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( 1 ) OPINION DELIVERED ON 12 OCTOBER 1977 ( NOT YET PUBLISHED IN THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL ).

COUNCIL DECISION

OF 18 OCTOBER 1977

APPOINTING THE MEMBERS OF THE COURT OF AUDITORS

( 77/656/EEC , EURATOM , ECSC )

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN

COMMUNITIES ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COAL AND STEEL COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 78E THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 206 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ATOMIC ENERGY COMMUNITY , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 180 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY ESTABLISHING A SINGLE COUNCIL AND A SINGLE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 22 THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE TREATY AMENDING CERTAIN FINANCIAL PROVISIONS OF THE TREATIES ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES AND OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING A SINGLE COUNCIL AND A SINGLE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES , SIGNED AT BRUSSELS ON 22 JULY 1975 , AND IN PARTICULAR ARTICLE 28 ( 1 ) THEREOF ,

HAVING REGARD TO THE OPINION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ( 1 ),

WHEREAS THE TREATY SIGNED AT BRUSSELS ON 22 JULY 1975 PROVIDES INTER ALIA FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A COURT OF AUDITORS CONSISTING OF NINE MEMBERS APPOINTED FOR A TERM OF SIX YEARS BY THE COUNCIL , BUT THAT WHEN THE FIRST APPOINTMENTS ARE MADE , FOUR MEMBERS OF THE COURT OF AUDITORS , CHOSEN BY LOT , SHALL BE APPOINTED FOR A TERM OF OFFICE OF FOUR YEARS ONLY ;

WHEREAS THE TREATY SIGNED AT BRUSSELS ON 22 JULY 1975 ENTERED INTO FORCE ON 1 JUNE 1977 AND IT IS THEREFORE NECESSARY TO APPOINT THE FIRST MEMBERS OF THE COURT OF AUDITORS ,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS :

ARTICLE 1

THE FOLLOWING PERSONS ARE HEREBY APPOINTED MEMBERS OF THE COURT OF AUDITORS :

ALDO ANGIOI ,

PAUL GAUDY ,

ARNE K . JOHANSEN ,

ALBERT LEICHT ,

PIERRE LELONG ,

MARCEL MART ,

A . J . MIDDELHOEK ,

MICHAEL N . MURPHY ,

NORMAN ( CHARLES ) PRICE , KCB .

ARTICLE 2

IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE GIVING BY THE MEMBERS OF THE COURT OF AUDITORS OF THE SOLEMN UNDERTAKING TO RESPECT THE OBLIGATIONS ARISING FROM THEIR DUTIES , THE PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL SHALL PROCEED TO CHOOSE BY LOT THE FOUR MEMBERS WHOSE TERMS OF OFFICE ARE TO BE FOR FOUR YEARS ONLY .

ARTICLE 3

THIS DECISION SHALL TAKE EFFECT ON 18 OCTOBER 1977 .

DONE AT LUXEMBOURG , 18 OCTOBER 1977 .

FOR THE COUNCIL

THE PRESIDENT

H . SIMONET