30.11.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities NoL306/31
COUNCILDECISION
of21November 1977
givingadischargetotheCommissioninrespectoftheimplementation ofthe
operationsoftheEuropeanDevelopment Fund(1969)(3rdEDF)forthefinancial
year1975
(77/732/EEC)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheConventionofAssociation
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
AfricanStatesandMadagascarassociatedwiththe
Community(^signedatYaoundeon29July1969,
HavingregardtoCouncilDecision70/549/EECof29
September1970ontheassociationoftheoverseas
countriesandterritorieswiththeEuropeanEconomic
Community (2),
HavingregardtotheinternalAgreementonthe
financingandadministration ofCommunityaid(3),
signedatYaoundeon29July1969,andinparticular
Article22thereof,
HavingregardtotheFinancialRegulationoftheEuro­
peanDevelopment Fund(1969)setupunderthe
InternalAgreementonthefinancingandadministra­
tionofCommunityaid(4),andinparticularArticles7
and8thereof,
Havingregardtotherevenueandexpenditure
accounts,thestatementandthesummaryofopera­
tionsoftheEuropeanDevelopmentFund(1969)(3rd
EDF)asat31December1975(5),
HavingregardtothereportoftheAuditBoardonthe
accountsforthefinancialyear1975,towhichreport
areannexedtheCommission'srepliestothe
commentsmadebytheAuditBoard,
HavingregardtotheresolutionoftheEuropeanParlia­
mentof7July1977,
Recallingthat,inaccordancewiththeprovisionsappli­
cabletotheimplementation oftheEuropeanDevelop­
mentFund(1969)(3rdEDF),onlytheCouncil,acting
byaqualifiedmajority,shallgiveadischargetothe
Commissioninrespectofthefinancialadministration
oftheFund;
Whereasrevenueforthefinancialyear1975consisted
mainlyofthecontributions oftheMemberStates,amountingto466769804-66unitsofaccount,andof
miscellaneous revenueoftheFund;whereas,more­
over,anadvanceof66231840-50unitsofaccount
wasgrantedfromtheresourcesofthepreviousFunds;
Whereastheoverallimplementation bytheCommis­
sionoftheoperationsoftheEuropeanDevelopment
Fund(1969)(3rdEDF)duringthe1975financialyear
wassuchastowarrantitsbeinggivenadischargein
respectoftheimplementation ofthoseoperations,
HASDECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
Article1
TheCouncilclosestherevenueandexpenditure
accountsoftheEuropeanDevelopment Fund
(1969)(3rdEDF)asat31December1975asfollows:
Revenue
atthesumof537443071-59unitsofaccount,
Expenditure (payments)
atthesumof487081343-74unitsofaccount.
Article2
TheCouncilstatesthepositionsetoutintheAnnex
heretooncomment120inthereportoftheAudit
Boardontheaccountsforthefinancialyear1975.
Article3
TheCouncilherebygivesadischargetotheCommis­
sioninrespectoftheimplementation oftheopera­
tionsoftheEuropeanDevelopmentFund(1969)(3rd
EDF)forthefinancialyear1975.
DoneatBrussels,21November1977.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
H.SIMONET
(»)OJNoL282,28.12.1970,p.2.
(2)OJNoL282,28.12.1970,p.83.
(3)OJNoL282,28.12.1970,p.47.
(4)OJNoL31,8.2.1971,p.1.
(5)OJNoC282,29.11.1976,p.1.

NoL306/32 30.11.77 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities
ANNEX
CouncilcommentappendedtotheDecisiongivingadischargeinrespectofthe3rdEDF
(financialyear1975)
TheCouncilmakesthefollowingstatementoncomment120oftheAuditBoardconcerningresident
andtechnicalsupervision
TheCouncilrequeststheCommissiontoensuretheprogressiveintegrationofEACofficialsunder
specialcontractintothestatutorystaffcomplementoftheCommission .
ItnotestheintentionoftheCommissionnottoreplace,bythegrantingoffurtherspecialcontacts,
thoseEACofficialswhohavebeensointegrated.
TheCouncilalsotakesthisopportunityofrequestingtheCommissiontosubmitassoonaspossible
anoverallreportonitsdelegationstaffingpolicyinthecontextofcontractualrelationswiththeACP
StatesandtheMediterranean countries .