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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	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20071129.3.4-015"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2007-11-29-Speech-4-0162
lpv:speaker	lp:Esko Seppänen2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; CONT (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2004-09-21--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Vasemmistoliitto (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia (2004-09-15--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; EUL/NGL (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3 substitute; ITRE (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member; BUDG (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, Commissioner, once again it is that time of the year when the Court of Auditors gives a negative opinion on the legality and relevance of the previous year’s expenditure. In the spring it will be time for Parliament to grant discharge in respect of the parties concerned, despite the negative report. At least that has been the practice in recent years, except for one year when there was an election. I would like to draw your attention to Diagrams V and VI in the Annex to the Court of Auditors’ report, which are for calculating Member States’ net contributions. Member States’ tariffs, including those charged on goods shipped to other Member States, have been included under traditional own resources. This gives a misleading picture of the actual net contribution made by some Member States, particularly the Netherlands and Belgium, especially when the unreasonably large 25% tariff commission is taken into account. It is also hard to accept a method of calculation, which apparently originates with the Commission, which does not include administrative expenditure in the Union’s expenditure in this context. The audit numbers purely and simply do not tell the whole truth on the use of resources, therefore: they also comprise political elements. It is a positive sign that the country which has not applied the monitoring and administration system for agricultural expenditure properly is mentioned by name, i.e. Greece. The examples of the misuse of agricultural payments the President of the Court of Auditors cited in his presentation speech need to be corrected. The problems were not just about golf clubs, Commissioner Kallas. A good example of the positive influence the auditors’ recommendations has had is the attention given to the remuneration paid to Members’ assistants. The revised rules are plainly far too strict, but better that than permitting neglect."@en1
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