CELEX: 31975D0789
Language: en
Date: 1975-09-16 00:00:00
Title: 75/789/Euratom, ECSC, EEC: Council Decision of 16 September 1975 giving a discharge to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the budget, the rectifying budget and the supplementary budgets of the European Communities for the financial year 1971

No L 336/ 104                         Official Journal of the European Communities                               31 . 12 . 75
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                                          (Acts whose publication is not obligatory)
                                                        COUNCIL
                                                     COUNCIL DECISION
                                                      of 16 September 1975
               giving a discharge to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the budget,
               the rectifying budget and the supplementary budgets of the European Communities
                                                  for the financial year 1971
                                                (75 /789/Euratom, ECSC, EEC)
 THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                        Whereas the entry into force on 1 January 1971 of
 COMMUNITIES,                                                       the Treaty (2 ) of 22 April 1970 amending certain
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                       budgetary provisions of the Treaties establishing the
 European Coal and Steel Community, and in                          European Communities and of the Treaty
 particular Article 78d thereof;                                    establishing a single Council and a single
                                                                    Commission of the European Communities and of
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                      Decision 70/243/ECSC, EEC, Euratom (3) of 21 April
 European Economic Community, and in particular                     1970 on the replacement of financial contributions
 Article 206 thereof;                                              from Member States by the Communities' own
                                                                   resources, necessitated the adoption of a rectifying
 Having regard to the Treaty establishing the                       budget on 1 March 1971 (4 ), with an appropriation of
European Atomic Energy Community, and in                            3 909 810 589 units of account ;
particular Article 180 thereof;
                                                                    Whereas two supplementary budgets (5 ) (6) were
Having regard to the Treaty establishing a single                   adopted during the financial year 1971 , one of which,
Council and a single Commission of the European                     although it contained no amended appropriations,
 Communities, and in particular Article 20 thereof;                 increased the number of posts, while the other fixed
                                                                   the new instalments of commitment appropriations
Having regard to the * accounts of revenue and                      and the annual breakdown thereof into research and
expenditure and the financial statements relating to               investment expenditure;
the transactions made under the budget for the
financial year 1971 ;                                              Whereas the Commission made payments relating to
                                                                   appropriations carried over from the financial year
Having regard to the report of the Audit Board on                  1970 (or previous financial years) from an
the accounts for the financial year 1971 , to which                appropriation of 2 544 732 962 units of account over
report are annexed the replies of the institutions to
                                                                   and     above      the      aforementioned appropriation
the comments concerning them ;
                                                                   amounts ;
Whereas the Council has adopted the budget of the
European Communities for the financial year
1971 ( x );                                                        (2)  OJ No L 2, 2. 1 . 1971 , p. 1 .
                                                                   (3 ) OJ No L 94, 28 . 4. 1970, p. 19 .
                                                                   (4)  OJ No L 62, 15, 3 . 1971 , p. 261 .
                                                                   (5 ) OJ No L 256, 19 . 11 . 1971 , p. 37.
(») OJ No L 62, 15 . 3 . 1971 , p. 1 .                             (6)  OJ No L 263 , 29 . 11 . 1971 , p. 1 .
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Whereas certain appropriations available at the close           irregularities and mistakes and whereas suitable
of the financial year 1971 have been carried forward             action should be taken on this matter;
to the financial year 1972;
                                                                Whereas, however, the general implementation by the
Whereas the observations and comments in the                    Commission of the budgets for the financial year
report of the Audit Board on the accounts for the                1971 was such as to entitle it to be given a discharge
financial year 1971 contain references to certain               in respect of the implementation of these budgets,
             HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                                        Article 1
              The views of the Council on the observations and comments in the report of the Audit
              Board on the accounts for the financial year 1971 are as set out in Annex I.
                                                        Article 2
             1.      The Council notes that :
              ( a) total payments made from appropriations for the financial year 1971 (management
                   of own resources) are as follows :
                   1 . administrative and operating expenditure (Titles I to IV):
                                                                                     (in u.a.)
