19. 6. 97 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 162/29 II (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DECISION of 10 April 1997 giving discharge to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the 1995 financial year as regards Sections I — Parliament, II — Council, III — Commission, IV — Court of Justice, V — Court of Auditors and VI — Economic and Social Committee/Committee of the Regions (97/382/ECSC, EC, Euratom) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, — Having regard to the ECSC Treaty and in particular Article 78g thereof, — Having regard to the EC Treaty, and in particular Article 206 thereof, — Having regard to the EAEC Treaty, and in particular Article 180b thereof, — Having regard to the budget for the 1995 financial year, — Having regard to the revenue and expenditure accounts and the financial statement of the European Union for the 1995 financial year (SEC(96) 0421 — C4-0280/96, SEC(96) 0422 — C4-0281/96, SEC(96) 0423 — (C4-0282/96, SEC(96) 0424 — C4-0283/96), — Having regard to the report of the Court of Auditors for the 1995 financial year and the replies of the institutions (C4-0585/96)("), and the Court of Auditors’ special reports, — Having regard to the Statement of Assurance presented by the Court of Auditors concerning activities financed from the general budget for the 1995 financial year and the special report on this matter (C4-0110/97) (), and the Council Statement thereto (C4-0137/97), — Having regard to the Council recommendation of 17 March 1997 (C4-0133/97), — Having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinions of the Committees on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy, on External Economic Relations, on Research, Technological Development and Energy, on Employment and Social Affairs, on Regional Policy, on Transport and Tourism, on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection, on Development and Cooperation, on Civil Liberties and Internal Affairs, on Fisheries, on Women’s Rights and on Culture, Youth, Education and the Media (A4-0120/97), () OJ No C 340, 12. 11. 199. () OJ No C 395, 31. 12. 1996.