10 JULY 2002. - Act containing the final regulation of the budgets of the general administration services of the State and the separate management state service "Monetary Fund" for the year 1998

ALBERT II, King of the Belgians,
To all, present and to come, Hi.
The House of Representatives adopted and sanctioned the following:
Article 1^er. This Act regulates a matter referred to in Article 74, 3° of the Constitution.
PART I^er. - State General Administration Services Budget year 1998
CHAPTER I^er. - Budget commitments (Table A)
§ 1^er. Setting commitments.
Art. 2. Expenditure commitments made on the 1998 budget year's commitment credits amount to 49.257.955.983.-F
The commitments charged to the commitment authorities for the 1998 fiscal year are 741.464.479.-F
§ 2. Fixing the commitment credits.
Art. 3. The commitment credits available to departments for the 1998 fiscal year commitments amount to 60,853.500,000.-F
This includes:
1) the initial commitment credits allocated by the budgetary laws 36.015.300.000.-F
(2) credit adjustments: 24.838.200.000.-F (net result)
60.853.500.000.-F
Art. 4. The total amount of commitment credits allocated for the 1998 fiscal year is reduced by the commitment credits available at the end of the fiscal year and cancelled permanently: 11.595.544.017.-F
Art. 5. As a result of the provisions contained in sections 3 and 4 above, the 1998 fiscal year's final commitment credits are set at 49.257.955.983.-F
This amount is equal to the commitments made against the budgetary appropriations for the fiscal year 1998.
§ 3. Setting commitment authorizations.
Art. 6. The commitment authorities available to departments for the 1998 fiscal year amount to 750.000.000.-F
This amount corresponds to the original commitment authority granted by the budgetary laws.
Art. 7. The total amount of commitment authorities allocated for the 1998 fiscal year is reduced by the remaining commitment authorities available and which are to be cancelled permanently: 8.535.521.-F
Art. 8. As a result of the provisions contained in sections 6 and 7 above, the final commitment authority for the 1998 fiscal year is set at: 741.464.479.-F
This amount is equal to the commitments made on account of the commitment authorities of the 1998 fiscal year.
CHAPTER II. - Income and expenditure
§ 1^er. Appropriation of income (Table B).
Art. 9. The rights observed for the benefit of the State in the 1998 fiscal year are the sum of 3.275.709.802.809.-F
This amount is as follows:
- current revenues 2.007.178.232.702.-F
- capital income 70.848.894.940.-F
- produces loans 1.197.682.675.167.-F
Art. 10. Revenues charged in the same fiscal year are set at 2.784.079.530.822.-F
This amount is as follows:
- current revenue: 1.532.768.924.425.-F
- capital income: 53.627.931.230.-F
- produces loans: 1.197.682.675.167.-F
Art. 11. The remaining fees to be recovered at the end of the fiscal year are 491.630.271.987.-F
This sum is as follows:
(a) rights cancelled or extended to indefinite overseverance:
- current revenue: 3.416.411.598.-F
- capital revenue: 4.602.173.980.-F
Total 8.018.585.578.-F
(b) deferred to the following fiscal year:
- current income: 470.992.896.679.-F
- capital revenue: 12.618.789.730.-F
Total 483.611.686.409.-F
§ 2. Setting of expenditures (Table C).
Art. 12. The dependant transactions for the 1998 fiscal year are determined as follows:
(a) Prescriptions
- previous year benefits: 2.498.833.377.-F
- current year benefits: 51.023.797.900.-F
53.522.631.277.-F
(b) Undivided
- previous year benefits: 44.407.940.801.-F
- benefits of the current year: 1.956.100.967.421.-F
2.000.508.908.222.-F
(c) Variable credits
- previous year benefits: 260.561.129.-F
- benefits of the current year: 546.151.255.233.-F
546.411.816.362.-F
TOTAL OF DEPENSES 2.600.443.355.861.-F
Payments made, justified or regulated dependent on the 1998 fiscal year are as follows: 2.584.146.191.895.-F
Art. 13. (Table D).
Payments charged to the budget and whose justification or regularization is returned to a subsequent year pursuant to section 32 of the Act of 28 June 1963 are 16.297.163.966.-F
§ 3. Appropriation.
Art. 14. The appropriations for ministerial departments for 1998 totalled 3.138.845,000.161.-F
This amount includes:
1° a sum of appropriations allocated by the budgetary laws as follows:
(a) Initial budget
Ordering credits 34.562.200.000.-F
Undivided credits 2.226.982.400.000.-F
Variable credits 544.647.880.398.-F
(b) adjustments to appropriations (net result)
Ordering credits 22.888.800.000.-F
Undivided credits 31.796.600.000.-F
2° credits deferred merged
variable credits 18.136.968.446.-F
3° disassignment of income
variable credits - 4.922.500.-F
Credits of the year and assimilated (1°, 2° and 3° combined)
Prescription Credits 57.451.000.000.-F
Credits not separated 2.258.779.000.000.-F
Variable credits 562.779.926.344.-F
4° credits deferred non-fusion
Undivided credits 259.835.073.817.-F
Total appropriations:
Prescription Credits 57.451.000.000.-F
Undivided credits 2.518.614.073.817.-F
Variable credits 562.779.926.344.-F
3.138.845.000.161.-F
Art. 15. The amount of appropriations for the 1998 fiscal year is reduced:
1° of the credits to be deferred to 1999 as follows:
* credits to be merged
Variable credits 16.368.109.982.-F
* credits not merged
Undivided credits 293.422.748.553.-F
Total: 309.790.858.535.-F
2° of credits available at the end of the fiscal year and to be cancelled:
Ordering credits 3.928.471.641.-F
Undivided credits 224.696.006.612.-F
The deferral and cancellation of credits are:
Ordering credits 3.928.471.641.-F
Unseparated credits 518.118.755.165.-F
Variable credits 16.368.109.982.-F
Total: 538.415.336.788.-F
Art. 16. (Table E).
