established by the Council on 19 November 1996,

Having regard to the deliberations of the European Parliament of 10 and 12 December 1996,

Having regard to the resolutions adopted by the European Parliament on 12 December 1996,

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 1997 has been finally adopted.

Done at Brussels, 18 December 1996.

The PresidentKlaus HAENSCH

() OJ No L 356, 31. 12. 1977, p. 1.

() OJ No L 240, 7. 10. 1995, p. 12.

() OJ No C 331, 7. 12. 1993, p. 1.

() OJ No C 126, 22. 5. 1995, p. 14.

GENERAL BUDGET OF THE EUROPEAN UNION FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1997

CONTENTS

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GENERAL STATEMENT OF REVENUE

A.Total revenue 7

B.Financing of the general budget 123

C.Staff 133

STATEMENT OF REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE BY SECTION

SectionI: Parliament 161

- Revenue 163

- Expenditure 166

Annex: Ombudsman 233

SectionII: Council 259

- Revenue 260

- Expenditure 262

SectionIII: Commission 299

- Revenue 301

- Expenditure 355

- PartA: Administrative appropriations 363

- AnnexI: List of committees working under Article A-2 5 1 485

- AnnexII: Office for Official Publications 507

- PartB: Operating appropriations 551

- AnnexI: Research and technological development 1263

- AnnexII: Borrowing and lending operations guaranteed by the general budget 1299

- AnnexIII: European economic area 1345

SectionIV: Court of Justice 1349

- Revenue 1351

- Expenditure 1354

SectionV: Court of Auditors 1405

- Revenue 1407

- Expenditure 1414

SectionVI: Economic and Social Committee and Committee of the Regions 1459

- PartA: Economic and Social Committee 1463

- Revenue 1464

- Expenditure 1466

- PartB: Committee of the Regions 1499

- Revenue 1500

- Expenditure 1502

- PartC: Joint organizational structure 1533

- Revenue 1534

- Expenditure 1536

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