10.11.78 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL316/35
COUNCIL DECISION
of30October1978
givingadischargetotheCommissioninrespectoftheimplementation ofthe
operationsoftheEuropeanDevelopment Fund(1969)(ThirdEDF)forthefinan­
cialyear1976
(78/901/EEC)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheConventionofAssociation
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
AfricanStatesandMadagascarassociatedwiththe
Community (J),signedatYaoundeon29July1969,
HavingregardtoCouncilDecision70/549/EECof29
September1970ontheassociationoftheoverseas
countriesandterritorieswiththeEuropeanEconomic
Community (2),
HavingregardtotheInternalAgreementonthe
financingandadministration ofCommunityaid(3),
signedatYaoundeon29July1969,andinparticular
Article22thereof,
HavingregardtotheFinancialRegulationoftheEuro­
peanDevelopment Fund(1969)setupunderthe
internalAgreementonthefinancingandadministra­
tionofCommunityaid(4),andinparticularArticle7
and8thereof,
Havingregardtotherevenueandexpenditureaccount
andthebalancesheetrelatingtotheoperationsofthe
EuropeanDevelopmentFund(1969)(ThirdEDF)asat
31December1976(5),
HavingregardtothereportoftheAuditBoardonthe
accountsforthefinancialyear1976,towhichreport
areannexedtheCommission'srepliestothe
commentsmadebytheAuditBoard,
HavingregardtotheresolutionoftheEuropeanParlia­
mentof4July1978,
Recallingthat,inaccordancewiththeprovisionsappli­
cabletotheimplementation oftheEuropeanDevelop­
mentFund(1969)(ThirdEDF),onlytheCouncil,
actingbyaqualifiedmajority,shouldgiveadischarge
totheCommissioninrespectofthefinancialadminis­
trationoftheFund,
Whereasrevenueforthefinancialyear1976consisted
mainlyofthecontributions oftheMemberStates,amountingto724452686-44Europeanunitsof
account,andofmiscellaneous revenueoftheFund;
Whereastheoverallimplementation bytheCommis­
sionoftheoperationsoftheEuropeanDevelopment
Fund(1969)(ThirdEDF)duringthefinancialyear
1976wassuchastowarrantitsbeinggivena
dischargeinrespectoftheimplementation ofthose
operations,
HASDECIDEDASFOLLOWS :
Article1
TheCouncilclosestherevenueandexpenditure
accountoftheEuropeanDevelopmentFund(1969)
(ThirdEDF)asat31December1976asfollows:
Revenueatthesumof729112577-80Europeanunits
ofaccount,
Expenditure (payments)atthesumof617817774-24
Europeanunitsofaccount.
Article2
TheCouncilstatesthepositionsetoutintheAnnex
heretooncommentsNo144andNo145inthe
reportoftheAuditBoardontheaccountsforthe
financialyear1976.
Article3
TheCouncilherebygivesadischargetotheCommis­
sioninrespectoftheimplementation oftheopera­
tionsoftheEuropeanDevelopment Fund(1969)
(ThirdEDF)forthefinancialyear1976.
DoneatLuxembourg ,30October1978.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
J.ERTL
(')OJNoL282,28.12.1970,p.2.
(2)OJNoL282,28.12.1970,p.83.
(3)OJNoL282,28.12.1970,p.47.
(<)OJNoL31,8.2.1971,p.1.
(5)OJNoC254,24.10.1977.

10.11.78 NoL316/36 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
ANNEX
CouncilcommentappendedtotheDecisiongivingadischargeinrespectoftheThird
EDF(financialyear1976)
1.TheCouncilmakesthefollowingstatementoncommentNo144oftheAuditBoardconcerning
thecriteriaforawardingscholarships :
TheCouncilinvitestheCommissiontotakethenecessarystepstoensurethattheprocedurefor
awardingscholarshipsisobjective.
2.TheCouncilmakesthefollowingstatementoncommentNo145oftheAuditBoardconcerning
residentandtechnicalsupervision :
TheCouncilrepeatsthecommentappendedtotheDecisiongivingadischargeinrespectofthe
ThirdEDF(financialyear1975).
Inparticular,theCouncilrequeststheCommissiontoensuretheprogressiveintegrationofEAC
officialsunderspecialcontractintothestatutorystaffcomplementoftheCommission .
ItnotestheintentionoftheCommissionnottoreplace,bythegrantingoffurtherspecial
contracts,thoseEACofficialswhohavebeensointegrated.