Decision giving discharge to the Commission in respect of the financial management of the seventh European Development Fund for the financial year 1997
C 279/134 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 10. 1999 Tuesday 4 May 1999 3. Instructs its president to forward this decision and the resolution containing its observations to the Commission, the Council, the Court of Auditors and European Investment Bank and to have them published in the Official Journal (L series). Decision giving discharge to the Commission in respect of the financial management of the seventh European Development Fund for the financial year 1997 II. The European Parliament, − having regard to the EC Treaty, − having regard to the fourth ACP-EEC Convention (1), − having regard to the balance sheets and accounts of the sixth and seventh European Development Funds for the financial year 1997 (COM(98)0442), − having regard to the report of the Court of Auditors concerning the financial year 1997 including the report on the activities of the sixth and seventh European Development Funds and the replies of the institutions (C4-0676/98) (2), − having regard to the recommendation of the Council of 25 February 1999 (6322/99 − C4-0186/98), − having regard to the declaration of the Council on the statement of assurance of the Court of Auditors relating to the activities of the sixth and seventh European Development Funds (6557/99 − C4-0187/99), − having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the Committee on Development and Cooperation (A4-0198/99), Grants discharge to the Commission in respect of the financial management of the seventh European 1. Development Fund for the financial year 1997 on the basis of the following amounts: Balance sheet of 7th EDF at 31 December 1997 (ECU ’000) ASSETS Situation as at 31. 12. 1997 LONG-TERM Initial allocation Contributions received CURRENT Debtors Cash at bank 10 940 000 (4 999 888) 0 0 Total assets 5 940 112 LIABILITIES Situation as at 31. 12. 1997 FUND CAPITAL Initial allocation Other resources EXPENDITURE Expenditure already booked CREDITORS Treasury advance from 6th EDF 10 940 000 885 288 (6 574 988) 689 812 5 940 112 Total liabilities (1) OJ L 229, 17. 8. 1991. (2) OJ C 349, 17. 11. 1998. 1. 10. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 279/135 Tuesday 4 May 1999 Use of resources − 7th EDF at 31 December 1997 Breakdown of funds Initial appropriation Resources or deductions at 31. 12. 1996 Resources or deductions during 1997 New situation Total ACP Total OCT 10 800 000 000,00 809 806 742,19 9 610 289,25 11 619 417 031,44 140 000 000,00 14 800 964,10 0 00 154 800 964,10 Sundry revenue 0 00 51 681 247,75 –610 747,96 51 070 499,79 TOTAL 10 940 000 000,00 876 288 954,04 8 999 541,29 11 825 288 495,33 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 European Investment Bank and to have them published in the Official Journal (L series). Resolution containing the observations which form part of the decisions granting discharge to the Commission in respect of the financial management of the sixth and seventh European Development Funds for the financial year 1997 III. The European Parliament, − having regard to Articles 189 and 276 of the EC Treaty, − having regard to Articles 73 and 77 of the financial Regulations applicable respectively to the sixth and seventh EDFs, under which the Commission is required to take all appropriate steps to act on the observations appearing in discharge decisions, − having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control and the opinion of the Committee on Development and Cooperation (A4-0198/99), 1. Welcomes the positive Statement of Assurance provided by the Court of Auditors; asks the Court and the Commission however jointly to address the problems giving rise to a number of ‘non-opinions’ in the Statement of Assurance. (e) A4-0132/99 I. Decision giving discharge to the Commission in respect of the management of the ECSC for the financial year 1997 The European Parliament, − having regard to the amounts shown below, contained in the accounts of the ECSC as at 31 December 1997 (1), the report of the Court of Auditors for 1997 concerning the ECSC, together with the Commission’s replies (C4-0055/99) (2), confirming that the accounts present a true picture of the assets and financial situation of the European Coal and Steel Community at 31 December 1997, and the results of ECSC operations for the financial year ending on the same date, (1) OJ C 255, 13. 8. 1998, p. 3. (2) OJ C 352, 18. 11. 1998, p. 1