CELEX: 31977D0319
Language: en
Date: 1977-04-05 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 5 April 1977 giving a discharge to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the operations of the European Development Fund (1969) (3rd EDF) for the 1973 financial year

28. 4. 77                                   Official Journal of the European Communities                             No L 105/45
                                                         COUNCIL DECISION
                                                            of 5 April 1977
               giving a discharge to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the operations of the
                         European Development Fund ( 1969) (3rd EDF) for the 1973 financial year
                                                             ( 77/319/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                               Recalling that, in accordance with the provisions applica­
                                                                       ble to the implementation of the European Development
                                                                       Fund ( 1969 ) (3rd EDF), only the Council, acting by a
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                  qualified majority, shall give a discharge to the Commis­
Economic Community,                                                    sion in respect of the financial administration of the Fund;
Flaving regard to the Convention of Association between
the European Economic Community and the African                        Whereas revenue for the 1973 financial year consisted
States and Madagascar associated with the Communi­                     mainly of the contributions of the Member States,
ty (*), signed at Yaounde on 29 July 1969,                             amounting to 126 391 146-75 units of account, and of
                                                                       miscellaneous revenue of the Fund; whereas, moreover,
                                                                       an advance of 44 474 776-19 units of account was
Having regard to Council Decision 70/549/EEC of 29
September 1970 on the association of the overseas coun­                granted from the resources of the European Development
tries and territories with the European Economic Com­                  Fund ( 1963 ) (2nd EDF);
munity (2),
Having regard to the Internal Agreement on the financing              Whereas the overall implementation by the Commission of
and administration of Community aid (s), signed at Ya­                 the operations of the European Development Fund ( 1 969 )
ounde on 29 July 1969 , and in particular Article 22 there­            (3rd EDF) during the 1973 financial year was such as to
of,                                                                    warrant its being given a discharge in respect of the im­
                                                                       plementation of thosKoperations,
Having regard to Financial Regulation 71 /68 /EEC of the
European Development Fund ( 1969) set up under the In­
ternal Agreement on the financing and administration of
                                                                       HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
Community aid (4), and in particular Articles 7 and 8
thereof,
                                                                                                  Article 1
Having regard to the revenue and expenditure accounts,
the statement and the summary of operations of the Euro­
pean Development Fund ( 1969) (3rd EDF) as at 31 De­                   The position of the Council on comment 140 in the report
cember 1973 (®),                                                       of the Audit Board for the 1973 financial year is as set out
                                                                       in the Annex.
Having regard to the report of the Audit Board on the ac­
counts for the financial year 1973 , to which report are an­
nexed the Commission's replies to the comments made by                                           Article 2
the Audit Board,
                                                                       The Council closes the revenue and expenditure accounts
                                                                       of the European Development Fund ( 1969) (3rd EDF) as
Having regard to the opinion of the European Parliament                at 31 December 1973 as follows :
of 14 December 1976 ,
                                                                       Revenue
(i) OJ No L 282, 28 . 12. 1970, p. 2.                                  at the sum of 171 489 793-54 units of account;
(2) OJ No L 282, 28 . 12. 1970, p. 83 .
    O J No L 282 , 28 . 12 . 1970 , p. 47 .
'(" » >.| No L 31 , 8 . 2. 1971 , p. 1 .                               Expenditure (payments)
(5) OJ No C 148 , 27. 11 . 1974, p. 15 .                               at the sum of 163 789 469 33 units of account.
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                           Article 3                                     Done at Luxembourg, 5 April 1977.
                                                                                                                     For the Council
The Council hereby gives a discharge to the Commission
in respect of the implementation of the operations of the                                                             The President
European Development Fund ( 1969) (3rd EDF) for the
1973 financial year.                                                                                                     D. OWEN
                                                                ANNEX
              Position of the Council on comment 140 of the Audit Board on resident and technical supervision
              THE COUNCIL calls upon the Commission to ensure the progressive absorption of EAC officials on spe­
              cial contracts into the established staff of the Commission .
              It notes that the Commission does not intend to replace EAC employees absorbed in this way by issuing
              further special contracts.
              On this occasion, the Council calls upon the Commission to submit to it, as soon as possible, a full report on
              its delegation staff policy in the framework of contractual relations with the ACP States and the Mediterra­
              nean countries .