Official Journal
of the European Communities
ISSN 0378-6986

C 349
Volume 41
17 November 1998
English editionInformation and Notices

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I Information
Court of Auditors - Annual report concerning the financial year 1997
98/C 349/01Report on activities financed from the general budget, together with the institutions' replies
Report on the activities of the sixth and seventh European Development Funds, together with the institutions' replies

FOREWORD… s2
COURT OF AUDITORS… 1
CONTENTS… 3
General introduction… 5
REPORT ON ACTIVITIES FINANCED FROM THE GENERAL BUDGET
Chapter 1 - Own resources… 7
Chapter 2 - The common agricultural policy… 21
Chapter 3 - Structural measures… 59
Chapter 4 - Internal policies… 76
Chapter 5 - External aid… 87
Chapter 6 - Administrative expenditure… 108
Chapter 7 - Financial instruments and banking activities… 110
Chapter 8 - The statement of assurance and supporting information… 119
REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT FUNDS
Part I - Observations concerning activities under the sixth and seventh European Development Funds… 149
Part II - The statement of assurance and supporting information concerning the sixth and seventh European Development Funds… 161
ANNEXES
Annex I - Financial information on the general budget and the sixth and seventh European Development Funds (*)… I
Annex II - Reports and opinions adopted by the Court during the last five years… XLI
(*) The diagrams are grouped in Annex I at the end of this publication.
THE INSTITUTIONS' REPLIES
REPORT ON ACTIVITIES FINANCED FROM THE GENERAL BUDGET
Chapter 1 - Own resources… 18
Chapter 2 - The common agricultural policy… 50
Chapter 3 - Structural measures… 71
Chapter 4 - Internal policies… 83
Chapter 5 - External aid… 100
Chapter 7 - Financial instruments and banking activities… 117
Chapter 8 - The statement of assurance and supporting information… 139
REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE SIXTH AND SEVENTH EUROPEAN DEVELOPMENT FUNDS
Part I - Observations concerning activities under the sixth and seventh European Development Funds… 157
Part II - The statement of assurance and supporting information concerning the sixth and seventh European Development Funds… 171
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