COURT OF AUDITORS PROGRAMME
January 1st, 2003 Keith NuthallTHE EUROPEAN Union's financial watchdog, the Court of Auditors, has released its 2003 work programme. Its key priority will be to improve its Statement of Assurance, an auditing tool it uses to assess the management and scrutiny of EU spending, said court president Juan Manuel Fabra Vallés. A second priority will be to monitor the Commission's ongoing internal reforms in detail, especially of the management of agricultural policy and of external aid. And a third priority will be to prepare for the oncoming enlargement of the EU, auditing ...
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