CELEX: 31975D0491
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 Development Fund for the overseas countries and territories (1st Fund) for the financial year 1971

No L 221 / 18                           Official Journal of the European Communities                                  21 . 8 . 75
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                                              (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                          COUNCIL
                                                       COUNCIL DECISION
                                                           of 22 July 1975
                giving a discharge to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the
                operations of the Development Fund for the overseas countries and territories
                                               ( 1st Fund) for the financial year 1971
                                                             (75/491 / EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                             Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­
COMMUNITIES,                                                            ment on the discharge to be given to the Commission
                                                                        in respect of the operations of the European Develop­
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                   ment Funds for the financial year 1971 ;
Economic Community ;
Having regard to the implementing convention on                         Recalling that, in accordance with the provisions appli­
the association of the overseas countries and territories               cable to the implementation of the Development
with the Community, annexed to the Treaty ;                             Fund for the overseas countries and territories ( 1st
                                                                        Fund), only the Council , acting by a qualified
Having regard to Council Regulation No 5 (•) laying                     majority, shall give a discharge to the Commission in
down detailed provisions relating to the collection and                 respect of the financial administration of the Fund ;
transfer of financial contributions, the budgeting and
administration of the resources of the Development                      Whereas an advance of 45 335 090 units of account
Fund for the overseas countries and territories , and in                has been paid to the European Development Fund
particular Article 16 thereof ;                                         ( 1963) (2nd EDF) ;
Having regard to Council Regulation No 6 (2) relating                   Whereas the overall implementation by the Commis­
to the responsibility of authorizing and accounting                     sion of the operations of the First Development Fund
officers for the resources of the Development Fund                      during the financial year 1971 was such as to entitle it
for the overseas countries and territories ;                            to be given a discharge in respect of the implementa­
                                                                        tion of these operations,
Having regard to the revenue and expenditure
accounts, the statement and the summary of the opera­
tions of the Development Fund for the overseas coun­                    HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
tries and territories ( 1st Fund), as at 31 December
 1971 ;                                                                                         Article 1
Having regard to the report of the Audit Board on the                   The views of the Council on Comments No 208 and
accounts for the financial year 1971 (3 ), to which are                  No 214 (b) of the Audit Board are as set out in the
annexed the Commission 's replies to the comments                       Annex .
made by the Audit Board , and in particular the second
part of this report relating to the Development
                                                                                                Article 2
 Funds ;
                                                                        The Council closes the revenue and expenditure
(') OJ No 33, 31 . 12. 1958 , p. 6X1 / 58 .                              accounts of the Development Fund for the overseas
(-) Ol No 33 , 31 . 12 . 1958 , p . 686/ 58 .
                                                                         countries and territories as at 31 December 1971 as
("') ibis report may be obtained from the institutions or the
     Communities .                                                       follows :
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Revenue                                                              Development Fund for the overseas countries and
at the sum of 581 520 065-62 u.a .                                   territories ( 1st Fund) for the financial year 1971 .
Expenditure (payments)
                                                                     Done at Brussels, 22 July 1975.
at the sum of 536 184 975-67 u.a .
                                                                                                     For the Council
                          Article 3
                                                                                                      The President
The Council gives a discharge to the Commission in
respect of the implementation of the operations of the                                                 M. RUMOR
                                                            ANNEX
              1 . Comment No 208 of the Audit Board concerning delays in liquidating the Develop­
                  ment Fund for the overseas countries and territories
                  As in the Discharge Decision for the financial year 1970 , the Council requests the Commission to
                  endeavour to observe the time limits for implementing each project, so that the work can be
                  completed in accordance with the original terms and estimates .
              2 . Comment No 214 (b) : Objectivity of technical controllers and consultancy bureaux —
                  incompatibility of duties
                  The Council requests the Commission to include a clause in the contracts of technical controllers
                  which will prevent supervisory and consultancy functions from being assumed by one and the
                  same person .