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Madam President, ladies and gentlemen, in all fields of activity the Commission is constantly stepping up protection for the European Union’s financial interests, especially the prevention of fraud.
Development aid is no exception, and it should be noted that the Court of Auditors has given a positive statement of assurance concerning the management of the European Development Fund for 2003.
As the Court of Auditors and OLAF have confirmed, the risks relate not to the regularity of the transactions managed by the delegation’s services but very often to the transactions managed by the implementing agencies, be they local associations in the developing countries, non-governmental organisations or project management structures. That is why, in 2003, the Commission adopted a much more rigorous approach involving procedural simplification and external audit, so that such transactions can be monitored better.
So far as the part played by national interests in development aid is concerned, tendering procedures are the best guarantee of transparency and competition, and therefore also of reasonable prices.
Moreover, the European Union’s development policy is defined by the Council and Commission joint declaration of November 2000 and by partnership agreements with different regions and countries, such as the Cotonou Agreement, and, finally, by international commitments like the Millennium Declaration or the Monterrey Consensus, for example. That is the framework for the European Union’s development policy, and there is no question of any Member State’s specific national interests.
On the contrary, that is the comparative advantage of a development policy conducted by the Community: it represents European values, principles and objectives, it is perceived by our partners to be neutral with respect to national policies and it is based on a genuine concept of partnership with those countries which is genuinely implemented."@en1
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