EU AUDITORS 2003 REPORT
November 1st, 2004 By Alan Osborn (Tel: 01702 582 332)The European Court of Auditors has once again found "persistentweaknesses" in the annual accounts of the EU Commission and insists that"greater efficiency is needed in the supervisory systems and controls forEUfunds managed jointly by the Commission, the member states, the beneficiarystates and other bodies." These totalled 70 billion euros in 2003.In a highly critical report that casts doubt on many of the accountingreforms supposedly made over the past year, the Court says that payments"are still affected by the same type of ...
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