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
L 168/24 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 3. 7. 1999 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 RESOLUTION 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