Annual report pursuant to Article 78f (5) of the ECSC Treaty. Financial year 1979
European Court Of Auditors
COURT OF AUDITORS OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES Annual report pursuant to Article 78f (5) of the ECSC Treaty Financial year 1979 Annual report pursuant to Article 78f (5) of the ECSC Treaty Financial year 1979 This publication is also available in the following languages: DA, DE, FR, IT, NL Luxembourg: Office for Official Publications of the European Communities, 1981 Reproduction of the contents of this publication is subject to acknowledgement of the source Printed in Luxembourg This report has been prepared in accordance with the terms of Article 78f(5) of the Treaty establishing the ECSC, which provides that the Court is to draw up an annual report stating whether the accounting and the financial management of the Commission have been effected in a regular manner. This report must normally be submitted "within six months of the end of the financial year" but as indicated in the letter of the Court of 30.6.1980, the fact that the accounts were sent late, on 9 June 1980, meant that it was not possible to respect this time-limit. The Court would make the following comments with regard to the financial year 1979: The annual accounts of the ECSC should represent the total cost of the activity of this Community. The component parts of the operating costs of the ECSC are, it is true, entered in the general budget of the Communities as provided for by the merger treaty.