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3. Instructs its president to forward this decision and the resolution containing its observations to the
Commission, the Council, the Court of Auditors and European Investment Bank and to have thempublished in the Official Journal (L series).
II.
Decision giving discharge to the Commission in respect of the financial management of the seventh
European Development Fund for the financial year 1997
The European Parliament ,
− having regard to the EC Treaty,− having regard to the fourth ACP-EEC Convention (
1),
− having regard to the balance sheets and accounts of the sixth and seventh European Development
Funds for the financial year 1997 (COM(98)0442),
− having regard to the report of the Court of Auditors concerning the financial year 1997 including the
report on the activities of the sixth and seventh European Development Funds and the replies of theinstitutions (C4-0676/98) (
2),
− having regard to the recommendation of the Council of 25 February 1999 (6322/99 − C4-0186/98),− having regard to the declaration of the Council on the statement of assurance of the Court of Auditors
relating to the activities of the sixth and seventh European Development Funds (6557/99 −C4-0187/99),
− having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the Committee
on Development and Cooperation (A4-0198/99),
1. Grants discharge to the Commission in respect of the financial management of the seventh European
Development Fund for the financial year 1997 on the basis of the following amounts:
Balance sheet of 7th EDF at 31 December 1997
(ECU ’000)
ASSETSSituation
as at 31.12.1997
LONG-TERM
Initial allocation 10 940 000Contributions received(4 999 888)
CURRENT
Debtors 0Cash at bank 0
Total assets 5 940 112
LIABILITIESSituation
as at 31.12.1997
FUND CAPITAL
Initial allocation 10 940 000Other resources 885 288
EXPENDITURE
Expenditure already booked (6 574 988)
CREDITORS
Treasury advance from 6th EDF 689 812
Total liabilities 5 940 112
(1) OJ L 229, 17.8.1991.
(2) OJ C 349, 17.11.1998.
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Use of resources − 7th EDF at 31 December 1997
Breakdown of funds
Initial
appropriationResources
or deductions
at 31.12.1996Resources
or deductions
during 1997New
situation
Total ACP 10 800 000 000,00 809 806 742,19 9 610 289,25 11 619 417 031,44
Total OCT 140 000 000,00 14 800 964,10 0 00 154 800 964,10
Sundry revenue 0 00 51 681 247,75 –610 747,96 51 070 499,79
TOTAL 10 940 000 000,00 876 288 954,04 8 999 541,29 11 825 288 495,33
2. Records its observations in the resolution which forms part of this decision;
3. Instructs its president to forward this decision and the resolution containing its observations to the
Commission, the Council, the Court of Auditors and European Investment Bank and to have thempublished in the Official Journal (L series).
III.
Resolution containing the observations which form part of the decisions granting discharge to the
Commission in respect of the financial management of the sixth and seventh European Development
Funds for the financial year 1997
The European Parliament ,
− having regard to Articles 189 and 276 of the EC Treaty,− having regard to Articles 73 and 77 of the financial Regulations applicable respectively to the sixth
and seventh EDFs, under which the Commission is required to take all appropriate steps to act on theobservations appearing in discharge decisions,
− having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the Committee
on Development and Cooperation (A4-0198/99),
1. Welcomes the positive Statement of Assurance provided by the Court of Auditors; asks the Court
and the Commission however jointly to address the problems giving rise to a number of ‘non-opinions’ inthe Statement of Assurance.
(e) A4-0132/99
I.
Decision giving discharge to the Commission in respect of the management of the ECSC for the
financial year 1997
The European Parliament ,
− having regard to the amounts shown below, contained in the accounts of the ECSC as at 31 December
1997 (1), the report of the Court of Auditors for 1997 concerning the ECSC, together with the
Commission’s replies (C4-0055/99) (2), confirming that the accounts present a true picture of the
assets and financial situation of the European Coal and Steel Community at 31 December 1997, andthe results of ECSC operations for the financial year ending on the same date,
(1) OJ C 255, 13.8.1998, p. 3.
(2) OJ C 352, 18.11.1998, p. 1.