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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
Date: 1999-07-03
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Commission, European Development Fund, European Parliament, budgetary discharge, financial management

L 168/24

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

3. 7. 1999

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

RESOLUTION

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 the observations 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' in the Statement of Assurance.