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<title>EU Auditors published 87 audit reports in 2012 - see the summary in our 2012 Annual Activity Report</title>
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<title>“Brownfield” sites: better planning needed if clean-ups are to work, say EU Auditors</title>
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<title>Food-processing subsidies: “no proof of added value” say EU Auditors</title>
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<title>The April issue of the ECA Journal is out - The ECA Journal celebrates 10 years of publication</title>
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<title>Post graduate research grant programme 2013: Supporting researchers interested in European public finances </title>
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<title>Older workers – Member States and Commission cannot assess if programmes actually help – say EU Auditors</title>
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<title>The March issue of the ECA Journal is out - read the EU auditors' monthly magazine </title>
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<title>EU auditors scrutinise EU support for 2009 Abruzzi earthquake</title>
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<title>ECA President Vítor Caldeira presents the 2013 Work Programme to the MEPs - ECA helping the EU to improve public accountability</title>
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<title>EU auditors to support democratic accountability of ECB</title>
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<title>ECA now on YouTube: catch  the EU auditors in action in a new film about the European Court of Auditors</title>
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<title>Financial crisis results in European countries not prioritising adaptation to climate change - joint report by EU auditors and SAIs of national governments</title>
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<title>EU auditors critical of the EU funding for municipal waste management</title>
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<title>EU auditors find that poor maintenance threatens roads in Sub-Saharan Africa </title>
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<title>EU Energy Efficiency: investment targets not achieved; average pay back period exceeds 50 years (in extreme cases 150 years)</title>
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<title>The January issue of the ECA Journal (monthly) is out</title>
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<title>New Member of the European Court of Auditors takes up office: Iliana IVANOVA (BG)</title>
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<title>The European Court of Auditors wishes you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!</title>
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<title>Audit recommendations help the EU run better. EU Commission implements our advice. We followed up.</title>
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<title>EU auditors look behind the scenes at the integration of immigrants into the EU - a new audit report by the European Court of Auditors</title>
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<title>ECA President Vítor Caldeira to attend the 2012 Nobel Peace Prize Award Ceremony </title>
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<title>"Ensuring sound public finances has never been more important for the EU," Vítor Caldeira, President of the European Court of Auditors, tells EU ministers</title>
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<title>The December issue of the ECA Journal is out now</title>
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<title>ECA Special Report 16/2012: The effectiveness of the Single Area Payment Scheme as a transitional system for supporting farmers in the New Member States</title>
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<title>ECA publishes the Annual Report on the implementation of the 2011 EU Budget - "Member States and Commission must manage spending better!"</title>
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<title>Special Report No 18/2012: European Union Assistance to Kosovo related to the rule of law</title>
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<title>Special Report No 14/2012: Implementation of EU hygiene legislation in slaughterhouses of countries that joined the EU since 2004</title>
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<title>ECA President Vítor Caldeira moderated a session at the Contact Committee of the Supreme Audit Institutions</title>
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<title>Open Doors Day 2012 - ECA welcomes several hundred visitors</title>
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<title>Special Report No 15/2012: Management of conflict of interest in selected EU Agencies</title>
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<title>Special Report No 13/2012: European Union Development Assistance for Drinking-Water Supply and Basic Sanitation in Sub-Saharan Countries</title>
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<title>4th Meeting of the INTOSAI Steering Committee of the Knowledge Sharing Committee</title>
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<title>Special Report No 12/2012 “Did the Commission and Eurostat improve the process for producing reliable and credible European statistics?”</title>
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<title>Special Report No 11/2012 Suckler cow and ewe and goat direct aids under partial implementation of SPS arrangements</title>
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<title>Special Report No 10/2012: The effectiveness of staff development in the European Commission</title>
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<title>ECA Special Report: The control system for organic production</title>
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