Decision giving discharge to the Commission in respect of the financial management of the sixth European Development Fund for the financial year 1997
C 279/132 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 1. 10. 1999 Tuesday 4 May 1999 III. Resolution informing the Economic and Social Committee of the reasons for the postponement of the decision concerning discharge in respect of the general budget of the European Union (Section VI − Part A) for the financial year 1997 Section VI − Part A: Economic and Social Committee The European Parliament, − having regard to Article 272(10) of the EC Treaty, − having regard to Article 22(2) and (3) of the Financial Regulation, − having regard to the revenue and expenditure account and the balance sheet for the 1997 financial year (SEC(98)0521 − C4-0353/98), − having regard to the Council’s recommendation of 9 March 1998 (C4-0168/98), − having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (A4-0199/99), A. whereas the serious nature of the conclusions of the Court of Auditors’ annual report for 1996 on the Economic and Social Committee’s management of appropriations led the European Parliament to postpone its decision concerning the discharge for 1996 (1), B. whereas one of the main conditions which the European Parliament imposed on the Economic and Social Committee for the grant of discharge was that the matter should be referred to UCLAF ‘to enable the extent of administrative involvement or responsibility to be fully determined as regards the entry into the accounts, the commitment, the authorisation and the payment of expenditure’ (2), C. whereas, in its comments of 23 November 1998 on Parliament’s position concerning the discharge for 1996, the Economic and Social Committee considered that it did not seem appropriate to refer the matter to UCLAF, 1. Decides to postpone the discharge decision in respect of the 1997 financial year until it has received the conclusions of the UCLAF inquiry, under the terms set out in its resolution on postponement of discharge 1996; Instructs its President to forward this resolution to the Commission, the Court of Auditors and the 2. Economic and Social Committee. (1) Resolution of 7 October 1998, OJ C 328, 26. 10. 1998, p. 115. (2) ibid. , para. 2. (d) A4-0198/99 I. Decision giving discharge to the Commission in respect of the financial management of the sixth European Development Fund for the financial year 1997 The European Parliament, − having regard to the EC Treaty, − having regard to the third 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), (1) OJ L 86, 31. 3. 1986. (2) OJ C 349, 17. 11. 1998. 1. 10. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 279/133 Tuesday 4 May 1999 − having regard to special report No 24/98 of the Court of Auditors concerning risk capital operations financed from the resources of the European Development Funds, and the replies of the Commission (1), − having regard to the recommendation of the Council of 25 February 1999 (6321/99 − C4-0185/99), − 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 sixth European 1. Development Fund for the financial year 1997 on the basis of the following amounts: Balance sheet of 6th EDF at 31 December 1997 (ECU ’000) ASSETS Situation as at 31. 12. 1997 LONG-TERM Initial allocation EIB special contribution CURRENT Treasury advance to 7th EDF Advances Cash at bank 7 500 000 60 000 689 812 17 907 421 547 Total assets 1 129 267 LIABILITIES Situation as at 31. 12. 1997 FUND CAPITAL Initial allocation EIB special contribution Other resources EXPENDITURE PAID Expenditure already booked Expenditure to be regularised CREDITORS Revenue to be regularised 7 500 000 60 000 361 614 (6 777 641) (14 730) 25 Total liabilities 1 129 267 Use of resources − 6th 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 7 400 000 000,00 416 153 821,96 1 933 663,16 7 818 087 485,12 100 000 000,00 3 526 646,39 0 00 103 526 646,39 TOTAL 7 500 000 000,00 419 680 468,35 1 933 663,16 7 921 614 131,51 2. Records its observations in the resolution which forms part of this decision; (1) OJ C 389, 14. 12. 1998. 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