11. 6. 91 Official Journal of the European Communities No L 146/45 DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT of 16 April 1991 giving discharge to the Administrative Board of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions in respect of the imple- mentation of its budget for the 1989 financial year (91/295/EEC) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, — having regard to the EEC Treaty and in particular Article 206b thereof, — having regard to the statement of accounts of the European Foundation for the Impro- vement of Living and Working Conditions and the report of the Court of Auditors on this subject (Doc. C3-0094/91), — having regard to the Council Decision of 18 March 1991 (Doc. C3-0169/91), — having regard to the report of the Committee on Budgetary Control (Doc. A3-0053/91), 1. Notes the following figures for the accounts of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions 1989 FINANCIAL YEAR ECU Revenue 6 386 477,16 1. Subsidy from the Commission 6254 819,19 2. Bank Interest 74 387,59 4. Other 57 270,38 Expenditure 1. Final budget appropriations 6 471 000,00 2. Commitments 6 428 541,25 3. Unused appropriations 42 458,75 4. Payments v 4 848 599,52 5. Carry-overs from 1988 to 1989 1453625,10 6. Payments against appropriations carried over 1392733,19 7. Appropriations carried over and cancelled (5-6) 60 891,91 8. Carry-overs from 1989 to 1990 1579 941,73 9. Cancellations (1-4-8) 42 458,75 . Notes that the Commission has put forward proposals to bring the Foundation’s Financial Provisions into line with the revised Financial Regulation of 13 March 1990 applicable to the general budget of the European Communities ; 3. Welcomes the growth of activity at the Foundation and regards the expanding demand for its books, pamphlets and reports as a measure of the quality of the Foun- dation’s output ; . Believes that the new hierarchical table and nomenclature enables the Foundation to comply with the Court’s request that authorization and payment officers’ duties should be separate ; 5. Recommends that the Financial Controllar should visit the Foundation at least every two months in order to reduce reliance on the imprest account, to the extent that it continues to be used ; also recommends that the Foundation exploit the facilities for obtaining prior approval by the Financial Controller provided by new communication technologies (electronic visa) as and when they become available ;