                       — Commission                                      95 624 74216
                       — repayment to Member States of 10 %
                          of amounts paid                                85 879 122-18
                       — European Parliament                             10 638 668-96
                       — Council                                         15 448 367-52
                       — Court of Justice                                 2 419 307-64      210 010 208-46
                   2. research and investment expenditure                                     57 907 931-26
                   3 . European Social Fund                                                   56 472 770-50
                   4. EAGGF :
                       — Guarantee Section                               90 000 000-00
                       — Guidance Section                                     —               90 000 000-00
                                                                               Total (a)    414 390 910-22
             (b) total payments made from re-entered appropriations, to be financed according to
                   an ad hoc scale, are as follows :
                   — EAGGF : — Guarantee Section                          6 605 844-00
                                 — Guidance Section                     39 967 197-00         46 573 041-00
                                                                        Total (a) + (b)     460 963 951-22
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            (c) total appropriations carried over from the financial year 1971 to the financial year
                  1972 (management of own resources) are as follows :
                  1 . administrative and operating expenditure (Titles I to IV):
                                                                          /         (in u.a .)
                      — Commission                                    15 749 064-06
                      — repayment to Member States of 10 %
                          of the amounts paid                         43 730 693-97
                      — European Parliament                               377 204-44
                      — Council                                         1 249 786-26
                      — Court of Justice                                    75 757-00          61 182 505-73
                  2. research and investment expenditure                                         7 102 189-53
                  3 . European Social Fund                                                          —
                  4. EAGGF :
                      — Guarantee Section                                                 1 793 585 945-48
                      — Guidance Section                                                            —
                  5 . food aid                                                                  13 177 000-00
                                                                            Total (c)     1 875 047 640-74
             (d) total appropriations carried over from the financial year 1971 to the financial year
                  1972, to be financed according to an ad hoc scale, are as follows :
                  — EAGGF : — Guarantee Section                      118 081 974-03
                                 — Guidance Section                  163 312 020-00          281 393 994-03
                                                                    Total (c) + (d)       2 156 441 634-77
             2.      The Council notes that the sum of the totals under ( 1 ) (a), ( b), (c) and (d), viz :
             2 617 405 585-99 units of account is to be covered by equivalent revenue as follows :
             ( a) in accordance with Decision 70/243 /ECSC, EEC, Euratom
                                                                                     (in u.a .)
                  — by own resources                               1 296 098 161-50
                  — by financial contributions                       923 825 203-70       2 219 923 365-20
                  — by revenue connected with research and
                       investment activities                            7 916 814*33
                  — by Member States' contributions to the
                       Euratom complementary programmes
                       (established entitlements )                     26 029 063-15
                   — by the amount of the Euratom levies
                       allocated to administrative expenditure         18 000 000-00
                   — by other miscellaneous revenue                    17 569 308-28            69 515 185-76
                                                                             Total (a)     2 289 438 550-96
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              (b) in accordance with Council Regulation No 130/66/EEC (*) of 26 July 1966 on the
                   financing of the common agricultural policy (financial contributions ):
                   — EAGGF : — Guarantee Section, periods
                                    1966/67, 1967/68 and 1968 /69     124 687 818-03
                                 — Guidance Section              .    203 279 217-00       327 967 035-03
                                                                     Total (a) + (b )  2 617 405 585-99
              The calculation of the contribution of the Member States to the financing of the budget
              for the financial year 1971 is reproduced in Annex II.
              3 . The Council notes that the amount of payments from appropriations carried over
              from the financial year 1970 is 1 207 909 587-46 units of account.
            (!) OJ No 165,21.9 . 1966, p . 2965 /66 .
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                                                                                                                                                                             No L
Council hereby gives a discharge to the Commission in respect of the implemen­
   of the budget, the rectifying budget and the supplementary budgets of the
 ean Communities for the financial year 1971 , as shown by the following table :                                                                                             336                                          /   108
                                                                                                                                                          (in u.a .)
