NoL316/34 OfficialJournaloftheEuropeanCommunities 10.11.78
COUNCILDECISION
of30October1978
givingadischargetotheCommissioninrespectoftheimplementation ofthe
operationsoftheEuropeanDevelopment Fund(1963)(SecondEDF)forthefinan­
cialyear1976
(78/900/EEC)
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEAN
COMMUNITIES ,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropean
EconomicCommunity ,
HavingregardtotheConventionofAssociation
betweentheEuropeanEconomicCommunityandthe
AfricanStatesandMadagascarassociatedwiththe
Community (1),signedatYaoundeon20July1963,
HavingregardtoCouncilDecision64/349/EECof25
February1964relatingtotheassociationoftheover­
seascountriesandterritorieswiththeEuropean
EconomicCommunity (2),
HavingregardtotheInternalAgreementonthe
financingandadministration ofCommunityaid(3),
signedatYaoundeon20July1963,andinparticular
Article17thereof,
HavingregardtotheFinancialRegulationoftheEuro­
peanDevelopmentFundsetupundertheInternal
Agreementonthefinancingandadministration of
Communityaid(4),andinparticularArticles7and8
thereof,
HavingregardtotheCouncilDecisionof30May
1972onthetransferandutilizationoftheunex­
pendedbalancesoftheDevelopment Fundforthe
overseascountriesandterritoriessetupbytheImple­
mentingConventionannexedtotheTreatyesta­
blishingtheEuropeanEconomicCommunity ,
Havingregardtotherevenueandexpenditureaccount
andthebalancesheetrelatingtotheoperationsofthe
EuropeanDevelopmentFund(1963)(SecondEDF)as
at31December1976(5),
HavingregardtothereportoftheAuditBoardonthe
accountsforthefinancialyear1976,towhichreport
areannexedtheCommission'srepliestothe
commentsmadebytheAuditBoard,
HavingregardtotheresolutionoftheEuropeanParlia­
mentof4July1978,
Recallingthat,inaccordancewiththeprovisionsappli­
cabletotheimplementation oftheEuropeanDevelop­
mentFund(f963)(SecondEDF),onlytheCouncil,
actingbyaqualifiedmajority,shouldgiveadischarge
totheCommissioninrespectofthefinancialadminis­
trationoftheFund,Whereasrevenueforthefinancialyear1976consisted
ofthecontributionsoftheMemberStates,amounting
to73000000000Europeanunitsofaccount,andof
miscellaneous revenueoftheFund;
Whereaspursuanttotheabovementioned Council
Decisionof30May1972anamountof10553354-69
Europeanunitsofaccountwastransferredastheunex­
pendedbalancefromtheFirstFundtotheSecond
EDF;
Whereasanadvanceof30274120-34Europeanunits
ofaccountwaspaidtotheEuropeanDevelopment
Fund(1975)(FourthEDF);
Whereastheoverallimplementation bytheCommis­
sionoftheoperationsoftheEuropeanDevelopment
Fund(1963)(SecondEDF)duringthefinancialyear
1976wassuchastowarrantitsbeinggivena
dischargeinrespectoftheimplementation ofthese
operations,
HASDECIDED ASFOLLOWS :
Article1
TheCouncilclosestherevenueandexpenditure
accountoftheEuropeanDevelopmentFund(1963)
(SecondEDF)asat31December1976asfollows:
Revenueatthesumof740638508-73Europeanunits
ofaccount,
Expenditure (payments)atthesumof698080435-55
Europeanunitsofaccount.
Article2
TheCouncilherebygivesadischargetotheCommis­
sioninrespectoftheimplementation oftheopera­
tionsoftheEuropeanDevelopment Fund(1963)
(SecondEDF)forthefinancialyear1976.
DoneatLuxembourg ,30October1978.
FortheCouncil
ThePresident
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