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"Mr President, recent events, which have very much pushed OLAF into the limelight, have lent this assessment great importance and relevance. I should like to emphasise that the Group of the European Liberal, Democrat and Reform Party supports a strong, independent OLAF.
Briefly, I am also of the opinion that reform of OLAF is needed – reform that should focus on the following matters: the whole issue of OLAF’s independence and the fact that OLAF must prioritise its tasks to a greater extent and concentrate its resources on its core task, which is to clear up cases involving fraud and irregularities. The time taken to deal with cases must be reduced, and the channels of communication between the Commission and the Commissioners responsible must be improved. In the interests of the division of responsibilities and of the possibility of cutting losses, it is crucial that the Director-General and Commissioner responsible are notified as soon – and in as much detail – as possible.
Mr Bösch has done sterling work in this House in relation to OLAF over a long period. Nevertheless, in our opinion, this report does not quite measure up to our aims. I do not think that it is Parliament’s business to determine OLAF’s internal organisation and staff policy. Nor do I think that it is right to bring the OLAF Supervisory Committee under the European Parliament. It must be fully independent of all the institutions. Nor do I think that it is necessarily a particularly good idea to give us a special legal officer for the rights of the individual. The tasks in this field should and will be performed by the European Ombudsman. Finally, I also think that it is important that this report be about OLAF. Other things should be dealt with separately. An example is the proposal regarding the Commission’s accountant in paragraph 16.
Finally, I should like to express my regret once again that our committee has not had a proper opportunity to debate extensive amendments to the original text of this report, and I should like to call for Parliament to support the amendments proposed by the ELDR Group, so that we, too, can support, or vote in favour of, the final report during the final vote."@en1
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