                Amounts carried
                                                                  Total
  s against     over from 1971 to                                                                                          Balances carried
                                                             appropriations          Commitments       Payments made by
  riations          1972 from          Cancellations                                                                        forward from        Cancellations
                                                             for the financial   at 31 December 1971   31 December 197i
    forward      appropriations                                 year 1971
                                                                                                                           1971 to 1972 (»)
                brought forward
                        3                    4                      5                     6                   7                   8                   9
   6 280-28                              1 717 653-34        288 604 172-00        270 729 711-55       210 010 208-46      61 182 505-73       17 411457-81
   7 448-68                              4 242 176-72         66 720 056-67         64 642 478-08        57 907 931-26        7 102 189-53        1 709 935-88
  —                    —                    —
                                                              56 473 500-00         56 472 770-50        56 472 770-50           —
                                                                                                                                                          729-50
  6 906-00                          1 048 961 836-00     2 727 137 000-00        1 890 191 789-48        96 605 844-00    1911 667 919-51      718 863 236-49
   8 952-50     258 103 439-00           7 355 269-00        757 830 517-00        199 216 858-00        39 967 197-00     163 312 020-00      554 551300-00
                       —                16 443 000-00                                    —                   —                                       —
                                                              13 177 000-00                                                 13 177 000-00
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  9 587-46      258 103 439-00      1 078 719 935-06     3 909 942 245-67        2 481 253 607-61       460 963 951-22    2 156 441 634-77    1 292 536 659-68
    ce between columns 6 and 7 as they include the 'carry forwards' referred to in Article 6 (1) (b) of the Financial Regulation of 25 April 1973 ( OJ No L 116,
 at Brussels, 16 September 1975.
                                                                                      For the Council
                                                                                       The President
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      .
                                                                                         M. RUMOR                                                                              31 12                                  .
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                                                         ANNEX 1
                                     Position of the Council referred to in Article 1
            Refund, of members' expenses (No 40 of the report)
            The Council invites the Economic and Social Committee to take measures to prevent any
            future double payment of travel expenses and daily allowance.
            Action against third parties responsible for accidents ( No 194 (b ) of the report)
            The Council invites the institutions to study the problem of the action to be taken against third
            parties responsible for accidents in order to recover the remuneration paid to officials during the
            period of incapacity, with a view to establishing common guidelines which will enable rules
            on this matter to be drawn up.
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                                                                ANNEX II
                        CALCULATION OF THE CONTRIBUTION OF THE MEMBER STATES
                      TO THE FINANCING OF THE BUDGET FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1971
            1 . Establishing the appropriations to be covered in accordance with Decision 70/243/ECSC,
                                                              EEC, Euratom
                                             Category of appropriations                                 Amount (in u.a .)
            1 . Research and investment expenditure (Chapter XXXIII):
                    Payments made                              57 907 931-26
                    Appropriations carried forward :
                    — automatically                              6 734 546-82
                    — others                                       367 642-71                          65 010 120-79
            2. European Social Fund (special Title A)                                                  56 472 770-50
            3 . EAGGF — Guarantee Section (special Title B)                                         1 883 585 945-48
            4. Administrative operating expenditure (Titles I to IV)
                                                                                   Appropriations
                                                           Payments made           carried forward
                 Commission                                 95 624 742-16           15 749 064-06
                 Parliament                                 10 638 668-96               377 204-44
                 Council                                    15 448 367-52             1 249 786-26
                 Court of Justice                             2 419 307-64               75 757-00
                                                           124 131 086-28           17 451 811-76     141 582 898-04
                 Food aid                                          —                13 177 000-00      13 177 000-00
            5 . Refund to the Member States
                 of 10 % of the amount paid
                 (Chapter XIX)                              85 879 100-18           43 730 693-00     129 609 816-15
                                                                              T Total expenditure   2 289 438 550-96
                                                 Category of revenue                                    Amount (in u.a .)
            1 . Miscellaneous revenue relating to research and investment activities                    7 916 814-33
            2 . Other miscellaneous revenue                                                            17 569 308-28
            3 . ECSC levies allocated to administrative expenditure                                    18 000 000-00
            4. Member States' contributions to Euratom complementary programmes
                 (established entitlements)                                                            26 029 063-15 (*)
                                                                                      Total revenue    69 515 185-76
                                                                                        Difference  2 219 923 365-20
            H Belgium         2 627 219-05 ,
                Germany      10 662 520-02 ,
                France        1 436 969-93 ,
                Italy         7 928 592-82,
                Luxembourg       50 760-52,
                Netherlands   3 323 000-81 .
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                 2. Allocation of expenditure in accordance with Article 3 (2) of Decision 70/243/ECSC, EEC,
                                                                        Euratom
                                                                                                                                   (in u.a .)
