L 168/32 Official Journal of the European Communities 3.7.1999 DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT of 4 May 1999 giving discharge to the Management Board of the European Centre for the Develop- ment of Vocational Training in respect of the implementation of its budget for the 1997 financial year (1999/433/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 Centre for the Development of Vocational Training (Cedefop — Salonica) for the 1997 financial year and the Centre’s reply thereto (C4-0053/99) (1), — Having regard to the Council Recommendation of 11 February 1999 (5912/99 — C4-0148/99), — 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 Centre for the Development of Vocational Training: 1997 FINANCIAL YEAR (ECU 1 000) (a) Revenue 13 808 1. Subsidy from the Commission 13 522 2. Miscellaneous revenue 152 3. Revenue from services rendered against payment 134 (b) Expenditure 13 931 Staff expenditure 1. Payments for the year 5579 2. Appropriations carried over 541 Administrative expenditure 1. Payments for the year 981 2. Appropriations carried over 2067 Operating expenditure 1. Payments for the year 2544 2. Appropriations carried over 2204 Appropriations carried over (Article 6(3) and Article 3(2)) 15 Balance for the year 0 Outturn for the year (a)—(b) — 123 Appropriations carried over from the previous year and annuled 199 Exchange differences for the year — 61 Appropriations carried over (Article 6(3) and Article 3(2)) -1 Cancellation of established entitlement — 14 () OJ C 406, 28.12.1998, p. 1.