European Parliament
President.
The next item is a report
) by Mr McCartin, on behalf of the Committee on Budgetary Control, on action taken by the Commission on the observations accompanying the decision giving discharge in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the 2000 financial year (Commission) [COM(2002) 696
 – C5-0610/2002
 – 2002/2189(DEC)].