                                                                        Contributions from
                                                    Own resources        . Member States            Total shares of      Relative share
                                                       paid out          according to scale         Member States               %
                                                                             Article 3 (2)
                 Belgium                            121 940 122-04           62 820 113-85          184 760 235-89            8-3228
                 Germany                            458 894 891-64          303 938 492-02          762 833 383-66          34-3630
                 France                             254 204 490-00          301 167 016-40          555 371 506-40          25-0176
                 Italy                              271 198 149-72          186 612 691-15          457 810 840-87          20-6228
                 Luxembourg                            2 188 440-30            1 847 650-41            3 966 090-71           0-1787
                 Netherlands                        187 742 067-80           67 439 239-87          255 181 307-67           11-4951
                 Total                            1 296 098 161-50          923 825 203-70        2 219 923 365-20         1000000
                 3 . Adjustment of the relative share of each Member State for the financial year 1971 under
                                         Article 3 (3) ( 1 ) of Decision 70/243/ECSC, EEC, Euratom
\                                 Revised
                                    1970
                                                Upper
                                                limits
                                                              Lower
                                                               limits
                                                                             Relative
                                                                              share
                                                                                                  Difference :
                                                                                                                        First        Second
                                                                                                                                               Relative
                                                                                                                                              share after
                                 reference                                    before                                 allocation    allocation
                                               (+ 1 % )      (- 1-5 % )                     below the     above the                           adjustment
                                amount i1)                                 adjustment      lower limit   upper limit
Belgium                              8-2576        8-3402        8-1337         8-3228                               + 0-0174                     8-3402
Germany                            31-3862      31-7001        30-9154        34-3630            —
                                                                                                         — 2-6629          —             —
                                                                                                                                                31-7001
France                             28-0800      28-3608        27-6588        25-0176       + 2-6412           —           —       + 0-2692     27-9280
Italy                              21-6849      21-9017        21-3596        20-6228       + 0-7368           —           —
                                                                                                                                    + 0-1668     21-5264
Luxembourg                           0-2025       0-2045         0-1995        0-1787       + 0-0208           —           —
                                                                                                                                    + 0-0016      0-2011
Netherlands                        10-2022       10-3042       10-0492        11-4951            —
                                                                                                         — 11909           —             —
                                                                                                                                                 10-3042
Total                              99-8134     100-8115        98-3162       100-0000       + 3-3988     — 3-8538    + 0-0174       + 0-4376   100-0000
                                                     Balance to be allocated :                     — 0-4550                   + 0-4550
(*) Revision based on the compromise relating to the calculation of the 1970 reference year .
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            4. Contributions of the Member States to the financing of the budget for the financial year 1971
                               in accordance with Decision 70/243/ECSC, EEC, Euratom
                                                                 Allocation of
                                                                                                       Contributions
                                              (%)              expenditure 1971     Sums paid from   chargeable to the
                                                                  according to       own resources
                                                                                                    financial year 1971
                                                                 relative share
            Belgium                            8-3402           185 146 048-50       121 940 122-04     63 205 926-46
            Germany                         31-7001             703 717 926-69       458 894 891-64    244 823 035-05
            France                          27-9280             619 980 197-43       254 204 490-00    365 775 707-43
            Italy                           21-5264             477 869 583-29       271 198 149-72    206 671 433-57
            Luxembourg                         0-2011               4 464 265-89       2 118 440-30      2 345 825-59
            Netherlands                      10-3042            228 745 343-40       187 742 067-80     41 003 275-60
            Total                          100-0000           2 219 923 365-20     1 296 098 161-50    923 825 203-70
            5. Contributions of the Member States provided for in Council Regulation No 130/66/EEC
  EAGGF, Guarantee Section periods 1966/67, 1967/68                         EAGGF, Guidance Section (established entitlements)
  and 1968/69 (established entitlements)
                                                   (in u.a .)                                                                  (in u.a .)
  Belgium                                    9 922 589-94                   Belgium                                      16 465 616-58
  Germany                                  38 465 695-59                    Germany                                      63 423 115-70
  France                                   36 664 655-60                    France                                       65 049 349-44
  Italy                                    27 319 021-29                    Italy                                        41 263 681-04
  Luxembourg                                    272 992-34                  Luxembourg                                      406 558-44
  Netherlands                               12 042 863-27                   Netherlands                                  16 668 895-80
                                   Total  124 687 818-03                                                      Total     203 279 217-00