98/330/EC: European Parliament Decision of 31 March 1998 giving discharge to the Commission in respect of the financial management of the seventh European Development Fund for the financial year 1996
L 146/28 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 16. 5. 98 EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DECISION of 31 March 1998 giving discharge to the Commission in respect of the financial management of the seventh European Development Fund for the financial year 1996 (98/330/EC) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, ü Having regard to the EC Treaty, ü Having regard to the fourth ACP-EEC Convention (1), ü Having regard to the balance sheets and revenue and expenditure accounts of the sixth and seventh European Development Funds for the 1996 financial year (SEC(97) 0938 ü C4-0274/97), ü Having regard to the report and the Statement of Assurance of the Court of Auditors concerning the financial year 1996 and the replies of the institutions (2), ü Having regard to the Recommendation of the Council of 9 March 1998 (C4-0166/98), ü Having regard to the report of the Committte on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the Committee on Development and Cooperation (A4-0091/98), 1. Gives discharge to the Commission in respect of the financial management of the seventh European Development Fund for the financial year 1996 on the basis of the following amounts: BALANCE SHEET OF THE SEVENTH EDF AT 31 DECEMBER 1996 (ECU 1 000) ASSETS SITUATION AS AT 31 DECEMBER 1996 Grants Loans Stabex Sysmin Liquid assets Other current assets Items under verification LIABILITIES Contributions called up Other income Transfers to the seventh EDF Amount due to the sixth EDF SUBTOTAL 3 503 978 320 531 1 610 561 101 067 5 536 137 ü ü ü TOTAL 5 536 137 3 799 888 876 289 ü 859 960 5 536 137 TOTAL (1) OJ L 229, 17. 8. 1991. (2) JO C 348, 18. 11. 1997 (Volume I, Chapter 12 and Volume II, Part II). 16. 5. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 146/29 USE OF RESOURCES ü SEVENTH EDF AT 31 DECEMBER 1996 Breakdown of funds Initial appropriation Resources or reductions at 31 December 1996 Resources or reductions during 1996 New situation Total ACP Total OCT 10 800 000 000,00 828 011 277,33 –18 204 535,14 11 609 806 742,19 140 000 000,00 14 800 730,06 23 404,00 154 800 964,10 Sundry revenue 0,00 41 341 598,08 10 339 649,67 51 681 247,75 Total 10 940 000 000,00 884 153 605,47 –7 864 651,43 11 816 288 954,04 2. Records its observations in the resolution which forms part of this Decision; 3. Instructs its President to forward this Decision and the resolution containing its observations to the Commission, the Council, the Court of Auditors and the European Investment Bank and to have them published in the Official Journal of the European Communities (L series). The Secretary-General Julian PRIESTLEY The President José María GIL-ROBLES