61. Expresses surprise at the fact that the Commission has offered a EUR 1 500 000 contribution to Parliament's fitness centre from its ex-Economat off-budget bank accounts (COM(2008)0692) and disagrees with this way of seeking the agreement of Parliament to use money; recalls paragraph 6 of its abovementioned resolution of 24 April 2007 on discharge in respect of the financial year 2005 and paragraphs 6 and 7 of its resolution of 27 April 2006 on discharge in respect of the financial year 2004 ; calls on the Commission to enter the money from the ex-Economat off-budget bank accounts in the ordinary budget before making proposals for i ...[+++]ts use;

It is also satisfied with development aid spending, some € 2.4 billion outside the budget.

And now somehow this system that was put in place for the sponsorship program, which was kind of, if not off-budget, then certainly off-line, including off the line and out of the loop, as we heard yesterday, of the deputy minister, entailed, as Dr. Franks just mentioned, a reporting through the Privy Council Office.

Quickly, why did you tolerate the justice department being off cycle, off balance, off budget, and everything else?

* an ad hoc outside the regular budget fund might be seen as a way to circumvent normal budgetary procedure rather than seeking to improve the effectiveness of existing mechanisms for crisis intervention, including CFSP action.

The preferred shares, to the best of my knowledge, will not be in the budget but off budget.