2005/553/EC: Decision of the European Parliament of 12 April 2005 on closing the accounts of the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth European Development Funds for the financial year 2003
Date: 2005-04-12
Institutions: European Parliament
Subjects: European Development Fund, closing of accounts, financial year

L 196/152

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

27.7.2005

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

of 12 April 2005

on closing the accounts of the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth European Development Funds for
the financial year 2003

(2005/553/EC)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT,

— having regard to the report on the follow-up to 2002 discharges (COM(2004) 0648 — C6-0126/2004),

— having regard to the balance sheets and accounts of the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth European

Development Funds for the financial year 2003 (COM(2004) 0667 — C6-0165/2004),

— having regard to the financial management report on the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth European

Development Funds for the year 2003 (SEC(2004) 1271),

— having regard to the Annual Report of the Court of Auditors on the activities of the sixth, seventh,
eighth and ninth European Development Funds concerning the financial year 2003 together with the
institutions’ replies (1),

— having regard to the Court of Auditors’ Statement of Assurance on the European Development Funds (2),

— having regard to the Council’s recommendations of 8 March 2005 (6865/2005 — C6-0078/2005,

6866/2005 — C6-0079/2005, 6867/2005 — C6-0080/2005, 6868/2005 — C6-0081/2005),

— having regard to Article 33 of the Internal Agreement of 20 December 1995 between the represen-
tatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on the financing and
administration of the Community aid under the Second Financial Protocol to the fourth ACP-EC
Convention (3),

— having regard to Article 32 of the Internal Agreement of 18 September 2000 between the Represen-
tatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on the Financing and
Administration of Community aid under the Financial Protocol to the Partnership Agreement between
the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Community and its Member States signed in
Cotonou (Benin) on 23 June 2000 and the allocation of financial assistance for the Overseas Countries
and Territories to which Part Four of the EC Treaty applies (4),

— having regard to Article 74 of the Financial Regulation of 16 June 1998 applicable to development

finance cooperation under the fourth ACP-EC Convention (5)

— having regard to Article 119 of the Financial Regulation of 27 March 2003 applicable to the 9th

European Development Fund (6)

— having regard to Rules 70, 71 (third indent) of and Annex V to its Rules of Procedure,

— having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the Committee

on Development (A6-0069/2005),

1.

Notes that the financial situation of the sixth, seventh, eighth and ninth European Development
Funds as at 31 December 2003 was as follows:

(1) OJ C 293, 30.11.2004, p. 315.
(2) OJ C 293, 30.11.2004, p. 327.
(3) OJ L 156, 29.5.1998, p. 108.
(4) OJ L 317, 15.12.2000, p. 355.
(5) OJ L 191, 7.7.1998, p. 53.
(6) OJ L 83, 1.4.2003, p. 1.

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Official Journal of the European Union

27.7.2005

2.

3.

Approves the closure of the accounts in respect of the implementation of the sixth, seventh, eighth
and ninth European Development Funds for the financial year 2003;

Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Commission, the Council, the Court of Auditors
and the European Investment Bank, and to have it published in the Official Journal of the European
Union (L series).

The President

Josep BORRELL FONTELLES

The Secretary-General

Julian PRIESTLEY