EUR-Lex - 31980D0459 - EN

EUR-Lex - 31980D0459 - EN Avis juridique important | 80/459/EEC: Council Decision of 22 April 1980 giving a discharge to the Commission in respect of the implementation of the operations of the European Development Fund (1969) (Third EDF) for the financial year 1978 Official Journal L 111 , 30/04/1980 P. 0015

( 1 ) OJ NO L 282 , 28 . 12 . 1970 , P . 2 . ( 2 ) OJ NO L 282 , 28 . 12 . 1970 , P . 83 . ( 3 ) OJ NO L 282 , 28 . 12 . 1970 , P . 47 . ( 4 ) OJ NO L 31 , 8 . 2 . 1971 , P . 1 . COUNCIL DECISION OF 22 APRIL 1980 GIVING A DISCHARGE TO THE COMMISSION IN RESPECT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT FUND ( 1969 ) ( THIRD EDF ) FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1978 ( 80/459/EEC ) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , HAVING REGARD TO THE CONVENTION OF ASSOCIATION BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY AND THE AFRICAN STATES AND MADAGASCAR ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMMUNITY ( 1 ), SIGNED AT YAOUNDE ON 29 JULY 1969 , HAVING REGARD TO COUNCIL DECISION 70/549/EEC OF 29 SEPTEMBER 1970 ON THE ASSOCIATION OF THE OVERSEAS COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES WITH THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY ( 2 ), HAVING REGARD TO THE INTERNAL AGREEMENT ON THE FINANCING AND ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNITY AID ( 3 ), SIGNED AT YAOUNDE ON 29 JULY 1969 , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 22 THEREOF , HAVING REGARD TO THE FINANCIAL REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT FUND ( 1969 ) SET UP UNDER THE INTERNAL AGREEMENT ON THE FINANCING AND ADMINISTRATION OF COMMUNITY AID ( 4 ), AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLES 7 AND 8 THEREOF , HAVING REGARD TO THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE ACCOUNT AND THE BALANCE SHEET RELATING TO THE OPERATIONS OF THE EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT FUND ( 1969 ) ( THIRD EDF ) AS AT 31 DECEMBER 1978 , HAVING REGARD TO THE COUNCIL DECISIONS OF 30 MAY 1972 AND 30 OCTOBER 1978 ON THE TRANSFER AND UTILIZATION OF THE UNEXPENDED BALANCES OF THE FIRST AND SECOND EDF , HAVING REGARD TO THE REPORT OF THE COURT OF AUDITORS FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1978 , TOGETHER WITH THE COMMISSION ' S REPLIES , RECALLING THAT , IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT FUND ( 1969 ) ( THIRD EDF ), ONLY THE COUNCIL , ACTING BY A QUALIFIED MAJORITY , SHALL GIVE A DISCHARGE TO THE COMMISSION IN RESPECT OF THE FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION OF THE FUND ; WHEREAS REVENUE FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1978 CONSISTED MAINLY OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF THE MEMBER STATES , AMOUNTING TO 878 500 000.00 EUROPEAN UNITS OF ACCOUNT , AND OF MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE OF THE FUND ; WHEREAS AN ADVANCE OF 105 886 632.88 EUROPEAN UNITS OF ACCOUNT HAS BEEN PAID TO THE EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT FUND ( 1975 ) ( FOURTH EDF ); WHEREAS , PURSUANT TO THE ABOVEMENTIONED COUNCIL DECISIONS OF 30 MAY 1972 AND 30 OCTOBER 1978 , AN AMOUNT OF 6 242 605.25 EUROPEAN UNITS OF ACCOUNT WAS TRANSFERRED AS THE UNEXPENDED BALANCES OF THE FIRST AND SECOND EDF TO THE THIRD EDF ; WHEREAS THE OVERALL IMPLEMENTATION BY THE COMMISSION OF THE OPERATIONS OF THE EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT FUND ( 1969 ) ( THIRD EDF ) DURING THE FINANCIAL YEAR 1978 WAS SUCH AS TO WARRANT ITS BEING GIVEN A DISCHARGE IN RESPECT OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THOSE OPERATIONS ,