Supplementary and amending budget 2/2001, section II Council

On 9 April 2001, the Council established a draft supplementary and amending budget 2/2001 for the Council in accordance with the Commission's proposal (refer to the previous report). Following this SAB, the expenditure of budget heading 5 of the financial perspectives shall rise to a total amount of EUR 9,846 million in order to finance the new expenditure of this institution: - EUR 2,342 million for new staff whether it be in the services directly linked to the politico-military structure to be created (17 category A posts, 2 B and temporary 4 C), or in related services in charge of supporting of all of these new fields (8 A, 14 B, 6 C). These 51 new posts have been given a budget on a five month period; - EUR 4,474 million for the payment of salaries and costs relating to the secondment of national experts. The adjustment of military expert's salaries, that is EUR 3,369 million is included in this amount and, given the current lack of a legal basis, it is included in the reserve (Chapter 100). It should also be noted that this solution will not prejudge the adoption of the decision on this legal basis; - EUR 3,03 million for instrastructure costs linked to the new staff and to the military field, and more particularly telecommunications and data security at the same time on the data processing equipment. Following the current SAB, the new existing margin below the ceiling of this heading is set at EUR 24,86 million. The amount of own resources shall rise to a total amount of EUR 258,000. The amount to be financed, that is EUR 9,588 million, shall be covered by the rise in comnformity with the available excess from the previous financial year.