CELEX: 31975D0492
Language: en
Date: 1975-07-22 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 22 July 1975 giving a discharge to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the operations of the European Development Fund (1963) (2nd EDF) for the financial year 1971

No L 221 / 20                             Official Journal of the European Communities                              21 . 8 . 75
                                                      COUNCIL DECISION
                                                          of 22 July 1975
               giving a discharge to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the
                operations of the European Development Fund ( 1963) (2nd EDF) for the finan­
                                                           cial year 1971
                                                            (75/492/ EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                           Whereas revenue for the financial year 1971 consisted
COMMUNITIES,                                                          mainly of the contributions of the Member States,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
                                                                      amounting to 524 322 000 units of account, and of the
                                                                      Fund's own revenue ; whereas, moreover, an advance
Economic Community ;
                                                                      of 45 335 090 units of account was granted from the
Having regard to the association convention (')                       resources of the Development Fund for the overseas
between the European Economic Community and the                       countries and territories ( 1st Fund);
African States and Madagascar associated with the
Community, signed at Yaounde on 20 July 1963 ;                        Whereas the overall implementation by the Commis­
                                                                      sion of the operations of the European Development
Having regard to the Council Decision of 25 February                  Fund during the financial year 1971 was such as to
1964 (-') relating to the association of overseas coun­               entitle it to be given a discharge in respect of the
tries and territories with the European Economic                      implementation of these operations,
Community ;
Having regard to the Internal Agreement (3) on the
                                                                      HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
financing and administration of Community aid,
signed at Yaounde on 20 July 1963, and in particular                                          Article 1
Article 1 7 thereof ;
Having regard to the Financial Regulation (4 ) of the                 The Council closes the revenue and expenditure
European Development Fund set up under the                            accounts of the European Development Fund ( 1963)
                                                                      on 31 December 1971 as follows :
 Internal Agreement on the financing and administra­
tion of Community aid, and in particular Articles 7                   Revenue
and 8 thereof ;
                                                                      at the sum of 527 365 447-02 u.a .
 Having regard to the revenue and expenditure
accounts, the statement and the summary of the opera­                  Expenditure (payments)
 tions of the European Development Fund ( 1963) (2nd
                                                                      at the sum of 503 604 350-67 u.a .
 EDF), as at 31 December 1971 ;
 Having regard to the report of the Audit Board on the                                        Article 2
 accounts for the financial year 1971 (5 ), to which
 report are annexed the Commission 's replies to the                  The Council gives a discharge to the Commission in
 comments made by the Audit Board ;                                    respect of the implementation of the operations of the
 Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­                  European Development Fund ( 1963) (2nd EDF) for
 ment on the discharge to be given to the Commission                   the financial year 1971 .
 in respect of the operations of the European Develop­
 ment Funds for the financial year 1971 ;
                                                                       Done at Brussels, 22 July 1975 .
 Recalling that, in accordance with the provisions appli­
 cable to the implementation of the European Develop­
                                                                                                    For the Council
 ment Fund ( 1963) (2nd EDF), only the Council, acting
 by a qualified majority, shall give a discharge to the                                               The President
 Commission in respect of the financial administration
 of the Fund ;                                                                                         M. RUMOR
 (')  OJ No 93 ,  11 . 6 . 1964, p. 1431 / 64 .
 (-') OJ No 93 ,  11 . 6. 1964, p . 1472/64.
 (')  OJ No 93 ,  11 . 6 . 1964, p . 1493 / 64.
 (4 ) OJ No 93 ,  11 . 6 . 1964, p . 1498 / 64.
 (5 ) This report may be obtained from the institutions of the
      Communities .