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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2007-11-29"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Presentation of the Court of Auditors' annual report - 2006 (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"en"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20071129.3.4-012"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-11-29-Speech-4-0132
lpv:speaker	lp:Herbert Bösch2
lpv:spoken text	"Mr President, the situation as regards the Union’s financial management is mixed. I welcome the efforts made by the Commission as regards agriculture. The Court reports a marked overall reduction in errors in agricultural expenditure. That should be welcomed as a major success. On the other hand, there is little positive said about the Structural Funds. The Court is of the opinion that control systems in the Member States are generally ineffective or moderately effective. That is why Parliament’s call for national management declarations as an instrument to improve national accountability is more relevant than ever. I am also very disappointed that the internal control system within the Commission is still not all it should be, seven years after the reform. There are significant weaknesses, and I welcome the Court’s solid analysis in chapter two of its annual report. Let us look to the future. The Court has proposed interinstitutional discussions on the concept of ‘tolerable risk of error’. I welcome that initiative. Parliament and the Commission have already, in different ways, given some follow-up to this proposal. When will the Council – which is not present today – give its view on this? The Reform Treaty states that: ‘The regulations shall lay down the control and audit obligations of the Member States in the implementation of the budget and the resulting responsibilities.’ Parliament will carefully follow the implementation of that new rule. As regards the Union’s audit arrangements, I am not going to repeat what I said in Luxembourg on 18 October 2007. I just want to stress that Parliament is very interested in the outcome of the ongoing peer review at the Court. I congratulate Mr Weber, and in particular Mr Engwirda, for having been able to start that exercise."@en1
lpv:spokenAs	member; PES (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 chair; CONT (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Chile Joint Parliamentary Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Ukraine Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member; Delegation to the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (2007-09-27--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AGRI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Sozialdemokratische Partei Österreichs (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 member; BUDG (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; Conference of Committee Chairs (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:unclassifiedMetadata	"Herbert Bösch,"1 "on behalf of the PSE Group"1

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