– 33 – (1.2 – Other finance matters) having noted that the ITU External Auditor's reports do not accompany the financial operating report, resolves to approve the financial operating report, including the audited 2008 accounts for the TIES special account, technical cooperation projects (United Nations Development Programme, trust funds and Special Fund for Technical Cooperation), voluntary contributions and the ITU Staff Superannuation and Benevolent Funds. Ref.: Documents C09/111 and C09/121. D 387 Payment for Union publications (C-1980) The Council, in view of the steady increase in arrears owing for the supply of Union publications, decides 1 that with regard to the administrations of countries Members of the Union: a) if the amount of their arrears for publications includes sums unpaid for more than two years, any order shall be accompanied by payment of the price of the publication in question; b) when this provision becomes applicable, the administrations concerned will be explicitly notified of the fact by the Secretary-General; 2 that the Secretary-General may apply to other purchasers a system whereby publications are supplied without prior payment provided that the amounts owing do not remain unpaid for more than six months. This decision will enter into force on 1 January 1981. Ref.: Document 5522/CA35 (1980). D 482 Implementation of cost recovery for satellite network filings (C-2001, last modified C08) The Council, considering a) Resolution 88 (Rev.Marrakesh, 2002) of the Plenipotentiary Conference, on the implementation of cost recovery for satellite network filings; b) Resolution 91 (Rev. Antalya, 2006) of the Plenipotentiary Conference, on cost recovery for some products and services of ITU; c) Council Resolution 1113, on cost recovery for the processing by the Radiocommunication Bureau of space notifications; d) Document C99/68 reporting on the Council Working Group on implementation of cost recovery for satellite network filings;