CELEX: 31977D0732
Language: en
Date: 1977-11-21 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 21 November 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 financial year 1975

30. 11 . 77                             Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 306/31
                                                    COUNCIL DECISION
                                                     of 21 November 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 financial
                                                            year 1975
                                                          (77/732/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN                                        amounting to 466 769 804-66 units of account, and of
COMMUNITIES,                                                       miscellaneous revenue of the Fund ; whereas, more­
                                                                   over, an advance of 66 231 840-50 units of account
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Economic Community,
                                                                   was granted from the resources of the previous Funds ;
Having regard to the Convention of Association                     Whereas the overall implementation by the Commis­
between the European Economic Community and the                    sion of the operations of the European Development
African States and Madagascar associated with the                  Fund ( 1969) (3rd EDF) during the 1975 financial year
Community (^ signed at Yaounde on 29 July 1 969,                   was such as to warrant its being given a discharge in
                                                                   respect of the implementation of those operations,
Having regard to Council Decision 70/549/EEC of 29
September 1970 on the association of the overseas
countries and territories with the European Economic               HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
Community (2),                                                                            Article 1
Having regard to the internal Agreement on the
financing and administration of Community aid (3),                 The Council closes the revenue and expenditure
signed at Yaounde on 29 July 1969, and in particular               accounts of the European Development Fund
Article 22 thereof,                                                ( 1969)(3rd EDF) as at 31 December 1975 as follows :
                                                                   Revenue
Having regard to the Financial Regulation of the Euro­
pean Development Fund ( 1969) set up under the                     at the sum of 537 443 071-59 units of account,
Internal Agreement on the financing and administra­                Expenditure (payments)
tion of Community aid (4), and in particular Articles 7            at the sum of 487 081 343-74 units of account.
and 8 thereof,
Having regard to the revenue and expenditure                                              Article 2
accounts, the statement and the summary of opera­
tions of the European Development Fund ( 1969) (3rd                The Council states the position set out in the Annex
EDF) as at 31 December 1975 (5),                                   hereto on comment 120 in the report of the Audit
                                                                    Board on the accounts for the financial year 1975.
Having regard to the report of the Audit Board on the
accounts for the financial year 1975, 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
Having regard to the resolution of the European Parlia­            sion in respect of the implementation of the opera­
ment of 7 July 1977,                                                tions of the European Development Fund ( 1969) (3rd
                                                                    EDF) for the financial year 1975.
Recalling that, in accordance with the provisions appli­
cable to the implementation of the European Develop­
ment Fund ( 1969) (3rd EDF), only the Council, acting               Done at Brussels, 21 November 1977.
by a qualified majority, shall give a discharge to the
Commission in respect of the financial administration                                          For the Council
of the Fund ;
                                                                                                The President
Whereas revenue for the financial year 1975 consisted
mainly of the contributions of the Member States,                                                H. SIMONET
(») 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.
(4) OJ No  L 31 , 8 . 2. 1971 , p. 1 .
(5) OJ No  C 282, 29 .   11 . 1976, p. 1.
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                                                           ANNEX
          Council comment appended to the Decision giving a discharge in respect of the 3rd EDF
                                                    ( financial year 1975)
           The Council makes the following statement on comment 120 of the Audit Board concerning resident
           and technical supervision
          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 contacts,
          those EAC officials who have been so integrated.
          The Council also takes this opportunity of requesting the Commission to submit as soon as possible
          an overall report on its delegation staffing policy in the context of contractual relations with the ACP
          States and the Mediterranean countries .