24. 6. 95 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 141/75 EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DECISION of 5 April 1995 giving discharge to the Management Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training in respect of the implementation of its budget for the 1993 financial year (95/223/EC) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, — having regard to the EC Treaty and in particular Article 206 thereof, — having regard to the statement of accounts of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training and the report of the Court of Auditors on this subject ('), — having regard to the Council recommendation of 20 March 1995 (C4-0095/95), — having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A4-0049/95), 1. Notes the following figures for the accounts of the European Centre for the Development for Vocational Training: 1993 financial year (ECU) Revenue 11 247 800,27 1. Subsidy from the Commission 10 994 443,10 2. Bank interest 202 628,28 3. Other 50 728,89 Expenditure 1. Final budget appropriations 11 922 000,00 2. Commitments 11 247 800,27 3. Unused appropriations 674 199,73 4. Payments . 8 227 299,51 5. Carry-overs from 1992 1 670 240,51 6. Payments against appropriations carried over 1244 794,89 7. Appropriations carried over and cancelled (5-6) 42544562 8. Carry-overs to 1994 3020 500,76 9. Cancellations (1-4-8) 674 199,73 ; 2. Welcomes the wide-ranging character of the Court of Auditors’ report on the Centre for 1993 ; 3. Recommends the appointment of a part-time financial controller for the Centre, working under the Commission’s financial controller, as a means of reducing the excessive recourse to imprest accounts ; 4. Notes that the Commission used the Centre for translation of documents produced under the Force programme ; considers this to be an abuse of the Centre and one which may conceal the full extent of Commission administrative expenditure ; asks the Commission to refrain from such practice in future; 5. Calls upon the Management Board to act on the Court's recommendations for improving the Centre’s operational management, notably the drawing up of detailed pluriannual work programmes and assessment reports ; () OJ No C 378, 31. 12. 1994, p. 1.