To cover the expenditures of the year 1998 made beyond or in the absence of appropriations for the service of budgets, additional appropriations are allocated as follows:
Ordering Credits 102.918.-F
Undivided credits 13.589.570.-F
Total: 13.692.488.-F
Art. 17. As a result of the provisions contained in sections 14, 15 and 16, the final appropriations for the 1998 fiscal year are as follows:
Ordering Credits 53.522.631.277.-F
Undivided credits 2.000.508.908.222.-F
Variable credits 546.411.816.362.-F
Total 2.600.443.355.861.-F
§ 4. Fixing the overall budget result for the 1998 fiscal year (Table F).
Art. 18. The overall result of the budget for the 1998 fiscal year is definitively determined as follows:
Total revenues 2.784.079.530.822.-F
Total expenditures 2.600.443.355.861.-F
Revenue surplus for the year 1998 183.636.174.961.-F
This amount decreases the cumulative deficit existing at the end of the 1997 fiscal year: 2.443.113.199.397.-F
2.259.477.024.436.-F
And as an amount of 1.004.300.000.-F must be taken into account, the 1998 fiscal year ends with a cumulative deficit of: 2.260.481.324.436.-F
The latter amount will be transferred to the 1999 budget year account.
CHAPTER III. - Revenues and expenses incurred in the execution of the return and allocation funds and the budgets of the separate state services (Table G)
§ 1^er. Restitution and allocation funds.
Art. 19. The final regulation of the 1998 restitution and allocation funds is determined as follows:
1. Income 1.545.691.184.226.-F
2. Expenditure 1.538.905.357.401.-F
The rationale or regularization of a portion of these expenses amount to 668.958.147.823.-F is referred to a following year pursuant to section 32 of the Act of 28 June 1963.
3. Revenue surplus: 6.785.826.825.-F
This revenue surplus is increasing from the existing balance at the end of the previous fiscal year: 9.023.001.565.-F
The final result thus obtained: 15.808.828.390.-F
is transferred to the 1999 budget year account.
§ 2. State services with separate management.
Art. 20. The final regulation of the budgets of the separate management State services of the year 1998 is as follows (without the operations of the Monetary Fund):
1. Income 4.977.380.438.-F
2. Expenditure 4.508.573.323.-F
The rationale or regularization of a portion of these expenses amounting to 4.268.964.847.-F is returned to a subsequent year pursuant to section 32 of the Act of 28 June 1963.
3. Revenue surplus: 468.807.115.-F
This revenue surplus is increasing from the existing balance at the end of the previous fiscal year: 1.897.408.418.-F
The final result thus obtained: 2.366.215.533.-F is transferred to the 1999 budget year account.
PART II. - Operations carried out in the execution of the budget of the separate management state service "Monetary Fund"
Art. 21. The Monetary Fund (established by Article 3 of the Law of 12 June 1930 creating a Monetary Fund)
Service responsible for the financing and guarantee of divisional currencies and the financing of the Royal Belgian Mint through advances and loans
The final regulation of the "Monetary Fund" budget for the fiscal year 1998 is as follows:
(a) income:
Revenues recorded in the account established under the authority of the Minister of Finance under section 4-01-1 of the Act of 5 July 1998 containing the second adjustment of the General Estimates for the fiscal year 1998, are: 5.419.011.253.-F, as shown in Table H, ci-annexed
(b) Expenditures:
Expenditures recorded in the account within the limits of the payment credits:
1. allocated by Article 4-01-1 of the above-mentioned Act of 5 July 1998: 5.136.657.392.-F
2. for expenditures exceeding appropriations: 1.429.333.869.-F
set 6.565.991.261.-F
Payment credits exceeding expenses are 42.608.-F cancelled.
(c) Budget results:
The final result of the 1998 budget is as follows:
- recipes: 5.419.011.253.-F
- expenditure: 6.565.991.261.-F
surplus as at 31 December 1998: 1.146.980.008.-F
which, taking into account the excess of revenues on expenditures at the end of the previous management year, or 3.293.974.497.-F shall bear the excess of revenues as of December 31, 1998 to 2.146.994.489.-F
Given in Brussels on 10 July 2002.
ALBERT
By the King:
Minister of Finance,
D. REYNDERS
Seal of the state seal:
Minister of Justice,
Mr. VERWILGHEN
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Notes
(1) Session 2001-2002
House of Representatives
Documents:
50-1758/1: Bill (without committee report)
50-1758/2: Text adopted in plenary and subject to Royal Assent
Full report: 20 June 2002

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