2013 discharge: 8th, 9th and 10th European Development Funds

Council Recommendation : 8th EDF

Having regard to the Internal Agreement between the Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on the financing and administration of the Community aid under the Second Financial Protocol to the fourth ACP-EC Convention setting up, amongst others, the eighth European Development Fund (eighth 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 2013 and the Annual Report of the Court of Auditors on the activities funded by the 8th, 9th and 10th EDFs concerning the financial year 2013, the Council recommended that the European Parliament give the Commission a discharge in respect of the implementation of the operations of the 8th EDF for the financial year 2013.

This recommendation is not accompanied by any further observations. The Council considered that the overall budget implementation by the Commission of the operations of the eighth EDF during the financial year 2013 has been satisfactory.