CELEX: 31975D0493
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 (1969) (3rd EDF) for the financial year 1971

21 . 8 . 75                             Official Journal of the European Communities                           No L 221 /21
                                                    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 ( 1969) (3rd EDF) for the financial
                                                            year 1971
                                                          (75/493/ EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                          ment Fund ( 1969) (3rd EDF), only the Council, acting
COMMUNITIES,                                                         by a qualified majority, shall give a discharge to the
                                                                     Commission in respect of the financial administration
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European              ■ of the Fund ;
Economic Community ;
                                                                     Whereas expenditure during the financial year 1971
Having regard to the association convention (')
                                                                     was entirely covered by an advance of 22 603 204
between the European Economic Community and the
                                                                     units of account from the resources of the European
African States and Madagascar associated with the                    Development Fund ( 1963) (2nd EDF) ;
Community, signed at Yaounde on 29 July 1969 ;
                                                                     Whereas the overall implementation by the Commis­
Having regard to the Council Decision of 29
                                                                     sion of the operations of the European Development
September 1 970 (2) on the association of overseas coun­
                                                                     Fund during the financial year 1971 was such as to
tries and territories with the European Economic                     entitle it to be given a discharge in respect of the
Community ;
                                                                     implementation of these operations,
Having regard to the Internal Agreement (3) on the
financing and administration of Community aid,
                                                                     HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
signed at Yaounde on 29 July 1969, and in particular
Article 22 thereof ;                                                                       Article 1
Having regard to the Financial Regulation (4) of the                 The Council closes the revenue and expenditure
European Development Fund ( 1969) set up under the                   accounts of the European Development Fund ( 1969)
Internal Agreement on the financing and administra­                  on 31 December 1971 as follows :
tion of Community aid, and in particular Articles 7
and 8 thereof ;                                                      Expenditure (payments)
                                                                     at the sum of 22 603 204 28 u.a .
Having regard to the revenue and expenditure
accounts, the statement and the summary of the opera­
                                                                                           Article 2
tions of the European Development Fund ( 1969) (3rd
EDF), as at 31 December 1971 ;                                       The Council gives a discharge to the Commission in
Having regard to the report of the Audit Board on the                respect of the implementation of the operations of the
accounts for the financial year 1971 (5), to which                   European Development Fund ( 1969) (3rd EDF) for the
report are annexed the Commission 's replies to the                  financial year 1971 .
comments made by the Audit Board ;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parlia­                 Done at Brussels, 22 July 1975.
ment on the discharge to be given to the Commission
in respect of the operations of the European Develop­                                            For the Council
ment Funds for the financial year 1971 ;
                                                                                                  The President
Recalling that, in accordance with the provisions appli­
cable to the implementation of the European Develop­                                               M. RUMOR
 ')  OJ No L 282, 2,8 . 12 . 1970, p. 2.
 -') OJ No L 282, 28 . 12 . 1970 , p. 83 .
 ')  OJ No L 282, 28 . 12 . 1970 , p. 47.
 ■*) OJ No L 31 , 8 . 2 . 1971 , p. 1 .
 5)  This report may be obtained from the institutions of the
     Communities .