1999/430/EC: Decision of the European Parliament of 4 May 1999 giving discharge to the Commission in respect of the financial management of the seventh European Development Fund for the financial year 1997

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

of 4 May 1999

giving discharge to the Commission in respect of the financial management of the seventh European Development Fund for the financial year 1997

(1999/430/EC)

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),

1. Grants discharge to the Commission in respect of the financial management of the seventh European Development Fund for the financial year 1997 on the basis of the following amounts:

BALANCE SHEET OF SEVENTH EDF AT 31 DECEMBER 1997

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USE OF RESOURCES - SEVENTH EDF AT 31 DECEMBER 1997

Breakdown of funds

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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 (L series).

The Secretary-General

Julian PRIESTLEY

The President

José María GIL-ROBLES

(1) OJ L 229, 17.8.1991.

(2) OJ C 349, 17.11.1998.