2012 discharge: 8th, 9th and 10th European Development Funds

2013/2206(DEC)

Council Recommendation : 8th EDF

Having regard to the Internal Agreement between the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States on the financing and administration of the Community aid under the Second Financial Protocol to the fourth ACP-EC Convention setting up the 8th EDF and having examined the revenue and expenditure account and the balance sheet relating to the operations of the eighth EDF as at 31 December 2012, as well as the Annual Report of the Court of Auditors on the activities funded by the eighth, ninth and tenth EDFs, concerning the financial year 2012, the Council recommends that the European Parliament give the Commission a discharge in respect of the implementation of the operations of the eighth EDF for the financial year 2012.

This recommendation is not accompanied by any further observations. The Council considers that the overall budget implementation by the Commission of the operations of the eighth EDF during the financial year 2012 has been satisfactory.