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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8222

31 May 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 24 / 33
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/budget 2002
EP agrees to full payment of 2001 surplus to Member States following progress in negotiations over Financial regulation - European Commission to adopt SAB 3/2002 on Wednesday

Brussels, 30/05/2002 (Agence Europe) - Adopting the report by Guido Podestà (Forza Italia) on second reading in Brussels on Thursday on the second draft Supplementary and Amending Budget (SAB) for the 2002 financial year, the European Parliament agreed to the Member States being repaid all the funds not spent in 2001, ie EUR 10 billion. On the first reading (report by British Labour MEP Terence Wynn), Parliament suggested withdrawing EUR 4.5 billion of the surplus to fund various programmes...

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