CELEX: 31978D0901
Language: en
Date: 1978-10-30 00:00:00
Title: 78/901/EEC: Council Decision of 30 October 1978 giving a discharge to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the operations of the European Development Fund (1969) (Third EDF) for the financial year 1976

10 . 11 . 78                             Official Journal of the European Communities                         No L 316/35
                                                      COUNCIL DECISION
                                                        of 30 October 1978
                giving a discharge to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the
                operations of the European Development Fund ( 1969) (Third EDF) for the finan­
                                                           cial year 1976
                                                            (78/901 /EEC)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                          amounting to 724 452 686-44 European units of
 COMMUNITIES,                                                         account, and of miscellaneous revenue of the Fund ;
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                Whereas the overall implementation by the Commis­
 Economic Community,                                                  sion of the operations of the European Development
 Having regard to the Convention of Association                       Fund (1969) (Third EDF) during the financial year
 between the European Economic Community and the                       1976 was such as to warrant its being given a
 African States and Madagascar associated with the                    discharge in respect of the implementation of those
 Community (J ), signed at Yaounde on 29 July 1969,                   operations,
 Having regard to Council Decision 70/549/EEC of 29
 September 1970 on the association of the overseas                    HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
 countries and territories with the European Economic
                                                                                            Article 1
 Community (2),
 Having regard to the Internal Agreement on the                       The Council closes the revenue and expenditure
 financing and administration of Community aid (3),                   account of the European Development Fund ( 1969)
 signed at Yaounde on 29 July 1969, and in particular                 (Third EDF) as at 31 December 1976 as follows :
 Article 22 thereof,                                                  Revenue at the sum of 729 1 1 2 577-80 European units
 Having regard to the Financial Regulation of the Euro­               of account,
 pean Development Fund ( 1969) set up under the                       Expenditure (payments) at the sum of 617 817 774-24
 internal Agreement on the financing and administra­                  European units of account.
 tion of Community aid (4), and in particular Article 7
 and 8 thereof,                                                                             Article 2
 Having regard to the revenue and expenditure account                 The Council states the position set out in the Annex
 and the balance sheet relating to the operations of the              hereto on comments No 144 and No 145 in the
 European Development Fund ( 1969) (Third EDF) as at                  report of the Audit Board on the accounts for the
 31 December 1976 (5),
                                                                      financial year 1976.
 Having regard to the report of the Audit Board on the
accounts for the financial year 1976, to which report                                       Article 3
are annexed the             Commission 's replies to the
comments made by the Audit Board,                                     The Council hereby gives a discharge to the Commis­
                                                                      sion in respect of the implementation of the opera­
 Having regard to the resolution of the European Parlia­              tions of the European Development Fund (1969)
ment of 4 July 1978 ,                                                 (Third EDF) for the financial year 1976.
Recalling that, in accordance with the provisions appli­
cable to the implementation of the European Develop­
ment Fund ( 1969) (Third EDF), only the Council,                      Done at Luxembourg, 30 October 1978.
acting by a qualified majority, should give a discharge
to the Commission in respect of the financial adminis­                                           For the Council
tration of the Fund,
                                                                                                  The President
Whereas revenue for the financial year 1976 consisted
mainly of the contributions of the Member States,                                                    J. ERTL
(') OJ  No   L 282, 28 .   12. 1970, p. 2.
(2) OJ   No  L 282, 28 .   12. 1970, p. 83 .
(3) OJ   No  L 282, 28 .   12. 1970, p. 47.
(<) OJ  No   L 31 , 8 . 2. 1971 , p . 1 .
(5) OJ  No   C 254, 24.    10 . 1977.
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                                                          ANNEX
          Council comment appended to the Decision giving a discharge in respect of the Third
                                                EDF (financial year 1976)
          1 . The Council makes the following statement on comment No 144 of the Audit Board concerning
              the criteria for awarding scholarships :
              The Council invites the Commission to take the necessary steps to ensure that the procedure for
              awarding scholarships is objective.
          2. The Council makes the following statement on comment No 145 of the Audit Board concerning
              resident and technical supervision :
              The Council repeats the comment appended to the Decision giving a discharge in respect of the
              Third EDF (financial year 1975).
              In particular, the Council requests the Commission to ensure the progressive integration of EAC
              officials under special contract into the statutory staff complement of the Commission.
              It notes the intention of the Commission not to replace, by the granting of further special
              contracts, those EAC officials who have been so integrated.