In accordance with the conclusions of the
ECOFIN Council meeting on 8 May 2000, the Council preparatory bodies
responsible for monitoring the areas covered by the Court's special reports
have been able at this stage to examine special reports mentioned by the
Court in its annual report, under the procedure established by the Permanent
Representatives Committee.
The special reports focus on the
following issues:
- Special report No 8/2009: "Networks of excellence" and "Integrated
projects" in Community Research policy: did they achieve their
objectives?"
- Special report No 15/2009: "EU assistance implemented through United Nations
organisations: decision-making and monitoring"
- Special report No 16/2009: "The European Commission's management of pre-accession
assistance to Turkey"
- Special report No 17/2009: " Vocational training actions for women co-financed by
the European Social Fund"
- Special report No 18/2009: "Effectiveness of EDF support for Regional Economic
Integration in East Africa and West Africa"
- Special report No 1/2010: "Are simplified customs procedures for imports
effectively controlled?"
- Special report No 2/2010: "The effectiveness of the Design Studies and
Construction of New Infrastructures support schemes under the Sixth
Framework Programme for Research"
- Special report No 3/2010: "Impact Assessments in the EU institutions: do they
support decision-making?"
- Special report No 4/2010: "Is the design and management of the mobility scheme
of the Leonardo da Vinci programme likely to lead to effective
results?"
- Special report No 6/2010: "Has the reform of the sugar market achieved its main
objectives?"
- Special report No 7/2010: "Audit of the clearance of accounts procedure".
For each of these reports, the Council
makes a certain number of recommendations to be taken into account when
granting discharge to the European Commission on the implementation of budget
of the European Union for the financial year 2009 (please refer to the
general discharge procedure DEC/2010/2142).
These recommendations shall be presented
to the European Parliament.