The European Parliament adopted by 571 votes to 61,
with 15 abstentions, a resolution on the Court of Auditors' special
reports in the context of the 2010 Commission discharge.
The resolution recalls that the special reports of the
Court of Auditors provide information on issues of concern related
to the implementation of funds, which are thus useful for
Parliament in exercising its role of discharge
authority.
Parliament also points out that the observations on
the special reports of the Court of Auditors form an integral part
of the resolution on discharge in
respect of the implementation of the general budget of the European
Union for the financial year 2010, Section III –
Commission.
Parliament then refers to each of the special reports
in turn and makes a number of recommendations in order to improve
the use of Community funds.
To recall, these special reports refer to the
following topics:
- Special Report No 7/2010 of the Court of Auditors
entitled "Audit of the clearance of accounts
procedure";
- Special Report No 13/2010 of the Court of Auditors
entitled "Is the New European Neighbourhood and Partnership
Instrument successfully launched
and achieving results in the Southern Caucasus
(Armenia, Azerbaijan and Georgia)?"
- Special Report No 14/2010 of the Court of Auditors
entitled "The Commission’s management of the system of
veterinary checks for meat imports following the 2004 hygiene
legislation reforms"
- Special Report No 1/2011 of the Court of Auditors
entitled "Has the devolution of the Commission's management of
external assistance from its headquarters to its delegations led to
improved aid delivery?"
- Special Report No 2/2011 of the Court of Auditors
entitled "Follow-up of Special Report No 1/2005 concerning the
management of the European Anti-Fraud Office"
- Special Report No 3/2011 of the Court of Auditors
entitled "The efficiency and effectiveness of EU contributions
channelled through United Nations Organisations in
conflict-affected countries"
- Special Report No 4/2011 of the Court of Auditors
entitled "The audit of the SME Guarantee facility"
- Special Report No 5/2011 of the Court of Auditors
entitled "Single Payment Scheme (SPS): issues to be addressed to
improve its sound financial management"
- Special Report No 6/2011 of the Court of Auditors
entitled "Were ERDF co-financed tourism projects
effective?"
- Special Report No 7/2011 of the Court of Auditors
entitled "Is agri-environment support well designed and
managed?"
- Special Report No 8/2011 of the Court of Auditors
entitled "Recovery of undue payments made under
the common agricultural policy"
- Special Report No 9/2011 of the Court of Auditors
entitled "Have the e-Government projects supported by ERDF been
effective?"
- Special Report No 10/2011 of the Court of Auditors
entitled "Are the School Milk
and School Fruit Schemes effective?"
- Special Report No 11/2011 of the Court of Auditors
entitled "Do the design and management of the geographical
indications scheme allow it to be effective?"
- Special Report No 15/2011 of the Court of Auditors
entitled "Do the Commission's procedures ensure effective
management of State aid control?"
A summary of the special
reports is on the website of the Court of
Auditors.