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"I want to thank Mr Cox and indeed his group for the way in which several Members have strongly engaged themselves and interested themselves in the detail of reform which can sometimes be rather trying but is always, as he indicated, worthwhile.
So far as the September communication is concerned, it is unprecedented. It will not be just one of the screenings that the Commission has periodically undertaken but a very thorough and sharp review within Directorates-General and across the Commission for which we have established a mechanism for reviewing the demands on us and the means that we have to meet those demands. It is conceivable therefore – I cannot say with absolute certainty at this stage – that at that stage in the budgetary procedure and in the cycle in which Parliament is engaged we may have to – I emphasise very strongly the conditional – we may have to come to Parliament with some conclusions and discuss the possibility of revision. That is a sensible forecast to make, it is not an ambition that we have but it is a possibility that we may have to entertain. Can I thank Mr Cox for underlining the virtue of following absolutely the recommendation of the Committee of Independent Experts and introducing a system which will end definitely with the revision of the financial regulation and the end of centralised ex ante control. I would emphasise, too, that the intention is not only to liberate the personnel of the Commission – that is certainly an objective – but it is simultaneously to “responsibilise” – it is an appalling word but we all know what it means. In undertaking such a development in our organisation I am certain that we can match or even advance upon the success and increase in job motivation which has come as a consequence of similar developments in several administrations, both in the public sector and in the private sector, in the last decade or so. I think that the end of the centralised system will certainly not result in any relaxation of effective financial control but will increase its effectiveness and its relationship to operational tasks. Financial control will be absolutely secured, both because of the way in which we will introduce the changes, and because we will introduce a completely professional, independent internal audit service.
As I said earlier, our ambition is total security for money and value for money. We are also interested in value for the people who work for us. The changes in financial management and control will greatly enhance the possibility of doing all of that."@en1
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