L 168/30 Official Journal of the European Communities 3.7.1999 DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT of 4 May 1999 giving discharge to the Administrative Board of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions in respect of the implementation of its budget for the 1997 financial year (1999/432/EC) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, — Having regard to the EC Treaty and in particular Article 276 thereof, — Having regard to the report of the Court of Auditors on the financial statements and management of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation) for the financial year 1997, and the Foundation’s reply thereto (C4-0054/99) (), — Having regard to the Council Recommendation of 11 February 1999 (5913/99 — C4-0149/99), — Having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A4-0163/99), A. Whereas the Court of Auditors finds that the financial statements for the financial year ended 31 December 1997 are reliable and the underlying transactions are, as a whole, legal and regular; 1. Notes the following figures for the accounts of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions: 1997 FINANCIAL YEAR (ECU 1000 ) (a) Revenue 13 646 1. Subsidy from the Commission 13 451 2. Miscellaneous revenue 146 3. Revenue from services rendered against payment 49 (b) Expenditure 13 833 Staff expenditure 1. Payments for the year 6617 2. Appropriations carried over 7 Administrative expenditure 1. Payments for the year 898 2. Appropriations carried over 145 Operating expenditure 1. Payments for the year 2954 2. Appropriations carried over 3212 Balance for the year — 24 Outturn for the year (a) — (b) — 187 Appropriations carried over from the previous year which lapse 159 Exchange differences for the year 4 () OJ C 406, 28.12.1998, p. 12.