Special Report No 13/2009: Delegating implementing tasks to executive agencies: a successful option?, published on 20 November 2009
Luxembourg
Executive agencies are Community bodies established by the European Commission in order to implement, by delegation, all or part of EU spending programmes. They are a relatively new phenomenon in the European institutional landscape. The audit assessed whether the six executive agencies which have been created since 2003 had proven to be a successful instrument for implementing the European budget. The report analyses the decision-making process for creating the agencies and the benefits achieved in terms of cost savings, service delivery and efficiency gains. The Commission's supervision of the agencies' activities is also examined. Special Report Press Release
20/11/2009
Presentation of the 2008 Annual Report to the Council of the European Union (Economic and Financial Affairs) by ECA President Vítor Caldeira
Het Jaarverslag van de Europese Rekenkamer over de uitvoering van de EU-begroting 2008: De Europese Rekenkamer geeft een goedkeurende verklaring (zonder beperkingen) af over de betrouwbaarheid van de EU-rekeningen 2008
President Vítor Caldeira van de ERK zal op dinsdag, 10 november 2009 in Brussel het Jaarverslag 2008 van de ERK aan de commissie Begrotingscontrole van het Europees Parlement en aan de pers presenteren
The annual meeting between the European Court of Auditors and Members of the Committee on Budgetary Control of the European Parliament held in Luxembourg on 4 November 2009
Meeting of the Liaison Officers of the Supreme Audit Institutions of the EU on 15 & 16 October 2009
Luxembourg
The programme of the meeting included a review of Contact Committee activites carried out in 2008-2009, discussion of the organisation and governance of the Contact Committee, as well as an examination of the activities of the working groups covering specific areas of the management of EU funds and audit issues. Photo
15/10/2009
Special Report No 14/2009: Have the management instruments applied to the market in milk and milk products achieved their main objectives?, published on 15 October 2009
Luxembourg
Milk has always been a strategic sector of the common agicultural policy. In this special report, the European Court of Auditors reviews the operation of the market in milk and milk products since the introduction of milk quotas in 1984, and analyses how the Commission is managing the progressive deregulation of the milk sector initiated in 2003. Based on the situation at the end of 2008, the Court makes recommendations to the Commission on a number of requirements: to avoid a return to overproduction, to monitor price formation within the food chain, to intensify reflection on the prospects for producers in less favoured regions and on the environmental consequences of a geographical concentration of production, and finally, to reorient milk production towards the needs of the European domestic market and towards high added value products which can be exported without budgetary assistance. Special Report Press Release Introductory Speech by Mr Július Molnár, ECA Member Photo - Mr Július Molnár speaking at the Press conference
15/10/2009
Special Report No 8/2009: 'Networks of excellence' and 'Integrated projects' in Community Research policy: did they achieve their objectives?, published on 14 October 2009
Luxembourg
The Sixth Framework Programme was set up by EU to promote European Research and technological development during the period from 2002 to 2006. The Court analysed the extent to which the two main instruments, 'Networks of Excellence' and 'Integrated Projects', had effectively contributed to the achievement of the objectives of the Programme. The Court concluded that these instruments contributed to the general objective of promoting effective research collaboration but their specific objectives were only partially achieved. Special Report Information Note Press Statement by ECA Member Mr Massimo Vari Photo - Mr Massimo Vari speaking at the Press conference
