1999/433/EC: Decision of the European Parliament of 4 May 1999 giving discharge to the Management Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training in respect of the implementation of its budget for the 1997 financial year
L 168/32 EN 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 the Development of Vocational Training thereto the European Centre for the 1997 financial and the Centre’s reply year for management of (Cedefop–Salonica) (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 (a) Revenue 1. Subsidy from the Commission 2. Miscellaneous revenue 3. Revenue from services rendered against payment (b) Expenditure Staff expenditure 1. Payments for the year 2. Appropriations carried over Administrative expenditure 1. Payments for the year 2. Appropriations carried over Operating expenditure 1. Payments for the year 2. Appropriations carried over Appropriations carried over (Article 6(3) and Article 3(2)) Balance for the year Outturn for the year (a)–(b) Appropriations carried over from the previous year and annuled Exchange differences for the year Appropriations carried over (Article 6(3) and Article 3(2)) Cancellation of established entitlement (1) OJ C 406, 28. 12. 1998, p. 1. (ECU 1 000) 13 808 13 522 152 134 13 931 5 579 541 981 2 067 2 544 2 204 15 0 – 123 199 – 61 – 1 – 14 3. 7. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 168/33 2. Welcomes the introduction of a new budgetary and accounting system, steps taken to reduce reliance on imprest accounts, the adoption of a new staff policy and the submission of bi-annual progress reports to Parliament on the state of new premises which the Centre will occupy in 1999; 3. Gives discharge to the Management Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training in respect of the implementation of its budget for the 1997 financial year; 4. Instructs its President to forward this decision to the Management Board of the European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training, the Council, the Commisson and the Court of Auditors and to have it published in the Official Journal (L series). The Secretary-General Julian PRIESTLEY The President José María GIL-ROBLES