CELEX: 31973D0115
Language: en
Date: 1973-02-19 00:00:00
Title: Council Decision of 19 February 1973 giving a discharge to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the research and investment budget of the EAEC for the financial year 1970

2 . 6 . 73                           Official Journal of the European Communities                        No L 145 /27
                                                   COUNCIL DECISION
                                                     of 19 February 1973
           giving a discharge to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the research
                             and investment budget of the EAEC for the financial year 1970
                                                      (73 / 115/Euratom)
           THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
           Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Atomic Energy Community, and
           in particular Article 180 thereof;
           Having regard to the accounts of revenue and expenditure and the part of the financial
           statements relating to the implementation of the research and investment budget for the
           financial year 1970 ;
           Having regard to the Report (*) of the Audit Board on the accounts for the financial
           year 1970, to which report are annexed the replies of the Commission ;
           Whereas the Council has adopted the budget (2) for the financial year 1970 ;
           Whereas certain appropriations available at the close of the abovementioned year have
           been carried forward to the following financial year;
           Whereas the general implementation by the Commission of the budget for the financial
           year * 1970 was such as to entitle it to be given a discharge in respect of the
           implementation of this budget;
           HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :
                                                            Article 1
           The Council closes at the following sums the total expenditure and the total revenue to
           cover that expenditure under the research and investment budget for the financial year
           1970 :
           Expenditure (units of account)
           1 . Commitments :
               ( a) contracted during the financial year 1970, at                          58 308 400-00
               ( b ) still unsettled at 31 . 12 . 1969, at                                 35 439 866-95
                (c) released from previous financial years, at                                793 152-78
               ( d) total commitments for 1970 (a + b—c), at                               92 955 114-17
                (e) paid in 1970, at                                                       64 942 916-17
                 (f) cancelled in 1970                                                        867 614-47
               (g) still unsettled at 31 . 12. 1970 (d—(e + f)), at                        27 144 583-53
           2. Payments, at                                                                 64 942 916 17
           (') This Report is available from the institutions of the European Communities.
           (-) OJ No L 92, 27. 4. 1970, p. 1 .
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Revenue (u.a.) ( 1 )
                                                               1st part of the                               2nd part of the
                                                                    budget                                        budget
                                              Joint Programme                 Additional    Total of first
                                                     1969/70                 Programmes     part of budget
                                                     previous                   1969/70
                                                  Programmes
                                                aild other joint
                                                  expenditure
At the sum of                                     30 345 949-13              25 257 501-01   55 603 450-14      3 825 062-95
This sum corresponds to :
— payments made in 1970                          35 955 606-70               25 162 246-52   61 117 853-22      3 825 062-95
— payment appropriations carried
       forward from the financial year
       1970 to the financial year 1971            10 884 722-64                3 034 902-76  13 919 625-40     1 000 000-00
— the available surplus entered in
      the table of revenue of the 1971
       budget
                                   Total         46 840 329-34              28 197 149-28   75 037 478-62       3 825 062-95
To be deducted from this total :
— the payment appropriations carried
       forward from the financial year
       1969 to the financial year 1970            10 494 380-21               2 939 648-27   13 434 028-48
— the available surplus entered in
       the statement of revenue of the
       budget for the financial year 1970          6 000 000-00                    —          6 000 000-00
financed by contributions from the
financial year 1969                               16 494 380-21               2 939 648-27   19 434 028-48
( 4 ) The revenue is made up as follows :
                                                                1st part of the                               2nd part of the
                                                                    budget                                        budget
                                                 Joint Programme                Additional    Total of first
                                                      1969 / 70                Programmes    part of budget
                                               previous Programmes               1969 / 70
                                                  and other joint
                                                    expenditure
      own revenue ( less available surplus
      entered in the statement of revenue
      of the 1970 budget )                         1 956 682-16               1 9.51 760-89   3 908 443-05
      proceeds of loans contracted                                                                             3 744 283-19
      work requested and paid for                                                                                 80 779-76
      contributions from Member States           28 389 266-97              23 305 740-12   51 695 007-09
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                                                    Article 2
           The Council gives a discharge to the Commission in respect of the implementation of
           the research and investment budget for the financial year 1970 .
           Done at Brussels, 19 February 1973 .
                                                                             For the Council
                                                                              The President
                                                                               A. LAVENS