Det foreløbige budgetforslag (FBF), som Kommissionen vedtog den 30. april ( ), efter at Europa-Parlamentet i en beslutning af 13. marts (") havde ud­stukket retningslinjerne for den kommende budgetprocedure, andrager 91 307,5 mio. ECU i forpligtelsesbevillinger og 84 727,5 mio. ECU i betalingsbevillinger.
The preliminary draft budget for 1998 adopted by the Commission on 30 April C ), after Parliament had presented its guidelines for the 1998 budgetary procedure in its resolution of 13 March (2), totalled ECU 91 307.5 million in appropriations for commitments and ECU 84 727.5 million in appropriations for payments.