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

Council Recommendation : 9th EDF

Having regard to the Internal Agreement between Representatives of the Governments of the Member States, meeting within the Council, on the Financing and Administration of Community Aid under the Financial Protocol to the Partnership Agreement between the African, Caribbean and Pacific States and the European Community and its Member States signed in Cotonou (Benin) on 23 June 2000 and the allocation of financial assistance for the Overseas Countries and Territories setting up, amongst others, the ninth European Development Fund (EDF) and having examined the revenue and expenditure account and the balance sheet relating to the operations of the ninth 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 9th 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 9th EDF during the financial year 2013 has been satisfactory.