21. 6. 96 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 148/41 II (Acts whose publication is not obligatory) EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DECISION of 17 April 1996 giving discharge to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European Union for the 1994 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 (96/377/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 1994 financial year, — Having regard to the revenue and expenditure accounts and the financial statement of the European Communities for the 1994 financial year (SEC(95) 252-255), — Having regard to the report of the Court of Auditors for the 1994 financial year and the replies of the institutions ('), — Having regard to the Statement of Assurance concerning activities financed from the general budget for the financial year 1994 and the relevant special report (%), — Having regard to the Council recommendation of 11 March 1996 (C4-0200/96), — Having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinions of the Committees on Research, Technological Development and Energy, on External Economic Relations, on Social Affairs and Employment, on Regional Policy, on Culture, Youth, Education, and the Media, on Development and Cooperation, on Women’s Rights, on the Environment, Public Health and Consumer Protection, on Transport and Tourism and on Fisheries (A4-0098/96), () OJ No C 303, 14. 11. 1995. () OJ No C 352, 30. 12. 1995, pp. 5 and 11.